Show THE S L L CHOIR californians received them with outstretched hands by apostle cleber J A adarena lid dress oran obart t the I 1 concert 1 in the eveylne Even sven lne inc san francisco april 2 the san francisco chronicle contains all n extended account in monday mornings lisue of the services held at the mormon ion alon on sunday when the choir attended and nd apostle H J grant spoke the rhe chronicle said aid A glimpse of the solemnity the earn which characterize ii the sen service ice held in the great mormon temple at silt salt lake city was given yesterday to the vast concourse which attended the services ler vices of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints at metropolitan hall although the visiting members of the great ercal choir numbered but one third of those thoe who take part in tile home services the effect and the work was so far above anything ever ever herd in san francisco that it was a revelation in praise service the opening chorus was wa the hosannah written for and ung at the dedication of the mormon temple which has fias cost millions of dollars and was tort fort 1 years in course of construction with outstretched hands joseph shepherd who ho with henry stahrl S tanner er rep resents the mormon mission on this coast offered the morning pr onyer and instead of using the usual form said join with ith me in calling upon th the e lord the choir sang hark hark I 1 my ly saul apostle heber J grant who ho reached rc ached here yesterday from salt lake was as then introduced and said in send sending ing mis fonaries klon gon aries into the world we have no desire other than the lite salvation of mankind no desire but that the world may know and understand what we believe and judge us not by the reputation given us by an unk unknowing bowing public but by obrown our work the tree should be iown by tile the fruit it yields JeWe wish to promulgate the plan of life and salvation as we understand it after assuming that the majority of listeners believed in god and jesus christ as the savior of mankind elder grant read the articles of faith of the mormon church ile he analyzed them as he be read arid and explained that while the mormons cormons believed in god fesus chri chrit t and the holy ghost they did riot not believe that all three were one r ile he continued we believe god to be a person having h parts body larid and passions as ai the man mail of today and in support of the assertion quoted from firel hebrews which tells of man being created in tile the linage image of god ile he recounted that the mormon creed teaches teacher atonement through christ but does not confine its work toilet to he living and who aho have heard the gospel lie he said nearly all the work done in our great temple is for the atonement of the countless rouls who have died with out even hearing of the gospel we claim that when hen christ arose from the tomb and before he ascended into heaven he be preached redemption to erring souls burled buried about him in sup this he read from john bohnii it 1117 the speaker held that if vicarious atonement tor for the dead were denied then the he cornerstone corner stone of redemption was swept away for jesus performed the vicarious work for mankind by laying down his life gin for the dead he contended was known in the lite ancient days then followed an interesting account of the belief in regard to the visit ANIL of elijah to joseph smith whose prophetic words he said had been fulfilled to the letter ile he felt that like jesus their prophet had been and misrepresented but like jesus the time lime was torning when he would receive all the justice that was his due he recounted sufferings the per of the mormons cormons Mor mons and said raid notwithstanding all that when a demand was made bv by the united statts states alter after tile the dorming mormons had been driven from missouri Mii tor for soo men to fight for california the men was furnished and that was because our religion says that ofir constitution is god given and the mormon lover love hr country next to his god thit this sentiment brought around of at applause which elder grant said he did not want to call forth as he wanted his filth faith investigated and looked upon coldly i and d not under any any excitement but it was wa hard for him to speak of the religion he loved so 0 o dearly althous Alt hout giving vent to his feelings lie he referred to lo tile the belief in heating healing by the lavingon laying on of hand hands handsbur but claimed no 0 o personal power iswar it wa god work ing g tor for humanity through hill hii agent Agen fit fi elder grant spoke of lilt ills own life and experiences of his having been blessed when a child of hit his relations with vv ith brig ham n young of the experiences of his hib brother born of another mother for his fits father was wai a ho had jurt juit r fulfilled I 1 a Tilte a prophecy that he would come into the told fold ile he spoke of i the t tact fact that the mormon church was i the ie only one cast cutout butof of the ilie parliament af t religion at the worlds world fair but he looked upon it as the fulfillment of prophecy her doged by reading affidavit from th the book of mornion mormon and said laid that the latter day saints had heard tile the voice of the true shepard and that jesus jcu christ would come again in person to reign over the world and all the mor mont mons v wanted anted was to earn at the end the praise well done thou good and filth faith fill servant the choir sung the hallelujah chorus charm front from the messiah and the service doted closed with a benediction by mr shepherd A crowded house laba night showed san Francis cos appreciation of the work of the mormon tabernacle choir it was the goodbye good bye concert and the adieu was wa said by the vast audience joining in the star spangled span led banner with the fingers angere in gerE evan stephens turned around and waved the baton for the untrained choir the music lovers who had grown enthusiastic and were quite ready to join in the chorus modifications in the pro gramme introduced some agreeable secular numbers As upon previous occasions the organ solos had to be omitted because of the uncertain results to be obtained the harmony club one of the many choruses in the great choir proved to be an attractive feature it sang as an an opening number the bridge for tile the first encore a pretty negro melody and for the second of tile the night the boy alto alio charlie pike captured the audience as upon all former occasions the chorus work was stas if it were possible better than at an any y other time th first anthem let all israel sing 91 by joseph J brynes the organist was written for the dedication of the mormon temple in 1893 the choir gave also the soldiers chorus from faust the hallelujah the messiah the mormon hymn 0 my father the favorite welsh march by request the triumphal march from naaman and the de dedication di cation anthem hosannah by stephens Step henr the soloists mrs lizzie thomas edwards miss mabel cooper 1 I E easton W E weihe george D and H S ensign gave agreeable renditions of the parts ab assigned signed to them the choir with their traveling friends friend numbering in allover all over leave today to day by special train sacramento cal april 21 the choir tour came to an end here tonight in very notable style despite the severe storm which was raging the congregational church was thoroughly filled with a brillant and fashionable audience on leaving san jose this morning the party was overwhelmed over helmed with roses and the ladies all appeared tonight to night with white dresses setoff set kofl s with ith many colored flowers immensely adding to the effect the choir has never looked so pretty and it never sang better all its num bers were encored in enthusiastic fashion ion A and nd each individual was war greatel gre etel with ith warm favor |