Show TAFT ATTENDS SERVICES AT THE fiRST UNITARIAN Church Is Filled Fied to Doors to Hear Sermon Delivered by the Rev Arthur Hayes Sargent Whose Discourse However Is Along General Lines and Makes No Reference to His Eminent Auditor As Aa the final feature of President Taffs Tafts visit vis to t Salt Lake before bor going to t i station to take his train the President attended the th religious religions service pg which ha hal had 1 been arranged at the First Unitarian church HO South Second r Ea East street 51 11 Mr r Taft is a member of ot that denomination The auditorium was wall packed to the doors dol when the President arrived prompt ly lv at 11 1 and a the congregation rose rM and remained standing sn arv while wb the chic chie executive of the nation was conducted to his hi seat st in I the center of th th the front ro rn roof row of chairs in the church The services were wre not marked by any feature uncommon to the ti II regular orde order r of ot worship the sermon being boing delivered by the Rev Bev R Arthur Hayes HYe Sargent Brnt a a r graduate of the Harvard Hanard divinity school ho who arrived arve here recently to take of of the the services congregation during the th absence of the Rev Rv William Thurston Tumon Brown Brwn pastor At the close clO of the servIce ervice about 1145 14 a m in President Taft went wet forward and met the young preacher shaking hands and expressing his thanks thank for the th sermon afterwards shaking hands with Colonel Colonl Walter Valter alter S Scott commandant at Fort For Douglas and other guests There Tere was wal a movement on the part pt of ot others in the cong to get gt an opportunity to shake the hand of the President but the secret service serce attendants prevented most of them from obtaining the coveted privilege although one or two in the im immediate immediate mediate vicinity of the distinguished guest succeeded in grasping his hi hand The rhe last of these was as an aged woman whose hand was extended as all a the Presidents Presidents dents personal bodyguard took his hil place pla at the side but President Taft stopped topped long enough to grasp her hand handA A Church The Th review of ot the school phool children in South Temple street attracted the crowds crowd to that neighborhood but the church had bad begun to fill fi at 10 and a quarter of ot an hour before the time set st for the service standing room rm was wa at a Ii premium Among those th to arrive arrhe prior to the coming of the Presidents party were wre Colonel Scott Sctt and ad several other guests who took tok their seats in the front of ot the church at atthe atthe atthe the left of ot the pulpit Three rows of chairs in the center of the church at the front had been reserved for the presidential presidential dental party As the signal sigal was given that the President had arrived the con congregation congregation arve arose aro and the th President ac no accompanied a companied by Captain Archibald W Butt But and other attendants was escorted to his hi seat sat Governor William Spry came cam for forward forward forward ward a moment later and took his hill seat st stat at the right of the President while Chief Justice D N of ot the Ule state supreme court seated himself on the left United States Senator Reed Rp Smoot and Mayor J JS JS JS S Bransford Bransfor came In a few minutes later and took chairs in the front row When all al were seated Mr Sargent gave out hymn 46 Consider the Lilies LUes In which the congregation heartily Joined He then called attention to the fact that the Rev Mr lr Brown pastor tor of the church who is a Yale man was wa unavoidably ab absent ab sent attending the session sHon of the th Rocky Mountain conference of ot the th denomination and was in Colorado yesterday He then announced prayer and the congregation recited recite the Lords prayer A quartet composed Q of Miss s Gall Gail Gal Mills ls soprano Miss Mess Pearl Allenbaugh h con contralto contralto Joseph Poll tenor and A G Ma Xa Mahan Mahen han hen bass bl sang the anthem I Sought the Lord by Frederick Frderick Stevenson and following this the pastor announced as a the Scripture lesson J n the first Psalm be beginning b beginning ginning Blessed is the man that not in the counsel of the ungodly nor in the way of sinners sinner nor stet in m the seat st of the scornful Text of Sermon A solo by Mr Poll pon Face to Face Fac by Herbert Johnson followed the th Scripture reading The pastor then ten gave out his hill text which was from St St John John chapter 17 Ii verse 4 I 1 have bave finished the work which thou gayest ga vest me m to do d He said Id IdIn in part This is the th work of ot the kingdom of God This work on earth erth is carried on onon Go on two lines on the lines Jnes of the socialist Bial t trying to bring the Utopia or perfect state and that of ot the individualist seek seeking Bek BekIng ing lag to make Utopians Utopias or perfect citizens No Ko one who works work for the establishment of the th ideal Il state will 11 reject the th ideal Idea citi citizen ct citizen zen although he find him alone The idea Ida which we should have in ingoing Ingoing going to work is to make mke of ourselves a aUtopan Utopian goin and having accomplished that result with ourselves to make Utopians of others to be true tr to our task of or organizing organizing the perfect state Every one of ot us ought to be a re reformer reformer reformer former Eyer As we begin much of ot our work will wil be narrow but we will wiil wil never scorn corn the perfect citizen When hen we find an honest honet man or o woman woma we will win say Upon this rock will w I build my church sy For these perfect men and women there is need of a reward that will wI bring forth these thele noble spirits spiris It has been ben said by Ruskin that A soldier is II not one whose b duty is l u uslay t taJ slay aJ but one who wo gives elv himself up to tobe 1 o obe be b slain lan lanThe The call cal to enter a a band bd of ot ruffian brings out the ruffians ruffian the call wI to to en eu euter enter enter ter the profession of 0 reformers bring out the men and women who are nil wil I l lug lag If I need ned be b to t b be slain The 1111 marL n H who works work tor for his hi wages wage is i a a rather than a workman The rewards reward of ot a physical hell hel an ani 1 heaven beaven are too to cheap to appeal u to to or ordinary ordinary ordinary men and aDd women We need Ded some seine something We need the thing higher ne rewards of ot the Ule joy Jo of our dally daily daiy labor that which gives give us U u joy in doing it If It I we weare weare weare are looking for tor a job our question que should not be b that of ot Judas Juda Iscariot What will wi you give mer me but Wh Wha can I 1 give In each ech thing ting we produce we should be able to say sy There here is a bit of pet per perfect fact tet work It I should not be our ef ei eifort effort fort tort to show results result In the outward OUtWIt work alone aone but we should build up in il ourselves something noble nole and grant gran grantIn 1 In erecting public buildings v w we a sometimes build the back bk of ot brick and put pil up a front of ot stone using economy in public buildings but it ii n better beter to economize economise in manhood lu In everything a man makes there is 18 re reflected r fleeted a cheapness in that which ie a e constructs If I we are faithful to our oui OUI work it will wil make mk us UI more faithful to ourselves our elve sad and ad to our friends If 1 r we erect buildings building good go on the back backside back backside side a a as well wel a a as on o the front side elde t will wil make every ever man mn who works oa on 0 the front building as u good go in the back as m ut j n A Higher Life Above our little lives live Ive is II a high r life that is ill leading our little lives to higher end ends The religious reU lou of a Heavenly Father who Is to tu n It i iward ward us is l what leads lead lec us Ua on It I is ic I Ithe the idea of the ancient Zeus zus anun t the Greeks Zeus Zus was wa too to poor t i give a crown of gold and could give gi only a crown croW of ot olive olve which was vas n ni addition to but only a reminder t the triumph It I does dos not help belp u us t think of our Heavenly Father as ru ruin rici in houses house hos and lands We may bett regard Him as poor por like Zeus Zus I 11 I highest reward He Me can cn give His eh e i i 1 idren dren is J the approval of ot work w vv i i idone i idone Idone done Our Great Father is I not only ti n and comforter of His Ills dm clu c 11 I Idren dren drea He is the he great Architect of ti t L work which is going on through t ti U ages ae Some Somo will wil say that the wink urk of or of our or Great Father is I incomplete is II The very fact fa of ot i I ii one of ot the glories of a divine ui un ut verse verae verae As we rise higher in the know edge ege of this universe we see se som 0 thing ting richer and nobler God G grant tl at atHis His universe shall always be me and that we may never have a a heaven heven in Ii which to stop stop but a hea heayn hearL hearLIn a ain in which to t move onward Let Lt u us 1 perfect even as a our Father in heave heanu hea i is II perfect Our own an perfection a as 88 a part of n great universe is II to be that of t U I trees tres and the flowers fowers The little ti h ha tiis if is as a perfect as 8 the great tree tre Ea la lahas I has accomplished its mission up to tt u t L present time The Te reward of a pe per feet workman is I a reward that is to ta satisfy all al the fragmentary parts i ilife r life Let Lt us all al be able ale to say wit wt WWI i ithe the te great get Nazarene Narene who was ws cut off offin f ff in the midst of ot His Hi life Ufe here bere I 1 hav lave finished to do the work that Thou Tou gayest ni n me 3 Taft Greets Pastor Following the sermon seron the choir sang another anthem The King of f Love Lve by Shelley Sheley Mr Sargent formally dismissed the congregation and announced that all al would rema standing as u the guests guest left the chure chur At the close of the service serice President Taft at t once started forward to nI it the pastor who came from the te side n f the pulpit and received receive the handshake of ot the President as 88 well wel as 88 his thanks for tor the sermon The President Pr then turned to shake hands with Ih several near him and continued to do so 60 until escorted e from the church and through throng i ithe the great crowd which had 1 on the outside to witness his Mr Sargent Sar nt was wal the recipient e eman many man congratulations following tt ti the f service for the excellent sermon had been given Mr Sergent horn hornis hornI is I in Corinth Orange county Vt h ho hA having been brought up on a farm He graduated at the University of ot Ver Vermont cr mont most in 1904 and the following ve year ear it was wa principal of the Groton high school schol at Groton Vt He next went ent to th fiA the Meadville Theological school hol at Mead Meadville yule ville vile Pa for a year and follow e i this course with two years at Uni nl It n Theological seminary New York oit cL it itHe He spent last year ye at Harvard ity Iy school hool Cambridge and there r the degree dere of bachelor of saor t theology last June June During his year at Cambridge 1 i preached as supply auppl in various New X w England churches churche but declined to be become bt b come a candidate for tor a church ther thera theras a as 88 he had ha planned to find his hi field feld n i I Ithe the west He lie went to Chicago this thi month and left lef there two week ago ag reaching Salt Lake at the Invite InI tion lon of o Mr Brown Bown on Sept 19 U He Ho 11 ture last lut Thursday at Unity hall hal it h t fore tore the local Joa Social Science club on n the first of a series seres on Grand Fall Fail Fai Failures ures in Social Reform his hi lecture lecure T r that occasion being on the sublet suhle t tJohn John Ruskin or the Grand Failure of an Aristocrat He will wil lecture t ture next Thursday Thursay night before the th club m on The he Grand Failure of o an Anarchist and said ld yesterday that he will wi K the name nae of the anarchist whom he I b bIn in mind at that time Mr Sargent vii 11 Sunday preach at the Unitarian church n nl Called Caled to Oregon Oon Prior to coming here he ha had hafl l calved a call can to Hood Ho River r or r i district In which he h has ha thought though t zi a i locating to preach there for tor a m nt i ion on approval but as a the te dates datu r red ed with wih those already alrea made for s ia a aLake I Lake he was wa forced to decline i t Ii invitation at that time If I he h SW i inot not make other arrangements arrangement leaving leavine Salt Sl Lake he intends to t KO i Berkeley Cal the headquarter of t I Ifield field secretary of the Pacific coast i to look ok over the field the I IThe The Rev Wliam William Thurston Brown Bron n pastor of ot thi th local laal l aJ Unitarian churl chur churI churlis I I is field eld secretary y of the Rocky Rock nion moun tain ti conference e of ot the church which embraces embras severa states stare sta rp When he noticed In the h iTil f the President that Salt Sal T Lk ik be b visited about this thi time IK ill h w rote t I Ih ho e President expressing hK ills I r i et t t a ahe i he would be p to ie I i Lr br r during the Y visit t u it a as he lIe hI had to g p I t the ton on ferenc at A If tt r wa va a Tl 1 President T f In vM h J 1 i t rl 1 1 i regret that he would miss seeing Me t Brown No Xo further plans were WEre made for a ser serie fn r rice ice ie jf until Friday Frida v h n word u Wa v i iu r ri u i fit fi 01 i tl f V Mft v fl ii I i J n I i 1 i I 1 de it the tha c 11 u i L V I H do c bj |