Show Dr Maeser and prest john the speakers ECHOES OF A KEAT pleads with us to lead more moral purer more god fearing and humbler at worship services hi the tabernacle as sunday afternoon dr karl G maeder was the farat apsa kor he began faia address by saying that recent occurrences curren ces in havo made bim sore at heart and depressed him and moat koroly lo 10 aeo tho youth of zion young men or young women going astray perhaps because bec puse his special labor in life bad been iu their behalf he nad pleaded for yara with god on high to stay tho stream of con lamination that he has B en and known all alone was beeking Bee kini for an inlet into our midst recent eventa lad given bici houra of ead contemplation even in the secret hours of night when albeo should havo his evea and hia grieved spirit his sorrows for the rising were deep and heart felt and he prayed god to cuard them from temptation and to an that satan sets in their wy he felt to say god bless the eistert of this community who bad arisen in their might and in the strength of their pure bonx dictions vict ions and a mighty and colemn protest against the continuance of this base iu prove ue folic to say god bless all who have beba connected with this movement and all who will yet render us assistance in our warfare agamet pollution po lution bat aard the speaker it is not enouch that we protest or anat TO kneel down si and alone and plead with godi sign petitions our views with each other lament or bemoan the dreadful fate that bag overcome this fair city we mus demand that tho condition of affairs that haa existed here shall eliet no more and we must tako a firm stand and see to it figu and borrup tion ceases its in our midat each one in hia own family eo arrange it that it is impo for satan to ply his trade with auy member of that family those gath brings where our young and inexperienced sons and daugh tsia are exposed to the evils of oin must cease conr sons and daughters duac be labored with kindly but earnestly and firmly we must remember that we have enterer into covenants with god and are responsible to him for the bins of this ee it is a we cannot shirk we may fail in our du iab but the debt must be paid with accumulating interest the longer we put f it off and the dav of foreclosure fore losure is near at band 1 I want to place myself on record said the speaker in moat solemn tones that I 1 will not fellowship any councilman or other person who either officially or individually grants cr aids or abass in the granting of a licence to traffic whisky in the place abac has bronert on shame upon us I 1 say this because I 1 have been informed that a license to the house is about to ie granted continuing dr maeser cried in tones of anguish whither are we drifting oh my brothers and sisters parents in israel that such blighting can be perpetrated in our midst As you know I 1 am man of peace but the time for peace has we must now fight ai we have never fought before and with satan as our antagonist we must put on our armor against sin and iniquity that the lord may know it I 1 plead with yon all to fight to the end that these things shall be no more in our bidet they baye cone altogether too far we must stem the power ot the destroyer why is it these things haye been why ia it these days when we administer to the sick our prayers are so often ineffectual why is it ve lave so much sickness eo much discontent sure y the signs are lessening but they are not stopped oh no not that if they were stopped we would surely perish in accordance with predictions of holy writ it ia lime for yon and I 1 to repent to aliye more humble and obedient lives I 1 plead with you my brothers and sisters let us live closer young men and young women arise attend your mutual improvement association meetings sunday schools and to all of your duties as sons and daughters in israel stand by one another admonish one another plead with those of number von bee going astray do not shun them and drive them on in the road to ruin gather around about them and encourage and help them to come up out of the slums and into the higher way and parents and those of us who are older let us set good examples for the youth of aton to pattern after president david john waa next speaker baid the of dr maeser were filled with the spirit of in epi ration each as we asad to enjoy years ago the spirit we all must enjoy now if we are to keep the faith we must re member that we are coworkers in the establishment of righteousness in the earth one duty is to stem the tide 0 and of all kinds and to prepare thia globe for the coming of the son of man to reign among the last for a thin ind years it is oar auty to teach and put down iniquity wo must do this by example it parents d nofa pray in choir families night and morning if thoy bont coma to fit annai of worship on sundays and if they a 1 in the performance for mance of other daie what ran they expect from children late haars hoars going to iho mountains the lake in gatherings the breaking of the sabbath etc etc must be discouraged iha warding of the holy must go out to all the people there ia a wave of wickedness increasing io intensity flowing over oar lair Uc abiud chii we must combat we must defend purity and innocense inno ceLse even st the risk of our own salvation president john continued on thia theme for nearly an hour delivering a powerful ch though at times was and will in great goodbroth good Both speakers were earnest and it could be been that the recent expose of awful crime in provo haib wrung their hearts and they hard not to say anything too harsh but rather to caution their bearers of the great danger of yielding ion of any kiad to great or small and of condoning con donine tle practice of eln in any degree and to encourage chopo who may have bean treading trea dinK alm rali of wrongdoing to aop diw and go on aiu a iu ein no more |