Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1891-09-12


A lss,ing monument 10 his name and
fame. Imagine perfectly symmetri-
cal watermelsn-One Of the long kind
.plit in the middle leDgihwise and
me balf set. fiat side down on a rather
souatty foundation, and you have a 1
miniature model Of the Tabernacle. |
The side walls are probably twenty |
fact high. but 80 great Is the expsDse |
Of the roof aud 30 perfect the curve /
that &, seems 20 rise almost from The |
ground. By Te3son Of the great area |
that it covers it is aisc very deceptive
In height, appearing from the exterior
10 be very low building, though in J
reality upwards OF ninety feet high ia
he center. Tue interior = without
post or pillar, except for the support OF
the gallery, which eDcircles the whole
auditorium. The vast interior ex-
pansp, probably 2OOx6OO feet, and from
seventy to ninety feet high, is ss open
and clear of obstruction a. the blue
vault of heaven, which accounts for
the wonderful acoustic properties Of
the building, unequaled believe any
wnere. The capecity of the building
Is 1900, and good judges estimated
that fully 10000 were present on this
Sunday, yet in all this vast audience
there was less futter and buzz than in
an ordinary lecture room gathering.
We were fortunate in being present
at something more than an ordinary
occasion, It being what is known to
ssssoTmons 90 as a stake conference"
The heads of the church President
Woodruff, who succeeded Brigham
Young, and Geo, Q. Cannon next in
rank were the speakers. The sermons
were more ample than even OthOdox
christianity has Of late given couute-
nance 70. Mr.. Cannon harsngued for
an hour and twenty minutes by the
watch. and Mr.. Woodruff followed n
an exhortatiOb OF about thirty minu'e-
more. The sermons we're not marked
by the expoundiDg Of any new doc
trines, but were plain and hOmely np-
peals for morality, everyday goodness
and respect for the church. Niuety-
FIVE per cent OF the vast audience were
Mormo. and the bulk o. these we're
ofthe lower elssses. I never saw 3"
many old women together iD all my
life before and might say the same as
req rds old men. The expression on
the faces Of these leOple during all the
long services Vas born of ignorance.
credulity, superstition, aud il required
but little study to solve the question of
how the church was supported ana
enabled to build four million dollar
temples besides supporting a priest
hood in wealth and idleness. The
really epjoyable feature Of the service
was the singing ofa choir Of 300 trained
voices accompanied by the organ. tn,
larg, 81 but one in the country a1d re
ported 10 te,-ss / am prepared 10 be-
Iieve-the sweetest and trnest in tone
D Nothing cluld exceed 10 rich harmony
| The deep, full tones Of this great iustru
D ment, rolling out in great waves o
. melody as the audience departed. An
E other thing that struck me rs beiDI
4 impossible anywhere else but In Sal
4 Lake City, was the dispensing Of tbs
o vast crowd of people at one time AM
: without any confusion or crowdin
Z whatever. 1t was wonderful. Afte
a the tabernacle services, a visit to FaI
4 Douglass, the military post IN the vicl
d nifty of the city, was undertaken by
a number Of the excursionists, while
a few Of the unregeDerate again sough
: the delights of Garfield beach. In th
e evening visit to Calder's Park
u listen to a band concert was plAnne'
a but rain interferred, and the last nigl
b In Zion wss spent In n thorough
,e orthodox manner. and the next morI
n ing at I0:4O the eexcurionists bid adIs
,r to charming SaltLakeCity and its mo
d bospltable people. The return
'. Butte was marked by but two incideD
r the apprehension of Harry Collins
M the Missoula Gazette at Ogden for
" supposed attempt at evading paymel
le for his dinner. which amused the gan
al but mAdeHArry's hair curl with snge
ae and the mistaking Of Col. Butler
~ Pocatello for parachute jumper, wi
Of was TO make sn ascension there q
be next day. On Tuesday morning q
d. party reached Butte aud from the
he departed to their respective BON
o. tired out. but thoroughly satisfied n
Il they had crowded more solid enio
II msnt into one week that was eve .
We complished before.
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