| Show OLVER 18 I AT WORK Evangelist Opened His Tent Meeting Last Night f SAT LAKE NEEDS HELP HELPt t TOW TOWN IS ON TH THE STRAIGHT ROA ROAD TO PERDITION I The Oliver revival in the big lg tent at the corner of Main ad and Market streets opened lat last night in the presence of ofa ofa a but greaty greatly Interested audi once some misunderstanding i the pianos which had been ed for forthe the meetings dl did not b but t I Olver Oliver explained that he arre ld without them The w was le leby led by Prof J H Burke of Chicago and even without the I It was very inspiring In his opening prayer the evange list said that if ever 3 a town needed prying praying for th that t town was Sal Salt Lake and if ever a town was on the road to the devil Sal Salt Lake was the name of it it He took for his text the seventh verse of the fifteenth chapter of John ohn I If ye abide In Me and My words abide in you ye shall ask what ye wi will and i it shall be done unto you ou Advantages of f Knowledge In beg Mr Olver Oliver spoke of the advantage of knowing about things He saId that knowledge amounted to but ver very little unless I it was put to toSme some use After illustrating this idea In a number of different ways he spoke of the difficulty of persuading people to do the right after they knew what the right was Then Mr Olver Oliver dwelt on the necessity of in Jesus Christ Christ There are people who abide in Christ I once a week he said They wear full ful dress uniforms a and nd advertise the mii milli milliners ners considerably but that Is not the I kind of abiding the text has reference to Continuing the evangelist told of the infinitely higher value alue of a clean cean hert heart than a fine dress or hat Needs of Sat Salt Lake LakeI I If good preaching would save Salt Lake City said Mr r Olver Oliver taking up another lne line of thought hought she would have been saved long ago for you have some mighty good preachers here Now yoU need something different and rm Im going to try to give it to you He told of the necessity for a religious awakening and sid said that in many Christan Christian homes the visitor would find U a deck of cards on top the center table in the parlor while the family Bible would be on time the shelf sheU underneath Hear me Sal Salt Lake Ci City said the speaker in conclusion I 1 tel tell you I It is time for you to awake f r you to turn from your society and your oUr card play playing lug ing and your dancing and your vaude vies villas and your other kinds or of vies villes to God Gad At the th conclusion of the sermon there was a a prayer by the Rev Joel JoelA JoelA A A Smith after aHer Which a young ayoung quartette gave a selectIon Before the meeting closed lr Mr Oliver announced that he would conduct a a service every night in the tent at I 8 until further notice On Sun Sunda Sunday da day night next he wi will delver deliver a lecture on The Inspiration of the he Scriptures I It is expected by those in charge that Interest In the meetings wi will grow Until I the tent wU will be too smal small to accommodate accommodate date the m multitude |
