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Show STEPHEN L. RICHARDS GIVES PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS IN BACCALAUREATE ADDRESS The fortynintu annual commencement commence-ment week of the Young university began Sunday evening with the baccalaureate sermon being delivered de-livered by Elder Stephen L. . Richards Rich-ards of the quorum of Twelve of tho L. D. S. church. One of the lnrgest throngs of people ever gathered in the Utah stnke tabernacle for a Sunday evening even-ing service listened with . rapt attention at-tention to the masterfull address, filled with practical suggestions to more thnn. 800 graduates of the Young university. He urged the graduates to aid In discovering the needs of the church nnd her people, and lay the foundation for remedies nnd advancements, when called into leadership.'- ' - ' - .' ; ' ' President Stephen L. - Chipman of the Alpine stake and a member of the board of trustees of the university, uni-versity, presided. - ' Th'e " university choir under the direction of Trot. Florence Jepperson ' Madsen rendered ren-dered the musical selections. The Invocation was offered by President J.-William Knight of IJtnh stake nnd the benediction ' by Patriarch Joseph Reece of the Nebo stoke. ' An open air concert wns rendered on the tnbernacle grounds preceed-Ing preceed-Ing the services by the 'university bnnd under the direction of Prof. Robert Snuer, V ,.' '- - V - from a great university, the only university where pure science and true religion are apt to be found in happy combination, to a despairing world, torn' by the conflict of the deceived and bellgerent disciples of those two grent captains of human though and philosophy, 'who when understood are really gentle nnd firm friends, science and religion.". ; "And now, my brothers nnd sisters, sis-ters, may I take you into my Inner confidence and tell you what I think your greatest contribution to your church and nation will be, I don't know that yon -have thought much about It. ..Your minds have been on the goals, of attainment you aspire to reneh, but your henrts have been telling yon a story, a story as 'old ns the race thnt usually ends in love and i home. These stories of the henrt, althongh filled with romance, poetry, and pathos, are tie truest storleS ever ' told and the most vital, too, to the progress of men ' and -civilization. . " ".. '. ' "No one can over "estimate the value -of a good home. --It 'is 'the niost important Institution of society since It .produces ', the" very' .constituency .constit-uency of society, men and women. It concerns'' every . aspect.. qf'life and living. ;:. ... . ,' ;...'"'..; . '(To the educatedand.lntellectunl, Its Import and mission should be particularly :ciear for it is the student stu-dent and scientist who have set forth the clearest visions of Its ' Influence onjthe affairs of men, at least In mortal life Criminologists tell us that, most of our delinquencies originate orig-inate in bad or neglected homes. Economists say that' the training' of the home is largely-responsible for the thrift, Industry) and prosperity of (the nation'.'. Doctor's'- -advise-, us that the health of tire people depends on.lts'. care nnd tenchlngSi'rtnd ' the eugenists assures -us that the whole trend of . human .. happiness, ' IhtellU. gende, goodness and endurance ; tie-, ponds upon': it. Vr. -'V; V:' ' . The academic procession was one of the outstanding features of the exercises. ex-ercises. ' "Led by' - President F. 8. Harris, Eldr Richards, the board of trustees,' deans of the'nnlverslty, faculty members and the graduates, all attired in cap' and gown, the procession pro-cession wended' its -way-' frohi-,-the administration building of the university, uni-versity, to, the tabernacle. ,':" ;''..- ,.: ' "I am much inclined to the view," said Elder Richnrds in his address, "that' no' one can . successfully make reconciliation- between science .and religion 'Who Is not 4 first-cclasfi scientist and a first class religionist-'-I mean by that, not' thnt one.must; know Everything to be. known about science nnd everything to be known about .religion," but, that one' must have the true' scientific attitude arid understand the -genius of selehtlficf approach and 'research and nt the same, time be endowed vyith.thej true conception nnd genuine Spirit ot , religion. re-ligion. : .1 am thlnklngLthnt: he .who fails .in thlar synchrtmliation-. may welllook 'to himself 'to discover his deficiency in' one direction or' the' other .'or perhnpsin both. ; - f "It occurs to nie'thatHie field of, science and the field of religion arei sufficiently "distinct; one from the other,, in' methods and application, as to forestall confusion if a few governing .principles' are borne" in mind. The scientist 'is content with the result of his research and experimentation experi-mentation and abides by it irrespective irrespec-tive of preconceived theory or hypothesis.. The man" of religion begins with the revealed truth, seeking seek-ing only to interpret and apply It. There is within him a sense of conviction, con-viction, a faith not dependent upon the,' demonstrating . process of science. He feels, he believes, he knows. .The processes which bring his conviction are not subject , to scientific analysis ; therefore, the real scientist will not'dlspute the belief, be-lief, and knowledge of the man of religion whose soul has been touched by divlno Influence. Religion em' braces all revealed or known truth inclusive of the truths discovered by science. Science is man's way of disclosing the hidden secrets and law of the universe, ' subject,' of' course, to the limitations of man's power. and Intelligence.- ' ' ' , "Do you Know that ' sta : t IjBtelfl ns have scientifically calculated that the- United StWsTwillNstipporti'a population of hot to exceed 'two hsn dred million people and thnt we ttrS very rapidly.- ., approaching this ''point -of-saturatloni5t;- The-ebarao-tor. of the, nation and Its' destlflj' 'de-pehd 'de-pehd SlihosV op "the fanilliea-who nlik U raoOie Jip.He. Wd innilred, niil-Uoh. niil-Uoh. v. Will they ie familles desrehd-1 ed from tho . old stocks ,ofc America who. set -up her' great -InsUtiitleha ; and; wiio have fought' or , fostered her liberty, her eqnity. and he justice, jus-tice, or will they be families imported import-ed from backward nation of the old world in the stream of whose blood does not-course the great, Impulses, the indomitable will and idealism which hnve been arid are the genius of our' democracw? Such questions must give pnnso nnd concern to every lover of America. . ,. ,: ; "To ns of the church, the home has an enlarged 'Significance -v that is subordlnant to. nothing else in, life, for it constitutes not only the source of our greatest happiness here In this life, but also the foundation, of our, exaltation and glory in the life to come, , : '; . "After all, it is essentially a religious re-ligious institution. It has its' origin in religious ceremony. It is the fulfillment ful-fillment of divine command. its government is. of a religious nature arid fhe finest of. its products are spiritual. .. . : .. . -.',- . "So it is here in the humble and yet exalted institution of the home that I find the greatest .opportunity and mission, for . 'caps and gowns. I am sorry to say, however, that the record does not disclose a very creditable response to. this big opportunity oppor-tunity and obligation. College graduates grad-uates have not always1 been good home makers.. Recently published data inforihs ' us that th'e 'average number of -ehlldien in the-families of the.- bootblacks, of America,' , is slightly over, four, while 'th'e nyerage number -of children; In the .'families-of .'families-of school. teachers.;is, slightly, under two. Now it may be thnt-kwb school teachers exreise niore -nn'd: better. Influence, In-fluence, 'than ifour.ibootbliics, .but hoW' ' long, will , It take Von- the respective, respec-tive, rntes.of increase' for.: the', bootblacks boot-blacks . ' to ' -crowd,' .put ' the V school: teachers'?'- I: present' this illustf nflon not in derogation of people w-ho follow fol-low humble vocations, but to. emphasize em-phasize the fact that the world supply sup-ply of Intelligence, goodness nnd beauty is largely a matter of propagation. pro-pagation. . -. ' "Truth Is truth discovered or undiscovered un-discovered by man.' Revealed by the research of man or the" power of God, it Is the snme; , When one believes be-lieves that God has spoken, it is no reflection on his Intelligent to say, 'I ennnot understand, but 1 -believe.' Science or God Boraeday'; will enable en-able him to Understand.'..." , ' "The 'great confusion', nnd 'perplexity 'perplex-ity seem to "preVnll'-with 'respect- to the origin oi life and 'Its mnhifesta-lon:- Cfln we keep' -carr tlilnttlrig .straight' by hero bearing'- tns riiind tbe distinctive fields' of science -nrid Tcllglqn'.''' Science. 'does' not "hccbuiit for life,' it seeks' -''the.' 'process -Jby which It 'came. "' Since science has' not been nble to produce life, ought it not tobe content to accept the ex-planntion ex-planntion of religion or nt lenst abide the time when Its further discoveries dis-coveries niny bring more light and knowledge. God hns told us whence we enme, why we are here nnd where-we nre going. This knowledge knowl-edge serves our needs. It explains life nnd its purpose. We welcome the discoveries of science as to the components of organic life and their functions. They subserve tbe vital vi-tal interests in the preservation of life and its usefullness. Within Its proper domain, as the tool of man. for the discovery of truth, science is king, governing the orderly marshalling mar-shalling of facts to assail the strongholds strong-holds of error and superstition and raising over their demolished ruins the banner of truth and pure knowledge. Outside of its ddmain it is n ruthless trynnt, enslaving the minds of the misguided and partly lenrned nnd killing the spirits of men. ' "I trust you to bear this message pli8hnicnts of His .church '.in . the first century of its existence, He would mention" " first' the noble fnthers and-mothers' Who in log cabins of the frontier or mnnsions bt -luxury- have' served Him 'faithfully 'faith-fully as priests 'anil priestesses in. the temple- of the home. : ... - "Your ;-peopkv tindi: your God . call Upon, -yon, ,my friends, to maintain the' Integrity, , the purity:' pnd the higii purpose of .this sacred Institution. Institu-tion. - I-, trust thnt no one of you will ever so-yield'to'tlle insidious apperils of selfishness, vnnlty, nnd the wonld. as to be swerved from so doing. To warn of a grent danger I must speak of It more specifically. I do so most reverently. If it shnll plense the Lord to send to your home a goodly number of children, I hope, I pray, you will not deny them entrance. If you should, it would cause you Infinite In-finite sorrow nnd remorse. One has snid thnt he could wish his worst enemy no worse hell thnn this, thnt in the life to come some one might npproach hlra nnd say. 'I might hnve come down Into the lnnd of America nnd done good beyond computation, but If I had come nt nil I had to come through your homq and you were not man enough, or woman enough, to receive me. You broke down tbe frail footway on which I must cross nnd then you thought you had done a clever thing.' "I know you will not yield. With you, with (your fine equipment of knowledge, devotion nnd grent vision, vi-sion, this ideal of your people is safe." j. . i "There is In this respect a traditional tradi-tional nnd rather well advertised distinction which our people enjoy. They have been noted for their large fariiilies and hnd they been better understood they would be famous fa-mous for their good families. Children! Chil-dren! have been our best crop nnd in the good old homes there hns been nn nbundnnee or them. Eight, ten and a dozen in a family were common numbers. "What families they have been ! In days of privation and striving, how they hnve stood together; the sacrifices which they have made, one for another: tbe love, the service, ser-vice, and nobility which have come from these great homes will proti-nbly proti-nbly never be known to men; but God knows of It and I think that if He were to speak now ot the accom- |