The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-21
WHITNEY TA[K3
At TABERNA1l
Apostle Declares That MAJ,
Church Has Always sousI
After Education.
SAYS RELIGION WILL BIZ
PREACHED TO POWBRv|
Speaker Protests Against /
verse Criticisms Concsraiu|
Mormon Religion.

orson F. Whitney, of the ooc,,.-
twelve apostles of the Mormon d.
was the only speaker at the tshor-
Sunday afternoon and, in flows,
guage discussed the ideals Of H.
mon church. The great tbinps
the speaker contonded the Mc,'
church has done for education wav.
sented to the big audience Of ,,;,4
an Impressive manner. and thar
told by Apostle Whitney thai tba a
seeks after anything that is good
pure or vlrtuous. He protested a.
The accusations that the Mormon st
had not endoavored TO look to d.
C. ton Of It's people, substantiatin.
contention by referring to the AZ
school system which nc declared d
Quoted at AN expense of hundys5
thousands Of dollars annually. Y"
1.-The fact that e big edusst;
meeting has just come TO a close -
city, said the speaker, in ws,
preface to his address, sis cnonc'
suggest to me an educational them
my talk this afternoon. But, aboye
If the spirit Of God may 90 apnro,
VIII speak on some Of the ideas I'm,
ing education from the standp0in
the Latter-day Saints.
Refers to Criticisms.
1T is declared that Mormonisu
called. has little to do with anyf
that is ennobllng or refined. On
erepd gentleman, for. as a rule IN
the class of people who delight II
representing our religion, declared
he did not approve Of Mormonisu,
cause 1t was unphilosophicsl 81
find fault with Mormonsm because
declare it is unscicntlfic. Others
clare 1t Is not poetic, and still oi
sav it IS uDmusical. Anything Ii,
good, wise, pure or virtuous or Of
report, we seek. '
'l protest against these adyers8
clsms. ] maintain that MormoDismI
its very beginning mas been steal
friend of education, that it has bed,
friend Of everything that is cnnob
pure, musical, sweet, refining or
lime. - E
Apostle Whitney, continuing, toI1
hearers that the Prophet JOSEPH 8
had been a strong advocate Of 81
tion. and the speaker spent some
relating the history of educati91
Utah, declaring that it compared Il
ably with that of any other state.
ebruary, 1850, Just three yeafs 4
the Mormons settled here, the sps
declared that the University Of De-
now the University OF Utah, bad
chartered. The speaker then told u
church school system, which be
clared was maintained at the eIpen|
hundreds Of thousands of dollan
yelr. He said that the church q
system h@! two great ideals, 'on
thorough, complete education, and
other. the use and application OF
education,
Morality Is Needed.
"The world is beginning to reah
said Apostle Whitney, that mof
ls needed in education-that God
religion is needed in the school
They tell us that the moral Include!
spiritual. No. the spiritual lnQl
the moral, for when properly undei'
the spiritual education includes nIQf
the moral, but the mental, phySlcaI
spiritual education, too. Thefe
knowledge that pertains to TING y
makes man wise here, and t1ef'
knowledge that pertains TO eISrnl9}
makes a man wise there. Tho ~
day Saints say that the latter me
the former. knowledge is.power, =
who think will always rule over
who toll.
"And what is it all forf Becals.
think, that through us is pasea ~ tn9
walton of the human race. we
been preaching. Mormonlsm laIgssi|
the poor and lowly. but VIC VIZ
preach it TO the high and poweIm
The educated and tho thinking; wo
teach the world yet that Mormo
has been misunderstood. and thsl
full of philosophy thAt 70 rs sh
music, full of science anu hi -
beautiful and refined. Poets W.
sing il and philosophers VIII Plpi
H. Science is bearing Testimony y
truth of the statements Of Joseph -
Mormonism came into the woI1
make men better, ana WIZ Iss
completed its work until tnis ns'
achieved.
J. H. Kent VI