Show A FIE cl A house FITTINGLY DEDICATED apostle r M lyman offers the dedicatory prayer remarks of speakers A liappa concourse of people met in the elegant new first ward meeting house last wednesday evening for the purpose of dedi catine the game all were highly pleased with the beautiful appearance it presented entering th vestibule by a double door in the west wo find a small hallway neatly carpeted with a doordon the right and the left leading into the main assembly assem ply room this was brilliantly lighted twelve incandescent electric elac lights on two lovely chandeliers suspended from the ceiling two long aisles leading to the pulpit were neatly carpeted going down the same one notices a bench and a row of chairs alternately this arrangement is for the convie of clashes in sunday school the chairs being handy to reverse the pulpit is truely beautiful and finely in proportion with the main room which ig feet thirteen large and even small wi 0 dows light the whole building thoroughly in fact the moat pleasing feature of the whole structure anro its beautiful windows in the east end the relief society and young ladies association have eacle a room richly furnished upstairs is designed lor prayer circle at the audience was called to order by bishop J P II 11 johnson on the stand were apostola francis M lyman presidents Smoot Cluff and John President of juab stake several members of the high council and the authorities of the first ward after the opening exercises the treasurers treasur ers report waa read by elder jolin C graham as follows REPORT of tho provo first ward meeting house showing cost of building and to whom the contracts have been let and amounts of same Uc denberg andeberg And ebers laving 00 furnished brick SO east coop co op 3 liddiard Lidd rard laying brick 00 provo L M B ue furnis liing material for putting in joist and putting on roof 1415 00 provo L M co furnishing and putting in doors windows claora etc leo halliday plastering 50 watson insina finish and seats II 11 J maiben painting 25 taylor bros co chairs 00 labor lime rock sand etc donated by sundry persons 1127 64 sundry accounts by sundry persons 5 total cost of building ila 61 apostle F M lyman then offered the dedicatory prayer he thanked god our heavenly F ather for the beautiful house and acknowledged the band of the lord in the erection of the same we dedicate it unto thee father and mk thee to the plot of ground upon which it stands that it may never bo defiled bless the stone the manor and afao brick that compose the walls bless the timbers used and may they be durable bless tha doors and the door frames the windows and tha material of the same may they let in he pure light of heaven by day and keep out the cold by winter bless the ceiling the plastering the roof shingles foists joists and ail composing the same bless the yes tery the prayer room alie stand the peats and chairs bless the whole building and accept of it aa an offering may it never be defiled for unholy purposes or destroyed by earthquake apostle lyman also prayed for the rich blesing of heaven to rest on all who had helped erect the beautiful structure and the priesthood prist hood of the the ward at the close of the dedicatory prayer all responded with a hearty amen PRESIDENT SMOOT arose and said I 1 congratulate the people of this ward ou having such a beautiful house of worship and I 1 am pleased that the house is fully paid for I 1 have not been in the building before but my interest has been with the same I 1 am gratified at the manner in which the people ibave contributed and I 1 feel that no one is aay worse off for having giyen of his means for such a purpose on building temples and other houses of worship we all feel better when we have assister ass istel in building the same this is true of all public works I 1 hooe eliat we shall appreciate preci ate the labors eliat have been performed on this house and that our ren will meet here in the future and feel that they have some claim boon house as a place of worship I 1 join with brotherly man in saying God bless the people of thia ward amny he prosper you as he has in the past DAVID JOHN paid we have been in need 0 such a place for duany years I 1 am thankful we have obtained such a bui idin I 1 hope the people will luru out to that the bishop will be sustained by tho of thia ward ELDER JAMES E DANIELS 1 feel eliat we are blessed for what we have done we likely would have biad a house ions BRO had it not been for certain circumstances not entirely under our control I 1 think we have uen below all ahinga in our old place liere we are above or rather ahead of all other others s in the matter af a meeting house LYMAN tim house is lariat enough for all of this ward I 1 hope it all in any way there should bo no dancing in auch a place As I 1 understand i the house haa been dedicated exclusively for worship and in all blut we dothene do there should be nothing impure or unholy connected with this building I 1 think god is w pleased as we are with gitany gathering in thia should be such as would not defile a temple our children should be taught to be orderly in coming in and giang out of houses 0 worship there should be no necessity for any bishop to have to ill an an to order II 11 11 if sair igual chance of fie people fil all ba a breit as the build iiii clr members of ward will have 1 great many feasts in alie future PRESIDED r we e blessed in having an of sli owing our faith by our works it i c a time on alic ave of the year to make such an to our heavenly father binici thra 1 as been i 0 one whom I 1 have asked to in alil burldine buil dine thatches refused 1 am glad abat the lioi ari is entirely en irely paid fur and abill we have a little in tho treasury I 1 have no fault to find with the response that I 1 have biad aiom the people of this ward I 1 wish you all a liappa happy new year A vote of thanks was tendered to the building the choir sang the anthems arise and shine after which the benediction was pronounced bp elder K cr maeser A |