The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-01
RELIGIOUS ISSUES
EASY FOR GRANT
APOSTLE Declares Great Riddles
of the Universe Are Solved
by the MormonS,
DOUBT HAS NO PLACE
prohlems That Battle Theolo-
gians of Other Creeds
Present No Difficulty.
nOUBT HAS NO PLACE

-b,, IN. yerinsr lay member OF tho
s,rmon church can answer the ponder
Y questions ot human destiny with
4 ,,.,iiv,ness and confidence that the
I .,,s, thinkers and tneologians Of
~, creeds cannot muster. WAS one of
!. declarations Of Apostle Heber j..
an, st The regular Sunday afternoon
/ .-r,c.. AT the tabernacle yesterday.
This general knowledge and firmly
,,,, be,Ief in tho certainty OF their Gos-
a 4hoIr God and their destiny. is the
g,,Ioc,ive feature Of the church. the
,n,l,y that makes its light shine above
n other crecds. he said.
,nosIe Grant has lust returned from
,e,vthy tour through the eastern and
..,bsrn states. visiting the Mormon
ts.Ion fields and colonies established In
lose states lie talked at length OF
Ia, ,rIp and finally centcrcd his address
am an incident which he said occurred
Id Atlanta. ba-
Answers Vital Question.
4 found a great religious controversy
: pogress." said Apostle Grant The
H. +. Dean Blwood. pastor OF Tho
g,, Universal church. was holding n
,,Ies OF meetings for tho purpose of
,rtsenting 10 his congregation the vary
n gospels OF the various crceds. Pas
ors Of all followInGs and belief had
aLed in that pulpit during the few
rou,hs preceding NV coming To my
r,,t pleasure ] was asked 20 present
Nrmonlym in Its main essentials, |
rs given one hour In which TO do so
,pJ WAS asked TO answer SIX questions
ropounded in advance by the pastor, all
t..iIng with the vital questions in which
sl religion Is based These questions
oncerned the Mormon idea OF God,
shether tangible and real or vague and
i,difnle the divinity OF Jesus Christ.
p question OF Immortality. the pues
ion Of mans place I'm the universe and
hs supreme question OF his final des-
iny
IAN these were easy for me- con-
husd Apostle Grant. Tho Mormon
srception OF these great universal rid
G,s Il so clear and concise and so un
tuyocal that | was able to PROFOUND
positive and definite answer 10 all of
hem AT the conclusion of the services
was generally congratulated by all who
hsd heard me. including the pastor. who
ala that never before had anyone oCcu-
Jltd that pulpit who was so sure and
sSiltve Of the things Inc believes.
Sure Of His Ground.
IT Is thls surety, this sincerity, that
,1racterizes tho Mormon above all
eber. We can truthfully say we know
e,ss things. We need not qualify and
.rra!n in haZy manner our conceptions
e God and Of our destiny. And ii we
t1 impress the world with our sincerity
" will have done much towards the ul-
trAie aim OF Mormonsm, the conver-
hsn Of the world.
'Le, us so live our lives aud so follow
ci convictions without hedging one Inch
imm The issue that all men. seeing our
ayolIon and our sincerity, shall be mind
d 10 investigate the glorious message
rs hear"
Apostle Grant talked for one hour and
. quarter, Preceding him Frank ]. Ar
hold recently returned from a mission
. Germany, delivered brief address.
lie bore his testimony TO tho truth OF
me Mormon doctrine and said he was
Nalkful that someone had deemed him
scc1 enough TO preach that gospel in
'gegn lands
Points Out Mission.
Each of us has a mission to fulfil
% life,' said Mr.. Arnold, whether il
= The spread OF Christs gospel among
me nations OF the earth or whether at
ZONE In the building up OF Zion. ] hope
az Young men Of Zion will have the op-
llorlunty that has been mine In the past
lhres years"
A feature OF the services was the sp-
psarehce Of the ROYAL Welsh Ladies
snoLr ,,oLr under the direction Of Madeline
ghes-Thomas, which sang The Night
linn at Sea- and Jesus. Savior of
csntly.
hwake, Ny Soul" and Come Dearest
.'iIo, cIo, and "Thc Lord. God. Almighty
tn,'sneth were the choir selections at
ms services. President Joseph +. Smith
mssoed. George Emery made the open
H. prayer and Apostle Joseph T.. Smith
-, delivered the bened dIction.