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Show ALVA SCQVfLLE IIU (II I ADDRESS AT THE I TABERNACLE The Tabernacle service yesterday afternoon was well attended and those present were treated to an in teresting address by Alva Scovllle The servico was in charge of Elder Heber Seowcroft and included threo song numbers by the Tabernacle choir and an organ prelude by Sam F. Whltaker. The song numbers were "Author of Faith," "Hosanna" ! and "In the Tim of Roses " In the "Hosanna" number the solo was beautifully sung by Mrs. Myrtle Bal-iinger Bal-iinger Higley. In his address, Elder Scoville took "io congregation on a mental trip k interesting places in the eastern pari of the Unltod States and several countries of Europe. His description of each place visited as to its natural attractiveness and also its historical significance was given with rhetorical ( charm tbat proved a rare treat and unde a deep impression "No country in the world, he said, "'was as well organized as America and no country possessed the number of truly big men. Things are done here on a big scale; we have big factories, big commercial institutions, big transportation systems, for the reason that America is a big' country coun-try and it takes a big country to accomplish ac-complish big things." New York harbor, he declared, is the greatest one in the world and the aescendants of the old Dutch families fam-ilies who first settled on the Island Off Manhattan were a big figure in the industrial, social and commercial life ui the great metropolis. For its great cities and all of its marks of progressiveness, he continued, con-tinued, England is proud of the United Unit-ed States as one of its offspring, and this feeling is shown in many ways by the people of the mother country, which he recentlv visited Speaking further. Elder Scoville stated that it was gtod to go to Europe to study the history of the different countries at first hand and to learn therefrom the reasons why onr forefathers left their homes and came here. He dwelt for some moments on each of the countries which he visited vis-ited during his recent trip to Europe, telling of the characteristics of the j.eople and staled that the basic cause irr the greatness of earh nation was l'ound in the inborn courtesy and kindness of its people, from whom .Americans of today could well take a lesson. In his concluding remarks. the speaker analyzed the reason for the ;iatred existing between the French and German people and said that this would havo to be swept out of their hearts before a lasting peace could come |
