Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-04-07
LECTURE ON MoRMoNisM
AND THE WORLD WAe

BENSON, Ariz., March 30 X. p.
Hall was filled TO capacity last SUNDAY
night when DIR. James E. Talmage of
Salt Lake City delivered a lecture deal
| ing with the Mormon view of the great
war a choir comprising members
from all the nearby branches OF the
Mormon church furnished excellent
music and the entire congregation Join
ed in spirited rendition Of America"
Bishop VIM. Goodman of St. Dayii con-
Quoted the opening and closing exer-
cises: Elder NJ. Powell Cosby offered
the invocation and Elder Levi Nelson
of the st. David bishopric pru..cnncei
the DenedictiOn.
Dr. Taimage is one OF the presiding
officials OF the Mormon church and is
widely known in educational and scien-
tue circles both in this country and
abroad. He was formerly president &c
the University III Utah. and Is a .nen-
Der of several learned sOciet:r; 10Th
national and foreii,r
Mormon zeal and patriotism IN ;hs
great struggle aga list Tentorlc aurtc
racy is very generally ,.nuwn ard this
the lecturer said IS The natural Iesult
OF Mormon profe sS;on and practice re-
speeding the duties OF citizenship. an,i
particularly con sequence of the doc
trines OF the chur3n CONCERNING :Le
calanities predicted in scr.pcgre as ac-
compartments OF the last ,lays, urecca-
ing the second advent of the christ
Mormonism, said the speaker ices
not sanction war any more han il sane
tons sin. But sin is fa,. in the
world and must be met and so with the
present world conflict He proceeded
to show that such evils as war are in
evitable results of definite causes AMI
emphasized the distinction between
the will Of Deity and Gods permitting
the existence of evil
He affirmed the Omnipotence OF Del
~ In the assurance that eventual good
VIII be brought out of this srea, evil.
and held that when the titanic struggle
Is halted the world will regard the fun
damentals OF human liberty from new
angles. The lecturer went on 10 say
ithat the nation had entered the war
for the vindicatiOn OF the right, or
mankind and likened the conflict TO
the prlmeval war between unembOdiei
spirits OF which the scriptures bear re-.
ord. when Lucifer. son of the morning
and arch-autocrat. fought and was ..st
out with al his reDeilious hords. Or.
Iaimage held that Gods foreknow-
ledge that such a conflict would ensue
was not determining cause The
state OF the world in latter DAYS vas
Ioreseen. and the war of natiors was
loretoid by inspired prophets as a
a 1iSh iv1O
dalton the rights of conscience and ac-
tlon. He stated that the Mormon
church is peculiarly and directly con.
cerned in the outcome. inasmucn az
the church holds that upon it has been
laid the divine commission to carry the
message of the restored gospel TO ey-
cry nation. kindred, tongue ard people
until the doors of the nations are OMEN
ed to free speech. a free press. freedom
in worship and liberty of conscience
with the ever-present condition that
such liberty shall be held sacred and
never be degraded into xexcgss or Ii
cense for unlawful acts.
Mormonism AYERS that tho Deciara-
ton of Independence and the Constitu-
ton were framed by men divinely rails
ed up and inspired for this epoch-mak-
ing labor end that these basal insrru-
ments are veritably the scriptures Of
the nation.
Mormonism, he explained. is a relig-
ion IF everyday life. dealing no: alone
with spiritual matters but also with
the duties OF citizenship and activity IN
all material affairs.
The lecture will be long remembered
BY all who were privileged 20 hear ii.