Show ds memory AT SUNDAY SERVICES elder boray scribe of the prophet deac ibes the memorable event duzenberry Dugen berry presided at the stake tabernacle Ecle services sunday J R beehard ld tha angina aba first selection was ariae 0 glorious zion rs opening was offered by elder georgo taylor the choir under the leadership of aca harriace Harria cn with the provo choir softly beams the sacred dagnin daw nin etc COBAY spoke of the prophet joseph smith it ba appropriator to commemorate hia martyrdom for it wag on the of juna that ho waa murdered it maks no difference whether I 1 say murdered or martyred marty red said the speaker for it means the same thing bedr coray said he was anti inti acquainted with the prophet he livid in the famay of the prophet slept is hia bed and ate at bis table he was a man and was greatly esteemed by all who knew him but most dearly by hia wn household such men as briehan youg knew the prophet well and such asinto men could not well be deceived if joseph smith were an impostor tuey had implicit confidence in him and he never called them on deinzle mission which they refused the mission to the waa at an inc s abou and much of the waa through abow they never murmured when Brig tiani shrewd man he waa received his call to KJ on his mission to fairland Ea irland be was sick abed joseud the told him to net up and etar on a mission brigham young got up and started tuat prows the confidence he had iu the prophet now you can imagine how the people with such glenve in prophet received aba news of hia martyrdom speakers aea grew dim wih tear aa ne thought of the bev ta ex use my he eaid his comes before now after a lew silence the speaker went on to relate the trying timea when the martyrdom took place the sainta knew cot how long they might demun at and they were went to cluster about the prophet and aai him what they do should they build better horgea should they go on makine improvements improve menta or were they boon to be driven from their homes all the people did jast what the prophet told them and you can how felt when the man in whom they alt depended was murdered one woman aliye faust abt her reason all great of a was given of the exodus of the bainte to the west after the prophet briehan young had been chosen to lead them they also had I 1 the word of the prophet joseph smith that they had to go west george coray brother of the speaker bad been called by the prophet joseph to go on an ex to the country beyond the it shows that ahw design was that the saints should come to the mo antana to show the and love which smith had for his brother speaker again reverted to the martyrdom the prophet said he saw light in the west but darkness in the east it I 1 go east they will kill me he said and be asked that lia brother hyrum remain and be a comfort to the people no if yon go brother I 1 will go with you there were other men amock them john taylor who did not need to follow tho prophet they were not compelled to go but they wanted to accod pan their prophet for they loyed him 0 o in neb incidents were related of how the prophet joseph smith baisal the flick from beds ot sickness sick nesa by the laying on of hands ane man wag eaid to be dying and the prophet joseph spoke to him and gt aba eickman to recognize him then ha laid hands on the dying man and commanded him to gait ap and walk the man got ap and tore off ha plasters and went with the in his of tha sick speaker faid he saw this and when be now tells it in hia they are bioc ined to hoarseness canie on the veteran speaker am he had to cloie his ret marit the choir baag without preparation the liber the seer joseph the seer etc john R rendered well the tenor eolo L apoka briefly on tha death of tha prophet joseph end hia brother it was june that the martyrdom took place it was on a thursday and the anniversary falls on the same of the week th year 1 I go like a lamb to the slaughter oaid the et and iho world will yet eay that he ans murdered is cold blood he knew that death was near aad he re quested a favorite hanan to ace sung it was A poor wayfaring man ol 01 bin elc by montgomery while john taylor and others were it the annb rushed in and did their murderous work the last hamn which greeted the prophets ears wax read JAMES 2 DANIELS said he was not at nancoo when the prophet was killed but at quincy erla on the mori ing ot june 2 uh speaker well remembered the church hells were set ringing the newa had come down the river the prophet bad been killed ran out to learn tho cause of the church balls ringing and son he met s man shouting hun ab 1 JOB smith is dead you can imagine how I 1 felt said tha speaker boy though I 1 was ee buzas from nauvoo anen came down the riva fearing death rom the assassins of thair prophet there was great corn motion at the branch in f speaker also knew that the prophet joseph had predicted that these valley should be the homes of the saints when tha came here their prayers were that gad would aofter the elements and make it possible for the to dwell here now look at conr position the whole world envies ua our comforts abs tbs choir sanga praise ye the man communed with jehovah etc benediction by elder W H duen berry |