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Show The Jubilees i How the 0.k In EI-raici! ia-3 Cnd icti'! j ! i I An Interview Wi'-h Hnpt-1 jhat IIo Think of 3a -a I'ete (J-rauty. It will not be possible to pve a detailed account f a'l the jubilees I held throughout the county daring ; the past few weeks, as tin Ruchster i I would be .le.-.se.l do, for the en-! tertainment of those unable to at- j tend; and for tiie encouragement of I pupils and teachers to continue in I j the good work so lyedl begun eleven! 'years ago, am! so faithfully persucd j las to reflect great credit on all con-. 'cerned. We will therefore confine; ; ovrselves 1 1 generalities, or r '.ther to features that are practically the same, at each of the other jubilees, as shown at Ephraim which was the united Sunday Schools of Ephraim and Manti. The day was all that could be desired, de-sired, being cool and cloudy, without with-out wind or rain. ko:o:'!(os'. A Register reporter was admitted to the Tabernacle before the doors were opened to the public, and a I good chance to examine the work j done by the decorative committee, j was thus afforded. Directly oposiie the dour was a large oil pahwing, done by C. C. A.-j A.-j Christensen, subject, Joseph Smith's j first vision. Hoquets of flowers, I festoons, and wreaths of green were ! used in profusion. There were no! ! less than ten b. quets on the stand jand the platform raised for the I sneakers, two or three of which were j four feet high. The pillars, support-j support-j ing thegaller), were wound with red j land blue ri!bc.:i. giving it a trio-color jetlect, and the cut glass cf the chan-j chan-j dehers showed thair prismatic crys-I crys-I tals through a delicate drapery of j pale colors, prettily blended. Small j flags, our naMonal cnblem, filled ail I the inte' s .'.I e .. arid blank spaces on j the walls were hor.nr.:;! with the I series of pictures, on l-k of Mar-linon Mar-linon subject, painted as a prize ! series by one of Cphraira's talented ; artists, C. C. A. Christensen. The j slight outlines of femey green sur-roundin;? sur-roundin;? each picture, brought out the oriental coloring in exquisite re-lie'. re-lie'. Directly oposite. the s'au ! were two hrgi port.-aits, in crayon, of two proniiner.t church In -lies, by Johnson . also aa artist of Ephiuhn, ynung,. talented, and v.-j'.U a fair nro.ijuct of excelling. Presi-Jept J. H. M dbe-i, cf Manti, i called the me-tin to order, r.-a 1 the lopenitig hy.i'i va sung, bv the J Enhrr.i.n LViaiary choir, vr'.ioji lead- ,;r is Antoji C. Lund, :v l was a ver) crev;.ie)''.e -pi-tr,srwfc- - Opening prayer by C. W. Peterson, Peter-son, which was bo:u simple aud impressive. im-pressive. i The second piece of music was rendered by the Manti South Ward ; choir. ! We will not pe-.oue the programme i farther, fractionally, but note only years ago. Sang a song which is a pleasant peculiarity of his asking the audience to join in the chorus, which was heartily responded to. The song was, "Who's on the Lord's side," and when it came to singing the last chorus he asked that part of the audience who really were on the Lord's side to sing it standing. At the proper moment they rose to their feet en nusse, and sang in a reverential manner, tht words of the chorus. After the dismissal exercises the teachers of the Sunday Schools, were aAed to remain, and receive j some instructions for which it was not deemed necessary to detain the congregation. Superintendent Goddard talked to the teachers for some twenty tributes. trib-utes. Said that our own home artists would be employed to make suitable pictures for tiie embeiishment of the Bible, liook of Mormon, and other i incidents of Church History. That I of all the charts offered for inspection, inspec-tion, but one came up to our stand-lard; stand-lard; and that had been accepted and 1 put in use in most of our Sunday j Schools. He hoped the little ones were well supplied with leatlets, and i little bymn books, and encouraged ! congregational singing. lie recommended rec-ommended the Deseret Sunday ! School tune book, and was informed by the superintendents present that i they were in use. Advised that lo o'clock be the hour for opening, and that all be prompt and punctual; that the songs of praise from 60,000 children now enrolled on the books, should ascend to the throne of Grace at tiie same time. Recommended, Recom-mended, as a missionay labor for the older pupils, to bring in those who do not attend. Said that the works in literature, illustrations, books, and miii:c would cost about $100,-000. $100,-000. Related an interesting incident in favor of short sermons, and what the managers of programmes, on such occasions as this, owed to their audience. AFTERNOON'. After the opening exercises Superintendent Sup-erintendent C. W. Peterson, of Ephraim, Eph-raim, made a short and appropriate address, which was followed by the programme exercises. Bishop w. t. reio said a few moments had been given him to express himself, but it always took him a few minutes to get stprted. Said it was almost bewildering to stand before such an au Hones, and h vd :o a man to e: r ss thi t'. o tgh s and feelings of his heart. For one he was deeply grateful to God far the opportunity of standing before a congregation of our children, our beautiful pare, go ) 1 c'liM-ei. And when he listev l to thi e2rci.5J3 he was corastrainsd to think of the men w hom the Lord had called to be our fathers, that think for us and stand bet ween us and harm; who live for us, work far us, and if it is were uecessavy would die for us; and in the terrgrM e--iiUoy,. and satisfaction. Spsakirvj of Supt. Goddard who was present he felt great rerspect for the life of devotion he had given to the cause. He was glad he was with us to see our children child-ren the result of our lives and labors. That the whole earth would some day resound with praise and thanks-givingto thanks-givingto God as this house does to day. Programme, exercises, followed by PRESIDENT HEnRY BEAT, who expressed in a dignified and kindly manner his gratification at what he had seen and heard. His appreciation of the labors of the teachers; and was pleased to say that throughout all the towns where the Jubilees had been held there had not occured one untoward circumstance, circum-stance, there had not been an action the speakers, their instructions, etc., except to say Unit the entire per-1 per-1 fonnaace was a credit to all ccticern-cd; ccticern-cd; to the faithfulness of teachers, I talent, and obedience of the j upils; ' and a proof of a unity in sentiment i The amount and quality of the musical ability, and dramatic talent; j the breadth and depth of the studies ' in which they have proven them-jsel them-jsel es proficient, could not fail to j be gratifying to every person who dcLrcs the welfare of the young people oi San Pete County. President Maiben, in making the opening remarks, stated that the 1 first jubilee was held in San Pete I Stake in 1S79, eleven years ago, lacking three days. All the Sabbath Schools in San Pete county were represented at that jubilee, but since that time we have grown and increased increas-ed in knowledge in a marvelous manner, man-ner, through the blessings and favors of Heaven, and the labors of the of discord. SUPT. GODDARD made a few remarks and the audience assisted him to sing "Utah's best Crop" PRESIDENT PETERSON Addre.itvi the auJ.ef.ee in a few pointed and in tcresting ren:arii.. I'RESinKNT Mai!iN then announced the Jubikc at an end, warmly praised the decoration committee, and called especi-.tl attention to the esirelient pictures by C. C. A. Chn-ten-ten, before mentioned- The cho r sang "IVrtise tiod from wiiom nil blessings flow" and the audience wu3 dismissed widi banidtc-1 banidtc-1 tin. j The Uezistcr Reporter was pre. nted to Supt. i George G.ukUrd. and arl him h v the Ivhr,um I jubilee coTipared with thoie held in other towi of I the CMU'tV? I "With the exception of numbers they are essentially ithesrnnc" "Ho.vd-.es S.hi Pete (JoAjmnare with other part f of the Territory?" S.in Pete Oxinty compares favorably with any other County in ihe Territory. I doc't know an hnnorabte p..sitinn men ud w;nei are ever called to fill that the V01102 people of this comity h.ve not g;t the a iliiy to hit." Voti think thi-n the p:'Vvr of the In-t eleven years h crerlitahle?." "Beamifni, Jbeaiitifid! I am oiil- sorry I did not think of it in time, jot down the nvsl ndm'raSle stdeclions the mnst extpiisit vnircs, and lho-e of the greatest ciimp'-; tnc tnoit m rKed dramatic talcuN etc. But the density of tdunt is wonderful, and not more wondorftd than thai it is almost u aiveri il. And with a kind i;-od niht and a cordi ii hand hae he fot owed Pi i-i. Mjibn to the carriage th it stood in waiting wait-ing at the door to convey them io Manti. sons ami daughters ot Zion among the youth. V.'e have increased in numbers and enlarged our so.wions, and this is only typical of the djs-! djs-! tiny of the Latter-day People. He t then read a remark made by Alexander Alex-ander Campbell, to a missionary. Vie ha 1 asked the elder with regard to the number of pupils enrolled in our Sablth Schools, and on learning learn-ing that the enrollment was 50,000, ihe.said: "lo you know if these ! children ?.re train ;d arit: a power that the world lias not seen since Adam stepped out of the garden of Eden, is growing up in the rocky mountains; and it will revolutionize the world." This was certainly a strong assertion, and yet the speaker speak-er had no conception of the destiny of these children, for they are preparing pre-paring a people for the coming of the Savior. Day after day, and year after vear we should train ourselves in the'pathsof progress. A portion of the program ne was rendered, and the next speaker was J. F. JENS0S, j of Ephraim, who made a few choice remark, and after another interlude ! of son? and story, which completed 1 the forenoon programme, President I Maiben introduced to the audience j scpr. C.S:3JS GODDARO, ! of Salt Lake city, who has been pay-all pay-all the Sunday School jubilees j a 'visit. Superintendent Goddard 'th-n addressed the audience, speak-jn speak-jn high commendation of the ! oidience displayed by the children; '-snokein a gratified manner of his ! vLit to the Ephraim Jubilee eleven . 1 |