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Show SALT LAKE ; -i SEMONS Widfc Diversity of Subjects Sub-jects Chosen by the Local Pastors. A wide diversity of subjects was touched upon In the various churches of the city yesterday at the regular morning services. The Rev. Joslah McCIaln t)f the Third Presbyterian church pleaded for a more religious observance of the Sabbath Sab-bath day. He urged America to be a better example to the other Chrls-Vn Chrls-Vn nations, because America is to- iy the leading Christian nation of the world. The Rev. Prank Fay Eddy dwelt upon up-on the conscience ot John D. Rockefeller. Rocke-feller. "The conscience of Rockefeller." i he said, "is good enough as far as It goes, but It does not go beyond the age-of age-of Calvin. The only kind of Christian that is of any use today Is a modern Christian. Conscience changes with the advancement of the thought of the i Wle." (The Rev. D. M. Helmlck. pastor of Illlt Methodist Episcopal church, won-wered won-wered what Christ would do If he came to Salt Lake. He said that If he came as a man, he would be bumped about as other men are. He would be compelled com-pelled to stand in the street cars, while twenty other men would scramble for the seats. The speaker created a small-sized sensation when he said: "He would in all probability find as impure people In northeast Salt Lake as in Commercial Commer-cial alley, and as reckless gamblers outside the dens as In them, and men as steeped in crime walking in Main atreet as are confined In tte State penitentiary." peni-tentiary." Judge Willis Brown of the Juvenile court was the speaker at the First Methodist church. His topic wsw "Th Average Boy and His Rsponsibllities.r He went to the bone of his subject and xplained boy thoughts and boy characteristics char-acteristics in a manner that showed that he was certainly the friend of the boy. The greatest mission of the day is to save the boy, and direct his efforts ef-forts in the right channel, so that he will regard the law and obey it. "Save the gray beard and you save thcunlt; save the boy and you save the multiplication multi-plication table," was one If his metaphors. meta-phors. . . I |