Show FILLED HIS PLACE I IN THE ORES GREAT PLAN PUN 1 Orson F. F Whitney Delivers Address Address Address Ad Ad- dress on Washington to Crowd at Tabernacle HE HAD DIVINE GUIDANCE Mormons Especially Declares Speaker Honor Life and Character of Statesman George Washington ton and hl his place In Inthe inthe 1 the Great Groat Plan was wa the general subject subject sub sub- subI I I on which Orson F. F Whitney delivered delivered de- de livered an address res to a larg large congregation emigre congre gation at th the tho regular Tabernacle services services services ser ser- vices yesterday afternoon The Father Fath er cr of Ills his Country was cla classed along alon with Christopher Columbus and Abraham Abraham Abraham Abra Abra- ham Lincoln as a man who acted un un- tier dor divine guidance and accomplishes accomplished his marvelous purpose In shaping th the destiny of ot the nation under the su supreme atm su- promo preme guidance o of God an and throughout through through- out his life lite played a divinely guided part In the plan of salvation for Cor man manso manso so 50 far nr as It has been accomplished bythe by hy bythe hythe the Almighty through the agency o oman of 01 ofin n i-n man an Mr r. r Whitney recalled the fact that tha Saturday was sas the tho er annl anniversary a of or ih the birth of oC the man of or whom It was said sal God gave him no children In order orde that he ho might be 10 Father of or His Country Coun Coun- tT try and of or whom it was also said that ho might have hae been heen a n king huhe hut hu he he- was too great reat a a. man to 10 usurp th the power mower o of authority given ghen to him an anti was not willing like e Julius Caesar and amid Napoleon to take advantage o ohis ot of othis his military successes for personal persona gain ain or aggrandizement to tIme the ormon There are no people in the world said Mr Ir Whitney who appreciate an and honor the character life and work o oGeorge of George Washington more than do th the I Mormons for he was a potent factor according to tho the Mormon lormon view In bringing about th the great plan of oC thin things s sand and in hastening the time when un universal universal uni uni- 1 v versal al peace and righteousness shall hall cover the earth In Illustration of this statement time the speaker read from Crom the Bool Book of Mormon olmon portions of oC the pr prophecies pro prophecies pro pro- of or Nephi which according to the Mormon belief beUer foretold the discovery dicov- dicov er cry ery of oC America by Christopher Columbus Columbus Colum Column bus the arrival of the pilgrims and Puritans and the final overthrow of the oppressive government of England In a character sketch of oC Christopher Columbus Mr Ill Whitney said that the discoverer was a part of the Great Grent Plan a man moved by God to accomplish accomplish accomplish the great grent work of opening a anew anew anew new world and discovering tho the land of Joseph on this continent In this connection connection con con- Mr Whitney said Mold It has been Interesting to note how often orton It had been that some plan of oC vital Importance Importance importance Import Import- ance to God and man had rested on the shoulders of a single individual Washington Washington Wash ash ashIngton ington he cla classed as nJ such a one Won on Through Pcr Tho The speaker recalled how through divine lne gul guidance ance and protection George Washington has be been n successful successful success success- ful CuI in overcoming overcoming- the misrule of or England England Eng Eng- land although he had at his command command com corn mand mend only a a. population of ot about abou as compared with England's England and her more than 20 OO ships Washington conquered he said because Go God was sas with him and amI because because be be- bc cause he was patient and faithful to the end and not because of his great grea ability as a soldier and anti his equipments equipment J of or war wal Washington was not a great manIke man i like Ike Napoleon and ho he couldn't have written the Declaration of Independence once ence as did Jefferson Ho lIo was not endowed endowed endowed en en- dowed with the powers of or oratory shown by Patrick Hem Henry or Henry Henrj HenryClay Cia Clay and he wasn't even en the greatest military man of or that age said Mr lr Vh Whitney it nc But he was a pure hearted patriot and it was the general good for COI or which he sought rather than personal per per- serial onal aggrandizement This he said was vas the tho principal reason that Washington Wash Wash- Ington stands pre eminent among the great men of ot the world because of or the he qualities of ot the heart rather than those hose of the mind Of or Benedict Arnold The speaker then drew a n word picture pic plc- ture of oC the character and attainments of or Benedict Arnold classing him from froma troma a mental standpoint as ono one of ot the great men of oC his time It was as because bo- bo J cause Arnold was lacking In the qualities Hies of or the lie heart that ho foil fell rather than from mental deficiencies he said Vices and sin eln irm took hold of or this man until he lie committed the tho greatest crimO known to civilized countries b by trying I lo to o se sell his country countr for or foreign gold goI Washington had his faults aults' said Mr Ir Whitney Even the sun has Its Us spots and only one perfect man has lived on this earth Although Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington had his faults because Je au e of or his hia greatness and goodness and the blessIngs blessings blessings bless bless- ings o of time the Almighty we almost deify him now His birthday is iJ a n. holiday r-r r for tor the tho whole nation and ho he was so pi honored by b- England at the time of his death that every flag of oC tho the British navy was as at half mast when whon the great statesman and soldier r passed away Illustrating the slowness of or the time world to dl discover er co true truo greatness Mr Whitney said It tool took years cars to discover discover discover dis dis- dis- dis cover Shakespeare and the tho copyright of ot Milton's Ulton's Paradise Lost was sold I for tor a song The speaker said It was i V opportunity that made for tor success as much and sometimes s more more than thana a ability Opportunity ant ami lIe Ho said Id Grant was regarded as th the worlds world's greatest SOldier but in his estimation there were others who would have claimed the same name dIstinction distinction tion justly had the they received the tho opportunities op op- op- op afforded ed to Grant Tho The generals general's magnanimity In ln refusing to accept horses and equipment ot of General Leos Leo's forces after aeter the surrender surrender der was upheld as a quality of ot I greatness great great- ness but the tho ability of or General Lee to accept defeat as ho did was upheld as 39 asa a sign of equal greatness I In conclusion Jon Mr 11 Whitney said that th the Mormons Mormon rc regarded Joseph Jospph Smith mith a as a man equal to lo stand with Wash Wash- In Ington ton Columbus and others as one of the worlds world's greatest men and on one who had played his part In shaping tho the destinies of oC mankind according to tho the great reat plan of God This Thi however Is the Mormon view vie said sald Mr Ir Whitney Many 1 0 no of or you ou m may havo kayo other views and you ou are aro welcome to them and we would not persecute you for Cor them We e r reverO ver the name of ot the tho man whom God chose choso to reveal Ills His worl works s In this Ills His last dispensation and anti who led In tho the work worl which will not be completed until eternity Praise time the Lord All Ye Nations and The Mountains Q j tho the Lor Lords Lord's s 's sHouse House were sung sting as anthems by tho the choir The Invocation was wa delivered by lW Hamilton G. G Park and Joseph S. S Wells pronounced the benediction |