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Show EXCEPTION TAKEN TO 1 : CONFERENCE SPEECH Bishop Glass and the Rev. P. A. Simpkin Criticise Talk of Apostle Smith. j ! Tim Right Rev. Joseph S. Glass took occasion at the high mass in St. Mary's cathedral yesterday to reply briefly to the sermon of Apostle Ilyrum Smith of the Mormon church, although the apostle's apos-tle's sermon was not mentioned directly. In that sermon Apostle Smith criticised both the Catholic and Protestant churches and described the Catholic church as "a liability to any nation," and said that it whs tilled with bigotry and a disinclination dis-inclination to Investigate the truth. Hishnp Class was recommending "The Mission Play," which appears at the Salt Lake theater this week to the congregation congrega-tion when he. alluded to tlie apostle's criticism indirectly. Ho said that the play dealt with events which formed "the most glorious chapter in the history of the re- lation of Christianity to tlie American In-. In-. dlan," and he urged Catholics to invite their Protestant friends to wee tlie play, so that "they might understand something some-thing of tlie spirit of the Catholic church." "It is sad, at such a late day," he said, "to tlnd bitterness and bigotry abroad, to find anyone stirring up hatred of his brother, simply because his brother does not helieve as he does. Christianity teaches that all men are our brothers. We should make it our duty to understand them and serve them whether they be Jews, Protestants or Catholics, or whether they adhere to some other belief." be-lief." A little later in liis sermon he quoted that passage of Paul's epistle to ithe Pphesians wherein Christ answers the query as to the most important law, saying, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy Cod with thy whole heart, with thy whole soul and with thy whole mind, and thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." thy-self." The bishop urged the congregation to make that thought a part of their lives, as it was the central principle of Christianity. "Without it," he said, "there can be no piety, no service, no religion." In a sermon at Phillips Congregational church dealing with the necessity for the followers of Jesus Christ to put on new energy in building up the kingdom of Christ the Rev. p. A. Simpkin said: The Protestant churches are open to criticism despite tlie great work they have done and are doing, but are far from that declension which is deserving de-serving of such recent criticism as was spoken in this city. That criticism is based on a lack alike of intelligence intelli-gence and Information of the rami tied life and service which Protestantism is giving to the world. |