The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-08-27

the choir and the rostrum. John Taylor's
seat was vacant, so were the seats OF tne
counsellors. Three OF the apostles were
present, two OF the bishops, and NUMBER
OF the elders. Some Of them were rough-
looking men. and did not indicate large
amount OF sanctity. They were all OF
them weIghty-looking men, and severai Us
nonderors ms the stones with which the
new temple Is being built. The services
onened with q hymn. read by one OF the
elders, so was informed.
THE GREAT ORGAN PEALED FORTH
its solemn tones, and the vast choir sang
sweetly and with perfect harmony. The
male portion OF the choir sat on one side
Of the rostrum. the female on the opposite
side. The females were ordinary look
inp-none of them handsome, but the
Younger ones with bright, beaming faces.
There was no gaudiness or show In their
apparel. but all Of them were becomingly
but ploinly dressed. There were more
women and children in the congrega-
tion than there were OF men. The
women and children generally came in
topether. The men sauntered in on their
own hook. In two instances noticed a man
enter with young babe in his arms, close
Nv
They quickly took their seats, and then the
youngest woman took the baby. She evil
IDENTIFY was the mother OF the child. Over
8 per cent. Of the whole congregation look
ed like foreign-born. About the same pro-
portion OF church officials looked like ma
tlycs. / sat on seat sandwlched In De-
tween number OF Mormon sisters, and
every now and then / would ask them
question about the men who prayed and
gave out hymns, but they seemed to know
as little about it rs / did. After the first
hymn was PRAYER. 1T was offered
bv n rotund. Notwithstanding man, with
a white head. He made a good, strong
prayer. and prayed particularly for the
Iatter-Day Saints. Then came another
hymn, and being familiar one added my
melodous voice to the thousands that sang
II. Then n fine-looking man arose from the
lower tier and blessed the bread pre-
paratory to the sacrament. A long table,
covered with white cloth, extended in
front OF the rostr,lm. Behind this sat
twelve men; twelve baskets were filed
water.
TAKING TIE SACRAMENT.
First the bread was handed around the
whole congregation, then the water was
blessed, and this handed around in the
same way. The bread was eaten in
mechanical way-not a particle OF solem-
nifty about il. Bread was put in the
mouths OF infants not six months old by
their mothers, and the little things kicked
and clawed rs though they were taking
castor oil. While this was going on tall
man, with gray whiskers, looking very
much like Tom Hamblcton, OF the Fourth
ward-but knew il was not Tom-arose
from the desk Of the elder, and began to
preach. This discourse was real Nor
mon one, and evidently intended for the
Illinois editors and other strangers whom
it was known would attend that day.
was not able to take down his sermon in
but he started out TO show
that Joseph Smith was an apostle OF Jesus
Christ, and that the present apostles OF the
church were his lineal descendants. j did
not hear him through. because was COM
PEELED to leave, in order to take the cars
that afternoon for Ogden. / saw enough
to repay me for remaining over one day
longer, and if every sight-seer from the
East will only take time TO stop here for
iortv- eight hours, and keep his eyes and ears
open. he will see and hear enough to keep
him in deep thought all the way to The
Pacific. There are many other matters in
relation TO Utah-its resources, its mines,
It's climate, fruits, etc., which | am pre-
pared to say something about, but this let
ter is already too long, and think have
touched on matters more interesting and
important to the majority OF your readers.
/ leave the train tonight and get off at
Reno. Tomorrow will take train for
Carson, Nevada, then by stage over the
loot hills OF the Sierra Nevada to Lake
Tahal, and after crossing this, thence by
stage again to Truckee, on the Central
Pacific railroad, to San Francisco. We
shall remain there and thereabouts for
week or ten days, and then return home by
way OF Denver, Colorado. j. L. Il.