Date: [Circa 1932.]
Tea, Coffee, Tobacco and Intoxicant Frowned on by Mormon Leader
Precepts of the Mormon faith were discussed and the church's financial needs stressed by Elder George F. Richards, a member of the Council of Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, in an address here last night. Elder Richards, who is president of the Mormon temple in Salt Lake City, spoke before a large gathering at 600 Kempton Street.
Abstinence from tea and coffee, as well as intoxicants and tobacco, is required of all true Mormons, the speaker said. "The Lord has said these things are not good for us," he declared.
In commenting on the Latter Day Saints' belief in baptism of the dead, Elder Richards said: "All people have the privelege of accepting the gospel on this side, but if they do not, they have the opportunity of accepting it on the other. They will be taught in the temples by their friends."
Although those who die unbaptized will not attain the celestial kingdom, they may be transported there if their children are baptized, he said. A great deal of money is needed to carry on successfully the work of the church, adding that no one can be a faithful Mormon unless he pays his tithe.
Other speakers were Elder Eben [Evan] P. Call, mission worker, and President James H. Moyle of the Eastern States Mission. Miss Clara Howarth and Harold Brimmer gave vocal solos.
(Note: "privelege" is transcribed exactly as misspelled in the original news print.)
