The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-03-24
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n ''enary Of the organization Of the
'''''ei society Of the Mormon church.
S''e held In several Of the wards Of
@'' Lake City ON March A..
Vodired Alder Of Manti died Of pucu.
"'o'A recently while laboriug as
visionary In Switzerland. lie had
~, nv absent from home scarcely year
~ news Of his death came by cable
''uA The presidency Of the European
"''''lon 10 President snow.
., ne hfty.third anniversary Of the
',u' society Of Emery stake was
,'''0'a'ed on the 18th inst A dinner
" - sl'en at noon, aud beginning at
s,"'k an interesting program was
.."u''ed' consisting Of vocal and In
~, 'S1ental selections and speaking,
'1'usaes, etc, and In the evening "A
d qua ball was given In the hall.
A''aio +. Kesler late president Of
~ ~u'horu states mission. a position
""''n he held for about two years, Is
'V',' again lie says that mission II
sv''''O',aining, about $50 elders being
-ut"s,d In IL. their field Of operations
excluding from Canada 10 Virginia
vi h''ler has been succeeded In the
p''''ueney ~ the mission by W. H.
ona't whountil recently was employ.
ed In The Bri,h,v, v,,,,,, ,,,i.,,, a,
Logan.
We anniversary OF the organization
y, 'ne Relief society was celebrated at
N"''e''lle In a hearty fashion. Al 10
oe'ocA large portion Of the commu.
my was gathered ut Dalton hall. and
an interesting program was rendered,
consisting Of speeches. songs, and
written sketches. bearing upon the
prominent subject, after which dinner
was served. The lunch was, Of course,
the big feature Of the day. II was
elaborate with all the good things that
grow around the country and evolve
from the hands aud brains Of country
housewives. In the afternoon the
school children locked In To make a
clearing Of the picnic and enjoy n
"ehildrens dance aud the exercises
OF the day closed with ball at night,
from which everybody under % was In.
vited 10 remain away.
Elder Q. W. Penrose preslded n, the
services In the tabernacle SUNDAY.
March 10.
Elder lie Row c. Snow. son NJ prcsi.
dent Snow. RECENTLY returned from ,hs
missionary field of Germnnv frs, nd.
dressed the congregation In IN,
course of his remarLs no referrca 4,
the difference between Mormon elder
aud ministers Of other secta In Oh,
preparation OF discourses. The nils
sionary, he said. does not beforehand
think OF what he IA going IN say on the
stand, but depends upon the dictates
OF his conscience aud the spirit Of God.
In this he differs from the seetarihn
ministers While at Kirkland, o., the
speaker met Joseph Smith, president
Of the reorganized church OF Jcsu,
Christ Of Latter-day Saints. lie had
heard President Smith bear his testi
mony as 10 why he should be president
OF that church. lie did not profess u
have any revelation concerning II, hui
said he had yielded to n certain feel
ing" and had the same feeling inspired
him TO 20 TO Utah and ioic the Nor
mons, he would have done No. Tn,
speaker met Colonel Il. &. Ingersol
while In the east and had an interview
with the noted inadel. lie told tn,
speaker that he did not claim Their,
was no God, but that IL Is impossible,
for man 10 know there Is a God. Tn,
speaker confuted this, aud told DIR
Ingersol that he knew there was
God and n lengthy discussion followed
all OF which strengthened the speaker
testimony OF the ,ru,h ~ the gosnel
Elder Campbell NJ. Brown, also re
turned from Germany, reported hi
mission. lie had the pleasure Of hap
tizlng the fist saint In the city .
LiepsiR, and established b. ,.el
there. Elder Brown related the cir
cumstanees OF healing AN aged lady
stricken with paralysis, In the city o