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Show NOTABLES AT TABERNACLE Sunday Afternoon talk very Interesting, Frank Cranney,retum-ed Cranney,retum-ed missionary talks. The Tabernacle sci vices Sunda) afternoon af-ternoon cie lionuicil b) tho piesenec ' of Ilisliop Tlioniiis .1 utld, of St. flcoigc, -jH. T. I.'eteison, one or the mcmbeis of ,, the State Hoaid of lloitlculture and .loscph II. P.uii, of The Deseiet Tx'ovvs all of whom weie speakers dining the I sen Ice. Kldoi Fiank Cranncy, a io- cently leturned missionary from Indiana, In-diana, was also piesent and talked in- toiestlngly of his woik and treatment wlille In the Held. Mi. Joseph Cowley also Instructed his llstencis In the way they should go.' The sen Ices opened w It li an anthem by the choir, and piaei by I'.itilaich .lames II. Martlne.ui. iiisiior THOMAS ,IUI1 was Intioduced and oxpiesscd the excellent ex-cellent sentiment that eeiy man should be lead) and piepaied to speak loi the Loid. He s.ilil that he had la-boied la-boied as a nilsslonnij and tcachei.and foi twenty je.us as a bishop in two wauls, and dining Ihe past the )o.ns has been woiking In Nevada. The chinch possessesicitain piopeit) along White Khci which Ithasbeon uiloni-I uiloni-I lug, and ho has been the Instiuiuenl in woiking out the loJouiatlon seliemelto the best advantage. This land has been laid oil Into three small towns, and the lots sold to people on lhe jearly payments. Most or the colonists arc fiom San Pete Countj 1 und southern Utah. He stated that I ' piospeiity has attended all, and that I with but a vei) few exceptions, all - I hae been able to pay for their land. Thespeakei said ihat he rcalled moie and moie the gieatnessof the chinch in piovlding ms and means for the people to own theli homes, thus enabling en-abling them to beionie independent. p He told of a ceitain man coming to the eada colony who is now in good ciicumstances, but at the time of Ills coming was liaidly able to secuie 5 enough or thlswoild's goods to keep fiom stun lug. He had two families and not enough money to make a Hist jl p.nnienton the land hedeshedtobiij. Aii.mgeiuents weie made, howevei, ) and just a few da) s ago this man made J his last paj ment, and said also that he gj did not owe a dollai to any man. He -: has do aeies of excellent land under cultivation, foity acres or which has good water rlgiits. The speakei ex-picssed ex-picssed the belier that(iod has blessed men In going Into the Nevada eountr), and that he will bless all who serve him in honesty and tiuth. lie eon-gtatulated eon-gtatulated Cache Vallo) on this ie-markable ie-markable snow rail, and said It was , , ceitalnlj a mai k of divine favoi; that ., -Jlydl should be thankful. The Ilisliop expicssed thankfulness for thechiircli 1 oiganlatlon, Its sjhtem, mode or woik and lesults. Said that the auxillaiy sjstem is excellent, and thanked fiod lor the gospel, and believed In libel lib-el tj ot thouglit and action so long as It does not Interfeic w ith the 1 1 nth. KMIKIt I'KTIlltso.N was next Intioduced. Said that he was no public speaker, and felt rather 111 at case. Deemed It u pleasure howevei, how-evei, to beai testimony to the fact that if we heed we shall bo blessed. Thespeakei said that ho had had lit- ntleoppoitunlty to pieaeh, as his mis-n mis-n sion was along a dltleient line. He !was called seventeen jeais ago to goto the south and open a new couutiy and i'ei since lias laboied in his weak way 223Z- to peifonn the duties Incident to tlie - s woik; lisitl undeigiiiie haiiNhlps and dangeis. Mr. I'eteisen oxpiesscd the belier that the woik lie has been en- ?PT tiaged In Is a good woik, lis man) poo- " Pie hae h.ipp) homes in a good lounti) and excellent climate. IOsIU'II II. l'UtllV ot the Deseiet News, din ctcd his le- mt.nt d maiks towaid pialse or the chinch o Ithl V i oliiii?atlon and the gieat leadeisof -J? I'tlj the past .uid piesent. Said the people lLti Vsll0,ll lifie conlidence in the wise ' . oalr, p,,,MS r tllu Icndeis or todtij, that peri" while the) aio making no gie.it nolso ' about the mattei, the) aie woiking -107 sMson, foi tlio w.'ir.ne and happiness Htjlv f tlie people. He evpiessed tlie he- in,11 lief that even to this dav, Hilghum Voting and his gie.it woiks are not appi eclated, roi no statesman In lltt) )eais lias done as much asthatgieat man. He eulogled tlie mind that concehed the plan or out bioad cities with thoh happy homes and conveniences, conven-iences, and also mentioned Hebei C. Kimball and Hco A Smith and other ploneeis Mi. Pari) said that some Lattei-d.i) Saints complain that the men at the head or the church in the past seemed too much foi them-selves, them-selves, but peison.ill) lie wassuipilsed that they had not appiopilated moie. Tliey had cveiy oppoitunlt) to take eveivlhlng for themselves, but pie-fened pie-fened to give tlie people theli poition. He spoke of conditions in California, where most of the land is owned b) a few mllllonailes. He said tlieic aie no happier homes hi tlie Union than in Utah, and this is due to tlie foie-sight foie-sight ant wise plans of leaders dead and gone, and those who aio at the head of the church organisation today to-day are still woiking for the comfort and pleasuie of the people, and aie prcp.uing homes for them in Wyoming, Wyom-ing, Coloiado, Mexico, and Canada. The leaders are notmeiel) leadeisin spliltual affairs, but tempoial, for the Loid h;u seen in these men those qualities that lit them as leadeis in tempoi.il things. The people ought to honor those who have done so much. Tlie leadeis should be respected respect-ed and the pi lest hood heeded. Houoi the tcacheis and deacons and lend cveiy assistance to the bishop. Mr. Pail) said that the boasted fieedom that some ask foi Is not freedom at all, that this Is laigely like the fieedom the)oungmati who smokes elgaiettc'!, deshes lie wants to be fiec to smoke but becomes a slave to the habit, so is not fiee at all. Anothei asseit Ion is , that "It's uobod) 's business, whethci I do this, that 01 the other." The speakei said this is a mistake, as no one lives unto himself, that inlluence Is exerted on otheis, and foi that ie.i-son ie.i-son one's actions aie some othei pel-son's pel-son's business. He Insisted that It Is not well forone to speak ill of a brother, broth-er, or an) official. Keep adveise things to )ouiseir. Is'o one has the light to lessen the Inlluenccof anothei poison or oulcl.il,. and he who does I so will have to account foi It ' i:i.di:k i'kask ciianm 1 has just letuiued riom a mission in tlie cast, and told ot his labois Said that lie had had the pleasuie or associating asso-ciating witli and woikingamong those whoclassMonnoisas "low -down" people. peo-ple. He was called to Indiana about eighteen months ago, and round a most hospitable people, good people as a whole. Howevei, some railed to tieat 1 1 1 id pioucrlv, dilvlng him avva) fiom a place 01 two, and at "Tone Haute a clt) of (,000 or 7.",000"tlnow-ing 7.",000"tlnow-ing him and anothei eldei in jail with a lot of suspects, although they pi o-claiiued o-claiiued theli mission. After dissecting dissect-ing their belongings, taking and leading lead-ing their papeis and letters the) weie set loose and advised that the city would be better oil without them. He felt that the woik had done him much good, and he had learned to appieci-ale appieci-ale the people heie by co.iip.ulson with eastern people. Said lie had met mail) eldeis In tlie Held who would glveiipthcli lives foi tlie cause and each othei Mi. Cianney said that the 1ittei-d.i) Saints In .ion weie not moii' hospitable tha i tlie followeis hi Indiana, and spoke paiticiilailly of I kindnesses show ii himself and otheis at llloomingtou, the clt) whole the Statu L'nheisll) Is located. Said lie knew the Hook of Moinion Is tine, as he had testlmoii) ot It. He was pioud of Luttcr-dnj Saints when compaied with piolessed Cluisti.ins or Chicago and Indianapolis, and that he was ceitain cei-tain all tine Lattei-dav Saints aie good people. .IOsIU'II k. tow r.nv occupied but a few minutes, lie discussed dis-cussed temple woik and urged It upon the congiegation, expiesslng tlie be-liel be-liel that the chinch and laith can never bo lliiuwu down so long as the Lattei-d.i) Saints keep the commandments. command-ments. One or the commandments second to no othei is to work foi kindled kin-dled dead. This must not be neglected. neglect-ed. Mi. Cow le) was glad to seen io-vival io-vival of temple woik, and stated that last week saw the laigest nuiiibei or woikeis at tlie temple in lecont jeais. He hoped that this would continue and uiged the lllshops to show a piop-er piop-er Inteiest. He also touched on the lodge and union pioposltlon, s.i.viug that tlio Latter-day Saints have no excuse for becoming ineinbeis of othei oiganlatlons; that the chinch has within It all lhatnthci oigaulallons have that Is good, and mom too. I'kof itmors made announcement of the Hany De Wlndt lectme at tlie II. V. C. tonight and olteied the- benediction. |
