The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-11
Baccalaureate Sermon TO Row.
land Hall Students by
Bishop Spalding.
THREE MEETINGS HELD
IN COURSE OF DAY
Addresses by Several Episcopal
Clergymen at st. Marks in
the Evening.

Sunday was strenuous day at st.
Mark s cathedral and In Episcopal cir
cles in Salt Lake City. Three services
were held, one at II a. m, one IN the
afternoon and another in the evening,
beginning at o'clock,
The morning service was Of especial
interest, and was attended by a large
congregation, aside from the graduating
class, it being the occasion of the bac-
calaureate sermon by the Rt. Rev, +.
s. Spalding to the young lady graduates
| of Rowland hall, Bishop Spalding
spoke from the text, st. Luke, xxi. 8,
"Jn your patience possess ye yonr
| souls -
The class motto is, "Vincit qui sc
vincit -" He conquers who conquers
| himself 1t was an earnest discourse.
appropriate to the occasion, filled with
| good advice. and made deep impress
sion upon all VINO had the good fortune
to hear it.
In the course of his seromn Bishop
! Spalding said: "'Patience or endur-
! ance is the fundamental virtue. For
example: Pride is due TO lack of pa
| tient consideration of values. man
who seriously considers what is worth
while must know that his own grasp
of the whole is partial and be humble
/ not proud. If We pause TO consider
the rights of others we will over
come se6shness, which is due to such
| impulsive haste. This is true. also, of
! the sins of the body. If one would
patiently stop and consider the empti-
ness of vice he would not indulge.
Cultivate Patience.
eff patience is so important step to
self-conquest, how can we cultivate it Z
BY putting all the emphasis on the
| process-not on the result. 1t is not
easy to he patient-steadfast The
man who wrote the motto, He conquers
who conquers himself, found it easier
to preach than 10 practice. HIS name
was Publices Syrus, and he came out of
! Syria to Rome. ~ B. G.. He became
the most popular of all the comic &C
tors-grew rich and prosperous. The
money he spent on himself. His ban
quets were the most expensive in Rome.
| We must seek elsewhere for power to
be steadfast. Years later another Syr.
ian came to Rome. His name was Saul
of Tarsus. He conquered self, and by
the power of his Master he has won
I
was his motto: Il count not myself to
have apprehended. but this one thing
] do, | now am The Christ whom he
served cares nothing for results, but
ne knows honest effort. They who
serve him are Indifferent to this
world s paltry honors, for they know
they have life everlasting
The evening meeting at st. Mark :
cathedral was largely attended, and
was addressed by Rev. Mr.. Townsend
Of Provo, Rev Mr.. Thomas of Battle
Mountain, New, Rev, Mr.. Fleetwood OF
Durango, Colo, and Rev, Or. Clark one
of the national secretaries of Episcopal
foreign missions.
Missionary Work in Utah.
Rev Mr.. Townsend of Provo, in
speaking of the missionary work in
Utah, said that 1t was regarded BY
some as the hardest missionary field in
the world He told Of one missionary
who came from Korea and labored fol
while IN Utah, but became so dis
couraged that he was glad when the
time came that he could return TO his
Oriental field, where, among the be
perlence the work much easier and inf
nitely more successful. He spoke oi
another missionary from India, who
had not long labored here before he
began to shake his head in discoura pc
ment. Mr., Townsend said he differed
from this idea, that Utah was such q
hard and fruitless field for the mission
ray.
tMormon cohesion. - he said, sis IL
material ggrandizement. rather than
in spiritual advancement, 1t is hard
to make a Mormon convert. But the
changes that have been made by edu
cation and evolution are noticeable
Twenty years ago the prayers of the
elders were made at the bedside of SICK
ness to exercise the work and power
OF the devil. Blood atonement has
been abolished. Polygany is weak
eued, and respect for women is now OF
a much higher order, -
Here the Rev. Mr.. Townsend con
,rasted the difference in the teachings
of Normonism and the teachings of to
day in the early day murder was
taught, and ne read from the book OF
Doctrine and Covenants TO prove his
statement Their teachings today are
something like Christianity. This he
attributed to the work of the mission
aries in great measure. 1t was not in
dividual conversion, but the result of
education and example. "What matter
what they call themselves If they are
| Christians todav7i he said 'EWhen
the sermon on the Mount comes in at
the door. the evils of Mormonism and
every other wrong flies ont at the win
dow. SO long as we stand up for
righteousness. error will become as
putty in our hands. If the missionaries
are alone they are nearer to commu
nicate with God and are not lonely
1t is precious work--a, precious. op
portunity. Let them feel that they have
sympathy and aid behind them, The
final victory is with God, and we leave
it IN his hands.
Rev. Fleetwood Talks.
Roy Mr. Elect wnnd snld the work n