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Show ' Ins; k of the riders. In r'oslDg he bore' i a sincere titirnony of nU, Ifo" for the church and ll teaching anj for the peo;,ii of his home town and hoped thai ho nhauld aluay io able lllt.ht voJije In defense of the gospel la ,any. .fart Yof- the-.world. whn- he 'might 'happen l V." The Rt-n ire? er closed, by , tb-? Ml' and jnale "choruA '"lt "i.- "Not Di-atri 10 D!'".fr'ta Lazaru. sung la a finished and most Inspiring maif, ner bv Hsi ""MyrU ;.CallJn?f .nufl the iiiajlii xucnihT tb chrtiK "peruC diction wak offered by Tatrlarca W L.arkfnt . . - . - , ! ; j. 1 . - SPECIAL SERVICE AT-THE TABERNACLE At lhe special afternoon service at tbe Ostln Tabernacle a srat congregation con-gregation 'Kathvrod yesterday aUer-noon. aUer-noon. ' ': - The services were opened l the choir slnginc. "Yo Simple Souls Who Stray." After Invocation by Elder Jamea IT Douglass, the b'ass solo and chorus "Cropare Ye the Way." from the. cantata "Star of Hethlchem," was beautifully , sung by Walter Stevens Ste-vens -Mid rbolr,. This was followed with an address by Ulshop- Wllford O. Ridges. In his opening remarks he spoke his sincere appreciation of the beautiful beau-tiful and Inspiring music which had been rendered by the local singers, also saying that a great work was being accomplished by them both at home and abroad. The speaker then spoke at some!. length on the dlc-(.rjnes dlc-(.rjnes of the x-hurch, both of former times and of the present day. exhorting exhort-ing all present to obey the gospel of Christ and tu - reecho tho many blessings promised to the faithful. Tho large congregation were greatly Impressed by his earnest and sincere aildress. ' ' A greatly appreciated feature or the program following Bishop Ridges' remarks, was th6 tenor sulo, "A Dream of Paradise," by Hamilton Gray, sung by Mr. E. F. Tout, wjth cello and organ accompaniment. The beautiful tones of the cello played by Miss Maggie Tout with rare skill, blending with those of the organ under un-der tho able hands of Mr. Sam F. Whitaker. combined with -tho well known vocal ability of Mr. Tout, made .i most beautiful number. After tho rendition of his solo, Mr. E. F. Tout took the stand and gavo a very interesting talk about his experiences In the old country. , Ho I said In part that it was one of tho : happiest moments of his life to receive re-ceive a welcome from such a splen- (Mil congregation and to have tbe opportunity op-portunity of relating some of his experiences ex-periences and bearing his testimony to them. I uscxl to wonder, be said, as I sat in the choir, if I would ?.me day be wufthy to be called Into the woild to preach the. goapel and 1 am thankful that the 01 portunity has been rulne. I a:u aI?o thanked beyond measure '(and I do noc say this boastfully) "that my family has been blessed of Cod with talents which have enabled us to visit fouje of the homes of the higher clats df pe pie la tbe old country, whom tbe elders could not reach. An experience experi-ence of this -Kind which happened o my daughter Maggie, that cam.- as a fulftlrnlent of a promise given her lu a patilarcbal blessing while on a former visit home, tho promise being that vhe should sing before tho royal lamllles of Europe was as follows. While pursulug her musical studies In Paris she was staying with a French lady. One day during her practice hour' a lady, whom ehe found out later to be the governess of the children of the Priucess or Wales came into the room and heard her slug. After ' complimenting Maggie Mag-gie highly on her voice tho lady uske-d If she could bring her mistress to hear her sing on some future occasion. oc-casion. As we werfc leaving Pari shortly afterward Maggie gave our London address to the lady. A short time- after our arrival in London, we riceive-d a letter from the princess, asking Maggie to come and sing for her. I answered the latter and Invh. rd her lind hc-r party to our general conference -wJeJ was to be held the t olio viia i Jbu'nd-iyi ' ' Acce'tlnR tho Invitation they attended at-tended the conference at which Mng, fin sang several numbers, and Llst-eneTr Llst-eneTr lb a" urnst Inspiring address by Ajiostle Tenrose. Continuing the speaker told of lhe prophecy by John, of the restoration of the- gospel-and its fulfillment by tho .Pjo.rdiet Joseph SmiUi, alsj ot his' experiences In tho 6'rcet meel- |