ROBERTS DELIVERS DISCOURSE first ward chapel ila has record Brcak Breal ins cing audience to hear noted speaker on oil war var and war sacrifices statistics SHOW 60 MIEN MEN MOBILIZED fojt WAR speaker declares Decla either Eit herthe the millennium iiii iiii is being ushered in ili or coming of son of man must bo be delaiti Dc lacil tor por years that the great war presents two great questions to the christian people of the world is the conclusion B H roberts draws from his reading of scripture and observations of the war from first hand sources as given ni at the first ward chapel on sunday night these two questions are that either the prophesies ses of ancient days as to the coming of christ are a long way off or the promised millennium thu the golden age of peace and contentment is now being ushered in these conclusions mr N I 1 r roberts former chaplain of the utah artillery arrives at from an analysis of the men engaged in the great war and the casualties resulting according to statistics from official sources there were neary men mobilized and under arms among this vast host there were more thon then casualties including killed wounded missing and prisoners of this latter number there are nearly men wounded and maimed mr roberts points out that it will be physically impossible to again gather such armies in the world for the next 50 to years he points ell out that either the war just ended is the one spoken of in holy writ as the ones one that was to be poured out upon all nations prior to the coming of the son of man or a greater war is yet to come if a greater war is to come it cambot possibly come for years unil years as the great nations involved involve cl are unable to furnish the manpower man power for such sich a great struggle it if the present war fulfills the prophecies phe cies then mr roberts sees in the peace conference and the proposed league of nations the beginning of the millen millennium illum when weapons 01 or war will be turned into the implements of the lus husbandman bandman it was a notable gathering that of sunday evening anen every inch of avail available anle space apace was taken in the main auditorium and the class rooms hanking the main hall ball were filled by eager listeners the choir gallery was tilled by the best balanced choir that mr hood has had the privilege ot 01 LOli conducting ducting lor many moons and the singing of the two hymns tho deepening trials throng your way and sometime well andar understand stand gave a splendid setting to the wonderful discourse which chaplain roberts de livered the battle scarred orator has lost none of his cunning is as a public speaker and at times his eloquence was fiery ier y and dramatic he began by quoting from the doctrine and covenants and from farewell address and while his objective was kept hidden as care carefully funy as a writer of a best seller heller tries to 10 obscure his plot when the speaker chose to u suveil his obber objective live it burst bunt upon hii hi hearers with startling power that the great war the millen buum and the s i of another great war should be linked with tile ijes Jes and the league jea gue of nations be hinted at as the pos albre bc beg binIng of the hie time spoken of as the era i earons krould be turned antio pruning printing hooks and the nations should learn war no more had not occurred to many in this section tion and mr roberts arrange of the facts and prophesies prophecies ills tribute to president Pies ident wilson as the first of the world and IM warning to the 39 senators of the lle united states who had pledged the themselves in to oppose the league of nations were nere thrilling and dramatic and struck a responsive chord in the hearts of liis ills bearers turning to the memorial side of the services he paid glowing tribute to tile boys who bad engaged in ili tile great struggle ile he told of his ministrations istrati rations olis to the wounded the dying and dead in france and he urged ane mothers mother of boys who died in the service to have pride and patriotism in the fact that they had given sons to such a great cause ile ho pointed out that while sympathizing with these mothers lie he chuh not help but believe that tho the dead are better off than tile the maimed and mangled who are arc left to face life helpless hol pless cripples to the end of their days lie he spoke with much feeling of the boys boya he lind had seen in fit hospitals brought back from the front torn and mangled and the horrors borror of the war had bee bce rought to him hill with tenfold force while lic he ministered to these in his capacity capaci ty as chaplain the audience was thrill thrilled etl with the splendid address of chaplain roberts and it wag waa with regret that they heard ills his closing words the closing musical number was X r a vocal gett air of he and I 1 sol colemn mil chanin B funeral marell by a double quartette