The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-29
TEMPLE AND TABERNACLE.

residence of She President Of the .
Church. President Snow having taken
formal possession Of 30 last week.
when President Snow releases the
reins ~ the presidency. his successor
viii be- expected 90 take up his abode
la the Beehive There is ample room
in the huus, for bali % dozen families,
and the plans made are Of the most
gcnerou, nature.
During the reign of brigham Young
Il wa, his favoritc residence, although .
FOR time previous to his death the
Gurdo house called 10y some the Anne
liza Palace, stood just ubross the street .
aud was more modern and Ia many /
ways more Inviting
Upon the death Of President Young. |
however there were many legal skcins F.
10 untanrle, aud rs result President |
John Taylor. his successor, lived for
awhile at his old residence ON First
West street. between South Temple
aud First South, finally removing TO
the Gardo house, which was at that
time regarded as the residence OF the
president
When MILFORD Woodruff assumed
power the Gardo house, with much
other church property was tied up IN
the cscheat proceedings, and President
Woodruff lived at his suburban home
In Waterloo, known us the Woodruff
Villa
Elder Phillip MaycoclS, just rcturnep
from a mission to the Holy Land, was
the first speaker to address the congre'
cation at the Tabernacle services Sun
day, September 10. at salt Lake. Mr..
Maycock has been abroad for three
years, two OF which were spent In mis-.
sionary work In Germany and switzer-
land aud the third In Palestine. lie
and his companion, Andrew Larsen,
found IL difficult TO make progress In
spreading the religion OF the Saints
among the inhabitants Of the country
where Christianity had It's birth. There
Is Il lack Of energy among the people
| there. he said. "a lack OF what Is known
IA push In the western world. He
| spoke OF the fatalistic tendencies OF
the people. No matter what comes,
good or bad, they say IL Is Gods will
aud do not complain. They are salts
fed with anything, seeming 10 think II
is Gods will and the right one. Thus
II IL hard 10 interest them In new
kind Of religion, because they are sat
isacd with the religion which their
fathers knew and which has been
handed down TO them through tho
generations. The speaker referred to
the terrible poverty existing among
the people OF that land, which they
know from the cradle TO the grave, and
said that though he had seen poverty
In this country and in the countries OF
Europe, he had no real conception OF
what poverty really was until he went
among the inhabitants OF that once
blessed land and witnessed the terrible
suiferings they endure through II.
Elder A. l.. Fnrrcl, who presides over
the Netherlands and Belgian mission,
In letter, describes n conference held,
which he says proved to be the most
pleasant experience OF his missionary
life.
Every elder and every lady mission
AIRY lHboring In this mission was on the
stand, save one. and while she was, OF
is born missionary she has not re-
ceiyed her call or missionary certit'
cate yet; otherwise every missionary,
born or appointed, with or without
certificate, was present
The morning meeting was attended
principally by Saints alone, III was mr.
ranged in this way Intentionally and
the attendance was fully Us large ~
we ever had before where both Saint
and strangers have made up the con
gregation. The night meeting wal
well advertised, aud the house rs re
suit was full to the doors, being a
least as many again present as ut thu
morning meeting, the difference, too
: consisted wholly Of strangers. During
Doln inc htINlcth Nllc klchNeob ppanipi
Z quiet prevailed and all went away sat
n isfied.
A letter from Chattanooga, Tenn.
o says; Last week Elders Il. S. Fishe
= aud n. II. Tanner attempted TO dis
Il tribute tracts and preach in Bessemer
d Alabama. As usual, on entering tn
n city, they obtained consent Of the cit
officials before going to work. Befor
K they had got out OF the city hall nfte
:, performing this duty, they were AT
y tackled by two citizens, Is. II. Sapp an
J. Charles Gorst. Elder Tanner receive
Is a heavy blow over the right eye. Late
Al the elders were waited on by con
, mittee OF three disreputable mer
- claiming TO come In the name OF th
H. good christian people OF Bessemer, an
'. ordered TO leave the place and ayoi
a further trouble. The elders left th
," city escorted by the police. The fee
A, ing ran very high and reverend Nj
10 Ivy, Baptist minister. accused III
Of elders Of shipping our Innocent WI
men from Chattanooga"
"A The Pope. as is well known. Is e,