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Show TEE Elder Levi E. Young Gives Admonition Ad-monition to Visitor Within Our Gates. TELLS LISTENERS OF ' DEAUTIES OF RELIGION There Is No Ecclesiastical Aristocracy Aris-tocracy Among Mormons, Declares the Elder. Tourists filled the auditorium at tho big tabernacle at the special service Sunday Sun-day afternoon. The sorvlco programme consisted of an organ recital by Prof. J. J. McClellan nnd an address on Mor-monlsm Mor-monlsm by Elder Levi 13. Young. Elilcr Young's address was devoted mainly to an attempt to create In the minds of his hearera a favorablo Impression Im-pression of Mormonlsm. He talked along general linos, saying nothing about any special tenet of the faith. Ho declared, however, that through Mormonism would como the salvation of tho world nnd invited in-vited his hearorB to assist In bringing nbout the coming of tho kingdom of God. He said in part: a "Wo Latter-day Saints aro children of tho samo God you are. We do not believe be-lieve that God blesses us nny moro, especially es-pecially than He blesses you. Wo hold that every person Is blessed with a divine di-vine soul; that he Is blessed-with natural intelligence: that he Is blessed with power pow-er to understand life, and therefore power pow-er to understand God. We believe that tho children of God should bo charitable and should bo full of love and kindness. Sums Up Mormonism. "Mormonlsm may be summed up as tho gospel of work the gospel of redemption for every Individual soul. Each Individual Indi-vidual SOIll lllimf TL'Oi-lr nut lilu t vat Ion. We hold Xhat man comos here in this life to work out his salvation; to become an Instrument In the hands of God in doing good to all people and in helping to redeem this earth and in making mak-ing It once more a paradise. "People have spoken ovll of us and people have spoken well of us. They have come among us to investigate our people and their religion. They have found something good and those who arc socking for Haws have undoubtedly found things that were not Just right. "We don't believe that tho kingdom of God can come upon earth until war shall have ceased among- tho nations. Nearly fourteen, million men In Christian countries coun-tries have been killed In war. We cannot can-not live truly Christian lives until we substitute for war the great principle of truth. We believe that all mankind is to be saved by obedience of tho gospel of Jesus Christ. Pride in Frophet and Schools. ''We hold with tho Prophet Joseph Smith that the glory of God Is Intelligence. Intelli-gence. No man can bo saved In ignorance. ig-norance. Wo do have a pride In our schools and In our -works. "There is no ecclesiastical aristocracy among us. If Mormonlsm is true and it Is It will tako hold eventually of the terrible social conditions existing in cltlos throughout the world and It will solve those troubles. Take us as you find us; tako our city as you. find It. Wc never will tolerate places of vice, such as tho grog shop. In our communities." The organ numbers, rendered bv Prof J. J. McCIclla n In his characteristic, masterly mas-terly manner, as as follows: Jerusalem the Golden Fantasle (Dr. Sparks); (a) Salute d'Amour (Elgar) (b) Communion in O (Batiste), (c) Old Melody. Mel-ody. "O My Father;" excerpts from ' Mlgnon" (Thomas). Arranged by organ by J. J. McClellan. |