| Show elie ulue NEW tabernacle E THE addition which has been made to shenew tabernacle cle ele bythe by the construction construct lon ion of the gallery has effected a great change in the appearance of that remarkable structure to our eye the gallery has the effect to lessen the vastness of the building and to diminish the apparent hight of the ceiling but bat it gives a completeness and finish ninish finish to it that we admire standing at the eastern end of the gallery the building loses none of its immensity by the erection of this addition on the contrary we think a better idea of its proportions is obtained from that point than before the general opinion is that the construction st Bt of the gallery will improve the acoustic qualities of th the ehouse house and that the congregation will hear distinctly in every seat scat but should this not notia notta be the ethe case there are other improve ments menti which time did not permit to b be e made bemore before conference that will correct any defects of this kind that may still exist we venture the opinion that before it is finished its acoustic properties will be superior to those of any ally large building in the united states as it already is the largest auditorium of which we have any knowledge the gallery measures in front from one end to the other feet at the back it is probably about feet it is about thirty two feet in depth it is supported by seventy two columns there are six stairways two north two est east and two south the seats at the present will ba be mostly temporary there not being sufficient time to construct the others before conference the gallery will seat persons which will afford in the entire building sitting accommodation for and standing room in addition for be tween 0 and making the total capacity of the building between and I 1 clearly exhibiting what a ui united ted people can accomplish under wise guidance steps will be taken to select a corps of door keepers and deacons to seat sent the congregation in the body of the building the people will be seated as formerly that is the ladies in the centre seats and the gentlemen on the side seats in the gallery the ladles ladies will occupy the north and the gentlemen the south side those who take seats in that part are requested to observe this j emulation it is the intention to have the new tabernacle thrown open for worship at 2 pm on sunday next and it is hoped that there will be a large attendance A small congregation would almost be lost there besides it will offer a good opportunity before holding conference to ascertain whether the addition of a gallery has corrected any defects in sound that formerly existed on thursday next the ath of may the adjourned annual Conference will convene at 10 am in the new tabernacle it is anticipated there will be a large attendance of people on that occasion we scarcely think there need be any fear entertained of lack of room though there never was a time in the history of the latter day saints no matter how large the building might be which they had to meet in when the people could find sufficient room to hold their conferences it would be a grand and very pleasing sight to see seethe the new tabernacle filled to its utmost capacity rev 0 13 ingham of new now york yesterday preached that congress had no 0 more right to interfere with polygamy than it has to prescribe limits to protestantism ism or interfere Interi ere with catholicism that is supposing as the Be publican does that mormonism is a religion which it is not in any sense of the word the above is from r recent recen t number of the st louis tribune and shows as well as any tiny thing can do how ignorance or both combined with egotism may concentrate in one individual the editor of the tribune says that mormonism is not a religion in any sense of the word now to any and all persons the least cognizant of the facts in relation to MoY mormonism monism and the mormon people the ignorance of a person deliberately making such a statement could not be made more apparent if religion consists as all will admit it does in recognizing the of the supreme in all events and in constantly endeavor endeavoring inc inz every day of their lives to honor him by keeping his commands thenn the lat ter day saints or mormons cormons Mor mons are the most religious of all people and mormonism is essentially and truly a religion par excellence we have said the ignorance of any person could not be more apparent than by making such a statement as us the above of the editor of the 0 tribune in reference to mormonism buo buc in his case there is reason to believe that the ignorance is only assumed and that his statement springs more from prejudice than ignorance for we have before seen in tn his paper this same illiberal narrow and christian unchristian un spirit manifested towards mormonism 11 if however our be really ignorant of the subject of mormonism now BO so prominently before the nation as he seems he has certainly mistaken his vocation in w suming assuming the editorial duties of one of the principal journals in one of the chief cities of the nations and if as we presume his assertion springs from prejudice a man who can be so strongly biased is unfit to occupy the position of a public journalist and the fact that such men do occupy such positions is a frightful source of evil to the country for the widespread wide spread dissemination of their jaundiced views helps to manufacture an incorrect public opinion than which a greater evil can arcely scarcely Bo be commit ted butia ignorance and not prejudice be the parent of the sentiment in the tribune respecting mormonism the egotism of its author is amazing the converts to mormonism in this territory are not much fewer than two hundred thousand the sacrifices and trials they have endured in the past are too well known to need aeed recapitulation tu here and the constant stream of vituperation directed against them and the proscription and outlawry with which they are now threatened afford unmistakable proof that th the e it mormon people regard it as a religion and upon them its claims as such are of if the most powerful character for nothing but religion which has ever the strongest hold upon the human heart would induce a people to what they have endured yet in the face of all this here is a gentleman connected with the press who lets his egotism so far transcend the boundary of common sense asto as to pronounce mormonism not a religion in any sense of the word we advise our to become better posted or to free himself from this prejudice before he undertakes to pronounce an opinion in relation to any subject towards which he feels antagonistic sueh such exhibitions are pitiable from any source but they ex expose ose a public journalist to c contempt ein cin tempt and are more inexcusable from such a quarter than from any other |
