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Show 5 vvwwv W WW W WW wv I TEMPLE AND TftBLRNflGLE,. vwwwwwwwwwww President George Q. Cannon and family are visiting in Washington, D. C. Prepapations are in progress for the proposed celebration of the anniversary anniver-sary of the birthday of the late President Presi-dent Brighain Young, at Saltair, on June 1st. The people of Coalville are preparing for the dedication of their new tabernacle. taber-nacle. The ground for this handsome edifice was broken on the 27th day of April, 187S, and the corner-stone was laid August 9, 1S79, nearly twenty years ago, Apostle Franklin D. Richards Rich-ards offering the dedicatory prayer. Having been built entirely by voluntary volun-tary donations, at a cost of about S50,-000, S50,-000, the construction has been a long and hard struggle. The tabernacle will be dedicated at the next quarterly conference of Summit stake. On Sunday, April 30, and Monday, May 1, the Cache Stake conference was held in the beautiful tabernacle at Smithfield. This is the first time since Cache valley was settled that any Stake conference has been held outside of Logan. There were present of the Council of the Apostles, M. W. Merrill and Anthou II. Lund; Bishop W. B. Preston and Dr. James E. Talmage; of the Stake presidency, Orson Smith and S. M. Molen. There was a large iat-tendance iat-tendance of the bishops and other officers of the Stake. There has been talk from time to time of a thorough overhauling of the Tabernacle orgin at Salt Lake. This improvement is needed and would include in-clude the addition of the latest stops, combinations and valued mechanical accessories, also the introduction of pneumatic-electric action and the removal re-moval of the console or manual desk to a distance from the instrument proper. This last might be done, if nothing else is, as the performer cannot hear sufficiently from where he now sits to judge of effects, and at times he cannot hear some of his work at all. Apostle John W. Taylor has returned from an extended trip to the Alberta district in Canada, where he has been looking after business interests. Apostle Apos-tle Taylor reports that when he left that region that the young grass in the south Alberta district was already standing some two or three inches in height, although the season was some three weeks late. Stock generally was doing well and altogether there was an air of prosperity around the young .snd rising settlements. The big ditch has been constructed a distance of seventy-one miles. A few evenings ago a number of young missonaries, lately returned from Germany, held a meeting in Salt Lake City, and organized an association associa-tion which will be known as "Deutrcher Missioneir-Verein." The purpose of this organization is to promote pro-mote in every proper way, an interest in the German language, and to foster among the returned elders a sentiment of regard for each other, and to assist in the work of teaching and aiding the German emigrants. The following officers were elected to serve for the term of six months: C. M. Brown, president; B. T. Cannon, vice president; presi-dent; H. E. Jenkins, secretary; J. M. Weiler, treasurer. The association will hold semi-monthly meetings. The officers will be elected semi-annually. A great deal of interest is being manifested mani-fested by the members of the organization, organiza-tion, and no doubt a great amount of good will result from their labors. Congressman Roberts delivered a highly interesting lecture before the conjoint session of the Young Ladies' and Yroung Men's Mutual Improvement Improve-ment associations of the Twenty-first ward, Salt Lake City, Saturday evening. even-ing. II is subject was ''Miracles in Revelation," and was handled in a masterly way. Mr. Roberts referred to the miracles in the bible, which are usually criticised by infidels and which prove stumbling blocks to many young students of divine revelation. ''A miracle," mir-acle," said Mr. Roberts, "is the doing of some wonderful thing contrary to all law, but is the performance of some act according to some law of nature not understood by us." The miracles of modern science were taken up one by one and shown to be as wonderful as anything we have recorded in holy writ. To a man who lived 100 years ago these things would have appeared impossible, but today they are realized facts. The argument was made that if man could, with his few years of experience, ex-perience, accomplish the things that have been accomplished during the last 100 3'ears. God with his unlimited knowledge and experience could work and has worked wonderful miracles far beyond the knowledge of man, and yet along the line w ith the laws of nature. |