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Show Thousands Hear Tabernacle Choir In Zion Park 5unv Give Good Concert in Stake Tabernacle Pres. Heber J. Grant Gives Memorial Day Address; Choir Pleases With ! Many Selections P Thousands stood in the rain or : irtv the Zion Park lodge to hoar ; the world-famous Tabernacle choir at 400 voices as they broad cast j over a national hook-up on last Sunday between the hours of 9:30 and 10:30 a. m. Laier the St. George Tabernacle was filled to over-flowing as the choir again thrilled the people of this section with their interpretation of songs. With every seat taken in the Tabernacle many turned to the Recreation hall where loud speakers speak-ers were installed to give them an opportunity of hearing the program. pro-gram. President Heber J. Grant presided at the meeting which was opened by a short speech of welcome wel-come delivered by Pres. W. O. Bentley, of the St. George stake. President Grant Speaks "I am happy to have the privilege privi-lege of visiting St. George", said President Grant. "It is 71 years since I first came here to visit for six months. The people in this section from my earliest recollection recollec-tion have been as active in church work and served as faithfully as in any section of the country. You have perhaps sent more influential influen-tial men and women out into the world to accomplish things worthwhile worth-while than any other place your size and are as active in drama, singing and other elevating advancements. ad-vancements. The choir was very happv to come and the church is certainly proud of them for their splendid achievements. He praised prais-ed the Union Pacific for the development de-velopment to this scenic wonderland wonder-land and stated that the only regret re-gret he had was that we didn't have the North Rim of the Grand Caynon. "When President Young asked that Utah be admitted into (Continued on page eight) Tabernacle Choir (Continued from first page) the Union he asked for a part of Arizona, a part of Nevada, a part 1 of Colorado and part of Mexico, j and 1 am sorry he did't get it," he said. President Grant read a telegram tele-gram received from J. Reuben Clark, who is in New York, stating stat-ing that the broadcast from Zion had been exceptional there and he was thrilled over the program ; given. Songs sung by the choir under the direction of its conductor, J. Spencer Cornwall included, "Lost in the Night", "God Is Our Refuge", Ref-uge", "Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs", "The King of Glory", with Jessie Evans, soloist; "Listen to I the Lambs", and "Praise to the jLord". In addition to the above i they sang by request, "Hail Bright Above". This was composed of the male chorus, the ladies' chorus and both groups combined. Group Encounter Rain The group left Salt Lake City in the rain and found it still raining rain-ing when they awoke in Cedar City Sunday morning. Leaving Cedar snow fell for many miles and rain continued to fall all day on the group until they passed Toquerville on the way to St. George. Clear skies greeted them here, but due to the fact that it had been threatening and there was a chilly wind, it was decided to hold the meeting in the Tabernacle Taber-nacle instead of on the Temple grounds as originally planned. The sun however came out to greet the visitors and warm them up for the first time that day. Sing In Zion Lodge With the rain falling it was decided de-cided to transfer the broadcast from under the Great White Throne to the upper room of Hie lodge. While some of the imprcs-siveness imprcs-siveness was lost to those who had come to the park to see the choir sing, to those who listened over the radio, the program was jiist as fine as originally planned. It was conceded by those present that the choir gave one of their finest renditions. President Grant delivered the Memorial Day address which was broadcast over the Columbia network. net-work. "The wives and mothers who lost their loved ones were the real heroes of the war," President Grant said in his address to the nation. "Peace would cover the earth forever if wives and mothers might cast the vote that would lead a people to conflict. "And how doubly bitter It must be to those who love but have no knowledge and faith that death is but the laying down of life in the mortal sense and the resumption resump-tion of another life we knew before. be-fore. We of this church believe in that resurrection, that somewhere some-where and sometime we shall once again resume not only the fuil knowledge and spirit gained in this life, but the mortal family and friends we left behind. Believe in Living God "We believe in a God of today, not one dead these many centuries. And every man is entitled to that light of knowledge to guide him through life. We testify that the Father and his Son, Jesus Chribt, appeared again and restored the priesthood with a message for all the world." The priesthood quoted several passages of scripture and Pres. Abraham Lincoln's immortal "letter "let-ter to Mrs. Bixby." He concluded his address with the testimony of the witnesses to the Book of Mormon Mor-mon and the Apostle Peter's declaration dec-laration . . . "for this cause is the gospel preached to them that are dead, for we know they shall rise again in the resurrection of the last days." Others Address Audience John M. Wallace, president of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce Com-merce and William M. Jeffers, Union Pacific railroad official spoke briefly on the program. Praise was given the Cedar City and St. George Chamber of Commerce Com-merce for their part in making the broadcast possible. Following the broadcast box lunches were given choir members and their drivers through the courtesy of the Utah Parks company. com-pany. After finishing their luncheon lun-cheon the group were brought to St. George where they presented their program in the Tabernacle. They were returned to Cedar City where they were dinned at the Es-calante Es-calante hotel before boarding the train for Salt Lake City. : - - - t |