Show MORMON EffORT PEOPLES STATE f e 1 j Nephi L. L Morris Tells How Mis Mis- t vv t Work Has Made f i Utah 1 v RESULT i GOOD CITIZENS of Church Harmonize f r. Principles J With Constitution of the United States I a Blessings that h had d come to the members mem- mem s bers ers of the tho Mormon church chuIch as the tho re- re suit Hult of or Its itt organization and their conJ connection connection con con- J with It It was the tho gent general Ial sub sub- b- b on which L. L Morris spoke at yesterdays yesterday's e afternoons afternoon's meeting at the tho t. t tabernacle He said ahl the church had lied been founded through Joseph Smith lJ by God Cod as the thc Institution which tho the Lord had bad established establish ell on earth eaith In the present dispensation as an or organization to toI I living bring about the salvation of the souls I of men anti and the thc gospel ospel Is IK the power of ot God Coil unto salvation according to Paul which the church brings to mankind He said sald the tho lie church had been heen successful us as a vehicle for this gospel since the beginning through Its wide missionary system whereby had been on actively in nearly every ery nation nation na nn- na- na tion and tongue no matter what tho the difficulties might ha have hav been under which the Mormons were laboring at headquarters lie He said the residents of Utah and of or other nearby states could see ec the results of this missionary work I In peopling the re region lon with converts to 10 the tho Mormon faith brought here hero through the influence In of or the missionaries missionaries mission mission- aries uric of or tho the church Any n one who looked hooked around this would I be impressed with tho the sturdy worth of these so settlers as pioneers plo pio I neels Mr Morris said The towns lowns and cities of Utah were populated largely by tho the converts crts brought hero from Western estern and the tho Eastern part of It f the United States and tho they had risen to positions where most of or them were prosperous farmers merchants stock tock raisers contractors or from tram tho the men The he emigrants British Isles and from the Scandinavian I ian countries Holland and Germany German were wee counted as amon among the best citizens citi citi- zens ens and practically all of oC them had hadS had'S S 'S taken advantage of at the rights of or In the United States State as well sehl as 38 the their I great blessings from membership membership member member- ship In tn the Mormon lormon church chuch of ot nl i The Tue principles of salvation accordi according accord accord- i- i ill lug ing to the belief of or the Mormons were elo eloIt It i outlined as al' repentance baptism b by tnt tnt- T 1 for the remission of sins and the tho laying on of or hands han s for tor the gift of oft t the HoJ Holy Ghost This his gift Itt the speaker f the administration administration administration ad ad- said could only ani come conic through ministration o or of some one empowered kii J through h the officers of oC the Mormon L' L church w. w J The Influence of or the Bible In shaping shap ing tho the destinies an and growth of the thet thew w t nations of or I Europe was reviewed and Mr lr said that the Book of or Mormon Mormon Mor Mor- f mon was seas to serve sene a like purpose pile pur r r pose Q e in this hemisphere lie said sah the relation of the this Mormon people to 10 tho the government Jo of the tho United States tates was laid out before the organization of the church and In this connection he lie from flom the Book Boole of Mormon some ome passages which speaking of the tho inhabitants of oC the Northern continent s ald said they should forever be he a free people people peo peo- plc If It they thc lived righteously rIghteous and that no kings or 01 despots should rule In InthIs Inthis inthis this country countr To give strength to this prophecy Mr Mv Morris cited d the growth of freedom which had It Its Inception In Inthe Inthe inthe the Declaration of Independence al althou although although al- al thou though h it was not really born until the thet J PJ pry y won b by the Civil ChoU war lie t C lO or of Dom rl rl r oteR fo n cm I zU to c establish t an en 1 t Mexico o o and their failures allures were c classed as of the prophecy C In the he Book of Mormon lie 11 said the big corporations and combinations of which wo had heard so much in recent investigations In In Salt alt Lake were usurping the rights atthe of at ofA A the people and as such the they could not stand for the they were direct menaces to lo lothe the freedom of or the human race which was promised In the Constitution of tho the United States anI and prophesied In the Book Boole of or Mormon Political rings s and bosses s which usurped the powers of the people he lie also classed with monarchIes monarchies mon men archies arches and kingdoms so far a. a sis ns the prophecies were wele concerned and amI said they the certainly should fall |