Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-16
SERVICES At
THE TABERNACLE.
r,,erlent Discourse Delivered Yes
terday Afternoon by Elder
James T. Talmage
llBERALITY OF "MORMONlSM. ="
,,.,,o Goodness Not Sufficient for
saIyatiOn-Claims of the Lat
ter.day Saints.

ror the nrst time in three weeks the
,,'narnacle was thrown open to the
.,tlic Yesterday afternoon, the regular
p',"css being held at 2 o'clock The
Ting was largely attended and the
'n.,ker was Elder James o. Talmase'
s1 J.lyered an excellent discourse
,',i,rg mainly with the liberality Of
,n,,,morism." President John r. Win
dsr wcsided,
uy Tbe chcir sang the hymn
,,,hor Of faith, eternal word,
lVbosa spirit breathes the active iiame'
PRAYER was offered by Patriarch An
CHS NJ Cannon.
line choir further sang
Rpbold the Great Redeemer die,
A broken law to satisfy
Elder James Il. Talmage said II was
leasing and inspiring sight to see so
many gathered together for pubic Wor-
sb.p and while he doubted not there
Wcre some present who had perhaps
Ina am Of curiosity such also were
heartily welcome and II was the speak
I'D hone that their curiosity, In 80 far
n pcrtalncd 70 tho salvation OF the
sopi, nj men, would be fully satisfied
Elder Talmage said he had always
hon much impressed with the LIBERAL
t,y of Mormon" doctrines. In this
Connection he cited the article of faith
which sets forth that 1--WE claim the
rrIyllege of worshpping God accord
INC TO the dictates Of our conscience,
and allow all men the same privilege,
iet them worship how, where or what
,bey may" This, said the speaker, was
Mormon" doctrine. There was moth
ipg mioerant IN IT, It accorded 20 all
men the right TO worship as they saw
ft only demanding the same privilege
In rcturn
The speaker said that the Latetr-day
Saints were ever ready 10 bid Godseep
10 an who were trying to do right, They
did not believe, however in the doc
trlne of heaven aud he'll i'm the sense
that they were believed In by the Chris
ian world. They taught, said he, that
he'll was not place but a condition,
Elder Talmage said there were many
good men and women I'm this world,
people who were negatively good, IN
that they did very little that was
wrong, But their goodness was not
sufficient for they failed to comply with
the compartments and therefore left
uudope me things that they should
have done This was beautifully Illus
rated IN the case Of the young man
who approached the Savior and ask
ed what He would have HIM
do The Savior answered him and
said. keep the commandments" to
which the young man replied, "all these
haze ! kept from my youth up, what
more have ] 10 do?" The answer was,
"sel OH that thou hast and give to the
poor and come and follow me" This
however. was too much for him, for he
was possessed 0f great wealth, so he
went away and wept bitterly.
The speaker said he regarded the
Church OF Jesus Christ Of Latter-day
Saints as the only Church upon the
earth holding the Priesthood Of AL
mighty God TO hold such a view.
however, was not intolerance, While
the Latter-day Saints believed their
Church 10 be the only Church upon the
earth, they did not deprive others from
holding similar views concerning theirs.
10 was a tenet of the Mormon" faith
that the canon Of scripture was not
flll but that God revealed Himself to-
day as lie had done anCienly The
Bible good as it was, was not sufficient,
for 1t did not meet fully the require
mcnts Of the present day few de-
cades ago the doctrine Of continued rev.
eatIon was considered a heresy, but at
present there We're those among the
thinkers Of the day, who were willing
to admit that It was purely scientific
and philosophical,
The speaker contcnded for aggressive
goodness, an effort to do as commanded
by the Father IN all things Morality
was all very well, said he. but it was
not religion, for religion exacted COM
nIianCc with Gods laws and brought
forth a certain well defined reward,
even that Of eternal life,
Elder Talmage referred at some
length TO the doctrine Of federation and
said that IL had always characterized
the word Of God. True, there were many
evidences of intolerance, oven among
lhe elect Of God but I'm nearly every in
stance these were rebuked thus ac-
caotuating the God-given right Of free
agency I'm this connection the speak
en- related a legend concerning the in
tolerance Of Abraham. the friend Of
God. Consistency, said he, was another
requirement Of the Church Of Christ.
The choir sang the anthem, Lift up
me- voice I'm singing and the benedio-
uon was pronounced by Elder Andrew
IlrgUU