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Show s':o7i oa their minds, for the effort of the j good peop'c are more often rewarded w:ta J I ridicule than, praise. For nearly two year services have been held every Srnday aud it it not on record that one brand hua been snatched from the burning. Something Some-thing more than perfunctory and at times not very good singing aud a striug of prosaie platitudes are needed to reach the well-springs of nature and to those -who arc in a position to know the fact is apparent that the laborers in the vineyard vine-yard of the Lord are wasting their time. What is needed is straight-from-the-6houlder talk, rood singing and picnty of it, and a warm hand-clasp, accompanied by words of comfort and cheer when the iron doors of the jail are unbarred and the fallen steps out a free man into the full light of day with the whole world again before, him. It "is then that the voice of friendship aud sympathy U most needed, and until ihey are met "in that way the efforts to convert them on the plan now adopted will be barren of fruit. 'To the few ladies and gentlemen who devote de-vote a portion of every Sabbath in attempting attempt-ing to administer spiritual comfort to the prisoners due meed of praise is given. They expect to, and no doubt will, reap their reward re-ward in heaven; but at tho city jail nothing but ridicule is their portion. Notes. Rector Lane of St. Paul's church is in Spokane, but will return to Zion shortly. At the Tabernacle yesterday President George Q. Cannon discussed the Mills revivals re-vivals and mildly criticised the methods pursued in securing proselytes. The work of excavating for the foundation founda-tion of the new English Lutheran church on Fourth East street, betweeu Third and Fourth South, was begun todiy. Dr. Utter has formed a Sunday class for the study of "The Ten Leading Religions" and over fifty members have already joined it. Twenty-six copies of Clark's work on the subject have been ordered to start with, so great is tho interest in the proposed course. - i SUNDAY IN CHUHCH. Mr. Mills -Holds Three Great Services Ser-vices in the Bir Tent. DR. UTTER DEPRECATES REVIVALS He Mays Medical or Educational Revivals Would Re as Logical as Kclljcious Revivals Xotes of Interest. In-terest. The Rev. David Utter, pastor of the Unitarian Uni-tarian church in this city, gave an address yesterday on "Common Seme in Religion," in the Silt Like theatre. The attendanc e was large and the sermon throughout was extremely interesting. He compared an imaginary medical revival re-vival to a religious revival and then went on to say that the dangers of ignorance are many and they are very great and the necessity ne-cessity for educating all future citizens of our republic is urgent, and yet we are satisfied satis-fied with our steady, continuous and straightforward straight-forward methods We do not send for an educational revivalist to come and plead with people to take an interest in this heavy-fight heavy-fight with the monster ignorauce, but by means of lectures we set forth the beauties of culture and the disgrace of illiteracy. illit-eracy. Should we not be satisfied when we have in a similar manner set forth our religious re-ligious views and opinion before our fellow-citizens?' fellow-citizens?' We would willingly enlighten them, but if they are not ready to receive our Instruction, are we even justifiable in fairly forcing our views upon their attention atten-tion Now, the right method in attempting to conviuce is to address the reason. It is of no use to say: Oh, please be convinced! Oh, for the sake of your soul, yield,, ascent; believe that my reasoning is right and my facts authentic!" Any such appeal is foolish.- When you have presented your reasons "for your belief as clearly as possible, you have dons your utmost. To persuade is to waste time and breath. The cost of a revival such as ia in progress here at the present time is not easy to estimate, esti-mate, but it is considerable. And the money and labor that is given some of it freely a good deal of it grudgingly and through fear of consequences if it is not given will, no doubt, be subtracted from what would be given to the churches and In charity for the coming winter. Still, if the revival theory of religion be a true one, the cost ought not to be counted. If the revivalist knows and tell us truly what is going to become of us a thousand years from now, everytuing else sinks into significance. But does he know; The theory of the revivalist is that man is an immortal soul under a curse for Adam's transgression. From that curse there is only one way to be delivered and that way is through faith In Christ. By faith we are purified from all sin and guilt, both that which we are not to blarui for, Adam's, and that which resulted from our own naughtiness naughti-ness and inherent depravity Adam's too, second band. Then comes the day of judgment judg-ment and the one question is "Had you faith in Christ?" and there is no hope whatever for the person who answers it ih tho nega-tiye. nega-tiye. After death and judgment there are just two conditions of the human family one part is unutterable woe that is endless, one part is felicity that is faultless aud eternal. Such is this awsul theory. Christ died for sinners, we are told, paid the debt they owed and buffered in their room instead. This, if true, would be neither reasonable or right. - Each man should pay hi6 owu debts and sutler for his own sins. For a sinner to accept snch a vicarious sacrifice sacri-fice in order to win heaven is to deserve hell. Better say there is no God than say there is a God who slew his son because man eiuned. But how could he suffer for us? We may be sinners now, but then we were not. Did God know that we would live in future and would sin? This is part of the awful theory. "Ho miKht better "have dispensed with the' lives of all those who would ultimately have to be damued," cries reason. We do not have to be converted to art and mathematics, and neither should we, nor generally do we to coma into a religious life. As to the false theory that one has to believe Jesus is God in order to lead a good life, it needs only to be stated to meet with almost universal condemnation. There are good men in all religions, aud then outside there are plenty just as good. Will these good meu suffer eternally because of their inability to believe? We think not, and therefore we have little interest and little lit-tle belief in revivals or revival methods. THE REVIVAL. Large Crowds Throng the Tent to Listen to Mr. Mills' Message. "And we came to Kadesh Barnea," was the subject of Evangtlist Mills' address last nigjit. Three thousand puoplo were present.. pres-ent.. The text is a part of Deut. I., part 19th verse. "And we came to Kadesh Barnea." This was on the borders of Canaan, and Israel Is-rael was so near Canaan that one day's more journey and they would have entered on the laud of promise. They sent oat twelve men who said Canaan was a land of corn and wine, but lull of giants, two only of the spies urging to go on anyhow. Out of 600,-000 600,-000 fighting men only the two men said let us go on; and it was only these two who entered finally the promised land. The Israelites chauged their doubting minds after this final test, but it was too late, and God turned' them , into the wilderness. It was another caso-of committing the tnipar-. tnipar-. donable sin. Oh, if these men had not tempted God, hut had trusted him in the first place. There are many people in Salt Lake" who are now at their Kadesh Barnea, and it is as near the kingdom of God as they will get, unless they cross the line tonight. It may be tonight that some here are being kept out of God's kirjgdom by some one sin, and there is but one way to get rid of it; throw it off. Moral cowardice often keeps people out of the kingdom, as for instaucc Pontius Pi. late, the politician whose name is covered with infamy today, and many of you only lack courage to cross the line. You will be lost If you do not. Sometimes it is selfish worldliness. Peter almost lost his soul and Judas did lose hU although so near tbe Master. Sometimes love of money keeps men out of the kingdom.' Are you so near that only the one thing, riches, keeps you out? Sometimes Some-times half-hcartedness keeps people out of the kingdom. I know of two church members mem-bers who were lost because they kept back part of the price; and if there ia to-night I any one nnconsecrated thing about you, throw It off. Simple inaction sometimes keeps men out of the kingdom of God. There was one man who was told "Thou are not far from the kingdom of God," but we have not learned that he ever got right into the kingdom. People sometimes lose their souls for simple, inaction when they should haTe crossed the line at their Kadesh Barnea. Sometimes it is pride that keeps men out of the kingdom. Namaan came to his Kadesh Barnea when told to bathe seven times in the river Jordnn. It is almost the last hour, and I want to aak if you do not want to cross over the liue and bo saved. Will you do It tonight Will you not say I will cherish the Holy Spirit; I wish to be a Christian? In response eighty people rose to their feet in about eight minutes. min-utes. The speaker thanked God for that great manifestation of Ills grace In Salt Lake, and that so many by this act of rising had crossed the line. Thus may ail who have acknowledged acknowl-edged Christ make their calling and election sure. Save the people for Christ's sake. Today is the last of the Mills meetings. From here the evangelists go to Ogden. They will hud a big field there. BARREN OF FRl'IT. Religious Knthualaats Who Wast Their Time With Criminal. Religious services were held ia the police court yesterday for tbe benefit of the inmates of the city jail. Among them were two young girls who have recently abandoned themselves to a life of shame, a burglar and a half dozen hopeless dipsomaniacs. They offered a glorious field for the religious laborers, lab-orers, but for so 010 reason they were not able to make more than a fleeting impres- '. - t 1 "i . ' -'v. .r . 1 ' ' |