Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-20
PEACE MEETING
A GREAT SUCCESS
ar1e Gathering Held in the Tab
ernacle for the Furtherance
OF Universal Peace.
ELOQUENT ADDRESSES MADE.
pcsolutions Adopted and Committee
,ppointcd TO Organize Permanent
Peace Society in Utah.

Peace society In ttan.
THE big peace meeting advertised to
,,crr Yesterday afternoon In the as
serbly hall. was held in the tabernacle
op account of the large numbers at
..ndinR. The tabernacle choir fur
,,,shed music and the exercises were
,reaided over by his exceliency Gov.
I'm O. cutler, who made the opening
address,. Dean Brewster offered the
invocation
GOV. cutters address was in part as
follows:
Peace. when the angels sang the tri-
umphal song, GLORY to God in the high
est ana on earth peace, good win to
man " the hope OF the world has been
Tor the time when war will be no more.
Poets have sung of that approaching
time. philosophers have dreamed of 1t.
nropbets have foretold it, And ! be-
love that in their secret hearts even
military conquerors have wished for
such a time. For war must always
sosm terrible, even TO those who profit
"But while everything comes to him
who waits IL he waits long enough
n has been proved that things come
ruC1 more uulChlN W AlIt ohN "i'c
works for them. Therefore, practical
statesmen and philanthropists con-
colvcd the idea of Fastening the long
expected time by working for 1t. There
was really only one practicable method
hy which the desired result could be
secured and that was by perfectins
organizations. with the aim Of bring
ing together the representatives of the
various nations and the large interests
10 consider plans and means whereby
peace and Cancellation could be made
10 take the place of war. II was with
this object that the first Hague confer
ence was called, eight years ago yester-
day. We have met partly TO celebrate
this event.
~ do not need to tell you that Utah
and It's people stand for peace, and
that war is abhorrent to them. And !
have called you together in order that
This fact which you know so well, may
be proclaimed through you TO the
world. For II there Is place on earth
where the proper occasion Will be We
coined for turning swords into pillow
shares and spears into pruning hooks
that place Is Utah
And now, ladies and gentlemen,if be-
half of the state l extend to you
hearty welcome. ask that you give 10
the peace movement in general, and
especially to what is done here To-Day
your cordial sanction and support.
take this opportunity of thanking TIE
various local organizations devoted TO
the cause of peace for the effective
work they have done In this direction
To the ladies forming these organiza-
lions the thanks Of the state are due
I am sure ! voice the sentiment OF
the people of Utah in saying. in the
words of the great Sumner, Let the
busles sound the truce of God to the
whole world forever.
MRS. RUTH NJ. FOX.
Mrs. Ruth NJ. Fox was introduced by
Governor Cutler and made an earnest
address in favor of the movement for
universal peace. The speaker hoped the
time might speedily come when nations
would no more engage in war. but set
lie their difficulties peaceably. GOD
helps those who help themselves" she
declared 80 let us organize. The first
commandment was to love the Lord
with might mind and strength, but the
second one was To love our neighbor as
ourselves 1t seems to me the nations
are running hither and thither search
Ing for new light and new ideas, but If
they would heed the words of the Mas
ter, to love those that hate them, and
do good to those who despiterully use
them, peace would be established. Let
us teach our children the love of peace,
peace and not of strife"
Walter Wallace rendered "A baritone
solo, The Lord is My Light"
REV. BENZ. YOUNG,
Roy. Benjamin Young was introduced
by Gov. Cutler. Rev. Young delivered
an eloquent Grafton ON the object
sought to be attained by the holding of
similar meetings To the present one
universal peace. He said it was graft
flying To all lovers of peace that the
had CallA1 tho and
that those who assembled had shown
some appreciation of the efforts being
made for peace. When peace shall
reign then shall dawn a better and
brighter day. When the mind contem-
plates what the brains and ingenuity
nj man has wrought in the way of
mechanism for destruction of his fellow
man. 1t is realized that as Sherman
said war Is hell" While recognizing
that IN many instances the price OF lib
srty Is war. yet even at that price war
Is terrible to contemplate and impossi-
bic to characterize. The speaker paid
tribute 10 the American Congress
which by resolution had so much for
warded the peace movement. and to
Theodore Roosevelt who has done more
than any other man in this age, to
bring about universal peace.
ELDER JOHN HENRY SMITH.
Elder John Henry Smith said it was
p Joy TO him 10 listen to the words
spoken by those whose efforts are TO-
ward tho uplifting Of their fellow men,
ana toward doing away with strife. 1t
Is the dream Of all our hearts that the
DAY may come when the children of
men may sense their responsibilities to
posterity and 20 the race, TO be- loving
and Kind to their fellows, and when all
evidence Of hate, of war and of vile de-
hires shall be banishcd forever" he
SAID. Then shall the millennium como
When peace, blessed and universal peace
snail reign when the advocates OF all
sects and schisms may clasp hands and
WORK together for the uplifting OF man
kihd' when Justice and mercy shall be
the rule"
Fred Graham sang the solo from
Elijah, If with All Your Hearts"
REV. n. l. GOSHEN.
Rev Elmer /. Goshen said the great