Show THEATRES SHOULD CLOSE Baptist Minister Says Performances Are Menace Tribute to Mem Hem Memory Memory ory of Howard Hunt At the tio services of the First l Baptist church last evening which were held in iii inthe the Jewish temple the pastor vastor Rev D A ABrown ABrown ABrown Brown made m de the death of Howard L 1 Hunt the theme of his sermon Mr Hunt was seas a lineman who was killed by electricity electricity electricity city on Dec 24 21 while working on Fifth North and Second West Vest streets The pas Pal pastor pastor tor and many man of the congregation were well acquainted with the thc unfortunate man and his untimely death was a sad blow to many of them In Iii his sermon the Rev Re Mr Brown as assailed assailed assailed sailed the cheap theatres of the th city Speaking of them he said It fl Is a shame that these cheap theatres should not close elOIe on Sundays They lead our children to destruction and they are bad places to togo togo togo go In the time openness of this town and the laxity of its laws such places are arc dan dangerous dangerous dangerous After describing in a dramatic way the death of Hunt the Rev Re Brown concluded by saying In the life Ufe of this young man his virtue in life was his greatest peril He was strong sturdy stable and it was just this that led to his peril His confidence in his strength th led him to the place where he met his death What hat a wonderful teaching It is to know that our greatest gifts are our greatest perils and it teaches us with what care we should husband the gifts given us by God lest they prove proe to us our peril As we hear the time story of this unfortunate young oung man we find he literally climbed to his death and we too are doing it every day we are climbing to the are creep ing lug to the edge of the graves graes that shall house us His experience teaches us that we ve must have a mediator before we place ourselves before peril This man had no mediator and it meant death There is but one mediator the one between God ana an man It Is i Jesus At the conclusion of the sermon Louis S Fuller western organizer of the Anti Antl saloon league gave gae an on address His talk was on temperance lines He discussed the progress made throughout the coun try tr |