Ogden Daily Standard | 1910-06-06 | Page 3 | Church Crowded to Hear Sermon

CHURCH CROWDED TO HEAR SERMON Dr, Goshen Strongly Advocates Socialism So-cialism In Baccal jureate Address to Graduates, Salt Lake. Tune 6 The First Congregational Con-gregational church was crowded to Its capacity Sunduy night lo hear the baccalaureate Hernmn delivered by the Rev. Elmer I. Goshen to the gradu ate of th? Iniverf-lly of Utah. The militates, 160 In niunber, occupied the central section of seats In the main auditorium. They marched Into the church hi a body just before the opening of th service The degree graduates, of whom there are eighty-fix eighty-fix e, were in caps nnd gowns. The seventy-five graduates who are to receive re-ceive certificates sat Just behind them On the platform were Prof. J T. i ! Kingsbury, president of the university; univer-sity; W. W. Rlter, chairman of regents; re-gents; Waldornar Van Cott. member of the board of regents; Soj incur B. Young. Herbert C. Iverson and Dr Goshen. The invocation was delivered deliver-ed by Mr. Young and the benediction benedic-tion by Binhop Iverson. An organ prelude pre-lude and inarch and an organ postlml ? were played by Prof. Squire Coop j A beautiful soprano solo. "Gloria." by Buzzl Peccla, was sung hy Mrs. Emily Sltzer, Dr. Gobhen's address strongly advocated ad-vocated socialism. His theme was ' If There be Virtue Think on These Thlugs." He took the position that a great unique period of the world's history is about to dawn, which will sec a great war waged net ween the masses and privileged ciassos. Capital, Capi-tal, he said Is in the hands of the few. which In all wrong. It should be generally distributed. He exhorted i graduates to go out of wcbool with the determination to vote against any political party which advocates the privilege of the few agaiust the great majority (,f people. "Go l ell the board of trade robbers." said tho minister, "that li? who speculates specu-lates In food products is a criminal." j