The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-24

nave the same marching orders-orders
the validity OF which are not only gen.
denies no one enS the
~ must be to us humliating thought
ina rnaI r,, thousn t, that command was given ven
yet been adequate fulfilled.
Unchristian Majority.
| 1t is probably true to say that not one
third Of mankind are even yet Chris
tlans even In name. and it is probably
also true that the majority OF the human
have not even heard the message. Yet
| 1t Is command which Is distinct, IL is
OF universal application, and It endures
be independent. we may come from diff
ferent lands, and we may pursue diverse
| methods. but we recognize the same duty
| and we acknowledge the same object.
| No divisions free us from the obligation.
and the great lesson which We are learn
| ing is that none OF us can discharge IL
alone, if we are TO be successful a
greater amount of unity must be attained
than has ever been the case in the past.
| When we think of IT, we can hardly deny,
| and we believe that the meeting Of this
| conference will make us still less inclined
TO deny, that overlapping and its waste OF
energy, its waste OF men and women, Its
waste OF material resources, are nothing
| short Of treason to Him whom we ac-
knowledge as our common Master Surely
there is much more which should unite
us than keep us apart,
Fellowship Of the Human Race.
II is not for me TO deny the impor-
tance OF the things upon which we differ,
but we are beginning, ] hope, TO feel
that those on which we are united tran
seend IN Importance In every way
be forgotten that as Conference we ex-
press no opinion, We enter into no debate
on any matter of doctrine or OF church
! been deliberately arranged. and Will am
sure. be honorably adhered TO. But yet
we seek to call the human race into one
fellowship, to teach the way of eternal
life. The fatherhood Of God. the love of
the Son. the power of the Holy Ghost, the
purity of Christian life, and the splcndor
OF the Christian hope arc common ground,
Let me add one word In conclusion. The
hope has sprung up in my mind that
unity II ii begins in the mission field will
not find Its ending there. 1t Is thought
gun in the mission field may extend is
influence and react upon us at home end
throughout the older civiliZat!ops-that
IL may bring to us increased hope OF in
the world. and of at least fraternal CO.
operation and perhaps a greater measure
OF unity In ecclesiastical matters at home.
There can be no mistaking the atti
tude of Lord Balfour on unity, nor
that he is fully indorsed BY a great
majority of the conference delegates
This sentiment was added TO by the
letter from ex-President Roosevelt, in
which, among other things, he wrote:
Roosevelt's Letter.
Your conference represents the practi-
cal effort TO apply the teachings OF the
gospel to what the Epistle of Jude calls
"The common salvation" An infinite
amount of work remains to be done be-
fore we can regard ourselves as being
even within measurable distance of the
desired goal; an infinite amount at home
in the dark places which too often close
ly surround the brightest centcrs Of life.
and an infinite amount abroad I'm these
dark places OF the earth where blackness
is as yet unrelieved by any light.
When such is the high purpose TO
which you have dedicated yourselves, 1t
is eminently fitting that your invitation