The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-02
FL0WERY TALK
BY JUDGE KING
Deals in Glittering Generalities
in Address at Tabernacle
Sunday.
OLD LANDMARKS OF FAITH
ARE BEING SWEPT AWAY
Too Many Brilliant Men Trying
to Destroy Work of Our
FOrefathers.

Elder William II. King delivered what
was announced would be an address on
Mormonism at the special service for
tourists and visitors at the tabernacls
Sunday afternoon, but instead of cor
fining his remarks To the theory and
practice OF the Mormon religion he dealt
with glittcring gcneralities expressed IN
beautiful SMILES. metaphors and COM
PARSONS
More, than half the auditorium of tins
large building was filed with tourists
purpose OF listening to the organ re-
cital by Professor ]. j. Mcclellan: which
is given under the direction OF the first
presidency OF the church as a lodestone
TO attract outsiders within the radius
OF Mormon elders voice
Elder King began with the statement
that In this ferccly utilitarian age the
old landmarks OF faith arc being swept
away New questions arise almost daily.
he said. TO disturb the old faith and be-
lief that have come down through the
ages consecrated by the lives OF fore
fathers.
Many Drifting Away.
al the present, there arc many bril-
liant men who are devoting themselves
to the iconocastIc work OF destroying the
creed. the philosophy and the literature
Of our forefathers, declared the speak
er. AS result many people are drift
ing away from religion.
The people OF the world have ac-
cepted the principles OF Darwin and
Huxley and carried them TO the extreme
and believe that evolution has super
seeded religion, They are being tossed
about upon The tempestuous sea Of life.
with neither chart nor compass To guide
them. So varied are the changes that
are being made In the many Christian
religions that many do not know the fun
damentsl principles OF the faith TO which
they give allegiance.
According. to the speaker. the solution
OF the problem is 10 get a church that
would bring into the hearts and lives
of the people a faith which is rational
or the Mormon church. He said that
II was his belief that purely scientific
| and unitarian age Will ultimately de-
stroy the ideals and the highest types
! and forms of civilization.
The speaker cxhortcd his hearers not
to pay TOO much attention to business
and moral natures We are In a tran
STORY condition today" he continued.
and the day Will come when men VIII
appreciate moral truths, ethics and 70
| ligion more than they appreciate money
and banks and stocks.
Want Universal Religion.
we want a universal Law of reli-
| gion. | do not believe in sporadic re-
| lgion. I would like TO see one faith
and the people OF the world along rel-
| THE Mormous believe that the day
will come when there will he one Cod.
one faith and one great system OF rcli-
gion that will dominate the world, The
| Mormon people arc optimistic as TO the
future Thcy have not any warfare To
wage against anybody. They are ideal
istic
I'VE should seek to stand OH common
ground and the differences between Jews,
Genties and Mormons should be cast
aside and We should, with faith in the
future. give the hest that Is in us for
the uplifting OF human nifty
The organ numbers by Professor j,
j. Mcclellan were rendered in mastery.
pleasing manner They included Largo
bv Handel. Traumerei by Schumann. old
melody arranged by the performer and
march from Mestersinger by Wagner.