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Show MiN HMS AHE SUBJECT OF AN ADDRESS The seating capacity of the Second ward chapel was taxed to Its utmost last night, and a number of people stood up throughout the service, to hear the musical program rendered by the ward choir and soloists, and an ad dress by President Alva Scoville of the Weber stake. The program fully met all expectations, the musical selections se-lections being effectively rendered, under the direction of Lester Hinch-cliff, Hinch-cliff, and the address of President Scoville being ably delivered and unusually un-usually interesting. In the course of the evening, the t choir sang the following numbers: "O God of Israel." "They That Sow In Tears." "Seek Ye the Lord," Roberts. "Hallelujah, O Praise the Lord," Caesar Franck. "The Lost Chord," Sullivan Brewer. "O, Father, Whose Almighty Power," Pow-er," Handel. In the fourth number, Miss Lucille Wilcox was soloist and carried her part well against the obllgato chorus sung by the choir. Another number of special interest was a ladles' quartette, quar-tette, "Sleep of the Child Jesus," Ga-vaert, Ga-vaert, sung by Mrs. A. Peterson, Etta Browning, Elsie and Josephine Shorten, Short-en, with piano acompanlment by Lester Les-ter Hinchcllff. Tho incidental organ music and accompaniments for the choir were finelv played by Oliver Ellis. President Scoville took "Music" as the theme of his address, declaring that it was the "boon of love" and the "boon of religion." He unwound his theme by reading and interpreting a number of songs, found In the Mormon Sunday school song book, among them being "Love at Home," "Come, Let Us Anew," "Do What is Right," "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," "Nearer, "Near-er, My God to Tbee," "Scatter Sunshine," Sun-shine," "O, Ye Mountains High," "School Thy Feelings," "Catch the Sunshine" and "Sowing." In his Interpretations, In-terpretations, the speaker brought potently po-tently before his hearers the religious thoughts contained in the songs' and said they should bo made household melodies that their spirit might become be-come a part of every member of the family circle. He also spoke Interestingly of circumstances cir-cumstances surrounding the composition composi-tion of the songs and said that the songs in the book, not of Mormon authorship, had been placed there In accordance with the Mormon article of faith, "If there be anything lovely or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things." The meeting, which was held under the auspices of the ward Mutual Improvement Im-provement associations, wns conducted conduct-ed by Bishop's counselor George Shorten, Short-en, The invocation was offered by Elder T. S. Browning and the benediction benedic-tion by C. J. A. LIndquist. Closing remarks were made by President John Watson and Bishop Robert McQuarrie both of whom congratulated the singers, sing-ers, their leader, and the speaker, on the fine program that had been given |