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Show HITS AT VICE I IN EVANSTON Dr. Richmond Declares Of- j ficials Fail to Meet Problems I Special Dispatch.) EVANSTON, Wyo.i Jan. 17. Sunday Sun-day evening, before tho largest con-' con-' gregatlon that ever assembled In n local Protestunt church, Dr. George Chalmers Richmond, preached at the first of two weeks of t'nion services of all of the evangelical churches of the city The service wan held In the Methodist Metho-dist Episcopal church. Tonight Dr. Richmond preaches on ' Who . rili if led .le.-U" 1I'1 the J. s s. or Did Certain Ancestors of Some I Rvanstonlans Now Living?" Sunday night his text was, ' She left I I Her Water PotS and Went Into the 1 1 '-iiy 1 N Sn i's TROUBLE. ''Christ's gie;it emphusls In all hb work wna on the moral relations ol men. He wants men to recognize their moral and spiritual relations This is one great tlrouble in Evan-ston, Evan-ston, we fall to put a high valuation on the power ot Christianity for thu solvlng of our present -day problems. We have loft too much to our 1 i 1 - tloians and ws see how they leave Ul In the lurch. We havs open halls In Evanston. that are breeding places "i bolshovlsm and corruption. Our city administration seems unequal to tim task of obeying our laws and upholding uphold-ing our constitution 'The moral power of our average cny unuiui is iow, oiuinaiiiy ignorant ignor-ant We must swat the old and false Idea of the old-time citizen, who still thinks he can do aa he pleases without with-out retard to evil or God's truth. W-must W-must also bring men to see that the life and ethics of Jesus have a direct bearing on the political Industrial and social problems of our day and city. Wo ministers Intend to see to it that moral and religious men direct our civic and state affairs. RAPS NEWBERRY VOTE. "The Republican party Is breaking up in ihe eust because It has lost much of its old-time moral tone which it had in Its beginning. The voto for Newberry last week wus a shameless and outrageous exhibition of moral Indolence In-dolence and shlftlcssness. "President Harding has u hard row to hoe. We are sorry for him The average American politician has lost all sense of moral proportions. We must change all this. The gospel of Jesus hits us for this present world. We do not need to worry' about heaven or hell. We must be prepared to enter en-ter Into a close relation with Jesus In order to help in the erection of His Kingdom on eurth. This means trouble trou-ble and struggle. The preaching of Jesus' gospel has always meant conflict con-flict with evil and the powers of the underworld. l R 1 Fit i mi tfSBTP. "It If not baptism, dogma or mere belief Jons wants, it is the willingness to bear his cross of suffering and cal-limnity, cal-limnity, Evanston has made gn Si . progres-s in recent days in the way of moral reform. We have strong hop that It will continue In this course We shall not be disgraced as Rock Springs and Green River have bet n of late. We hope our officials will have the grit and nerve to exe. ute our laws and not wait for a federal agent to swoop down and show what we ought to know. "This revival is for law enforcement enforce-ment for free speech on, the great issues of life; for a new civic pride; for a civic consciousness which puts a high valuation on great Ideas and Ideals; for a fine and cleaner type of citizenship." 00 ' |