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Show r.wvvvwwwvwvwvv I TEMPLE AND TABERNACLE. tVVWi'ttWMWMWWViVW r Of thb1bope'clSeii LCf'.e grgsnb 'jallon of fToVeli tfako sonii Vwknty three yesrs Igojonfy Iwffi rrnUrnjed at the beginning of tlfe jrearo Now .only, fne boldslils ofTlcer a lllsnop John ,C Sharp has Wen honorably released tu mote to Sslt I.ske City Itlsliophharp presided over the Vernon branch several sev-eral years before belug appointed bMiopaud words uf the highest praise are Inadequate to express tho gratitude duo him l'ntertnlnmenU, suppers, vie , have Ueeo given lu his oud iif". Sharp's honor, anjl they leave their old home with the best wishes of escb member of the ward. Apostle Abraham O. Woodruff aod Judge I". S. Illchanl of tho Mormon elihrch Salt Lake, sndcliarlea'ftiogslon Kvahston, were la Cheyenne last week and completed all arrangements- relative rela-tive to tho colonisation of the Wg Horn latin. They found all legal paper satisfactory, andvlll go nhed at once. Seven thuusaiul acres lying" along the Slinking Water Itlver will be taken up tlrst snd If the experiment result sstlsfaclorlly more and Isrger tract will bo taken up. OnAMay 1st sixty or seveuty families, numbering about 410 people, will settle on tho land paying!!' cents per acre when, Died upon and 51 cents moro when tho t.tllers prove up Thenlnetytlilrdiannbjersary.oMho birthday of tho lata President Wllford Woodruff, and the alxty-second birthday birth-day of bit wife, r.miua,r( Woodruff, wlib still llve'o7ud labalo ud nearly," were Celebrated at Woodruff villa, In WaUuloo, Salt. Laku, .March 1. where teventy-flve descendants of the do- cea-ud awemblcd. 'the. only guesla outside K-0 (nfolly were VretMcit Lorenzo Snow and Counselors Oeorgo Q'Cauhbn." atid Joseph l Smith. All these mkdo short speeches, extolling the muuy virtues of the diceascJ, and recalling many pleasant events In hit career. A response was inude by Apostlo A. 0. Woodruff. The room" were very prclllly decorated In roses, carnations and ferns, and the banquet waauneof tho finest ever given In tin stole. The festivities began utl o'clock and It was nearly midnight when tht last guest had departed, lllshop Woollcy of tho Twenty-fllrtt ward Salt Lake City has a plan to bulU. a 815,000 mcctlng-houte without cost ot.tbo ward, ilcgardlug llio plan, h I says. "You know, wo havo a gioil many windows that tho-.ward liai al J litep, whirojiiany,Jf tllejo, Have u hom j i JbtlaquU?vu'bIo; stud, which woiiUU utter their dcstli.'fall loThilrchlldreiiTl Now, with that class we tell them thaW If they want tbe church to keep theui I It Is nothing but right that they deed their properly to the wardj or If they prefer to leave Itto their chlUren, they thquld be supported by them at least to the value of the property. Many havq chosen the ohurch for their support, and havo deeded their property to tint ward. From these properties after ths death of their ownera we have realized qulto a fuud. We also will sell part ol our ward lot and will theu be able to build our meeting-house, which wo lnteud to make as line as any In the city." Elder II. S. Tanner occupied the greater part of the time at the Tsl.tr nacle aervlcea Sunday, March It. lilt remarka were confined chiefly to tht doctrines of ths Mormon'cliurch. lit characterized all other faiths as counterfeit count-erfeit faiths, and said that tbe creed adopted at Nice and which la still the foundation of faith of some churches, was the biggest bundle of Inconsistency Inconsis-tency ever set forth; that through It millions and millions of people have been led astray from the tru church of Christ. President Angus M. Csnnon, the only other speaker, aald that ths claims made by the Saints that the gospel of Jesus Christ wss only held by them was startling to the world, and enough to arouse their animosity; nevertheless, It wsi true, and that there was evidences that could joot ba disputed that Joseph Smith was tho prophet of Ood. Prealdent Cannon then, recalled some of the prophecies made by Joseph Smith, snd which he claimed bad been fulfilled. Speaking of the assassination of the prophet. President Presi-dent Cannon aatdl Was ever one of the murderers of Joseph Smith brought to juatlce? No. ilufAb'raham Lincoln, one of IlllnoU'sT lone, was assassinated la as wicked tud cruel a way as Jotepli was slain. Illinois mourned the dtsth of one o( her fairest sons, as we mourned tht ieath of the prophet Hut Clod's pur. poses have not been stopped; the work of Ood prevails, '.Ion wll be estab, ll.hed tu her boauly, In ber Rlory, ano1" Joseph Smith and llyrum, martyred for a testimony of Jetus-rueUy sjali. brought on to htr people, corerct with their blood, a testimony of Ood'i eternal vengeance that will be visile) upon the wicked. |