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Show 5 OF APOSTLE PARLEY P. PRATT RECEIVED The Ogden Tabernacle- choir haf been presented ' with 120 topics ot Parley P. Pratt's Millenial Hymns by the compiler .aifd publisher. Sainuei Russell, a, son-in-law of the author The hymns, arc neatly bound in brown cloth with the title of the book in gold letters. The book contains SO pages, with two musical settings ol each hymn on a page. Parley ParketPratt, the author, was one of the first apostles of the Mor mon church and was born at Burling ton, Otsego county, New York, Apn, 12, 1S07. His earlier hvinns were published at Boston, in 1S35, others at New York, in 1S39, and the greater number at Manchester, England, in 1S40. Some of the others appeared in the "Millennial Starr" or which he was tho first editor. Ho was slain by an assassin on May 13, 1S57. The choir expects to sing a number of tho hymn-, in the neat future and greatly appreciate the gift of the hdoks from Mr. Russell. |