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Show ORGANIZATION OF TI M010I' CHURCH iS PERFECT W. P. . Monson, president of the Eastern States mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, addressed the congregation at the tab-ernaclo tab-ernaclo yesterday afternoon, delivering deliver-ing an impressive sermon. The meet-lug meet-lug was conducted by Eldor Frank Williams of the Tabernacle service committee and the following musical program was rendered under the direction di-rection of Professor Joseph Ballan-tyne; Ballan-tyne; Organ Prelude Sam F. Whitaker Hymn "God Moves in a Mysterious Way" Ogden Tabernacle Choir Solo and chorus "When My Feet Have Wandered" Douglass Brian and Choir. Basso solo "Gloria" Cecchl Mr. 13. L. Howes. Solo and chorus "If I Could Know" Melba Read and Choir Each number was finely sung and was a good criterion of the musical treats that are In store for the tabernacle tab-ernacle congregations throughout the winter In the sermon given by President Monson, the perfectness of the Mormon Mor-mon church organization, the benefits to tho missionary in missionary work and the United States as the home of "peace" were eloquently referred to. Among other things, he said that, when humility and faith In God, characterize char-acterize the work of a missionary, then that field of labor is the greatest great-est of all for his development, spiritually, spir-itually, morally, mentally and physically. physic-ally. This, he said, had been procn to him in the lives of S00 missionaries mission-aries .with whom he had been a joint laborer in his present field and also in Europe several years ago Speaking of the Mormon church or ganization, he referred to a statement state-ment made by Vice President John R Marshall in an address before one of the Rotary clubs of the e.-st recently, re-cently, to the effect that there were onl two perfect organizations on the ! face of the earth, the "German army" I and the "Mormon church " Continuing, Continu-ing, President Monson spoke of the latter as standing alone, in that its organization was of divine origin and I (he oniy channel through which the j brotherhood of nJan could bo realized In substantiation of the claim, he cit ed the plan of succession to the highest high-est office in the church, or any of its branches, which is one of peace and harmony, stating that tho men who were to hold tho positions were pre- f pared for them under dhinc guid- 1 ance and the work progressed while they held the reins of government |