The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-05
SPEAKER EXPLAINS
MORMON RELIGION
Elder Young Delivers InstruC-
tive Address to Tourists
at Tabernacle.
TELLS OF GOOD IN IT
Earnestly Urges Those Who Come
Here 70 Look for the Good and
Not for the Flaws.

Maintaining that Rrormonism fs prac-
tical-not matcris1i7tic. that 70 takes
hold Of bad men and makes them good.
and makes good men better. Elder Levi
T. Young delivered the address az the
special service Tor tourists and visit
ors ut the tabernacle yesterday after
noon.
Elder YOUNG said FOO part.
when n Mormon elder addresses q
gathering such MS this 10 is the desire
or bis heart that each person present
shall DO touched. shall bc made 20 feel
THAT rc or she is playing some part
fn trie great Ifc: that De or she is
PLAYING "a part iu Gods great plan "i
eve are AN children OF tho same
God We do not bold that God bicee-s
- any more than Hc does you, but that
Dc bfes4cs each child OF Ills as the child
requests. that every person is a divin"
SOUL blessed when tho power 10 uu-
d~ret1ud God and to live this life IN
Tire best way. 10 is the duty - each
person Co live iu purity and intclli-
Erucc. fuu or charity. love and kind
ness.
Must WORK Also.
we hold that. although Jesus Christ
gave up fTis life ON Calvary's cross 90
save u-. we. too. must work Co be saved
God left every Individual soul 20 work
ont his own salvation, and I'm that.
every man also becomes his own savior.
Man comes fo this world fo work out
Ibis salvation ns tho instrument Of God.
Co. DO good to an people and Co make
this earth once more o. paradise.
"Mormoui-m is so years old. Since
ifs beginning. four score years ago.
ft has become known throughout Tire
world that here. iu the United states
and especially iu the state or Utah. are
people who CHU themselves Nor
People have come here TO- study our
beliefs ard fo look FOR good. Tn their
studies. those people have invariably
found the good that b. iu MS Then,
too. there have been those who come
hero looking Tor flaws. seeking no
good. but ruutiu- THE mortal that ls iu
us. There iE mo- human being without
mortality. without mortal thoughts and
mortal actions There are mortal ac-
fioue iu every human organization ana
in every human people. But we are
here TRYING 90 do good. fo live our lives
as haef we can and TO upbuild the
word OF God.
The difference.
"ft i- iu thir we differ from vou.
That Tor 1900 years men have been
living and making history and bcliev-
We declare that God has spoken again
from tho heavens. that prophets are
living today and that Tho basis Or
Christianity fa no different now than
6. ,rar In tre iinc on christ. we be-
1irrc iu making our religion part or
our every day life. We believe that
T.arr person must ma 'ro his rTIfEion
ep practical and so pure that ~ win be
n part or uis dailv lie. that the direc-
ffou or nis thoughts. deeds and actions
before men and or-au lions and be-
fore nfs Cod shall hc honorable
u want to ask this question. How
MANY Christians are there On Tire world
who are. iu thcir every dav lives. work
eng for trc kingdom Of Cod How
MANY people look to every one they
meet to derive some good. pure thought.
Co get from every person the best that
g. iu him- President Charles Eliot. of
Harvard university. has gathered sta
tistics to show that 100000 men
have been killed iu war iu Christian
countries alone. ours is the religion
or peace.
People OF Honor.
eve hold that you are contributing
Co bring Gods kingdom m you are i've
fur your best. We strive to do So. Take
u.s. a- you lind us- men aud women of
honor iu deed and iu work. iu thought
end iu truth. Help bass and give us n
Glance. John Wesley said ON ono oc-
erzfuu. Ir there iT a man iu the sound
OF my voice who has seen more of the
light than T. 1cf uS have 10 SO that we
may know and that we may live with