Show PIONEER STAKE HALL TED President Joseph F Smith Offers The Dedicatory Prayer and Delivers Address MANY NEW MEETINGHOUSES Then Arc re rc Over Our nut 0 U I II S Chu ChuIn I In lii of or Construction nt lit litho atS S Tim ho Time The Th feature of the evening session Ion of If t the tue lh conference of take stake was warn w the th dedication de of ot the stake han hall with fitting ceremony remony Sunday President Jo Joseph Joseph seph Ih F t oftering the th dedicatory pra pr prayer er President Smith ld era eis Anthon H n lund and nd John Henry Smith of ot the First presidency and Rider Brigham 11 H Robert of ot the First coun coon council council cil of ot s Were nere also present hi lit addition to stake authorities and nd mem members hers bers mI ot of the various Ix Long n r before tore the th time tune for tor opening the hall was a far tar beyond Its It cpa caps capacity city and many litany had Jad t ad to stand up during the th services The choir natii the hymn lt LeI f t Zion In her beauty uty rise rl Prayer was w offered by Elder EIder W V Allan Howard The choir further sang This house houe we dedicate lo to thee the The Tho Th Sacra Sacrament acra ment was warn administered under the di dl direction direction of ut the Fourth and Fifth wards ward during durin which time lime the choir rendered the hymn jesus Ju once of ot humble birth The general and stake authorities were wre then presented for tor the vote o othe of oC the conference all 11 being heInli unanimously sustained Kider Eldr C Clarence larence NeI who has It moved out nut of ot the take stake was WAA honorably honorary released front from his hI labors labra In Inthe Inthe Inthe the high council and nd also 1 as au stake take su au superintendent of ot schools The vacancy wee was filled 1111 by b the 1119 appointment of ot Elder Theodore Theodora T horton Hurton as su so superintendent with Eldra I Loui G Hoagland and c Alonso Sperry as sa his hi assistants Owing to the death of ot Rid EM Rider EMor er or Hugh Watson atson first tint counselor In the tha Presidency of the high priests quorum Elder Eldr James Jernes J un was uan w sustained as a first counselor and Elder Eldr Alexander Hurt lurt as a second counselor to President David M President Pr Sylvester Q Cannon read reada a II statement nf of the stake take hall fund showing Ing the tue t Indebtedness Irod out lut with ac lug Ing about lie He also al o read real a of at the th fund showIng expenditures expenditure of ot over with all cli bill bills against the build buildIng buildIng Ing lag fully tully paid On motion both state statement ment menta were nere re received and tiled lIed It was announced that the Garfield meeting meetinghouse meetinghouse house would be dedicated next nest Sun Bun Sunday Bunday day The Th class 1 of ot the th Twenty fifth ward composed of ot a score of little folks dressed In white and blue bows bo then gave pe an n original song 1 aoi 1 set t to the tune tu On the th Lords Lord Side which was warn rendered beautifully with lIh the assemblage joining In the chorus The first speaker of the th evening wee wan It President Anthon II hi Lund Iund who con on tho the iK pI of ot Pioneer stake on tin their In purchasing a stake Iak hell hall and In ending erecting a I howe hones for tile the th mottle le of Old Garfield l re l tent dent Lund choke I k of the rapid growth h nf ot the Ih Church hurch und and Uw the liberality with which the th saints Minis responded to the build buildIng building Ing of ot houses of worship In ha this they would be b o greatly blessed ed of ot the t Lord lArd and anti at a II fate I not would lie IJ not lIot an as synonym of evil vII as a III In the lIe peat past but as the Ih 11 of justIce and truth which It really wo was w The Tue speaker said aid the Lord hail had mad gloat promises PremIses to tco those these tho who would unto tinto the tho th end and anti these lit promises would be literally fulfilled F SMITH SM President 1 Joseph F Ninth who had l been tIn n Invited to 10 d dedicate dk t the Nl stab hall bali then Ihn addressed the meeting n im lIrt ks as follows felines Mv 1 e t re of nr a R of ot worship vv wi V is In Naul whore thi tb used 01 to III meet lapel In lu h o H 1 III l grove of or trees t close ipe to fj Ih the site Ite of the Mor Mormon mon men temple This Thirn was wan H the first place Piece I remember where Mormons Mormon met m together for tor the Ih worship of Ui I In III tills this grove gro groI I remember attending n a iere of If and It il to me ftc m then th that th Nahl lb It till 10 il i amo anie around pretty frequently 1 I to I K II go In company with it m my mother mothr and the th rest 81 of the th to 10 HIP ti g ive and nut w i used In to sit It on benches nh and listen to the theN th N of such tt men Inn ss es Young Orson Oraon Pratt 1 I Pratt nr Oln n Hyde and others of 0 the II and also Prophet Joseph Smith and his hi brother Smith In connection with those thoe whom hom I haic haC um named I recall having seen n the bishop of that day dy Brother r George Miller lIler and nd other men of ot prominence A little incident that was of ot Interest to m me I r recall rell occurred on on ong oc no aslon In I attended a meeting at Prophet Joseph Smith amith while holding the services stood tood In III a wagon won WI It he delivered delver tt a discourse During Dunn its It delivery the rain b began gan to fall faB and It was not long Ionic before belore It a reg regular re ular deluge 1 flies e who had d Into th Ih the agon wagna IIa and anol held them over oval the speaker Iker and nd none non left Ift the grove STOe e until the th were over The Th next nest meeting place I cull oshi to memory was we 8 on the Missouri river at a place called Winter Quarters about boul six elx miles mil above Omaha Onha It consisted of nothing mote mole than a bower of Itri and leaves leave and wa was us used d in the fall fail and winter of or and during the th summer of or IllS I 1 understand there t was a a log at a t Council lev Ja lint but I never sn saw i Ac iV held our OIW service and ami worshiped od under the canopy of ot heaven hM en FIRST The TIle lint Brat meetinghouse In this thE tate state was w at the tM corner comer of ot what hat is la isnow isnow now the temple tamille block This consisted of ef t nothing better than a large lull bowery constructed to 10 the one on at t Nauvoo Later Laler on the th first l tabernacle or assembly mb hall hail wee erected re led at th the southwest corner of at the th temple block blockon on the present site of the II assembly helL haiL The old tabernacle stood tood with doors dOON only on the north and south ends but Jut later center doors were re made nde This was II the only meetinghouse I remember I staving having seen II up to 10 1154 although other meetinghouses hail had been built In dis dia distant tant of or the territory In 1819 a meetinghouse was wa built in Ogden and ami was ws followed by one at Mantl Manti and then tM Provo and Lehl Ihl It Itha Ith ha baa h always alway been the th policy of the plo pio pioneers nera neer to build HII an Accommodation house hou both bolh for tor education and religion Religion and education have heva ha alws Ia always s gobs gon hand In hand and stood 1 shoulder to 10 shoulder throughout all Ute the forma formation lion tion of ot our settlements settlement 1 recollect t that my family Brat rat settled at a point about aboul six Ix miles south at t Mill Cre Creek k How happy I felt sad and nd I shall never neer forget It how sitar after a good deal of ot labor w filially built a II log 1001 cabin I think about 16 IS set feat long iong and 14 H fet feet wide wid we were to 10 use ii for tor a meeting and school house houlle combined Tn place later became the th Sugar SUllar House Bou ward Hut how happy happ and I was wai a when the lug log cabin was waa completed HII al we w had liati a place pise where here we WI could be I In Instructed In religion end and taught the principles principle of or Christianity RIo NEW CHAPELS The log cabin gave Iu way ay to an en adobe ado house which In turn has haa It been heart ill dl dis displaced placed with one on more 1110 modern Today there seems nt to 10 be he an Infatuation to build Day na after dm dy di WP we w are appealed to In to help belp In the th work There are over BOO IO meetinghouses now In course OUNe of construction and there I hr ate are about that number of ot wards anla with without without out houses hou I wish wi we had hd money mony to help all We ate are re using our best liput judgment anti and I think WA we w are ar do doIng ul lo tag Ing well I congratulate you ou that hut u have such a S place In I to met mI meet I but bot I J ran can an chronic see that this Wit will soon be ie h too small mall to all who desire to i worship within Its it walls wall U By B and l h hYOU by j you will have hav to lake Ik the walls willi down downto to get lIet more mom space pa I am glad KId to io be hp with you 01 and thankful that you are out of I debt God lod blew bless bl every aver one who has h given n something towards this house of ot the this Lord The Tho choir sang the th The Spirit i of ot God like Uk a lire fire Is Ie burning President John Henry Henr Smith paid eloquent tribute to 10 the good work ii donI done In Pioneer stake lake and anit trusted that th the wortH word spoken by those tho who lied hud pit p ceded him and those tho uttered In the th dedicatory prayer would be ba indelibly Impressed on n the heart of ot all 11 present Such gueli achievements be an in inspiration Inspiration lo to all should hould led lead them themon I themon h hon on to 10 greater lIter deeds for fur the salvation of ot the souls BOU of men melt menThe The choir sang ane the th anthem Lift Ip Up The Tho Voice Volee In Hinging Singing fter after President Ire McLachlan thanked tin U choir for Its It beautiful musk music and cx x pressed the th hope that the saints would go 10 1 to their homes refreshed and lien beni filed through having met m together The Ibe Ih benediction was w wa given gl by Elder Eider It II Hobert |