Show q FELS c OF YM Y M C CS A S AT TABERNACLE TABE fr International Secretary Explains Work WorkS of Organization S I URGES AID FOR NEW EW BUILDING J JI t I I ELDri i L dORRIS S I S ES RIANS r A 0 I II The alms of the Y X 34 M C A what It i I baa has achieved ad in the past in almost every i nation of the globe obe what It hopes to 1 the ue ture 8 and the mor moral al S bosoms benefits win will accrue from front a 8 larger branch h in lii h this city coupled with the erection of a afine fine Y M SL C A build ling jug ing at the southeast st corner of State and First t South streets was the theme of ofa ofa ofa a short address delivered in the taber i cie yesterday afternoon aft by C S SWard SWard SWard Ward He is 18 the Ute international int secre secretary secretary tary of f that organization His Hi request t that t the ue of Salt Lake open their purses and contribute toward the erection e erf tion lion of the proposed local loe 1 home was wan de do delivered delivered livered at the conclusion of a religious address by Elder L 1 Morris Mr Ward pre id his general re remarks remarks I marks mark by bT saying that It Jt was wag through the courtesy of the nest first presidency that he ad id been permitted to address the Mormon ormon congregation n in behalf of the proposed ed building H lIe said he was not asking those present to subscribe he simply wanted to explain to those pres pros present present ent eat what the Y M H C A is doing throughout thron hout the world explain what it has accomplished aton along the lines of ed education education and general redemption of souls give a short sketch of what the organization hopes to achieve in the future and then if those who might hear what he J ad to say could feel so JO JOd o disposed d posed the local branch would like 1 to receive their t t Donations toward the I proposed building j S Money Honey Needed at Once I The speaker went on to state st te that a certain amount of money had to be I raised In this city before next Sunday to secure a 8 large outside donation The I two combined would be sufficient to Insure in insure sure the erection of a fine line Y M 1 C A building upon the proposed site He assured his audience that money could not possibly be donated for a more I worthy cause cau e that not another association exists which does more good in every way than the society in whose who e behalf he was talking The cooperation of or the railroads with the association as was dilated upon by b Mr I Ward He said the th presidents of the various roads have to realize the moral influence the railroad branches exert over their men and that it is to their interest JH not only from a moral but front from a financial point of view to give the Y M C A all the support they can He said that the president of one of the roads told him not long ago that since the establishment of or oras association as branches along the system the daily cost coat of wrecks had fallen from 1000 1008 to about 98 58 The president attributed the decrease to the moral effect the association has upon the men that it exerts an influence over them which has bas a decided tendency to cause them to live better lives that the roads are re benefited thereby to say nothing of oC the general effect upon the th lives and character of the railroad men Mr Ward said that one large eastern railroad system st spends pend 44 a year on its Us Y M C A branches and is 15 ever willing to increase its donations when whenever whenever hen ever the opportunity may present it itself itself Itself self The speaker said the tile scope of the as association association Is Js now no extended to the phys physical physical ical leal development nt of all conditions of men pays special attention to the education of young and old men rues be besides besideS besides sides looking after their spiritual wel welfare we Welfare fare S SIn In conclusion he salA sahi sa Ii that the field here is a large one that the city can canwell canwell canwell well afford such a 8 Y M I C A building as the association has ha in mind and that the moral effect of the increased scope of the local branch will be felt feU upon the community very ver shortly after the DuDding has baa been erected and the general alms aims and desires of the too asso association association elation have been thoroughly demon demonstrated demonstrated Criticism For Presbyterians Joseph E B Taylor raylor presided at the services After Af the opening hymn and invocation he be announced that Elder Eider I Nephi Neph L Morris would wo Jd speak The theme of the discourse was the themi mistake mi take which the world makes in condemning Mormonism until after it has made a most careful and thorough examination of the religion He called attention to the fact that thata a week ago at tat that hour the tabernacle services were attended by many Pres Pros Presbyterian Presbyterian ministers who were en route to the th Pacific coast where they were to meet to revise their creed He said the Mormon creed has always been the same mine and an will continue to be the same that it Jt requires no revision be because cause uee it is the true religion But in spite of that fact act the ministers who last week attended services s in the tab tabernacle tabernacle tabernacle and in resolutions and other otherwise otherwise wise wt have found fault with Mormon MormonIsm Mormonism Ism loin have found it necessary to change the foundation of their religion to suit S the advance of ot time Elder Morris said the Mormon M rmon re religion religion ligion is misunderstood that people do donot doDOt donot not DOt comprehend it that if f they did they would cease ase to find fault and would have occasion only to praise and embrace it The time is 18 coming he 1 added when it will be the religion of I the world I |