Show MEETINGS AT MAMMOTH bu A utah nov 28 1896 I 1 herewith submit the following brief report of the visit of president Pre aident joseph F smith to mammoth for the purpose of dedicating the meeting house joaie there the good people of mammoth assisted by their friends have dave erected a very nice little for the worship of god and the teaching ot of the children in sunday school sunday bunday november 22 1896 map the day set for the dedication and president Preel dent smith was invited to come and con duct the services the presidency of the juab stake william and big counselors were also present the saints of euraka called a meet ing for saturday evening for 8 p m about the time the rio bio grande western train gets in ID president smith was intercepted on bis big way to mammoth and conducted to the meeting house bouse in erieka where a large congregation already awaited him when no be recovered his breath after climbing that long of eighty three steps leading up to the meeting he be delivered jell vered a very excellent die discourse dieco course uree on OB the advanced and superior doctrine taught by our savior in his sermon on the mount found in matthew v whosoever snail smite thee on thy right cheak turn to him the other alsi and whosoever shall compel thee to to HO go a miles mile go with him twain give to him that asketh of thee and from him that would borrow of thee turn thou not away but I 1 say bay unto you yol love your enemies bless them that thai ourbe burbe you do good to them that hate you pray lor them which despitefully despite lully use you sad aud per persecute maute you that at y may be the clai children laren of your fattier father which is in 10 heaven etc this discourse disco uree e should have been tully fully reported out it was nut nota sunday morning the eureka choir numbering about twenty five members was conveyed to mammoth h in a carriage made for the occasion drawn uy oy four spanking grays graya the new meeting house at mammoth is a cozy little buildings 25 lay by 50 feet nicely painted and papered besides the mammoth saints there were quite a number from eureka some rom and a low few from nephi present services commenced at 1035 am the singing was good SO as usual the dedication of the house was postponed till the evening meeting president smith gave a very interesting sketch of the exodus of his mot mothers berla family from nauvoo to winter quarters quarter and from there across the plains to salt lake city in 1847 8 we noticed among the congre congregation gaLlon his star sister martha harris of provo and a number of her children the brother and sister were but children at attebe the time of crossing the plains with their oxen and cows for teams but the rec elections of me be ekenes WOM were I interesting and io in some instances instance very touching brother and slater sister harris from provo are both advancing in years yet they look hearty and healthy and have raised a large family of boys boye and girls eleven in number and strange to say they have never had a death in their family sunday school at 2 p m in talking to me call children dren president smith gave a very interesting account of the birth death and resurrection ol of josue also impressed upon their minds mindo the idea ot of his him parentage parea par taue the evening meeting commenced at the dedicatory prayer was offered by president smith in which he humbly supplicated sup the father tor for many blessings blent not only on the people but on the house bouse and offered it to the father as an offering from his hie people and net it apart for his worship that his hia peace and spirit might beanda be and abide in it etc after appropriate singing nging Bl president smith spoke of the many evils existing in the world which were undermining the very foundational foundation a of civilize oivi civi liza tion and which worked the ruin of the cities and kingdoms of the ancient world he enumerated some of these and lifted his warning war uini voice against them ORB OBB |