Show tabernacle SERVICES services in the tabernacle sunday were presided over by prest oleen N stohl stahl singing lord let thy holy spirit now 11 prayer by bishop loren 20 K N stohl stahl singing jesus once of 0 humble birth 11 elder eider john P chrls read a chapter in the doctrine covenants the sacrament was administered by the ath ward the choir wag sang an angel from on high prest oleen S N stohl stahl introduced elder john W It Elit igdon don son of 0 sidney elgood who was so BO closely associated with the prophet joseph smith in the early rise of 0 the church of 0 jesus christ of latter day saints in ia open ing anghis his narrative elder eider eledon said that he was happy to meet the mor icons ile be used the word mormons cormons Mor mons because it was shorter than the words k Latt erday saints but did not uso use it in ia any sense said that he was wao baptized in the missouri river elver hi Nauvoo when he was nine years old by byrum smith brother ol of the prophet prophete prop heti but was not confirmed because he was sick when lie he was bap wed and his bin father and those associated with him went afterwards to washington upon some mission connected with the early church history lie ile said that some of the enemies of the church tried to spread the report that sidney bagdon was waa the author ot of the book of inon and they ba based ed their stories upon the fact that he was a well educated inan the speaker explained that in those days a boycho boy who was sickly and unable to ao do much work upon the farm was usually sent seat to and educated lor for some profession while those who were more robust must content themselves with the education they received from the common schools ills his father however was of 0 such a studious nature that although he was not allowed to go to school be pained gained by his own effort a very superior knowledge of history and other sub ejects he was an adept in english aramar while yet a young man and was a biblical scholar of exceptional attainments the speaker explained the where parley P r pratt travelling tra velling as a mormon missionary called at their home and bore testimony to the truth of the gospel and induced his hia lather to read the book of 0 mormon ile he bad taken the book and read it through twice as was his wont und upon the return of the missionaries three weeks later made inquiries about the standing of joseph smith ai as a lie he was told abit the prophet juseph bad d his education in ia the common se schools booLs which pave gave strong force to the testimony mony of the elder that thai he was vot not the author of the book ot of mormon but that he be had bad come by it in the mannex manner which they testified to they told that they were going to a settlement a short distance away to baptize some converts and asked him to go and witness the ceremony ile he and his wife complied with the request and before they returned home had bad been baptized into the church tie the speaker then proceeded to narrate the events which transpired at the time th the saints went to missuri missouri end and at far west lie he d d the imprisonment of his father and jn edh smith in the jail tae speaker a A coonz I 1 oseph smith nav the lacal of 0 the organized reorganized re church were boys together and had bad pone gone to liberty jail to visit their lathers said that while there they stayed together night and day and were never neter out of each others sigbe ile he said that the joseph I 1 tes claim that while the prophet was waa in ia jail upon this occasion he bad conferred re upon his son BOD joseph the presidency 0 ot f the church but the speaker denied emphatically that anything ot of the kind bad taken place there because they had gone there together and left together be would woula have remembered had bad any such thing oc occur cured cd after the death of the prophet joseph some disagreement had bad arisen as to who should succeed to the presidency and sidney feeling that he had bad perhaps sacrificed more aad worked harder for the establishment of the church than kay aay other man that he was entitled to the ienir when hoever bower cr britain brigham young was made t he be felt that a great injustice had bad been dorc dooe him dim and he left ifft the tody of 0 the church and went bick back to his bis old home where be died rue rhe speaker told of hla his recent entrance into the church and boro bore testimony that it was the church ot of god the choir sang the anthem behold I 1 stand at the door benediction by elder peter F 31 madson adson |