The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-11-08


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ami alleryg Nua many more crowd in
" 8akae az tho great conferences. A
bEead gallery closes around at the front
! where the choir sit In two wings. facing
each other, the men ON one side and the
women opposite. The space between
| is filed with three long crimson-cush-
Toned pulpit desks, in each Of which
twenty speakers or so can sit at once,
each rank overlooking the heads of the
one beneath. The highest was designed
ior the President and his two COUNSEL
| lors; the second one for the twelve
apostles, and the lowest for the Bishops,
but believe the order is not very
rigidly observed.
| The acoustic properties of the house
are almost perfect. A former deficiency
| of light has been overcome by the use
of electricity, and the chilling baroness
of the huge whitewashed vault is re-
| lieved by hangings of evergreen and
| flowers made Of tissue paper, the effect
of which is very good indeed.
Every Sunday the sacrament il adj
ministered. the table loaded with the
baskets of bread and tankards of water
occupying dais al the foot Of the pull.
| pits. Gradually a number Of Bishops
take their places behind this table. and
watch the congregation gather, people
coming in through the dozen or more
side doors as though the Tabernacle
was huge sponge absorbing the popu-
| lation of the Territory. Mingling with
the rest come many strangers, bringing
! the latest tailoring and millinery, and
these strangers are always conducted 10
seats down in front, where they can be
addressed effectively in body. At one
door stands huge cask of cold water,
with several tin cups handy, and nearly
all stop to drink as they come in. Later
you Will see tin pals holding quart or
more. and having handles on both sides,
circulating through the audience, and
reiliied from time to time by small
Ganymedes running about in chip hats
and well-starched plnafores. Precisely
~ 1--WE o'clock the grand organ sends
forth its melodious summons, and the
noise q busy volces-the hum OF the
yerlta1le honey-bees Of Deseret in their
nome hlve--is hushed' A hymn ls an
nounced lDy some brother in business
coat whom you VIII meet IN trade to-
morrow, perhapsl, and sung by the
cnolr, for though the tune may be one
OF the OLD familiar ones, the audience
does not JOIN IN She singing.
The music Of the Tabernacle has a
great reputation In the West, and it
would hardly be fair 20 deory it because
it does not come up to New York per-
Torrance. It is conspicuously good for
the material at hand and the locality
The organ, a handsome instrument,
nearly as large as the great organ in tho
Boston Music Hail. is not so readily dis
counted, however, and is played with
much skill, to the constant delight of
the people.
After the singing comes d long PRAYER
by some laymansprlest, and i hymn.
during the singinnof which eirht Bish-
ops break the slices Of bread into NOR
sells. Then. while the bread Il beirs
passed through the audience "a the
communicants- Everybody, old and
Young, partakinQ- President TAYLOR Or
from the Bible, usually from Revela-