Show no ce HANKS SPEAKS AT tabernacle A packed house tilled filled the tabernacle sunday evening to hear prot prof N Q C hanks hanka a utah bay whose faith and courage in overcoming extraordinary has made him famous throughout the nation the meeting was given under the direct direction ln of the iha stake Mutu als superintendent A C pearson presiding many years ag aff while working in a mine mr hanks was deprived ot of eyesight and hands by an explosion in the hope ot of restoring the sight ot of one ot of his eyes he passed through many operations spending many dreary months at hospitals and expending thousands ot of dollars he was unable to regain his sight and in his blindness and crippled condition has bar ought blought his way up in tho the world A pathetic incident occurred just alter after mr hanks opened his address through a break in the pipeline the power was shut odana off and the lights in the building went out it was here that the speaker stated that he had longed tor for an opportunity ot of addressing an audience in darkness like he was in and through this darkness his remarks were made more effective he delivered a most wonderful address during which a number ot of splendid poems were recited the speaker holding his vast audience spellbound right from the beginning the object ot of prof hanles hanks address was to bring people especially tho the younger generation to a ot of the many blessings they enjoy and to encourage them to make the most of 0 these blessings |