The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-01
DIR. TALMAGE
STIRS HIS
HEARERS
REQUIREMENT. OF AN "uP-To.
DATE" RELIGION THE THEME.
Three Phases of Mans Composition,
Physical, intellectual and Spirit
ual, Must Be Developed.

The Ogden tabernacle was filled to
oycrflowing by an intensely interested
| congregation, which came to hear DR..
James E. Talmage discourse upon the
subject, can Up-to-Date Religion" !"
and in the able and stirring address
the speaker and congregation was
ably inspired and supported by the ar
tistic music rendered by the choir.
The speaker discoursed very ably
upon the requirements of an up-to-date
religion. and in the course of his re-
marks spoke upon the development of
the three phases OF mans compost
tion: the physical, the intellectual, and
the spiritual, and stated that O reli-
gion that does not develop all three
lacks the elements necessary to an
up-to-date religion. The speaker very
ably showed the relationship one with
the other and how they were affected
by the different influences and by the
diseases that attack each and the re-
suit Of the right kind Of development
that tends to balance and advance the
whole. The right kind of religion
should enter into all the conditions OF
daily life and influence them for de-
yelopment and right.
The speaker believes in mixing pol
itics and religion, provided that reli-
gion tends to make the individual more
tolerant of another's Views and rights
and raises to a higher plane the con-
ception OF true politics.
Religion should enter into the bus
mess affairs of man so that he would
not be honest from fear of the law but
because 1t was a part of himself to
be honest and square in all his deal
ings.
The speaker showed that an up-to-
date religion required man to wor-
ship God according to the highest con-
ceptIon of right and in tolerance of
his fellows. Referring TO ancient
Greece and Rome, he illustrated the
development of the true conception of
deity and his work He stated that
there was no word In the ancient
Greek language that corresponded to
the word Sin" In the same sense in
which we use 1t. that ancient Ro-
mans treated friends as friends and
enemies as enemies, They made no
provisions for hospitals or aims houses,
or to provide for the poor and suffering
among them. He showed the marvel
Gus changes that had taken place in
the conception OF mans relation to his
fellows in the splendid example Of
sympathy and material aid which were
showered upon the recently stricken
inhabitants of southern Italy and the
island OF Sicily. He spoke of the
splendid contribution made by the
United States, the several states, and
on fol n al he
pie, The idea of a foreign nation
coming to the rescue Of another ma
tion and the expression Of sympathy
and material aid showed the difference
in the religious conception as COM
pared with the harsh and intolerant
practices and beliefs of the Greeks
and Romans.
He stated that the religion that
taught him that he was of the lineage
OF the great Father was the one that
inspired the heart of man to be more
God-like. He asked the question, IL
the Latter Day Saints believed in the
modern theory of evolution, and en-
phatically answered that he did, quail
flying however, by stating that they
believed In the evolution of true pro-
gTession and endless development He
stated that a religion that taught that
a man descended from the beast would
teach a man to live like beast: that
a religion that met the requirements
of the day required that a man be in
daily communion with the source OF
all light and truth He stated that he
wanted to know what was going on
at headquarters and demanded a reli-
gion that gave him the power to sat
isfy that want.
A religion that taught that God had
revealed all of the truth and that that
truth was contained In the Bible,
which Is history Of the past, no mat
ter how much revered or respected,
was religion of the past and would
not answer the requirements of the
day. He demanded a religion that was
continually leading and pointing the
way and that revealed the evolution
OF endless progression and develop
ment. The speaker emphasized n re-
ligion that tolerates the beliefs and |
opinions of men and protects them in |
their rights, although differing one
from another, and stated that the church
that he belonged to believes that |
all men should worship God according