The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-15
Citizens Generally Wear Car
nations in Memory of Name
Sacred to All.
APPROPRIATE SERMONS
IN MANY CITY CHURCHES
Ministers Pay Eloquent Trib-
utes TO Noble, eIf-Sacriiic-
ing WonanhOod.

Mothers day was not forgotten in
salt Lake CITY. The visible supply OF
carnations disappeared early Saturday
afternoon. and many wore buttons that
had been prepared in anticipation OF this
shortage. AS predicted, the day was
observed in n manner different from all
others There was no show or demon
stratjon but each one had n kindly look
or word for everyone whom he met, 1t
was at first intended for those whose
mothers were dead TO wear the white
carnatiou and those whose mothers were
living to wear the coored The supply
on hand, however, would not allow any
such selection and everybody who could
secure carnation wore it,. no matter
whether ii was white or scarlet.
The day was mentioned in most OF the
churches of the city. and excerpts from
q few Of the sermons are given below:
At Phillips Congregational.
In a crowded service Mothers day was
observed at Phillips church yesterday
morning White lilies. iris and carnations
We're the altar decorations. and special
music appropriate 10 the day was rem
dered
Every man attending service was pre-
sentcd with a white carnation
The Rev. Peter A. Simpkin, the pastor.
spoke on the text Forget not the law
OF thy mother" saying In part:
What beautiful custom We have in
gentle life. that nearest To us OF all on
earth, has vet written for us most clear
ly of all the Godhood whose infinite glory
can be but truly comprehendcd in the
| law oi His ljfe
Happy be one who can turn today 10
sweet. peace kissed face, serene beyond
the lines OF care and times marrins, and
love and cheer a mother.
"If she be beyond the niche OF your
arm and lips. your pen and the electric
arm OF modern science can reach her
with your greeting.
For most Of those who keep the day
only a memory lives to sting the eyes
and bless the soul.
III the day hold only the beautiful
sentiment that clings to mother like the
perfume to the violet. or the rose lying
in even the ash OF death. il will be an
Idle thing.
Mothers Undying Faith.
Two things it should bring to every
life that keeps the feast, A vision Of
| sweep the time into a chivalry that shall
seek TO protect al! women. the lowiiest
and the poorest as we'll as the cultured
and the sheltered.
But it must do more than this-it
must impart to us the secret of the law
of our mothers.
What is that law II is love. True
motherhood is OF all the things in earth
an exposition of the splendid beauty Of
unselflshness. expressed in sacrifice,
service and faith. The physical and
Splrllual SacrillCe OF mptncrnoD0 Wltn all
the spendor Of that giving which is the
secret OF mans ascent and development
is a vision wonderful. And the service
that is builded upon her sacrifice is one
service. the development OF the virtues.
the awakening OF the child soul to the
vision Of the purest, the path OF min,
istry and the quest Of love, as beautiful
in the simple things of the day as in
the fever hours. and the experiences OF
pain and shame. when she is sure to be
for her own an angel of ministerlnG love,
These all express the law of our mother.
And in her faith-a quiet faith In
God and the eternal that is suTer than
the voices Of the schools, as deep as
soul richer than all else she bestows.
And that mother who loved. who sac
| riflccd. who lived to serve and love u.s.
and make us feel the reality of God, the
| the worthwhileness of honesty. fairness.
goodness. had In her life the law that
our time needs, the law Of service, of
Our mothers faith took her in the
| heart break days of life where our doubt
will never lead us-straight to the heart
| of God
Our mothers religion wrought what
our cleverness and self satisfied philoso-
ply wllli never bring 10 pass. 1t made
her an other worldly saint sweet and
| simple mid llfe's shadows,
| "Our mothers law held the eternal
| secret Of life, progress and happiness in
| the self forgetting and giving that makes
! the memory of her benediction. And
for any life that lives in IL than to take
the law Of our mother and to market
place and office, TO mill and mine: to
court and farm, to home and friend
carry that which made her life so beau
| tiful that even its memory can break
open the long dried springs OF the heart S
our best selves TO try their wings against
the mighty curve of Gods widest sky,
Emmanuel Baptist Church.
At the morning session the Rev. L. S.
Bowcrman of Emmanuel Baptist church
gave sermon on the ideals of Home, !"
paying glowing tribute to the mother
na fe ike IKE a"Shss polished n SHAFT % Mr. re Bower se
man also announced to the congregation
that they would begin worshlpping in
the new edifice Sunday, June 4;
Upon request the sermon for the even
ing was upon the theme "The Creation
Of Man" In part he said:
Let us make en- man In our ,,"gtinH own imaGe; n
his nostrils the breath of life; and man
became a living soul.
"The greater problem is not so much
whence man came as ii is whittier is
man boundT
I'm answer to some questions however
we deal this evening in question OF be-
ginnings.
"The careful reading OF the early chap
tcrs of Genesis would change some err
roneous conceptions, while a careful
study OF Paul's writings would help to
put many things into right relationship.
| "With reference 10 the physical organ
ism the study Of biology is commended
We have a profound respect for all the
great scientists dealing with this prob
lem OF science, Darwin and those since
his time deserve our respect as search
crs for truth. though we may moi agree
with all the hypotheses.
Draws Clear Distinction.
"As Beecher has we'll said: The as
sumption of the New Testament is thai
men are by nature animals. That which
is flesh is flesh: that which Is spirit is
spirit
"As Paul puts 1t, The first man, Adam
became a living soul; the hast Adam. a
life giving spirit We call attention tC
this In order that the designs of Genesis
I may become more apparent.
ibid God make man or is God making
man? In the one view YOU have the old
idea of sinless. perfect and holy crea-
ton,
'.The first man WAS the best man and
before the fall the ideal man. This is
however. hardly the New Testament idea
which presents Christ as the ideal and
nolnts TO the possibility OF likeness &c