| Show I 1 4 Y PIT sit G E HEAR SHAW what he hem heard d at the conference fer vence BIG MEETING Im immense morise audience attends the closing service of the utah union mr sankey and mr and mrs stebbins stabbing sing mr hudson on tho the lesser and the larger chopis hopis easter at the tha first methodist 0 church large offerings for mis flonary tary work fork the annual meeting of 0 the Y P 8 C E closed with a largely attended aft iw at tile the first congregational c hurch church last it evening la ia anticipation of 0 the lite character of 0 the meeting ats aa well of the appearance ap of mr ira n D sankey the church IV WM crowded to the doors doers before the service began chairs r placed laced in this the nl ili aca in the main auditorium and tile the seats pests in the be balcony a ami the lecture room were ivere all filled the were out in force tho the meeting was opened at 7 1 30 0 with a 0 song service eier vlee I 1 led ed by mr stebbins the world renowned sankey then millie mide n address arid and bang IL a few hians in ills inimitable way As A he ans as to appear nt at the meeting nt at tile the theater theat tr mr ale sankey was i lery cry brief in ills remarks marlis re ile il took the Sav loia lots temptation for or his text and dwelt dolt with special emphasis emp hasla upon the tha phrase it Is written used so no often octen jn in ilia anslem of christ to the tempter tern pter at the close of his MI address iress mr me sankey and mr and mrs ira stebbins sang eang tho the beautiful trio ilia 1 I shall lo be 10 salle sall fled when tills this vas ill air r sankey invoked EL a and hl hla party parly left tor for the other meeting t tile lie choir singing god L lie e with yu you till we va meet agran as they departed TREASURER SHAWS SPEECH president caskey then introduced mr ile william shaw of boston the notional national treasurer of the christian endeavor era eret NL who ito spoke for up upwards ards of an hour ile ho began beean ua as fol follops lovs that I 1 mould have to be with gentiles Gent lla tonight I 1 went among anion the saints this afternoon I 1 heard the leader of the church soy say why lie believed lieveld in n tile balter day saints I 1 then alln n went to another building and heard another speaker tell of the apostolic success ln and I 1 sup pone he be believes the iho functions or of in to the priesthood or of hla his church yet bile I 1 am only a simple layman I 1 claim that I 1 havo have the 1 ho right t to preach and prophesy T under the prop prophecy lecy of joel nil as t to th the e latter latte laya days I 1 should ad lac that that 0 ther other revelator rov elator to come here tonight for this thin audience Is n a revel tion lon mort an inspiration I 1 never waa ives more impressed tit with the th power of god than I 1 ant am tonight there naiem more people in tile the tabernacle it Is true there woo wen e alao more people outside than there word in that little room lit in jerusalem yet that little body of men went out and comert comer ted cd the whole world yem ye I 1 came out of that meeting inspired not discouraged the thought in my mind was waa if one matt man could start a movement like ati v Ith illicit nut tho the power of god what cannot we ile do nith the mine mime industry and the assistance of 0 almighty aty god we may have in our frankm of rn hn deavor ers a boung man who may have the th power of josaph smith plus the power of god tit trouble in the past has been that lluu we have not done our best tile the fact that you have obstacles to meet should make you thank god that you have been placed in tire the post poet of danger where the strife Is tire the and where the i will be the mort 1 orious orI oun the speaker often ihn gave a tribute to the Y P a C E H fifteen I 1 scare sc are card aga affo they were it a lady of fifty buya boys in the city of portland today there are aie owr over in fit tile iho world the society has representatives in every nation except two oviliere la is a belt tit of prayer aud and perv leiv around tile atie IS world art and the name inscribed upon it ls III christian andea nor M christians CHRISTIAN S IN POLITICS but I 1 m wish ish to speak of the andl individual idu contin ucil the speaker 1 I mear a little badge with the letters C E upon it and I 1 wish you would all wear it christian men must go into politics and vote voir as they pray this land will reser be emanuels land as ag long lone as the devil ansh of tile saloon has haa its U grip on our politics that grip cannot im he loosened until christian men go to the poin jolly and vote good men into bince tho the bettem C 13 E may meet mean character emphasized and that la is one thing I 1 wish to about there in a deal of difference between cli character ameter and reputation the former Is what aou ou are latter people think you are arc character la Is only conduct crys tho the weakness in the horld today Is not in the ton ten talented men but bul in the one talented man you say aay you cannot do a thing because you cant do it we well vint that in thi the trouble will most of us today we do 10 riot not use tho the little talent we possess to the best beat advantage the weakness of the church today Is that while members member have their names on the church rolls they render no service for jesus so I 1 plead bilth you tonight to do your par part t to build up a character that mill enable you to a take your place in flip work of christ these characters of ours show what our alveto have been the characters you are forming tonight will dete determine your deada y the speaker went on to e the character of the ilia Endeavor cor tr lie took the letters Y P S C I 1 U ns nit meaning youthful persistent bachin caal consecrated enthusiastic and dwelt upon these as aa characteristics of the union TOOK ur UP ay AN OFFERING on tho the conclusion of sir ile shaws address rev n D P r clay of the central christian church called upon the con for fin an offering to lo help on the work which the have mapped out for this thin year lie he appealed to alt but cepec lally to the bu men on the grounds that the utah rutih union WK was making an ji effort ni alth till fair prospects of succeed to get the no lional union to atop over two days in I 1 talt salt lake next year on its way to san ban francisco I 1 mr ile shaw m nho he sold said his frien the in the eart know knew him oa as it most moat successful beggar also urged liberality a on n the part of the audience and hla his a eITor I 1 seemed successful for each cash donations danat lonn and written promises to pay before bf foro juno june poured into tile tho contribution circulated by the committee non members of the union ill ahn left the church and a conseco tion meeting was waa held hel 1 by the mrs I 1 mr aar shaw presiding this was tm over in halt half an air hour and tho the annual on routine sating was at ai tin an end 4 the lasser and the larger H hope ope 1 1 tho the lesser and ill cargor hope was the th subject ull oct of 0 mr ale nion morl yesterday morning ut at unity hall ball his hi tt text being booko 21 but wo a howd hopcia that ihal it 11 haul had bren kimt ho he who should have redeemed irnel lie he spoke ot of tile tho lonor loni holl hop amonia the jw jews ot of the lite earning 0 messianic kingdom in alch nelch the mev e L II 11 2 alah b that Is flip anointed one on should bould appear in a chariot upon blonds of fire a and L ild afe got of the throne a of 1 dili L id choir d bring all the nations or of the earth into subjection deliver I 1 f from r orn bondage and make h her e rope me in 11 put cuir iu tr ir lit in majesty and I 1 in clory the nearer micager arid and disjointed records of V the to teachings of jesus found in the iho new Tem ament atilt show t eliat il lot hj hf constantly laught that tile the kingdom of oc god blob lie came to 0 o establish ang a spiritual kingdon find and not at a material one nevertheless his 1 1 ac I 1 1 1 11 e R a icem am to have clung tenaciously c 1 0 u 5 alx lx to lo the old jewish deutsh conception of coming who roc rees ro re es c cablish the Davil dle kingdom and this conception they In un ui on ialenti fyler with tile the of jesus so that his death upun upon ill the e cross brought to tit them nt at first lite mot most In intense terin and litter bitter diR appointment holcli lit c it Is cap re in the language of 0 the he text they could not know that in die 00 lea loss s of athis oils lesser ludru there was anns to le I 1 e alix d nn ill infinitely larger and 9 I 1 tinder one on ahey had hoped that thai this v as 1 naho M ho should re rc establish tile id der c kingdom among dinoni the jells aca in thelt titter bitter over UK if da J real eal of 0 ilia ihla narrow find and petty hope they were unable to comprehend the lurker larger truth that the influence ot of title this jel orlow lous 4 life to altal fish for all time the vc lit heaven among I 1 dpn oil tills the speaker paid ald Is 3 it a frequent one lit in human life we are arc continually meeting luc elbut the detent defeat and ami its ni of our lesser hopes without all t realizing that corning behind them tire are 1 arger and nobler possibilities I 1 if f only our oui minds etc tree free to comprehend them the tragedy of lite life consists not in defeat ot of the th oscr but in the failure to 10 grat craib tr thi the larger hope ito ilo then contrasted the two alcus lck of jesus christ an aa held field by orthodox find and liberal christiana one being a narrow row and materialistic conception con cellon of ns AN being of 0 miraculous birth god incarnate in human form through on nit conception on an atoning sacrifice through the shedding of whose innocent blood an angry gid CA ANCIs appeared arid vy by reanon of bodily resurrection the immortality of humanity manity has been assured ft the other a human and rational conception of jesus as aa the rounder founder of the christian rallston rell ston ginn in whom Is revealed the ill dl nine ine humanity the perfect union of the human and tile ill dalno inc n which aich isilie Is alie possibility of every human fit life in whose driving at self if for humanity nor tg Is mil to it 11 e of loveto cod and loe ioe to man and lit in the fr triumph of it spiritual nature was s imma rca Jed that bett and truest immortality r COB in which the soul of at man I 1 takes C hold upon the infinite arid and becomes forever at one with the eternal purpose the spirit of coalitions truth and beauty chich peral pervades s th the universe lie showed how in the loss of the first find and lesser hope as to tire the character of jesus jesue there cornea comes into N low lew the larger find and more helpful one on tn fit v chich alch thi the rational mind finds all that I 1 la 9 deepest de criest and most sacred in religion I 1 to 0 be in harmony with scientific truth as ilia dla covered by the strictest stricter t processes of the mind dollois ins ing the sermon there was ives it a but beautiful end and I 1 impressive ill crace of consecration for young people abich alch was uns participated I 1 in IV bv a number of young people pc crl from 0 the he yen pen lor class in the sun sunday day school under charge of mrs mra nom M jones |
