Show FIFTEENTH WARD HALL OF WORSHIP T tre THE ue T fifteenth ward hall of NN worship or was dedicated to the service of god on sunday july having been fully completed and means having been collected colle coile cled to pay for it if the building and its dimensions have already badu described fn an this paper it itt to say now that it has been seated and finished in elegant style and with its neat and spacious stand stained light gothic windows easy benches ben bon chess carved ornaments elegant painting and graining hand handsome milie wille chandeliers etc it forms one of th the e most creditable meeting houses in this territory and considering the circumstances c cum u stances of the people who have bave erected it the house stands as a monument of the faith energy union skill promptness and devotion of the saints of that ward under the direction of the building committee of which bishop joseph pollard was the chairman one of the many pleasing features co connected with the structure is that a vast amount of if its material and ornamentation is ho ne made and the skill of workmen of the fifteenth ward is exhibited both on its internal and external solidity and beauty the dedicatory services were commenced at 10 oc loek the house being filled in every part eart the choir led by bibro bro joseph al bro henry giles at the organ singing flinging softly beams tee tho sacred dawning da rolner 1 tune churchil 11 the dedication prayer was offered by president gea cannon the tho choir choi jeang 0 this house wo we dedicate to thee tune bradford 11 president john taylor then preached a d on the subject of the creative power of the almighty and lilb his ownership and authority over a 11 II iblings on this earth including mankind in both their spiritual and physical natures and the duty owing to him as the author of ilfe life and light he showed the philosophy ph y and necessity of de dica di cating eating gal gai all ail I 1 things to god and rendering derin denin I 1 implicit icat obedience to him and inel incidentally d touched upon many interesting topics per pertaining kalning to the preexistent present condition of man and the future exaltation of those who heep keep the lavi law of theford th eLord giving much good god counsel to parents and those having tha tho watch care eare of the saints and endorsing the labors of the fifteenth ward and the tho dedication of their building elder john mark dark of the building committee then read the following report brethren brewen and sisters A little over two yeara ago it was concluded by the authorities and members of the ward that it had become desirable to increase our conveniences and facilities for public worship accordingly at a meeting held on jund juno ad 1879 a building committee was of bishop joseph pollard elders elias ellas morris robert T burton william L binder jag jas moyle george W V price and john clark dark aho who vho immediately began operations two years ago today to day july 24 1879 the foundation was commenced and through h your i valuable assis si stance in labor 1 und liberal contribution of means we are able to present the completed buil bull building dingi free from debt for your acceptance and dedication today to day at a final cost coat of it is pleasant to reflect upon this thia consummation of your united and the duties imposed upon the committee and it is also Interest ino inc to realize that so large a sum lias has been expended es in BO so good a cause the bishop and officers of the ward cannot refrain from lating you on the possession of BO so pleasant sant commodious and attractive beasant dea Vea a house of worship and your commIt committee teo tee feel satisfied with the final in the matter we realize that it is difficult to please all but we hope that the majority of the members of the ward are fully with the result of our labors and we desire that whatever of temporary inconvenience if any the contribution of means towards the erection of this building has involved such a spirit may dwell here and such blessings grow from this liberality that no shadow of regret will ever be felt our final report in detail will in the near fu ture lure r e be presented resented when we shall tu ftp hope 0 p e to receive a release from our 0 ur duties as a committee very respectfully your brother jos POLLAR 11 chairman of building committee president george Q cannon made a few remarks approving ampro ving ging the work of the saints in erecting the building blessed them and said god would bless bleas them for their liberality choir bang eang the anthem Jehova hs praise in which mrs alra maggle maggie hull sang a solo and with mrs sarah langford r a duet with the choir and several instruments rendering the tho anthem in splendid style the meeting pas was was adjourned till p m benediction by apostle john H smith 0 11 at p pm m the meeting again convened choir sang I 1 great god attend while zion sings tune etherial Ether lal ial prayer by bishop joseph pollard choir sang once of humble birth tune albon the congregation was addressed in turn turri by apostle john henry smith elders henry W als aisbitt ais bitt bilt and und charles W V penrose choir sang 6 thenes theres a light in the valley for me by P P bliss president angust angus M cannon made a few remarks and aud was followed by president george Q cannon the remar remarks iii lii made were spirit spirited edy eds instructive and encouraging and were listened to attentively by a very large congregation choir sang bang wake wako wake the bong song of jubilee aby b ti T i 0 emerson in fhi which mrs sarah langford rendered a solo in a very effective manner the benediction was pronounced by bishop B R T burton the services we were very impressive the singing was wag delightful and a very pleasant and profitable day clay was enjoyed SOMETHING ABOUT THE university THE university of deseret is an institution ution which should receive the patronage and support of the ulo citizens of this territory and particularly of those who reside in this and its vicinity it ia 13 w establishment of which utah may be proud A great number of young men and young ladies have received instruction therein in the higher branches of learning and though it does not claim with the great collegiate institutions of tile the country which are so much older and are endowed by large state appropriations or munif lelent private bequests yet its courses of instruction are oi ot a much higher grade than are afforded by an any other educational establishment lish ment in this region of cou con country try and are sufficient for our present requirements N quire ments there have been somo some objections raised against the university which ought to be examined and if wrong corrected it is stated thai tha young cyoung people who have llave graduated in that establishment have come forth infidel or at least sceptical to religion and it is jar argued gued on the basis of this alleged fact that the tendency of the university is toward unbelief it is also objected that religion is i excluded from the studies of the pu pils and there therefore foret it is urged that is no place for the children of the lat ter day saints we will briefly examine these investigation will show that where one student of the Uni Un versi ivers ty of deseret can be found who is infidel or skeptical on rell reil religious lous ious questions a score or more may be pointed out who have at least as much faith as is usual among those who have not attended attendee quite a number of young men now in the missionary field and who are useful faithful fervent advocates of the gospel have received an education in the university of deseret oth erg not yet engaged in such labors are consistent members of our mutual improvement associations and give abundant proofs of their faith in god and the plan of salvation the skeptical notions of a very few can be attributed to the influence of the university what shall we say ot of the religious senti sentiments monts of the large majority of its students Would not fair argument lead to the conclusion that if that institution exercises tilly any sway at ail all in a religious direction it has hag been tied used for and not against religion another thing we doubt very much if the few young persona persons who express doubt or disse dissent 11 t in ja regard to divine things are any of or them really infidel they maybe may be in that condition of mind which neither denies dentes nor affirms the existence of deity or imbued with the spirit which in this age is taking hold of the tho hearts of many people and which leads its ita votaries vot ries aries to imagine that they are brav brave etland elland and independent in disputing established ideas about the creator and his marvelous marve ioui loui works the exercise of individual reason and reflection occa occasioned boned by deeper study than usual may have provoked questions in their minds concerning things which previously they had tacitly accepted without inquiry in either case there condition is no t ohe one of danger if placed under proper influences on the contrary when their ju judgment doment is convinced and they are 1 led bed red to perceive the power of faith and the force of spiritual truth and to feel the realities of religious experience they are moro more likely to stand firm in the rig nig right it and to be able champions of the gospel than those who accept merely from intuition and cannot find so undrea sound reasons for their convictions we are not arap arguing 1 ing in favor of doubt nor supporting the position of captious criticism or qui gui quibbling buling contention we recognize tho the benefit of an education in faith from childhood up and believe that wo we ought to have schools in which our religion could be taught in connection with secular studies but we can understand the position of some ot of our young friends who have begun to investigate n vesti gate for themselves every subject which engages their attention and see no cause for alarm when their inquires seem to some people to lo imply doubt in things divine we want thinking men mon and women as our matured offspring and instead of repressing queries that appear to spring from doubt we should aid the young folks in arriving at reasonable and correct conclusions in their own minds concerning those principles on which we have llave become settled go so far aa PA we can learn there is no tan tangible 11 foundation for the idea that in the university of debret any influence is exercised leading to disbelief in divine things seen the supposed f M maw zaring to uch such conni 11 wa no not t bear the 1 a con u koi kogo r j jf ehe ebe ih r i f J ink igl 4 L a fair air invest investigation 1 gabiou next then for the object objection lon lou that no religion is taught in the tho university that institution is an establishment ish of the territory indeed its conception was within the provisional gove government rement of the state cf deseret it was organized and in corp orated by the act of february 1850 it has been assisted annually by appropriations from the territorial treasury last session the legislature in addition to the regular gift girt appropriated towards purchasing suitable grounds and erecting buildings thereon for university purposes this makes the institution a public and not a denominational affair more than that there are certain lands located by commissioners elected for this purpose the pro ceede of which are to be used for university purposes in this region wo we cannot expect to use public funds thus obtained for denominational ends the latter day saints are in the large majority here it is true but the minority have rights and if we lived in a part of the country where the majority hereof were of another faith and we paid taxes and had bad a property interest in the local locality itys we would not hot it right lo 10 have our means used to promote a sectarian establishment lish ment the university of deseret De seret then is not designed as a training school for any religious body neither is it established to promote skepticism it is simply a secular college no tenets taught therein it Is i as much forthe for fon the children of catholics episcopalians Episcopal ians lans methodists ilo ale tho hebrews or any others as of the latter day saints this should be understood the principal and others of tila the faculty ought not to be blamed for this they act under the chancellor and regents who receive their offices from the leg B s asse asso assembly ably if there is anything wrong in the tho conduct conductor of the i college the chancellor and regents can rectify it if they do not perform their duty tho the legislature can appoint others it is a or territorial rit orial establishment a creature of and subject to the law and not an institution of the chur church 6 tit rit of jes jesus u 1 s cairl christ st of latter day saints but at the same time it can be eo so guarded and conducted and that legally that no influence purposely antagonistic to our ofir church and faith may be exercised therein under its present auspices it has this advantage over other educational establishments professedly secular and undenominational which yet seek seeh to lead our children away from the falth faith of their fathers and stealthily plant in their hearts not only doubts concerning our religion but antipathies antipa thies towards its principles and objects if the university of Deseret cannot teach theology nor train pupils specially in religion it can and does refrain from planting plan pian ting false ideas idrain in their hearts and raising barriers in their way to the faith of the gospel and the communion of the spirit of light and truth we believe the strictures that have been parsed upon it are unjust and we hope to see the institution grow io ju dimensions in public confidence in all the facilities to education in every branch of secular useful knowledge until it will occupy tile tiie position for which it was designed and be recognized as a seat of learning and a centre of intelli intelligence ence from which knowledge wisdom and true educational influences will be irradiated 1 f for th the 18 benefit of all ali the byth of the e great west yet yat to be ble the most important part of the mighty republic of america SPEAK OF A MAN AS YOU YOTT FIND HIM A SHORT time since we published a communication from professor ii F annab relating tho the experience of a young ayoung man in cache valley who went to school to a clergyman and in con consequence i sequence ofa of a vision he received wag was led to see tile the evil of the influence which hat that teacher exercised over his pupils incidentally the experience ilce lice of another young man was mentioned and it was stated that lie lle had bad pronounced tile the clergyman to be the most corrupt man it was wag ever his ilia lot to associate with he ile writes to us to correct this and says 1 gri sti I have never made such an hr mation matlon nor non would ti rh f bogy c A man have ii ever over making it du ring the many months I 1 lived with 1 him lim he treated me as a gentleman and I 1 did my uttermost to return the compliment whatever corruptions corrupt ions others may know of him I 1 know of none I 1 did not take daily lessons of half an hours duration 1 as it seems others did nor were religious subjects voided but on the contrary I 1 lived with him in g guised u ased familiarity and religion or biblical theology formed one of the topics of or consideration mr stoy offered me assistance in the classics at a time when those studies were very dear to me and when but for his help heip I 1 could never have obtained the knowledge I 1 desired in the religion he taught taugh and tand a strong falth faith in mormonism 11 were the reasons that in induced me to discontinue my attendance upon him we parted however on the friendliest 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