The Nevada picayune., 1885-09-24
Tie MormonS aad their Temple.

to the Temple:
 Your readers will doubtless be interested in q brief account of the Mormon services in the tabernacle in Salt Lake City, which l attend. ed to-day, as showing the temper of mind of tho Latter Day Saints, with reference to efforts now being made to enforce the Edmunds law against poiygamy.
 reached this city from Ogden about II o'clock. Tine general ap- pcarace of the city was little dis appointing. The mountains, with here and there patches of snow, are grand, the sky bright, the streets are wide. the trees are pret- ty, and some of the door yards are beautiful. But the streets are not clean, the houses seem dilaptdAted and neglected. the ditches by the roadside are grass grown, weeds abound, and the place seems pre- maturely old. The streets are very dusty and the sun very hot.
 Near the tabernacle l met an old man from England who has been here for twenty years. He told mo that "tllis is the true church Them as haccepts the gospel with q honest 'eart knows it's true.' He believes polygamy right "beoause God is the same yesterday, to-day and forever; He never changes. ne allowed poly. gamy in the old times, and he does so now.n He does not have two wives himself. "becausc he i5 old, and not like these 'ere young fcl. lowS.'
 X buxom widow from Norway, who stood waiting for the gate to open; avowed her belief ill this as the true kirk" because she never felt happy till she was baptized. She knew by the way she felt that this is the only kirk. She thought polygamy ri@ht "becauae Joe Smith allowed it He would not have allowed polygamy if it was not right
 Services in the Tabernacle be- gan at and closed at i o'clock. About 3,000 people were present. 4 well trained choir of about fifty male and female voices sang the hymns. led by the great organ. The people d.d not sing The sec end stlnza of the opening hymn was this:
 Should persecution rage and flame, 1 Still trust in the R'decmcr's name, 1 In fiery trials thou shalt soc,
 That, as thy day, thy strength shall be.
 The opening prayer was made by "one of the temporal bishops, a,' as I was told by one of the elders who showed me to a seat and sat beside me. l learned from him that they have no stated preaCher but that some one is chosen 10 speak after the audience assem- bles. He knows nothing of it un- l til asked to rise and preach. "Ev- cry Mormon,' The said, ''is expect ed to live his religion, and be so filled with the Holy Spirit as to be always ready to preach" "
 After another hymn, the break ing of break, the invocation of bless ing was offered and the deacons began the distribution of the ele- ments, The passing of the bread occupied half an hour. When this was done the preacher was inter- rupted by one of the deacons ask ing in inaudible tones a blessing on the cup-of water,
 The water was then passed to all, including little children.
 When the deacons began dis tributing the bread, a MT Stray ner, a good-looking man and very graceful speaker, was designated to preach. He took tor his text, I Cor. 3:10 15, and spoke for one hour iu a rambling sort of manner on the degrees in heaven. The third heaven, typified by the sun, is reserved for the true saints. es- pccially the followers of Joe Smith, those who at the end of 1000 years are to rise and reign with Christ on this earth during the sabbatia 1000 years. The second heaven, tyLified by the moon, is for those who accept the true gospel, and during the millennium are admit ted to resurrection. The lowest NY