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Show does It effect tbe work of the church and the home? Much in every way. First The Sunday theater hinders the opportunity of tho home and the church. There Is more or less foolishness foolish-ness on the amusement question anyway. any-way. Whenever a chance is given people peo-ple to have a good time they usually are eager to accept It. So when the theater opens on Sunday night, there arc a great many people who attend that would either stay at home or go visiting in a neighbor's home or attend church. They do -not realize the situation or many would not give their support to these places on Sunday. Sun-day. It hardly seems possible that there is any considerable number of workers that are not free on week days at least an hour between two and eleven p. ra, Tho night worker has his afternoon opportunity and the Jay worker his evening chance. Those who could not possibly go during the week are those who toil from noon to midnight. A comparative few. The appeal that any considerable number cannot go during the week 13 a mistaken mis-taken one. If there Is any one who prefers to go to the theaters and shows on Sunday rather than to stay at home, visit a friend's home or attend at-tend church It might be well for him to consider that the majority has to do with that and the majorlty'has said by state statute that there shall not bo any Sunday theaters. Inasmuch as the influences that truly make for the strength of character are hindered In their influences by the Sunday theater, thea-ter, the game should be closed. Second As there Is'a law against the Sunday theater, the management of the same are law-breakers as are their patrons. That may seem to bo a severe statement, but In what other way could It be expressed? This law breaking gradually develops a disrespect disre-spect for law, so that even one sworn to enforce the law, will stand up and publlrly declare that he will take his family and go to the Sunday night show whenever he pleases. It seems very strange that there Is any law j upon the statute book, which Is now eagerly obeyed. Such disrespect for law Is being created by the authorities authori-ties of our city who permit and aid in the open breaking of the law. Let the law be fully enforced If It is a wise law -that fact will be easlh revealed. If the opposite Is true let us repeal the same. Third The Sunday theater is a knocker to Ogden for certain people. They are the class of people who are looking for a good place in which to raise a family. Such seek a community commun-ity In which their efforts to have their children thocse the best ideals, encouraged en-couraged by social conditions. To such, fifty saloons, open gambling, a cribbed alley, and a disregarded Sabbath Sab-bath are not arguments in favor of a city. Ogden's opportunity Is In creat-. ing here a home town, the best place In which to raise a family in all the west Establish this reputation and there will be a steady stream of the most desirable people in the world coming to it, to settle and Inest. Don't knock with a low ideal. Lift high the standard. Righteousness exalts ex-alts a nation. Give it an opportunity and it will build up to even greater attractiveness our beautiful city. CLOSING OF THEATERS SUNDAY THEME OF SERMON AT METHODIST METHO-DIST CHURCH LAST EVENING. Church and Home Stand for Highest Ideals Give Them Their Legal Chance. At tho Methodist church last evening, even-ing, Rev. (J. W. MeCreery, In advocating advocat-ing tho Sunday closing of theaters, gald in part: The wise man of old said that rlghtc-' ou6ness exalted a nation but that sin was a curse to any people. That Is that the highest things, are the things that make for progress. Ideal3 lead onward. Dissatisfaction with the present pres-ent attainments and desire for better things arc progressive. The one who is always saying that everything is all right and that evil will exist no matter what we may do to the contrary, con-trary, would find kindred arguments to his In the discussion on the slavery. It was then 3ald that It would be Impossible Im-possible to stop slavery, that men had always had slaves and always would. We get along without slaves now and we will get along without some other Institutions In tho near future. There must always be better plans to Improve Im-prove society and lessen evil and crime. New, better laws are a result of a better spirit in man's dealing with man. A century and a quarter ago there were 223 capital crimes, now it is almost impossible to meet out the death penalty to murderers. That shows progress. Prisons show a better bet-ter and kindlier treatment of the Inmates. In-mates. We have made progress. Shakespeare as he wrote it and as we permit it, compares It to the difference between a sew-or sew-or and a clear mountain spring. There Is hardly as much vulgarity in a low dive as was considered right and necessary In his day. Why? There has been some righteousness at work exalting the nations. But what .makes righteousness"? Righteousness Is but another name for Tightness, that is right character. When one has the right character, then he will be an agent for righteousness, righteous-ness, and will bo one who is exalting a nation. Lyman Abbott says: "The Jewish Commonwealth is tho oldest democracy In the world, wherever wher-ever the doctrine' of divine manhood has gone, sooner or later revolution against autocracy has followed, and where the reverse doctrine has prevailed, pre-vailed, of the essential Indignity and unworth Of man, there de6poti6m has maintained Itself successfully and generally gen-erally without even serious resistance." Real liberty exists where the best manhood prevails. Moro is needed to make a Republic than the name, in government. Mexico Is more of a monarchy than Germany. The South American republics would be amusing were their failures not so serious. Cuba Is again to try to toddle in self-government self-government It may be that Uncle Sam will be called in again In a few years. It is quite fortunate that he is willing and able to help. What Is the trouble? There Is not enough character char-acter among the peoples to make a republic re-public and in Germany there is too much to permit a real autocracy. The test of the revolution In Russia Is the character development of the people. The people will win if thoy have character char-acter enough. Tho Weslejan revival prevented a revolution in England similar to the ono in France. The moral elevation due to the work of Wesley's tided that nation off the danger. dan-ger. When the children of Israel were led out of Egypt they were a democracy, demo-cracy, but when they turned to Idolatry, Idola-try, their rulers became tyrants and they were led away Into captivity. All these things go to show that the forces which make for righteousness should be given the fullest opportunity to do their work of uplift. Now tho two Institutions that make for righteousness are the home and tho church. The nation is dependant upon them and the home In a sense is dependant upon the church. By the church I mean the institutional expression ex-pression of the nation's worship. We are a religious people and our religious life Is expressed In the church as our political life Is expressed In the government gov-ernment and the educational life is expressed in the school house. Tho church has been given much ' of tho structural work with the young. The Instruction of tho young In morals Is tho work of the home, but the home Is using tho church to aid It in this matter and so hand in hand they have stood for the better things for manhood. man-hood. The state has recognized the church and the part It plays by giving it opportunity. op-portunity. This Is done by giving man ono day in seven from his work that he may worship and touch his family with a fuller influence. On Sunday man should be free from work long enough to spend several hours with his family and the wife and mother moth-er should plan her work so that without with-out the weariness of everyday's duties, du-ties, sho may sit down quietly with her own. In the peace and rest of such a time, the dearest joys or memory are hidden. If, however, tho mother works just as hard and long and tbe father If he havo tho day off. spend it away hunting or shooting or In any manner away from his family, how great Is the loss. Into this opportunity op-portunity for rest, there comes the real recreation of worship anj Christian Chris-tian fellowship that the church affords. With It moulding for higher things, making men better , and women happier, hap-pier, Its opportunity should be made even greater, by shutting the family up to such Influences, as the home or the church provide. People should bo compelled to stay at home much of the time on Sunday. The children see too little of their parents and the parents par-ents too little of the children. Now, looking to the preservation of the home and the church influence, tbe state has passed a law looking to tho elimination of all the business that It is possible to omit. The Judge of tho Juvenile court, feeling that tho Sunday theater Is a detriment, has petitioned the council to act to stop them. If the situation Is such to demand action for the protection of our youth, then all should second tho efforts of Judge Gunncll and arouso the council to action. ac-tion. What is the relation of the Sunday theater to the problem? Iu what way |