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Show i TEMPLE AND TABERNACLE. I H ivvvvvvvvvvvvvviv-vvvvvvv M President Georgo Q. Cannon and lH family aro visiting In Washington, D. C. H Prepapatlons aro in progress for the ' H proposed celebration of the nunlver- ' H aary of tho birthday of tho lato Presl- H dent ltrlgham Young, at Saltalr, on H 1st. H Tho people of Coalville are preparing E for the dedication of their new tabcr- H nacle. Tho ground for this handsome H edifice was broken on tho 27th day ol H April, 1878, and tho corner-stone was H laid August 9, 1879, nearly twenty H years ago, Apostlo Franklin D. Illch- H nrds offorlug the dedicator; prayer. H Having been built entirely by volun- H tary donations, at a cost of about 830,- H 000, tho construction has been a long H and hard struggle. The tabernacle H will be dedicated at tho next quarterly H conference of Summit stake. H On Sunday, April 30, nnd Monday, H May 1, tho Cache Stake conference was H held In tho beautiful tabernacle at H Smlthfiold. This Is the first time since M Cache valley was settled that any H Stake conference has been held outside H of Logan. There were present of ths Council of the Apostles, M. W. Merrill M and Anthon II. Lund; Illshop W. II. H Preston and Dr. James E. Talmage; of H the Stako presidency, Orson Smith and H 8. M. Molen. There was a large at- teodanco of tho bishops and other officers of the Stake. There has been talk from time to B time of a thorough overhauling of the H Tabernaclo organ at Salt Lake. This Improvement Is needed and would In- elude the addition of the latest stops, combinations and valued mechanical H accessories, also the Introduction of HH pneumatic-electric action and the re- H moval of tho console or manual desk to H a distance from the Instrument proper. H This last might be dune, If nothing H else Is, as tho performer cannot hear H sufficiently from where ho now sits to judge of effects, and at times he cannot H hear somo of his work at all. H Apostle John W.Taylor has returned from an extended trip to the Alberta H district In Canada, where he has been H looking after business Interests. Apos- H tie Taylor reports that when he left . 'H that region that the young grass In tho ;H south Alberta district was already H standing some two or three Inches In iH height, although tho season was some -'' H threew eeks lato. Stock generally was ' jH teiMrwell aBdtaltOKCtherv.tbere'vfa , v-l lSWeKgrMgaty7roB&nt ' W M andrlslngseltlementlTrblg'dltcjBlSBtj''' '"" VjH has been constructed a distance of sev- "; H enty-one miles. "-3" jH A few evenings ago a number of H young mlssonarles, lately returned H from Germany, held a meeting In Salt H Lako City, and organized an asiocla- H tlon which will bo known as H "Deutrcher Mlsslonolr-Vereln." The purpose of this organization is to pro- H mote In every proper way, an Interest H in tho German language, and to foster H among the returned elders a sentiment H of regard for each other, and to assist H In the work of teaching and aiding the H German emigrants. The following H officers were elected to serve for the H term of six months: 0. M. Drown, H president; II. T. Cannon, vice presl- H dent; II. K. Jenkins, secretary; J. M. H Welter, treasurer. The association will hold semi-monthly meetings. The H officers will bo elected semi-annually. J A great deal of Interest Is being manl- H tested by the members of theorganlza- H tlon, and no doubt a great amount of H good will result from their labors. H Congressman Roberts dollverod a H highly Interesting lecture before the H conjoint session of tho Young Ladles' H and Young Men's Mutual Improve- H mcut associations of the Twenty-first H ward, Salt Lake City, Saturday oven- H lng. Ills subject was "Miracles in H Revelation," and was handled In a H masterly way. Mr. Roberts referred !'j to the miracles In the bible, which are H usually criticised by lufldels and which I H prove stumbling blocks to many young l students of divine revelation. "Amir- H acle," said Mr. Roberts, "Is the doing H of some wonderful thing contrary to all H law, but Is the performance of some H aot according to some law of nature ,H not understood by us." The miracles Bl of modern solencc wero taken up ont ht by ono and shown to be as wonderful Bl as anything we havo recorded In holy tl writ. To a man who lived 100 years lDiH ago these things would have appeared ifi Impossible, but today they arereallzod '-CH facts. The argument was made that If lsal man could, with his fow years of ex- 'CsH perlence, accomplish the things that 9pij have been accomplished durlug the last H 100 years, God with his unlimited PbI knowledge aud experience could work 7nBi and has worked wonderful miracles far rl beyond the knowledge of man, and yet ,H along tho lino with tho lawsot nature. 'Ri |