Show RACE I IR TC CK rotTo rot fOE TO YOUTH OF CITY DECLARES PASTOR Sport port Should Be Ostracized Because of Bad Influence Says Rev P. P A. A SimpKin The Slavery Slaver of sure PleD was the topic of ofa a powerful sermon fermon preached by bythe bythe y the Kev Hev P P. A. A Simpkin at Phillips Congregational church last night Tho The text was from front Kings lx 19 And the tho driving drivins i is like the ln dri driving of Jehu lehu tho the son of Nimshi for he fu Lu- Mr r. r Simpkin characterized this as the age aee of nervousness ne The price we pay payI I for necessities is greater than titan o er and the tho margin that ii h left for comforts com coin comforts forts for luxuries and for pleasure and enjoyment compels men to feverishly seek seck the these e things The Tho physical burden grows less but the strain in in- in creases A prominent business man recent recently re reo re- re cent said that the pursuit of pleasure pleas pleas- pleasure ure wearied him more moro and was a greater strain upon his nervous forces than the pursuit of business This is n a beautiful city one with unusual facilities for enjoyment The rhe great resorts are ideal places for an au hour bour of enjoyment The canyons are unsurpassed for lor or convenience of access a and natural beauty In the their 1 places each one is good I have hae nothing to say sa against any of these except the race raco racetrack racetrack track which is ostracized by all the great commonwealth of the country for its iniquitous influence so dan dangerous erous to youth in particular Madness of Indulgence But dut duty demands that a word ord be bespoken bespoken spoken in in re regard ard to the madness of indulgence indulgence in in- that makes play work and life a grind where it should be a delight In thin the glorious summer time with ifs its hours of opportunity for leisure amus amusement should be the incident the spice of life only All AlI our life ought to he be pleasurable Every day should be the very ery zest of living make male music within us The wise man said that there is a time for laughter and for weeping But amusement should not be indulgence our pleasure should minister to our and renewal The idea that er e every hour of leisure must be bo yielded to the siren call of sensuousness is a damnable and damaging in log ing one It ft injures socially because of that which it causes CRuses us to neglect as aswell aswell well wen as its unfitting influence on oi our lives It dama damages es the fiber of character charac charac- ter tr by softening and It hurts economically because of the waste of substance it causes auses on the tho part of ot those who ran cannot not afford it It dwarfs us spiritually in the throttling of the tender spiritual influences of life that cannot thrive in the glare lare of perpetual vanity fair GODS GOD'S GOODNESS TO WORLD IS DEEPLY IMPRESSIVE Decision was the tho theme themo upon which the Rev Herbert E E. Hays of the Third Presbyterian church spoke yesterday yesterday yes yes- mor morning ing The text was from Joshua 15 lEi Choose you this day dav whom you will serve sene H He lie a related briefly the farewell exhortation of thaI the tho great leader to the tho children of Israel I whom he ho was about to leave IEa after niter leading leading lead lead- in ing them to the promised land The I story of f Gods God's goodness ss and and mercy to the children is deeply impressive e said the speaker We W should review re our own lives lins and see if God ha line has not been equally qually good to us When we wo see that goodness we are sure to serve him hint After comparing comparin all 1111 the religions of the world worM Joshua pla placed ed all the other re religions ro- ro j ions on one side ide and that of the Israelites on the other The Tho same din din- sion still holds good and we are called caned upon now to make our decision Procrastination Procrastination Pro Pro- is the greatest enemy of mankind and we should not delay in taking a definite stand Shall we not like the children of Israel choose Je Jehovah Jehovah Je- Je hovah and follow him all an the rest of our lives livest FORMER MODERATOR TALKS TALES OF MISSIONS IN SOUTHWEST The Rev Re Baxter P. P Fullerton DD field fild secretary for the southwest for the tho board of f home missions of the Presbyterian Presbyterian Presby Presby- terian church and former moderator of the Presbyterian general genral assembly preached at Westminster Presbyterian church last night ni ht lIe He spoke of tho the mission work of the church and the Strength of th the denomination from Alaska Alaska Alas Alas- ka to Porto Rico and from Maine to California The membership in in t the te United States is more mort than Th The characteristics tics of the last general assembly at Denver Dener were that young Joung men formed the majority of the delegates ates and that it was marked particularly by its deliberative c work The budget bu for the mission board for th the n next two years Yc ars calls for which h he said will willbe willbe willbe be easily secured BISHOP ROBINSON PREACHES BACCALAUREATE SERMON The Right Bight Rev Re Henry D. D Robinson bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Nevada Xe Ne vada preached the ser sermon ser ser- mon moo for the students of Rowland Hall yesterday morning at St. St Marks Mark's catbE ca ca- ca thedral There were fifty of the students students stu stu- dents in addition addition- to the graduating cIa class present in the lar large 6 congregation n. n of discussed discussed ellS dis dis- dis The Problem Power was I cussed by Bishop Robinson Ho Hl urged I his hearers bearers particularly the graduates to look to God for power to do 10 the right thing at the right time He lie impressively im mi- showed the students the need of relying rel upon God for help in all aU the problems ms of life In the eve evening nine Bishop Robinson spoke at St. St Pauls Paul's church He lie came here particularly to deliver the baccalaureate sermon and soil left this morning mornin for vada ada Bishop Robinson is a powerful and eloquent speaker and impressed his audiences I I MAKES APPEAL TO RISING GENERATIONS The proper chaperonage of the young was discussed at the general conference conference confer confer- ence enee of the young mens men's and young women women's a mutual improvement associations held at the tabernacle yesterday afternoon There were three meetings during the da day In the morning the officers officers of of- I met in in- assembly han halt and anel in the afternoon and antI evening the general organizations or or- met in the tabernacle together together to to- together gether with the primary asso aso association President Joseph F. F Smith presided at the afternoon session at which Junius Ju Ju- F. F W Wells 1115 Mrs Irs Ruth May r ny Fox ox and Apostle Gor George e F F. F Richards were the principal speakers Apostle postle Richards of t the growth ro of the e organizations spoke ir dt bp Zt tiona and d their work J He lie s said that there are arc members in in the or organizations organ organ- an of whom 40 41 per pr cent ent are young men There arc are others he said sair who be enrolled He ne implored the bishops and other orfil officials al of the church to see to it that these are en en- I rolled and brought back into church activity Junins Junius F. F Wells discussed the dangers than dan an I gers goers of temptation n to which tho the young yonn are arc subject and urged more careful I chaperonage e The natural barriers barrier that formerly protected them are no DO Ion longer er available since tho the growth of ot the city and the increase se of population in the state are so largely ely from the outside world worM He said aid that now the young oung people are tempted by bv saloons coarse r resorts re ye- sorts gambling in in so society iet and trickery that were unknown in the old dasHe days das He lie said that the work of the or organization ani zat ration ion is to protect the young youn from these influences ps and to put pot the bra brake he heon on the pleasures of the young oun when I they become fast and dangerous dan erous |