| Show EXPLAINS FAITH F OF t. LA A Y SAiNTS I Nephi L L Morris Monis Speaks on oil Reformations Ref Re- Re formations f of Luther and Others in His Address SMITH WAS THE RESTORER Year Old Y ear Boy Prayed I to God in Iii the Forest and Received Light f. f Christianity Chr should h not b bo so much 1 a profession proCession as a practice sail said epi L. L Morris In a sermon at al tl tic the Tabernacle services yesterday e afternoon I If we show love JO for our fel fellow felo men an and anil a generous hol ome spirit wo we ar are arc practicing Christianity continued the th 1 speaker p e Jeer and showing that hat tho the community com is moving mo onward and upward I Nothing could retard Utah more thana than 1 n a hi Th hi Christian prore profession glon J and a Christian l f Uc tice Mr 11 Morris undertook In his a address t to review rt the lic history story of Christianity on and define tho the place therein occupied b by the Church of ot J Jesus Christ of oC Lat Lat- day tor-day Saints for the benefit of oC many visitors I in tho the con congregation who do o not grasp In common a rent reat part of ol tho the outside world what tle church is and what th the motives and alms aims of IC its ts people are With regard to the faith of ot Latter Latter- da Cla 8 Saints I 1st It t me say siy t we arc are Chrls- Chrls salt said tie e speaker orne I lox dox churches have hae undertaken to un- un t church the day Latter Saints Falling I in this the have ha they said Fald that the LatterI Latter LaUer- J I 1 i J da day Saints Paints cannot c be he reformed f Mr 11 described a H recent visit I I- I to a prosperous ro little town toun In the northern p part rt of or tho the state H He Ic told tola of ot clergymen of lr several s orthodox denominations I nations living In lii perfect harmony harmon with r officials of or the Mormon church nil all f V working for or civic rc betterment without j I. I bitterness t s. s or discord discard s This t he ie lr described v. v O II Lit I her and nud tile She n I. I How IIo In Ia the tue ail laik ages aes the early Christian church became corrupt andS andt and und t S haw led b by the intrepid Martin Luther j I. I I prot protect t WI was made madl and many reforms soi so- so e. e t i cured were related b by Mr lr Morris Ho Ha HaI J I I also told fold of ot the activities of ot the later r reformers Calvin In Wesley and other others The great Catholic chinch I. I Is better t f today for to the tho worl work o of Martin Luther i L observe l 1 Mr 11 Morris Christianity It Is IH r better today because p he Un lived Fruits f t of oC Luthers Luther's work are arc seen CI In ii the ref re re- f r Jl lou tolerance nce of or today on an ami In the thet t I political freedom of or Im I'm ope Puritans Pilgrims and Huguenots came to tho tim timI thoi i j n new ne' land lId of ot America that the they might ht j worship as they the sun saW fit tit Here however ho i r I they adopted the same attitude toward c- c religious liberty that the they had fled Europe to escape cape Unscriptural bec be be- c liefa Heta were wern being taught to men men wh who said that God W wes was without 1 passion without circumstance who sat Oal at the r r top of a topless throne We were ere told that here was waa Christ there was Christ I. I j In nfl be bewilderment we wc asked wh h was the right church where was waR th the Christ t was at such a stage e that this thing Mormonism was foun founded ed I c Com Comes to 10 o Ohl Oll o no SloT There Thera waa wasa as a young Joung bo boy fifteen 1 years fars I T old Just at the right age e for religious X 4 f development e He wished IJ to Know i which was wag the true church And the tue f L' L epistle of lC James burned Into his Jils soul iol t- t I If nn anyone on lal 1 in lit wisdom let 11 him ask l of C God That was a a. creative e sentence Bf hV 7 Mr Morris told 10 how In the shade of oC l t the forest th tIe the year old bo boy uttered ut- ut d th the first audible prayer of at his life Ute and how God and Christ were ore retT roI re- re I tT to him That bO boy he hc said was j t tiie lC Prophet Joseph Smith an and through th ti's truo true gospel of at Christ Chrit was re- re stored to the earth In these latter lays days t Th The rho faith of or the tho Latter day Saints he hei 1 1 i said sald is 18 based on faith in God and the Kon on Christ who were revealed rt to 1 Jo Joseph eh mth to together with all the tho art or ar- ar t and practices of or the thc original r church i no f Christianity but but they navor n professed I- I Ito to late have restored restore It It sad Mr Me Morris Through h Joseph God was wats re responsible responsIble re- re for the restoration not man The rhe church chulch wa was not only in lIe need d of ret ref I lint but of or r restoration and Jo- Jo was 1 t the he mo irl moving spirit in this this Now Ion r Perfectly rl I The church is vow now perfectly organ- organ I i are tho presidencies the council o of th the tw twelve lv apostles anti tho the seventies e th the bishops priests elders Iders teachers and deacons The church 1 Is the L medium or vehicle b by which God Goci may pave a save athe the people of oC the tho world f We Voe may ma- mal l be te c In part responsible for lor them understanding with width which Mor- Mor l is IK regarded but If 21 that is true lit it Is because we erred of or the tue head hea not the heart We e arc are frail humans Although we ve may behold in other reU religions Ions do dogmas mas that which seems uncompromising un un- compromising yet t in our hearts no great reconciliation i Is nece necessary sal We Wo c nil nay lay ha have erred In deeds but in our hearts and our motives moths there Is nothing fault faulty or wrong among the Latter day I Saints The world is welcome to live Jl i a among u us UM to b hs h's s our welcomed neigh neigh- 1 bOIS boas President C C. C W W. Penrose presided at the services S.- S. |
