Show MANTLE OF FIRST PRESIDENCY FALLS UPON SHOULDERS OF APOSTLE CHARLES W. W PENROSE i 4 Y A 4 V k c v i 1 a 1 t I l 4 I S 'S I i 4 I rS k r p v r 4 V ls' ls S a t 2 4 t jl S. S e J JAMES S Un EDW T I. r. a CHARLES IV Yo II Chosen Choen to 10 fill lill fir the thC vacancy Iu in the quorum of nf twelve e. Chosen second counselor Iu lu the be presidency ii 1 E. E TALMAGE IS NOW AN APOSTLE Quorum of Twelve velve Names S Successor Successor Suc Suc- G- G cessor to John Joh n Henry Smith Official Fal d' d Anno Announcement first presidency nc an and s of or Tim THE the Mormon church yesterday rilea rile elo- levaLe le- le vaLe a leu 1 Ap Apostle itle Charles W W. Penrose to th he tile position of second counselor In th the presidency and High lIth Priest James dairies Edard Talmage c Of tile tho Deseret Des Des' eret i- i it t mus museum uni Uni was c che to lo nc of or thc he tw twelve c 1 apostle apostle- J The appointment of or President rose rosc was not much of ot a surprise and m meets ets with thi commendation lIeis lIe He Hea lIeI I is a a ain mn a-mn in inah of ot r wide o experience perl rice He lie has bc been n active l In hi church work worl and his his' counsel Is Js sou sought hL often ofton Apostle Tal- Tal m nage was not aware of or his appointment until notified by newspaper nW nien men and h he was greatly atI surprised Although he has not lot held official positions' positions in the tho general general gen gen- eral cral boll hod body lie he has been successively deacon deacon dea dea- con Coil teacher and hl high h priest Tile The official announcement of or the appointments appointments ap ap- ap- ap came from tho 1110 first presidency dency as s follows At At At the re regular ular council meeting of he tile first presidency and antl apostles of or the Church of or Jesus Christ of or Latter day Saints held in iii the Salt Lake Ilke temple this his set seventh se day of December 1911 at President Jos Joseph ph F F. Smith and H. Lund Iun an and eight of or the twelve welve apostles were present Charles W V. V Penrose was T selected and unanimously sustained as as second counselor CO In n tile the first presidency to fill the tile vacancy vacancy vacancy va va- cancy occasioned b lI by the thc demise o of or PresIdent Pres- Pres I Ident John Henry Smith and he lie was set apart to this offic and calling under under uner un un- un- un der er hands of or President Joseph F. F Smith all nih the tue other authorities named assist assist- lug ng Also James D. D Talmage was appointed appoint appoint- ed and unanimously sustained to be beo o one of the thc twelve apostles to fill the tho vacancy r. r b by the tho appointment appointment- of Elder Eider Charles W. W Penrose as second counselor In the first presidency JOSEPH JOSEPHF F S SMITH lIf II President of the tile Council pr President P was born horn at London Lon- Lon lon lIon England February 4 1 1 18 1832 Ten Teny y years cars before coining to Utah he hue traveled throughout the tile British Isles as ns a Mor- Mor ormon or- or non mon missionary In 1861 he came camo to Utah residing In lon Farmington for tWo Uvo years and later going to Logan In hi IH was wao called on another mission t ti tu Great Britain ln which lasted three and a a. half years ealS President Penrose went Into business with W. W K E. Shearman Shearman Shearman Shear Shear- man at Logan In ISS the firm flim later Inter being merged with the Logan branch of or orthe the Z K Z C C. M. M J I. I He lIe r removed mo to Ogden Osten In 1870 to start the Ogden Junction i a achurch church chuiCh newspaper which ho iso edited for or seven years cars Pre Young Young- In lJ persuaded rs la od him to come to Salt Lake and join the tile editorial staff start of the News Ho Ito afterwards s became I in editor and anti con continued In that cap capacity lt for over o thirty years ealS Another mission to England followed in ut lasting for or two years Upon his return President Penrose h hl lits t position on Oil the Deseret News r where he lie remained d with the tho exception of two years cars on the tile staff of or th the Salt Lake Herald Her Her- ald aid until ho lie was engaged In the his his- office as us assistant church his his- torian n Previous Pre to another mission to Europe President Penrose was ordained of or the lie twelve apostles as one ii Hc He rc returned re- re In 1910 and since has turned t been en engaged engaged en- en In church work worl throughout the thin state Apostle Tames lames Edward Edwar Talmage i Is a native of or Ilu 11 Berl Berks 1 England where ho was born boin orn on September nl 21 I 1862 He came caille to o Utah Utai with i hi hilS father young anI and anil took when quite a post postgraduate postgraduate graduate course In geology y in Johns Hopkins university In ill I 4 88 4 I HO He 1 mallo his A A. C C- l Cl O In iii I in 1 1891 Ol and received hui his ph i n r fM LJ 11 the Illinois Wesleyan university In jn is Ho lie was professor of if chemistry and geology geology geol geol- In the Young O ogy academy from I to 1888 president o of the I 1 r. r D D. S S. S college 1888 to 1893 president of of Utah 1894 4 to University 1897 1397 and alti professor of geology In Ill n t tue thu same Mune university uni from 1894 to 1907 11 Ho was a 1 delegate ite a from toni the Royal HOal Society of Edinburgh to tho the International Geological Ocolo ceo Geo lo logical logil congress conGre s nt t St. St Petersburg Apostle Talmage e Wl was baptized Into ito the church In lii 1876 und anti resi resided ed In Pro o until 1859 He lie wa was was tile the youngest h priest to he be ordained in the church the honor falling to him when he was but two twenty years ars of or a age c. c Ho lIo has always as been active in church work Ho lie is the tho author of seven works worl's upon the church among the best known being Articles of Faith The Great Apostasy and The Story of or Mormonism Mormon Mormon- ism Apostle postle Talmage is now at work upon a 1 new book bool dealing with ancient and modern temples of or the church which Is to be published d In the lie near future This work worl will Include a detailed de description description description de- de of or the Salt Lake Temple and the tile services held within that famous I edifice It will contain pictures of at er c ery c room toom In the tue tOI as well wen as de describing describing de- de scribing scrIbing- the other temples of or Utah I de-I |