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Show 0E0OTI0W OF TIE I MEETING HOUSE OF I NINTH WD The Ninth ward meeting house was dedicated yesterday afternoon by President Joseph P. Smith, the dedicatory dedi-catory prayer being the chief feature of a most impressive meeting, presided pre-sided over by Bishop W. O, Ridges. In addition to President Smith, the following prominent church officials I I were present. David A. Smith, of the presiding bishopric. Lewis W Shurtliff, C. F-Middleton F-Middleton and John Watson of the " I, Weber stake presidency. Patriarch H. C, Jacobs, Everett Neuteboom. stake I . clerk; President H. W. McCune of the stake high priest's quorum and a i.uraber of high councilmen. The opening song was "The Spirit of God. Like a Fire, Is Burning " This nrs sung by the choir and congregation, congre-gation, under the direction of Chorister Choris-ter Joseph Jannan The invocation was offered by President H. W Mc-1 tune and the choir sang the anthem 'SoLg; of the Redeemed." The address of welcome was by Bishop Ridges, and in it be expressed his appreciation of the efforts put forth by the people of the ward in i elcarmg off the debt and making pos sible the dedication. He also stated that the ward had only been organized five years and that in that length of time the beautiful chapel had been erected and paid for President L W. Shurtliff addressed the congregation' for a few minutes and stated that he was greatly pleased pleas-ed to note the spirit of unity among the people of the ward and the bishopric, bishop-ric, which had been made apparent by their liberal contributions to the meeting house fund and in the general work in the ward. He also made mention men-tion of the liberal donation made to the fund by the trustee in trust for the church, which showed his interest in the erection of proper houses of A orship. Following President Shurtliff's remarks. re-marks. Bishop's Counsellor David F Steele read the financial report of the building committee, which showed tJiat the cost of the meeting house had been $21,000. He said that the organization of the ward occurred on Jul;- 4. 1909, and that the meeting house waB started soon afterward. It was completed in April, 1911, and the first meeting was held on the first Sunday ln May of the same year. An appropriate solo was sung by Lester Saville in an excellent manner and was followed by brief talks by Presidents Middleton and Watson. President Middleton bore his testl- mony of the divinity of the gospel as advocated by the Church of Jesus r Christ of Latter-day Saints and told of the blessings he had received through living according to its teachings. teach-ings. President Watson spoke of the growth of the old Weber stake and told of the new wards that had been organized since the stake was divided. divid-ed. He also expressed his pleasure at the work the people of the Ninth ware had accomplished- Bishop David A. Smith, in a brief talk, admonished the parents to be more interested in the welfare of their children and to teach them to live upr.ght lives, by both precept and example. ex-ample. A solo pleasingly sung by MiES Robertshaw preceded the address ad-dress of President Joseph F. Smith. I . President Smith said that he was glad to be present at the meeting and hoped that the service would impss the congregation In a way that would result in continued good works. He also said that he would speak only the tmth and that the truth would hurt no one except those who were out of harmony with it Continuing, he said that the word of God is the truth, had always been and always would be. The words of the Master were that every man should be rewarded according to his I L works, whether they were good or evil. This is simple justice, righteous right-eous judgment, the very essence oi wisdom and one of the grandest and roost glorious attributes of God. Speaking of the pleasure of those who contributed of their means, to-'ward to-'ward the erection of the meeting house, he said that it would always be a cause for joy to them and that they would be greatly blesBed. "If you do all that you can do, he said further, "nothing more will be asked, but it is necessary that a house .of God be erected, in each district, where the people can worship in the spirit of truth and where the organizations organ-izations can meet to consider their work." The dedicatory prayer followed these remarks and the closing semg by the choir was "Jerusalem, My Glorious Home." The benediction was pronounced by Bishop's Counsellor Lorenzo Jackson oo |