Show at dedication alic new second meeting juuso sunday evening may ath at a large congregation had already assemble J to fitness the dedication of the second ward meeting house which waa to talc place at clock the congregation was called to order by rio the choir tang oh lord nira to our call elder M stuart then odor ed the following god our heavenly father the creator of the universe in the name of thy ton jesus christ we a number of thy together thi evening to worship anee the true cd living god who has gathered us here from the different the earth that we might be taught of thy lifted up to a knowledge of eliy works we ask thee to be with us giving us a portion of bihy ihy hoi spirit that our hearts may le humbled and our minds led aright we acknowledge thee in all thing and pray thee to accept our thanks for the many blessings be upon us since our first arrival to these mountain fastnesses fast nesses for we know throughout all our wandering in life thou haat been our help and guide thou liall fought our battles and crowned our victories lork in cierny upon us as before so now forgive our tins we have assembled this evening to dedicate thiu couo unto thee that has been built by jbf labors of thy saints as a house of worship accept this house we rray thee bles ble s all alio work thereof the foundation the walls the rock alie brick the windows an l all that pertains to it both and out preserve it from all accident and sanctify it to thy worship let all ano a here be ure and banish ni evil let all who worship do BO with an eye single to thy glory biess tah flake of zion all alio bishops and labor for the forwarding of thy purposes on the earth help us to put awry all selfishness anil first seek thy kingdom bles all alie people their hocks ahe air the water hie food and their Bles sall the slakes of zion lt l t eliy choicest blessin a resi upon ahe twelve grant thern the cevela tion of thy will eliat they may guide the interests of thy kingdom to the best interest of the people bless all the societies that ara organized in thy church the missionaries let thy spirit be with them preserve them from evl nad cau e they may bring many to a knowledge of the to learn of thy ways and seek turn the wrath of the wicked lothe lo the building up of zion blear bro cannon our dele congress when he advocates bihy ihy baue bless all who bless him bless tha the needy the tired let them know thai af their day their be lt L t thy arecton all who built thia elioue may they fed rich for they have done blesi him ho bestowed aliis land for jubis pi iroe and nil who hull perve diliert nere imy nil thit Is raid tend lo 10 good we again to of this our offering in he nnie aluen sung this house we dedicate to aliee after which SPOKE he did not think solomon of old fell teller when his great than lie fe t this evening ahn thir hunks 10 all who hadla oie I in building iho elioue the people and I ho laborera there wa not one the abound oilia voice who did not think that the dollars spent in the building of house had been tient for a all were alad that such 11 liou e had afen built by the ijo of the he it uie ward as wll ai the very lourei could iian chii ia my houe ack edness bo kapi out of bere aal nil bit ker ng should be f totten iet the building of this house the fink the kind in alie county lie an example to all wards to no ay do likewise the following brethren prest lorin W karr and flygare elders F H richards jos Sian lord F A brown and jos parry each occupying a time an encouraging manner ot those who had so willingly donated of their means to build the edifice they were all unanimous in their congratulations ions to the people of the second ward in having built euch a ful structure tue hoped that before many more years each ward in the county could boast of a meeting house as beautiful and in the minds of the speakers the scenes and condition of things years ago when the site where the lioums now stands a marsh were ened and they thanked the iolj for such a change for the better they hoped before long a new t ber macje in ke ping with ane prosperity of our city would be erected the speeches were of an instructive and pleasing character aej were listened to with the greatest attention by the numerous nume congregation but space will not synod sia of the remarks of each speaker brebt ll errick beloved bel eved this was the first house built in the county dedicated to alie worship when he contemplates the condition of things af pf the with today heart dwells with gratitude to god while the saints had built this house a great educational insi itu lio perhaps the finest in the territory had been erected by the gen eral taxpayers tax payers money could not be invested to any better purpose god bless deverr nun woman and child who havern any wy o build tm house may god be with them and with all who favor ion breit gaid it had been his ambition for years that a houe should be built wherein could meet for tho only purpose ot bod he had not fit f it mure anxiety with own than he had with thin he would as hi shore ten dollar o nh to banh of he city alio would bul d a meeting house il not be fund we were ng cor meeting pur oe and Pee tl errick would do hair part 10 lo hope the people yot contribute some thing as an amount was yet due and nil heni eats were not obtained the choir was thanked for alie iulio they had no rendered under tho leadership of bro john an iy ay the choir and benediction was by elder E stratford |