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Show JUDGE KING AT TABERNACLE. Deprecates Tendency to Eliminate Christ From Religion. Judge William I r. King was the speaker at the Tabernacle yesterday. He spoke of the manner In which the Mormons Mor-mons were derided and misunderstood, and a!d that even as eminent a man as Henry Ward Beacher had considered Mor-monlsm Mor-monlsm a revival of heathenism with a touch Of Hebrewism. Some people say today that Mormonlsm Is narrow, con-tracted con-tracted and that it tries to promote the Isolation of Us believers from other people. peo-ple. This cannot be true. "It Is -..ni" ! the;j.- same people. ' e..n- tlnueil the speaker, who arc saying that the Church of Christ may have been all right, but that we have advanced since that day and therefore should have pome-thing pome-thing different. Truth never changes, no matter what progression may take place Truth is always the same In all ages. "There are too many Christian ministers minis-ters today who are striving to be dramatic dra-matic and spectacular. Peoplo will leave the pews which they have occupied for years to attend church where there Is such a minister They f, rget that true religion la the same yesterday, today and forever. "The Mormon religion believes that I he religion of Christ has not changed. Mormonlsm Mor-monlsm believes that marriage Is n sacrament, sac-rament, Instead of a civil contract, as It Is fast becoming In the world. Mormonlsm believes that there can't be a Christianity without Christ as the son of the true and living God. "Mormonlsm Is simply an appeal to reinstate re-instate Christ There are other churches, such as I'nltarlanlsm, which deny the divinity di-vinity of Christ. They speak of Him as a good man but not as the actual Son of God. There are ton many ministers preaching about science nd other subjects sub-jects nnd hot enough about Christ. "There Is one thing whleh I admire about the Catholics, and that Is, that they k. ep Chrisl and make Him a bails Of human conduct. In spite of criticism. The Mormon religion Is an effort lo reinstate rein-state Christ In the lives of the people." |