Show CHURCH LEADERS NOT AUTOCRATS I i Mormons May Worship According According According Ac Ac- AcI I cording to Conscience Declares Speaker SAINTS LOYAL CITIZENS Cannot Ca moot Be He Disloyal nl loyal to 10 Go GO eminent S Says slat I Thomas at nt II 1110 10 Tabernacle Thomas delivered along a n I Ilon lon long discourse at the service In the tt Tabernacle yesterday afternoon which was largely for or the benefit of strangers and Ind those outside of or the Mormon faith The rhe general theme was an explanation of tho Iho beliefs of or orthe the Latter LaUer Da Day Saints regarding the ori origin ln anti and anc purpose of man roan on earth arth and a Justification of the church or organization organization or- or mon church anti and discipline of oC the Mormon Mor Mor- 1101 Tho The belief of or the members of the he church charch that Heaven Is not simply a laco of or rest was emphasized and 11 Mr Mi Thomas said their thel conception of oC the he world to come was that hat It I was a place of or rest from rota sin only The belief beleC of or orthe the he Latter Da Day Dy Saints he lie said wa was that hat Heaven was a place where in intelligence in- in could conid have ha c Us its Is natural outcome outcome outcome out out- come and anel where man maim mal mi may learn to do elo dohe dothe the he will of God more fully than on onearth earth He lie sal said their belief wa was that In leaven heaven n Iea every one who loves God GOll and seeks to do His Ills will wi ili shall fled find a place and ind opportunity to continue this his good work vork worl for COl the glorification of oC the lie king king- dom of or God Form of or Go GO eminent Regarding the beliefs of oC the Latter LUer Da Day Saints In the direct I ton lon ion pf God with wih man Mr 11 Thomas Saul sll the they l Ie believed eel le implicitly In iii the thit promise of God GOll that when believers ask isk in His Ills name to be he directed In Inthe inthe the he theas ways as of truth huth Ho lie le will wm in no way va fail all fal them and that lint tha this promise sped sped- cally mace made holds hols as good gooc today a ain as In n tho the tim i of or Christ Christ The sp speaker held eld positively that the he form forni of church chuch government of the Mormons deprived no 10 one of or his his' right rl hl to worship accord accord- lag ng to tho the dictates of his own person person- aly and that hat tho ho lea leaders ers of th the lie church hurch were In no manner the auto auto- rats crts that lint they lie were said saul to he be 1 b h enemies of or tho the church and those I ignorant Ig- Ig orant of its Is principles As to the thc relations between the thc church and amid the government 1 Mr Thomas said that no nolan noman 10 man lan could be bo loyal loal to his church and anc disloyal to his government for on the he life fo and preservation aton of the lie govern govern- government ment under which we live depend the rights now enjoyed h by the members of o f th the church to worship God in their heir own wn way ivay and according hing to lo the dictates of f t their r own conscience Prophet in ill Modern Times Comparisons were made mace between the he prophets o of tho the Bible front from Adam dam to 0 the he time of Christ and amid the lie speaker them as' as illustrations in the tho con- con contention tenton that as there here hud luul been ets ts In the earlier earler days It I was reasonable reason reason- able to suppose that there should be- be 1 prophets who received the direct communications com corn from fLom God In this latter hatter later dispensation The only reason he heild he said ild that there should not riot be he prophets in n this thiN day lay as well wel n as in iii day clayr night might be lie that lint In this dispensation they welo ere not riot needed but common sense that the need of or tho the world Is Isn In n procuring guidance and direction in 1 ascertaining tho ho thom will m of God towards man nan |