Show anniversary OF PROPHET JOSEPH HIS BIRTH GENERALLY celebrated IN ALL WARDS OF WEBER STAKE special services at which hla life Is eulogized and interesting speeches made from mondays standard tho seven wards of weber stake in this city and those out in the country celebrated celebia ted the anniversary of the birth of the prophet joseph smith yesterday with exercises appropriate for the occasion and of an eulogistic nature in which the life of the founder of the church of latter day saints was treated in a biographical manner in the wards where there resided members of the church who had known joseph smith personally they were called upon to speak of their personal knowledge of the man and in every instance their reminiscences were listened to with great interest the meetings of the sunday schools of the different wards were decoded to special exercises in honor of the prophet josephs birthday first ward at the first ward elder samuel TV richards one ot the early settlers and adherents to the faith saoko of his personal pera onal recollection of joseph smith whom he had seen when he richards was a boy and he goldsome told some interesting stories of the leader of the church during the serece special music was furnished by the ward choir which had been enlarged for the occasion the session of the sunday school in the morning was characterized by speeches on the life of the prophet second ward at the evening service in the second ward president C F jane S richards and alva scoville addressed the congregation their subject being incidents in tho lite of the prophet in the morning there was special services in the school the primary and kindergarten departments third ward in the third ward there were special services both morning and evening the former for the sunday school and the latter foe the public at both of which speakers eulogized the founder of the mormon church fourth ward the principal service in this ward was held in the morning at the session of the sunday school at which special music and speeches combined to make a memoria 1 service fifth ward at the meeting of the sunday school in this ward elder richard douglas who in the early days was the personal friend of joseph smith addressed the school and gave some interesting accounts of the life of the prophet at the evening session thomas A shreeve saoko on joseph smith the world prophet to a large congieta tion at both 0 the services special music was rendered lynne ward the primary department held a special entertainment on saturday evening the sunday school yesterday morning ward meeting yesterday af hernoon ter noon at the afternoon service joseph smith alex brown myron abbott W W crane and william wright spoke of the life of the the two former having known him and speaking from their personal knowledge of tho man mound fort ward at this ward tast evening william shaw louis J read and george S barker spoke of the life of joseph smith dealing with ills birth life and mission from the time of his birth in 1805 to his death in the carthage jail in 1844 in the afternoon there were special services under the auspices of the sunday school and primary association throughout the wards of the stake the anniversary was generally cale berated |