The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-18
|IVVN Of NEW
|EERA APPARENT
.tholic Bishop Addresses Let
Ter Of Good Will to Mission
ary Convention.
,[0RY OF JESUS CHRIST
THE SINGLE DESIRED AIM
May Leave Hatred
and Bigotry Aside in
Achieving End.

EDINBURGH, Scotland. June IL
r.5av's features at the world mission
IL conference were the reading of a
.ffer from Monsignor Bonomelli, Ro-
.an Catholic bishop Of Cremona, Italy,
,d the presentation of the report OF
. ! cominittco on education in relation
n fhe Christianization of national life.
The communication Of the bishop was
response to an invitation for him to
ontribute a message. The lnritation
messed the purpose of the conference
d the following language:
'ftA world missionary conference is
. he held at Edinburgh, Scotland.
|bristians Of all churches in the world
rs freely invited to attend. lt is
RELY a conference on how all Chris
ans OF every name may better under
md each other and better combine to
|ake Christ and his church known to
I men.
<sThe conference VIII only confer; it
I'M not pass resolutions or take any
Unite action, no convictions are to
b compromised; no principles sacT1-
lea. Will you write a letter to be
IA at the conference advocating bet
n feeling. better knowledge, holier
sIations among all who believe IN
|.rist as God, in order that we may
\ conc together in God IS good time
nto the universal body of Christ-the
ne. holy. catholic and apostolic
I1rch,
In Common Unity.
'Monsignor BonomcIli S reply read in
III as follows;
'sYour conference is a triumphal
moi of another consoling fact; the
I0st desirable and precious Of human
berties. religious liberty, may now
D said to be a grand conquest of con-
tmporary humanity, and it enables
Ieu of various faiths to meet together
b for the purpose of hating and com.
ting each other, for the supposed
DRY of God, but in order to concen-
nte themselves in Christian love to
he pursuit Of that religious truth which
hises all believers in Christ, United
\ ono faith, the various spiritual forces
bnbine in the alteration of the one
Nc God III spirit and in truth.
rtFor these reasons | applaud your
inference
rsWe are united in the profound CON
ictiou that a universal religion is
Necessary and that this must be the
bristian religion; not cold and for
tal religion. a thing apart from human
fe, but living force. pervading the
rman soul in its essence and its -aTled
Manifestations. religion, in short
Inich completes and crowns our life
1d which bears fruition in works of
he and holiness
tAgain, all of you feel fhe need OF
church which may be the outward
lanifestation OF your faith and rcli-
loGs feeling, the vlgllant custodian
QE and hereafter of Christian doc
Ene and tradition. il sustains and
|teps alive religious and individual ac.
Vlty, in spite of that strong power
snggestiou which collectively always
7ereises on the individual.
Element of Harmony.
Finally, from the various churches
N religious denominations into which
IN Christians are divided there arises
new uDifying element, a noble aspi'
lion, restraining too great impulsive
FH, leyeling dividing barriers and
rking for the realizing Of the one
2y church through all the children
redemption.
EOn this common ground. gentlemen
pTlng your minds liberated from al
eslons or sectarian intolerance, ami
piatcd on the contrary by Christian
parity. bring together into one focus
'm results o four studies. the teach
OF experience. whether individua
collecfiye, calmly carry on research
promote discussion.
K.May truth be ns shining Iight