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Show APOSTLE BALLARD DELIVERS ADDRESS TO MEMBERS OF GRADUATING CLASS OF WEBER AT COLLEGE AUDITORIUM "Mormonlsm Is the suporfino melting melt-ing pot that has produced a people Who aro the salt of the earth, tho hope and light of the world, and who will bring- to pass the redemption of tho world. In this superfine melting pot the elders of tho church have been bringing- tho best men and women wo-men of the world. Whey came at tho call of repentance." Opening: Remarks. This was the opening statement of Apostle Mclvln. J. Ballard, to graduating- students of the Weber Normal col-Jpge, col-Jpge, In his baccalaureate address delivered de-livered last night before an assembly that filled the college auditorium to overflowing. President H. A. Dixon presided at the service. Under the direction of Wm. H, Manning the college choir rendered ren-dered the "Pilgrims Chorus" from Lombard) and "Consider tho Lillies." The rendition showed careful training- and great attention tod etall by the members of tho choir. Mis Luetic Lu-etic Wright gave a delightful rendition of "The Nightengale." Tnvoca- t f fM-l in rtf I'.l K, T . 1 ,1 ml. E. McKay and benediction by President Presi-dent John Halls. All Classes Come. "Isreal Zangwill had said that America Ame-rica is the great melting pot that will absorb tho Europeans who come to this country, but I am afraid the Europeans Eu-ropeans will absorb tho Americana. To the melting- pot has come all classes class-es and we were unable to pick the peoplo we wanted. But Into the suporfino supor-fino melting pot of Mormonlsm came a class of men and women who heard tho call to labor and made sacrifices. I "If you young men and women want to win the plaudits of tho world I and stand In the front ranks, follow In the footstops of your fathers, and mothers. If you remain true to tnc faith you will become tho leaders of the world. "We are casting about for an Ideal. Jesus Christ Is the perfect one He Is tho model for all. But Ho seoma to bo so far above our possibilities that we desire someone a little nearer to ourselves. One thing is essential that Is, that our Ideal approaches the life of the perfect one. "Nowhere else in the world will you find men and women who will match up with tho people of this state. Don't travel over the world In search of diamonds, dia-monds, wo havo them right here. There are no better peoplo in tho world than those with whom you are associated. Bear up Banner. "Your fathers and mothers have borne tho heat and burdon of the day. They havo lifted up a banner and surely their children will sec to It that tho banner is not lowered. "One of our standards Is a true conception of the mission of America, and up to date we havo sustained the claim that thoro le no butter p'eoplc that those who have como out of the melting- pot of Mormonlsm. "Wo belle e that tho constitution of tho IJnlt-tl Stacej wui inspired, that It was i;iv;n us :t revelation from God and is us much a rovolaliun as any others rocclv;! by the Proplmt Joseph Smith. "The police strike at Sostn and the attempt to lynch the mayor of i Omaha are ovldtnaes thai wo are confronted con-fronted wltn great dan.-rers. The powers po-wers of evil ihitt have dominated the kings of the ojireh (ailed in the last .great struggle a"ri now I hoy scfc to wreck and destroy, i hat whi.-li ' they could not control. The.v aro now spreading their pernlcio-13 doctrines of revolution, -md iz has fruck our shores. We should givo up our party affiliations and stand with those' who stand for good government and loyalty for country. "Tho time i3 coming- when the constitution con-stitution of the United Slates win hang- on a slender thread and in ihose days 'tho last defenihirs 0f the constitution consti-tution will be found among tho people of Utah. Irfiw and Order. "We stand for law and order.' - The Mormons aro excelh'iit citizens according ac-cording to those who know us. AVe don't care what the others say. "Many people have Mormonlsm on the brain, but they don't put much ; brain on Mormonlsm. "Tho movies that dramatir.o the vol- ' low back novels aro sowing trouble, if our young people aro allowed to witness these scenes thrown on the screen every night. "Opponent.3 of Mormonlsm assert that we control tho votes ii oM'en states. That Is no fault of ours, even if It were true. Tho a .-ova go Mormon family consists of sl:c persons. The non-Mormon families avorage nno and a half and they arc beginning to lose Uie half. Single Standard. "We stand for a single standard of morality. ThlB Is a day when Germany, Ger-many, France and Great Britian havo thrown down their moral utandards. The war produced a surplus of ten million women and I would adviso all boys and girls to stick to the standard stan-dard of their fathers and mothers. "When I spent four days traveling on a train, compelled to have as my companions a number of men who spent that time In smoking, card playing' play-ing' and unblushlngly tolling of their acts of Immorality, I wont on my knees and wept tears of joy that I had been tr.alncd by a "Mormon mother. "Mormon girls should not man? outside their faith. To be trained under un-der one system and then live under another, does not produce happiness. Every Mormon girl has a chance to marry a man of her faith. Tho latest lat-est church statistics show that wo have 6000 more men in tho church than women. "The hgh cost of living Is no excuse ex-cuse for small families. I am opposed op-posed to birth control. Gjd always fits the back for the burden. Some of the greatest men who havo graced this earth wero reared in poverty. "We jho'ihT not use our bridles for ' pleasure. If you do you will bo disgusted. dis-gusted. I "Seek to gain a testimony that God live3. It makc3 no difference to mo what men say about the non existence of a God, nor now many millions of years this earth has been In existence. This I know, in the beginning God 1 created tho heavens and the earth." 1 |