The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-20
NJ. {. Mission Conference at Provo,
DR.. 1albott's Report the Feature

eliminating between the probable and
the, improbable. or between the probable
and the impossible. and he will soon be
come unfit for any usetM service OR
he may, for sake OF a faDcied adVan-
tage. set himesf to palllate every wrong,
condone every evil, and compromise his
kingdom OF the Lord Observation shows
that. II an apparent advantage Is thus
gained II is personal wholly and never
honors the Master he serves; and that,
even as a personal asset, such advan-
tage is about as substantial as a mirage.
Or he may cultivate relations Of personal
Kindness toward all people alike: whilst
he, at the same time. maintains the
supremacy and authority OF the Gospel
OF Jesus Christ. whose ambassador he
Is supposed TO be He may be firm.
gracious so far as conduct Is concerned /,
and his whole life. as well as his public
ministry, may be in powerful condemna-
ton Of every lawless and oppressive
thing, and In support OF all righteous
ness in high places and in law alike By
such course he Will command the re-
10. enjoy. AS for the rest-weil, no min
ster Will ever do much for the kindom
in Utah who narrows 10 the vanishing
point the margin between Christ and
sue between us and our Mormon friends,
We do not believe that the claim OF Jo-
seph Smith to prophetic authority has
sufficient foundation to warrant our ac-
ceptance of It. Nor do we believe that
any OF the books. which the Mormon
people hold 10 be OF equal authority with
the Bible, have any sufficient evidence
10 rest a claim TO such distinction upon.
Personal kindness and good fellowship
that's the dictate OF commonQsense and
of Christian ethics alike, But any atti-
tude that obllterates the fundamental is
sue named neither ministers to sincerity
nor TO fidelity
or ever intended to dlsparage our friends
of the Mormon church They must have
credit for many things, Their devotion to
what the mass OF them believe to be
divine truth their organization and sys-
tenn OF personal oversight, their obedi-
ence 10 their leaders their kindliness
when unrestrained. their. in large meas
ure, personally blameless liyes-all these
things are admirable. Yet when all has
been said that charity would justify Il
must still be recognized as true that; for
sonal conscious salvation. that is to say
Jesus Christ must depend upon some
other people. He can never divide His
singular honor as the only Savior OF
men No man, be he named prophet or
priest, can. stand beside Him who was
wounded for our transeressions.' The
vocabulary of our Mormon friends seems
but lily adapted TO just characterization
Of Jesus Christ as the solitary Savior
Of men These Christian CHURCHES are
Divine Savior and Lord In the facts
noted is TO be found ample Justification
for all the churches have expended in
Utah. II is worth while for men and
women to give themselves to this work. -
Other Proceedings.
The meeting OF the Foreign Missionary
society, scheduled for 2;30 p. m. was
called OFF on account of the lengthy pro-
gramme OF the preceding meeting
AT p. m. the Sunday School institute
convened. The services were presided
over by Rev. John S. Clearwaters
Rev. Mr. Clearwaters was the principal
speaker and took for his subject sun
day School Work He discussed various
methods by which the work in any Sun
day school could be improved.
The board of home missions and
church extension met al o'clock Rev
Samuel Allison OF Eureka gave an In
teresting talk on What God Has Done 81
During the course OF his remarks he re-
viewed the history of Christianity from
It's beginning.