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Show I $ ? ' ITT 4 TX JljL, i i ' g S' ? li ft Vf 'll Av l mar' 's iI WV-- " i'Tttr ! 'rf '' VOL, VAGinA I! Ihf .s' ( ffiot , ?'? f iu U(bjl. s 0 A yf,1 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, MARCH, 1. Utah UaU uluuuik. Y i NG 3 1884. the nearly the whole congregation i were j tho tueiiibex-sbius EencTiine- tbers mi!p soath i T . the would rimaisL After tbiee - !ur ! of fhp? tlue. aoour noon we transacted our Mdhodist Church, the Rev. F. T. weeks, those converted would rise j oh hem by ccmersion Tlmre are business, which was finely in lira Lee, pastor of Fur Cuugietrauunal and say a word expressing gladneft? j etill some thirty or forty more xobe interest of the school, and then left d over thpsr Church, and the Rev. E. Gf nope m ajrecpivAd And it ono-li- tn be Lcrsia for Hit. Johns. Elding uo ,v n pastor of the Presbyterian personal Savior, thus deepening the m mind that this is equivalent to a beautiful canyon, with its almost work which would secure the con- perpendicular sides of Church, met together to arrange for interest. stupendous For the first two weeks, nearly version of four or five hundred in meetings during that week. They of solid we reached tha Edges i everv all agreed that it was ei v some Eastern community where beautiful thing that was valley, thence across about 4 A V n tt a T frv A Art d Att naArvla r?lTAccan Pnriclthn the Christian instruction of the 8 miles reaching St. Johns in due MUUtL UJLUOU OL4 it VJ iUtJb.ua. v separate meetings in the different Such topics as Christian work and people has been carried on for time. After waiting for the con- A ml the! ft was manifest ch'irM41 qilalllioatiOus fox it; the (cach- Tqq n V oxni vuvA.(AiilVUi9i fprarw t trr fwua ttav 4VUUM. A. so much religious interest during ings of the Bible about various gift3 The general results of this most people did not have a mind to conthis first week, that these pastors of the Holy Spirit for various wonderful work may be partially gregate. decided that it was important to purposes, would occupy the daily summed up as follows: More Nearly every family ia the village fter about ;lutU a hundred swmers converted, continue the daily meetings. The meetings for a week, has been visited, and most of them pastors also had a daily meeting three weeks, the religious interest and scores of back&lideis and have prfTnDAd tA attend, services. L Ml nt A v 'i UOLUUitj OL? lukewarm unristians reclaimed and among tLtiiistflves for cGiLcrciico w, n, CUlOviuU jjtUpiC After duly waiting we ruuant have afternoon aa which that and riraver. meetings great I" rtlr.rt 13 a a 1 riA player received, a fresh illustration of rho 44IIV4 LL? V w.!rtrt JUJilCiS 4a At AtucaI UU Uut, k o fk also been generally Ml ended by meeting was started and continued MAA iAtAjuumy vixau picViUia tilUOI 40 miles which thoroughly the Uev. Mr. Jeffrey, the assistant daily for six ween-- . Moie than ihegieat Christian vlenominaticns making us to enjoy the hospitalprepared pastor of the Methodsr Church, a hundred people were frequently and the moral power growing out Mrs. Mills of and family. and the Eev. Mr. Nelson, pastor of in attendance at these afternoon of it ; a new and striking proof of ity The school at Grantsville. under Methodist meetings. And there were even the power of earnest and united the Scandinavian efficient management of Mr. G. Church. In these ministers meet- many earnest and touching requests prayer, and of the power of Gospel me E. Copeland, is on a steady inings the work was planned out and for prayer, in behalf of n so n, or a truth when presented in a direct crease. In looking j cm the field prayed over. And the cordial, daughter, a husuanu or a menu, and piachcal way: tire bringing we have leaoun tu be hopeful, and broth cily feeling existing between for inquirers, for Sabbath school OUt of the faei (liar This lias we daily thank God and take courthese vorimm ministers and pastors, classes, and for business men. And power in Salt Lake as well as elsehn Baati on a of the important many signal snswers to prayers where: and to crown all, the a. age. J. D Gillilan. Fasten. causes of the great success of the were mentioned. These meetings tablishrnent of the mighty truth work. From the very first, there did much to add to the efficiency that the CLuiSiiau religion is the has not been a particle of disagree- and spiritual piower of the evening Ogden. only religion that has power to save ment between the ministers of the meetings. sinners and completely transform diffeient denominations, but all Christian work in Ogden 13 Special meetings .were held on their character and life into have worked together in such a Fridavi evenings for the vour.n and steadily advancing even though the U tcrmwinff .happy, fraternal way, that it has people, which were generally so hooufr progress seems discouraging! y aIuw made a deep impression upon the large as to fill the house. And toto some of us. Comparing the Christiaxus. whole city. ward the close of the series of Salt Lakt; Cirr, March 15, 1884. present with three years ago shows a very decided advance. Within surOther ministers from the meetings, a childrens meeting was that short time two churches, the rounding towns have occasionally held on Friday afternoon, which Methodism in Tooeie. County. been present and lent their aid. someiimes brought together nearly Baptist arid the Congregational have been organized, and though both .Valuable help has been received in three hnndrpd children. These Our ..oik 1.3 pa ug l , of these have had and are still this way from the Eev. Mr. V an meetings were also a great success, as well as we could reasonOisdel of Montana, the Eev. Mr. and are still kept up. The une at having very encouraging success the many and art: making verj decided progHill of Park City, the Eev. Mr. the Presbyterian church last Fri- ably expect, considering in the difficulties the ress, the older churches have not With way. of Eev. American Fork, the Day day afternoon was largely attended demand means our at seems that it Mr Gillespie ol Biigbam City, and and full ot interest. only held their own but have no better arrangements can be made the Eev. Mr. Adams of Boulder, gained in number and ia influence. On Sunday evenings, the three even of. or Our church thought Both thpf rthiiTcllPi hfivA 3iirvAQa- Colorado. churches combined in a lousing a very comfortable looele at is ful and growing Sabbath schools service in one uf the The meetings weie lwld in the union The services building. arefaiily and yet the older schools are decidthree churche.', combining a wek churches, mainlv in the MethodiM attended and the Lave come people and better attended. at a time in each. The pastors took and Presbyterian churches, because to regard these services as some- edly larger The same is true of the day their tnrn in leading the meetings, the Congregational church was thing to be depended upon. aufor small the too found schools. It is safe tojeay that great and the first fifteen or twenty The school has well been day This Sunday evening fifty per cent more children attend minutes were generally devoted to diences. sustained, and the great need at the different numand lt Christian schools, both rnt 4.V TT l iC strength ilitf meeting by olninv me uuc-jcis more teaching force the lAjiuua. present bers and the powerful impression and day school Rian did so as to allow rhp pastor to devote Sunday singing was a prominent feature in made truMi the vears W three ago. vucii special by all the meetings, and was generally more time to the regular church an would ed generally give impeOur own church work has been very spirited and inspiring. After r tlv A tw t i rv rr rlv. nninnf fit WOlK. i j i u. The rethe singing the leader vvuuld give com- constantly progressing. At Stockton hue a VV, iXi i.UHU a pointed and practical address, or fortable place to liave services, but vival influence felt in the churches Many external things contributed the only reliable place at Rush daring the past season was what brief sermon, for fifteen or twenty tew work, such as minutes, cn some gospel topic, alter to (he success of Lake, - a private room; Mr&. Mills was needed above every thing else. harmonv the the great among v which a few minutes would be is oui superintendent keie, and at Those who made a decided stand 1 of an the ministers, talent, variety the congregaSt. Johns, and is doing efficient for Christ during the special meetspent in Imaiing bom manner of and pretion brief testimonial, and state- temperament work. At tliE point we have done ings are holding on well. They are each minister the truth, senting Christian of ments experience rapidly developing into working much pastoral work. Th in some but diffennt members. A young people's meetrelating to the subject presented bringing School at St. Jouis r of the element needed strength; ecu racing, but we should have uu ing held in rbe pustois study every by the leadei. Some of the most in which Tin: TiiinrNK, report daily interestinc and instructive meetings earnest and cmnaxyous teacher to Tuesday evening is weF attended and so kindiy geneicrly ojened open a iVje school, and of couise and much interest i- taken in it. have been those where a large number gave minute testimonies. Iri its columns for that purpose; tlm assist in ihe Sunday School wnk, The battle is bv no limans ours, each of these meetings there would spirited singing and tlm variety of Mrs. Mills is a willing and a faith- but it is progressing and Christs be many brief prayers. Indeed brief testimonies. But the most ful teacher but is notabletoenduie forces aie marshaling in gieafc of success was out of the two numbers and in better order than prayer was a very prominent important clement the labor and persist schools. growing and united Those ike earnest feature in all the meeting-3ever before in Ogden. for the presence and Over six points in the country specially interested were requested ent piavei A. W. Adkinson. to rise for prayer, and sometimes help of the Holy Spirit, so that to are being held and we think a would re- a living God alone belungs die steady advance is being made. Ia as many as twenty-fivThen Fob ineeuncr would glory. It has been truthfully said spond. x general, the prospects are good at The growing interest and power each point. be concluded with an Inquiry Prayer pulls the rope below, and The aie entirely ours except the the great bell rings above in the meeting, at which those interested of the meetings, culminated during m personal religion would be re- - the week preceding the Communion school at Stockton, which is under ears of God. Some scarcely stir quested to remain, and such service in each church, which was the New West Commission, in the bell, for they pray so languidly: Christian people as were ready to held on Sabbath morning March - others efive but an occasional pin rkr exa musi assist the ministers in personal Onl Tin5 WaS the UlOota liicui'ji- - ppj jppf (v. n rh CT j at the iope ; but fie w ho wins with dth the inquirers. able day ever known in the history conversation On Saturday March 8, Bro. C. E. heaven is the man who grasps the These were often the most interest- of Christian work in this city, for Copeland and I took the horse back rope boldiy and pulls continuously ing meetings of all. and sometimes on that day seventy-- : ight persons stage for Ophir, a mining tamp 22 with ail hi might. began on the ?th of January, Eev. T. 0. luff, pastor oi - A. f TVvoei to Evangelical Cnriatiauity Education, Temperance and General News in Utah. BOARD OF MANAGERS. Bishop Wiley, Ll. D. 4 C rv (t. K. 4 Ci r.ew-fc.nu- e, - VC H, Fowler, I). D. T, c. niff. O. 1? Mc-Niec- V a VI Jayne. T. W. Lincoln. A . W . Adkinson . P. A. II. Franklin. J. D Gillilan. Nelson. F. Brock. (r M. .leTrej Pm... bod'1 M. VI 1 4 1 4 c 1 it-u- THE GREAT REVIVAL IN SALT LAKE CITY. lt Beeinnin". Progress a nr1 Results. Br So wonderful and important a revival woik as that which was brovmht (u n close in this city last Monday evening, demands a more explicit and connected account than has yet been given. Other workers in Utah need the encouragement which a connected account of the work in this city is calculated to e ti1 fS ypaH n cna i4.Ii.v4 o nty uuiomo Ojl L.;ii who are so geneiuuslY supporting Christian institutions here need to know tliat tlmir efforts are not In vain. The first revival ever known in this city, so fai as the writer is Mir rr r i- h I 'I pf I" -3 V. K'Sf ? TT-csT- St u-- , yjf ,11 IfT Hvr lH'iifrnvotorl Moody and Sankey in the fail of ISbO. limy anived here on the of Hist October, and held daily iniitimi j1 meetings for nineteen days in suc- cession. Their evening meetings were nearly all held in the Methodise diui oh, because of ike sko of which then seat the audience-room- , eu about eleven hundred. The meetings were crowdedalmost every n lull r, and th 3 whole ci tv im pressed with the power of the Gospel as it Those had never been before. can never be meetings forgotten by those who attended them, for Mr. Moody never preached with greater nnd Mr Rankev1 never samrw rvowpr X with more impressiveness than in this city. Their word is still bearing good fruits here, for more than fifty were converted and scores of backsliders were reclaimed. In November, 1831, Messrs. Whirrle A McGranahan anived h i here on their way to San Fraud.wo. and held daily meetings for , f ten days. They also did a great , work here which will new r be for-- , ' gotten. The people were again , piofoumlly impressed by Major Whittles powerful preaching and Mr. MeGianahaus persuasive sing-Lw- , ing They left many warm fricuus l - in this city among converted sinners and revived Clnidians, and f ' ' their work is still bearing good I fruit. AH this undoubtedly prepared the way for this greatest revival of I' ' 4 all, which has just been brought, to J ' a close. It lias been far deeper and broader than any work that has f, preceded it. It has reached a large of the unconverted, and has number T.: Iff' produced a mere profound religious ipq interest among Christians. Ter, which gT, Before the week 7 -- , tss ,.. " A i ever-excellen- - ei-ha- . T c mvv-wuM- a w-v- i- -, . e 1 |