Show C A I ADDRESS ON MORMONS Salt SaIL Lake June Juno 12 Tho annual convention of orthe the Utah State Slate Association Association tion lion of Christian Endeavor Ende ol was opened this morning at nt the tho Phillips Congre Congregational Congregational church The Tho convention was waa 13 to have hao begun at 10 but owing to a lato late train from Ogden and aud the tho absence of Rev Re Noble No lo Strong StrollS F Elder Elderkin I kin president of the state slate association the meeting was 05 somewhat delayed and tho the attendance rather light Rov Re P A SImpkIn delivered a n feel feeling lag ing In address of welcome and urged upon the young oung workers tho the necessity I of or earnest and intelligent effort Ho was unable to remain at the morning session as he had to go to the train Iraln to meet Dr E F Clark Oark father of or Christian Christina Endeavor work worle who will be bore hore today and amI tomorrow Dr Clark addresses the mooting this afternoon and evening and will preach a HOrmon at the tho church tomorrow morning Rov Rev also had lind to leave leavo tho the moot moet mooting meeting ing to meet Dr Clark and tho the sor ser services vices Ices wore worn conducted by T P Horn state slate secretary It was stated slated by hj tho the secretary that Bomo of the societies namely Lohl Loh Payson Sandy and somo others had discontinued for tho thu limo being The Tho feature of this session i I was a paper by b C A of J I Ogdon Ogden on Reasons for the Loyalty Loyally of or tho the Young 1 cople of the Mormon i Church If any uny went there thoro with the tho I Idea that they would hear Mar an antI I Imon mon lecture ther were disappointed I Ifor for or there ua was nothing in tho the gentle mans talk which savored of bitter bitterness bitterness ness or ridicule rl j J Mr Ir stated that as to the lessons that could be learned from tho the loyalty of the tho young oung Mormons ho would leave leavo that to the Inference of his hearers that thaL what he proposed to todo todo tolo do lo was WIlS to briefly tell what ho lie regarded I as n the tho reasons for the loyalty of or tho the young Mormons I Ho He said that thal the Young Mens liens Mu Mutual Mutual lu Improvement associations were I somewhat similar to lo the Christian En Endeavor Endeavor Endeavor deavor societies and nd stated that tho the I Igen general gen eral attendance and Interest In the Uie I M bh I 1 A work was most commendable I First of all said the speaker tho tile church frowns ron upon public dance halls while tho the ward lance danco is en aged This shows n a social phase to the tho work and at these dances the young men have havo a chance to meet the young ladles Mr Jr then went wont on to tosa say sa that there th re was great loyalty among the presiding officers of the various Institutions of tho church and that they had Intense zeal Ho lie re referred referred referred to family prayers and those thoRe of offered offered offered up at and said that In all God was asked to bloss bless the author authorities Illes of or the church and also the mis missionaries missionaries missionaries He said that the funda fundamental fundamental mental montal reason for the loyalty lo ally was that parents taught their children almost from infancy unquestioning obedience to the priesthood and urged them to attend Mutual Improvement meetings and prepare themselves th for foreign missions The young are made to feel said he that thal unless they sustain the church authorities thoro there is JS no place for them There is tho the parents faith ralth in exaltation a difference between sal salvation salvation vallon While your our preacher pleads for salvation wo we young Mormons want exaltation He further said that parents and teachers were impelled by a 11 force they did not Hot understand themselves to 10 urge the tho young to devotion Mr waltes remarks were greeted with considerable applause |