| Show A WORTHY EXAMPLE PLEASANT grove march on the b day of april 1890 the presidency of the utah blake in company witti with some gome of the Twelve Apostles nold neld a meeting at pleasant grove anti and as aa the ward had extended on every ade side it was considered advisable to divide it into three wards the first ward being the most central retained the meeting house which had j just been i cleaned up and repainted by the united efforts of the whole ward it was wag aeo essary for the two now new wards to each provide a mel meeting eting house on may bishop and counselors anti and the other members of the secund ward hold held a meeting and appointed a committee of five to select a place and a meeting houie home this committee cittee has faithfully labored to this dud as fast as the limited resources of the members of the ward would allow them until march 24 1894 when they were able to report the house bouse finished and properly furnished with everything necessary for comfort and reverence of worship a good arve growing the grounds properly graded anti ana tunce and everything connected with the jot and houtie house and its furniture turu iture paid for the total cost of it all being three bourand boue and two hundred and fifty dollars on sunday march elders heber J grant aud and abraham H cannon of the council of the apostles with members of the utah stake presidency and high council and other friends from the adjoining wards met with us and dedicated the building to the lord the visitors were met at ahe entrance to the grounds by about two hundred sunday school obil children iren who greeted them with a song of under the direction of our choir leader A W harper the meetings were called to order at to 10 am and 2 p in by bishop james cobbley ob bley elder heber J grant offered the dedicatory prayer and wise and timely counsel and words of comfort and encouragement coura gement were given by the visit ors and others who addressed the meetings the choir song some ampro pieces and a good spirit prevailed the saints feel humble and thankful to their heavenly father for their place of worship JOSEPH W ASH clerk P S I 1 may adif add in order that saints in other wards in similar circumstances cum stances may be encouraged to try to 10 units unite their humble efforts and have a creditable place of worship that we are all poor people and ur prospects when we started to bu build rid were very discouraging our wa ward rd consists of about eighty families ten of them being widows with families and other very poor but with one grand united effort we started and god has bleas blessed sit our labors J W A |
