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Show SPEAKS Oil FIGHT TO ! SECUREPR0H1B!T10N Rev. J. C. Clark of Provo Attacks the Saloons at Baptist Convention. Reading of a paper by the Kev. J. C Clark of rrovo on "The Dry Fight in i'tah," in which he strongly urged state-wide prohibition, was the feature of the closing sessions yesterday of the Utah Baptist state convention, which has been held at Bcthol Baptist church in this city during the past three days. The paper was read at, the morning session of the. convention and w&s listened lis-tened to by one of the largest audiences that has been in attendance upon the convention. An afternoon session of the convention, a women 's meeting in the afternoon and a genoial session last night brought the convention to a close. Those who have been in attendance, and especially the pastors who have participated in the meeting, declare it has been one of the most successful and interesting conventions ever held by the Baptists of Utah. In his paper Mr. Clark bitterly arraigned ar-raigned the saloon as a useless institution insti-tution one that brings nothing to the state and draws much from it. lie declared de-clared his belief that at the coming election the people of the state will see lo it that prohibition is provided for the state and that the legislature will pass the necessarv laws to rid the state of the saloon. He declared that. liquor furnishes 80 per cent of tho inmates of the penitentiary, 70 per cent of the inmates in-mates of the insane, asylum and. 00 per cent ef the paupers in the poor house. He declared that a nation's prosperity depends upon its producing power and that the saloon decreases a nation's producing pro-ducing power. A nation's prosperity and power depends, he said, upon conservation con-servation of the home, but the saloon attacks and destroys the home. The Bev. B. F. Bronson of this city-spoke city-spoke on "The Educational Task of the Baptist." He urged Baptist families fami-lies to induce their children to attend Baptist schools and colleges. ' The Rev. Dr. Samuel Z. Batten ot Philadelphia spoke on "Men's Work for the Kingdom, ' contending that church work is a man 's work. Dr. D. D. Proper of Omaha spoke on "Our Church Edifice Edi-fice Missionary Work." Dr. C. L. Trawin of Boise led the devotional service with an address on the book of Ephesians. In the afternoon a song service was conducted, after which the Rev. H. W. Pratt spoke on "Leaves From a Missionary's Mis-sionary's Notebook." J. F. Berkley gave a report as historical secretary. Mrs. John Gebhanlt of Ogden presided pre-sided at the women's meeting of the afternoon, when five-minute reports were given by field workers of the denomination. de-nomination. After a song service last night an address was delivered by Miss Maude Saun ders of Kansas, and Dr. Samuel Z. Batten of Philadelphia delivered an address on "Social Service in the Five-I'ear Five-I'ear Programme." |