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Show I TEMPLE AND TABERNACLE. 'uMUVWWMVHVl Over J00 members of the tabernacle choir have volunteered to go east with that organization on Its lour. I'ro-fessor I'ro-fessor Stephens has selected Ui of the best of those who have volunteored, and aa only 150 are to be chosen, this leaves twenty-live yet to be selected. These will beiamed In the near future. After twenty-five years of patient loll the Mormon people of Sevier atake succeeded In completing their tabernacle, taber-nacle, which in many reepecte Is the most rcmarkablcniwellaa finest building build-ing in southern Utah. The atyle of Ita architecture is acini-gothlc. acini-gothlc. It faces Main street In tin city of Itlchdclil, and its four toweri may be accnformlleaaway. Thofronl Is composed of three towers, the center tower 187 feet high, the twoaldetowcrs are) each 75 feet high, In the geome-trlcal geome-trlcal center of tho root la another tower 100 feet from the ground which varies the monotony of the roof. The building Is 1 no fret long and 80 feet wide! tho assembly room is ISO feet long and M feet wide, with a seating seat-ing capacity of S.000 people. The main enterance ia constructed in the towers from which two spiral stairways lesd to the balcony. The choir platforms are elevated seml-clrclca with Ave tiers of seats, built after the style of the Salt Lako tabernacle. The building Is heated by steam, the boiler being placed in the basement under tho vestry, vest-ry, which is Immediately to the rear of tho platform. The vestry consists of two stories. This stately temple of woralilp has cost the people the sum of S.0,000. In 1873 Joseph A. Young, oldest son of Ilrlgham Young, was aent out to preside pre-side over this atake, which at that-time Included all the territory from Fayette, Fay-ette, Sanpete county, 011 tho north, to the Colorado river on the east and south. In J87t ho began tho erection of a tabernacle. Upon hla death In 1873. lllahop Spencer of Ballna waa chosen president of the atake. and the work continued. When tho walla of th (building were completed it was found that the foundation waa too weak to support lliein. After trying In vain to remedy the matter the building was condemned nnd work ceased for several years. In 188S, W. II. Rccgmlller waa made president of the slake and three months later tho new prealdcnt determined deter-mined to atart a new tabernacle. The walla of the old building were used for the foundatlou for the new. In tho aprlng'of 1898 worlcwas re-' sumed in earnrat, a contract for St completion was let to J. II. Ilowmm. Tho building was almost completes' In the fall, when on tho evening of October Octo-ber H, the building was destroyed by lire. Four days later tho work of reconstruction recon-struction began, Contractor llowman was again given the contract for com. pletlon, and nine months from the dais of the flrei the building was completes), a grander and more stately building than before. The flrodld not Injurs the walls. The pcoplo of Sevier staka are justly proud of their new tabernacle. taber-nacle. It has left them somewhat In debt and they have made many a sacrifice sacri-fice to complete It. Services at the tabernacle Sunday afternoon July 10, were conducted by Angus M. Cannon, president of tba Salt Lake stake, and a large congregation congrega-tion listened to talks from returned missionaries and a discourse by Kldtr Charles W. Penrose. The first speaker waa John II, Pow-era Pow-era who has been at work In the Manchester Man-chester district of Ureal Ilrltaln for the paat twentyalx months. Heapoke for thirty mlnutca or more, and detailed de-tailed the conditions surrounding his labors In that field, and the beneSt which the young missionaries derive from coming in contact with the world. John Morris who has been in the southern states, stated the 600 missionaries mission-aries now laboring In that Held were doing good work, and declared there Hero hundreds of people there who were anxious to embrace the faith and gather to these beautiful valleys of tke mountains, C. W, Penrose delivered the discourse dis-course of the afternoon, dealing In particular with the missionary work, which, ho said, wus divided between soma 1,700 missionaries now In the Held. Iteports from those who hsd recently returned allowed them all to havo been imbued with the spirit of tho gospel and a stout heart for the labor assigned them, They had come back full of faith, wisdom and joy, and their testimony nil went to show that Uod had directed their efforts. Professor Stephens has received a number of applications from people who are realdents of Utah and adjoin, ing atatca for permission to join the choir nnd accompany It on Its proposed pro-posed trip cnat, but he has notchanged hla drat declalon on this matter, which was that none should go except regular regu-lar members of the choir. An orchestra of fifteen pieces Is being organized and numerous applications are coming In I for rnemberafilp in thla organization, aa well aa the choir. Practices will begin about tho latter end of Augutf and will continue ayatematlcally until the choir leaves In October. |