Show evan stephens many of our readers will be pleased to read the following sketch of 0 stephens stephen life and apt inizer imbor taken from the salon baton lie Is a young ratta man well known and respected to la this comma community tilty tile subject of our sketch Is it a young ulan well known in utah aud and especially I 1 popular among t he juse alle musical element clement even stephens w as botn bom in carmar then shire youth wales aud and came to utah when butt but twelve elve years of age lie ile located in willard city box elder county where he attached 11 ui 11 n sol f to the ward choir and im mod lately began unaided to gearu to lead in in ii a time lime he was assisted some two ut ot the local lovers ot of sweet sout bounds ids and with these gentlemen made considerable progress sir edward an all excellent musician hild aind an all enthusiastic devotee ot of har harmocy mory settled it in the ilic same i illdage ill lage from this gentleman mr stephens gained many points and especially v was as this ibis assoil ass ocl tion lion advantageous from frim the fact act that hint mr air library was stocked it ith classical cliEf icil works here mr stephens was first charmed with N ith the grandeur grind cur of IfAl handels idels choruses lionides lioni ses and was led captive by alic influence ot sumo some very sil superior welsh and english aut bems sir stephens ste beris than saw caw tor for the first fint time in ili his ilfe life ft A cabinet organ and by permission ol of its owner lear learned ried to play some simple mrs airs la in a short fiort time anti anil before 17 years of 0 age nac ho he bec became tra e loader ot of the choir and ave rave several concerts durins durin tile succeeding wlater winter the 9 chorus slid and two other numbers on the jirec pro gramme were his bis coal composition P position all this time he was era cm floied as a section hand on oil the railroad or worked on n tarm having but little time for or study lie ile went to logan and taught instrumental and vocal music and lie he presided at the organ in the login logan tabernacle daian ills fill experience there he save live sometimes ten tell organ legions per per day besides teaching caching vocal classes of 0 about members flom logan ho he cime to salt lake city to the pipe organ and piano but noting t the he opportunities tor for the ex cx of primary musical education mr stephens organized a class cl ass which grew to such astounding proportions that lie ho was compelled to discontinue ills his own owl students student mr stephens system of 0 teach lu was very attractive iii lozan loan liis his class numbered 00 springs spring illo ogden and aad in n this ills city lie had sonic some agoo pupils if he liis hos had charge of the lausi musical ca I 1 d department c part ment of the deseret universia university sit y tor for about tin fill co cc years cars its ills especial delight is in composition when but it years of n e lie N w tote lute many little thing s which now eccli to him pu puerile erfle iet ill they c hae me b been ell c evidences ol of the genius c a 11 11 which h i c b now is 11 cpr apparent cut II 11 ills is c compositions it ac rian number tiber up waldi of if C lia bundled lid 21 among them thell W two 0 oper ett ettas for childe and an d two inora lot e creten preten bious inu musical ical dramas dr annas the latter haic lime been presented presented with universal success in ili several of 0 the larger towns tit in utah mr has evolved an all Orito iio 10 the ilio subject ot of which illich is 13 taken from the book ol of lot niomi and dudji now it at w oi aik oik k on an opel a of 0 somewhat elaborate proportions as it embraces pages of its majit the public may heroic look long have an all opportunity unity to judge about 73 5 of bis easier and mote popular works have been published but the cream ol of hie bit composition is yet iu in manuscript awaiting propitious financially it is liis ills intention to bethe hom teaching entirely iu in it a few weeks and devote ili himself at selfia wholly holly to study lad and composition ile he Is a quiet peace guv loving I 1 ng lad and consistent young man devoted to his I 1 elilion I 1 and ad a dear lover ot of the ibe mot moi mon people ivi with ill it whom boat the larger pot tiou of b bis Is days have been spent ills his name has readied reached ten tell thousand asides flics fit ides in IBI liis ills work ois has cheered all fils his fatale seems seem filsht evan you a ill have 3 bour our reward |