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Show - ? Bring Honor To Church In North Country politically , these men have been able to make many conMANY CONTRIBUTIONS tacts and have gained an field entree in many instances His contributions in the teacher-anthat have, been denied to of education as a principal have been none the others. In an interview with Elder less of moment than his efforts leading tohe passage of Tanner during a recent visit to Salt Lake he spoke of their legislation favorable to education and the leaching profes- work throughout the province lij relation to the missionary sion, throughout the effort- - of. the Church and exas are These two men : pressed the opinion that both just he and Elder Low had been in energetic and enthusiastic able to do more missionary the promulgation of the goswork than if serving a fullpel and the progress of the time mission.work of the Master. Besides INTERESTS OTHERS being Branch president, El He told of a recent distribuder Tanner is a teacher of the Gospel Doctrine class in tion of 17 Books of Mormon to Sunday School and at every investigators who had evinced opportunity enjoys teaching much interest, ahd of the deep the principles of the gospel interest of one well educated half breed Indian who had to all who will listen. Elder Low in addition to made a careful study of the Education and the other Minister of the Treasury. Pair Holds Three Of Ten CabinetPosts "W0 versatile, hardworking young Canadians, both staunch members of the "Mormon Church, fyave achieved considerable renown ahd rec- gnition in both Churchy and -- state during short careers. - To Nathan Eldon Tanner, 45, president of the Edmonton Branch, and Solon E. Low, 43, a member of the High Council of" Lethbridge Stake has come the distinct honor of holding three of the ten portfolios of the Alberta Provincial their'-hither- -to - cabinet. The Hon. Nathan Eldon .Tanner was elevated to the position of Minister of Lands and Mines in the cabinet of Premier PreAberhart, . Jan. 5, 1937. viously be had been elected a member of the Alberta Legislature for the Cardston constituency and subsequently chosen speaker of that body. On April HON. NATHAN ELDON TANNER Book of Mormon, arid becoming convinced of the truth of its message was now' attempting to assemble the members of his tribe to hear the truths of Mormonism explained by the . at the convocation exercises of the University of Alberta, Sept 4 1943, Elder Low declared to ' the assembled students: c MORMON RATIO Alberta's Minister of Lands and Mines. It is interestingtonote the in growth membership of the Edmonton BranclT hT the- past several years. Inyl93G the membership totaled 22 and today 258 members are enrolled. It is interesting, too, to compare the "Mormon represen tation in the provincial cabinet where the ratio is 3 to 10 and the Church membership of the province which totals 12,000 with the combined population of 800,000 or a ratio of 1 to C4. - ' direct technical research within the province; chairman of the r and rehabilitation committee and provincial executive of Boy Scouts, Eider Tanner is presented with both a challenge of his ability and an opportunity to serve. From farm boy to merchant to school teacher to high school principal then from the litical leadership of the President Gives Use Of Granary post-wa- Education. his duties in the High Council,- teaches the missionary class in the Edmonton Branch Sunday --School in connection with many hours spent in proselyting. Because of their high positions Hymn Of The Month "Who Are These Arrayed In White?" the Church (Hymn to be learned and sung throughout Words by 6 October 30, 1943 S. B. Marsh president of Liberty Stake was named president of Park Stake with Fred M Michelson and Hendrick Poelman- as counselors and Alma Rasmussen stake clerk, and the following as members of the High Council: Alvin C. Strong, John C. Duncan, Fred Tadje, Clarence Tregeagle, George Hemingway, Holger Larsen and Ross Ramsey others to be selected later. They have all their suff rings past. Officers of the Liberty Stake Hunger note and thirst no more. are: Virgil H. Smith, president, C. Alfred Laxman arid B. F. No excessive heat they feel From the mum directer ray. Pulham, counselors, Lyman In milder clime they dwell. memPedersen, stake clerk and Region of eternal day. bers of the High Council as follows: Elias A. Smith, Albert He that on the throne doth reign. His own flock shall feed. J. Elggren, William' A. Middle With the tree of lifealways sustain, v ton, Adolph Merz, A. B. Kesler, To the living fountain head. N. H. Tanner, Claude White, Ha shall all their sorrotes chase, Brimley, Herbert Stock-ma- AU their fears at once remove. Ezra Woodruff, Royal B. Wipe the tears from every face . and Abraham Stout Fill up every soul with love. Garff, -- - t 'W lay- - sons-o- n, v QCCASIONALIgome man during November, 1943) with the use of the' Music by De Courcy simplest of materials, places Notes by Lester G. Hinchcliff before the human race a bit of of the General Music expression that for universality Kis so Committee. complete one wonders at the tardiness of its appearance. Who are these a rreyed in white. S. B. Marsh with nothing but Brighter than the noon day sun.. the tones of the major sca)e, f Foremost of the light the fundamental positions of Nearest the eternal throne f the three principal chords and These are they that hare the cross. a couple of substitutions, eight Master stood. their Nobly for measures five of which he reSufferers in His righteous cause. Followers of the living God. peats twice and three once writes a hymn that sweeps all More than conquerors at last. Christendom in. its naive folk Here they jindjheir trials o'er. song stylp. Park Stake Is Newest Unit Pg e -, Alberta's Treasurer and Minister of the The new stake includes, the First, Tenth, Thirty first, and LeGrand Wards and the west half of Emigration Ward. Liberty Stake now consists of the Second, Third, Eighth, Ninth, Liberty and Harvard. Wards. LeGrand Ward and the west half of Emigration Ward (as. yet unnamed) were taken from Bonneville Stake. J. Percy Goddard, former HE use of a 30,000 bushel grain elevator has been tendered to the Welfare in the Blackfoot Region by President Joseph E. Williams of the Blackfoot Stake. President Williams has just completed the erection oL the huge granary on his farm in Blackfoot and aside from the reservation of som6 small space for his own use lias offered it for the storage of welfare grain. Com--mitte- to election to, Twelve. God- J As chairman of the research council charged with DARK Stake, the 145th unit . in the Church, was created from lhe division. of. Liberty and Bonneville Stakes Sunday at the quarterly conference of Liberty Stake under the direction of Elders John A. Widtsoe, of the Council of the Twelve and Marlon G. Romney, Assist-- . ant to the Council of the could speak to his own in his own church. That dream, that hope, that prayer became America. Great strength. youthful heart, vast enterprise, I am deeply grateful for hard work, made it so. ; this land which is our hornet Now that same America is Many years ago prophets the dream, the hope, the prayer foretold that it would be a of the world. Our freedom its land choice above all other dream, otir strength its hope. lands.' We are witnessing Our swift race against time its the fulfillment of these prayer. We must not fail the, -prophecies. Great as " our world mow. We must not fail land is today, the future will to share our freedom with it see her evep greater, pro-al- l afterward. Keep singing, keep remain- s- in the vlded we t fighting, keep working in the service of pur country and of service of our country and America. resent the province and meet the government at Ottawa and later was sent to London in the interest of the oil industry of the province. legislative' assembly in to his latest appointment to the provincial cabinet of A1 berta in 1937 are the impiessive steps to fame made by the Hon. Solon E. Low. Today he holds two portfolios tn the provincial cabinet, one as Minister of There was a hope that men could stroll through Invited to deliver the address the streets unafraid that each 2, 1939 he was chosen to rep- 1935 choosing. '1 elders. - -- God, who has been so merci ful to us. t . . . There was a dream I that one day men, could speSk the ' thoughts of their own t s or It is a song everyone regardless of his musical equipment can sing and most likely sing a "harmony part Even the dear soul that merely grumbles at congregational singing will if he isnt too careful! find himself grumbling away in musical concordance. The rendition of this hymn Insists upon chords completely sustained and a stately rythmn that admits of very little if any Its dynamics poetic license. like its simple two-par- t song form are apparent at a glancej In fact if caught early eno, the congregation will be awaiting the conductors invitation for tdne coloring in the second measure of the secopd line, the same idea being more quietly used in the repetition that occurs in the three measures that follow. The congregations inborn' human desire to linger on this Amen chord in the second line and also to hasten the measures containing the dotted half notes should be anticipatAled by the conductor. is written though the hymn in compound triple measure if he beats six to the measure his conducting could easily deteriin the orate into "beating first definition of the word merely beating the air. A safer course to follow would be by indicating each chord yet personally keeping cognizant of the triple measure. T |
