Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-15
NOTABLE REUNION
or WEBER STAKE.
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VI LULU
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same privilege It was most inf5PllrI
inr sjght ana many "a heart ihioDDD9
Win ioy az This unexpected h0hoI ", '5
Measure. As they passed by we ''a''
tbay marched across the tlouhI7 90 ~,
Institute which had been prepared lo'
incl. visit AS one entered Ile i.Doun
lIghtel with electricity urlutuuu!
decorated With flowers, three ,ohs W
hles were seen laden WIN lne sooH
things of Me and loaded WIN IEas''"'
emf flowers Chustensens orcheslIa ol
cupled the stage II boWeIE OF Uo"tI'
and evergreeus IIrAted by eo'oIeu lu-
condosCents Swing lhe N".'.
room a cheerful ana thaTu'.UE
effect. Sweet lu''1nalre5 We're pre-
eented 90 every member OK lhls Iu's,
reunion. and a host W }"Uns 'l'UII
In white waited upon IN" pf'luirI, "u'
sisters assembled The moment OF.
entered the room one was STRUCK "Il'
the simple, pure beauty n tuH 'n tut.
arrangement and a. i lAN oSselHpig
hall, sense Of something s1oI,u "uu
holy wae experienced by Whlch Ihe en-
joVmynt Of the scene became suDIuS'h
vel ayhlauled into @ sweet intensity
seldom experienced In THIS llie.
An but Dhe visitors had entered ana
been seated around the BOARD Wu''
President SNOW and his. party arrived
As they asncnlnl the steps Leading mo
the ball the entire congregation AROSE
and sang We Thank Thee, . Hol l1I
Prophet" Patriarch Juhn SlnIh
called fNr the blessings or goa UI9h
the food and then nearly am houI was
spent at The banquet where the hI'ehl-
ness 0f ihe cluntananc' of eaIh present
fully testified " the pleasure ana en-
joymcgt furnished 10y me OCCASION
As soon as the rrIreshlu'hIs were
pau1keu Of Sister Mary tarley sang
lizard tines come again no more ihe
asgembIy Joining heartily IN the chorus
A picture OF the entire group was
taken hy Brother II H. Ihomas Oh tne
High1prlC ~ he Firth ward after
which President Shurtlln introduced
Apostle Rudfef CaWson, VINO, ne saldi
would make an ailer-dlnner speech
AposTr ~ e.. ,IvsON,s TALK
Apostle ClaWsun SAID IN effect, Presl-
dent Snow aud President Shurtifi and
brethren and sisters feel highly
honord TO- be- present on this occasion,
and when came into the other room
and looked down on those assembled ]
felt impressed mat THIS was gathering
Of importance because ! remembered
that those assembled were the Leading
authorities or this stake OF Zion, one OF
the important stakes OF the Church,
They were the watchmen upon the
towners Of Zion set there as sentlnels
to watch over the precious and immof'
tai souls In this stake And ! thought
further O how great is the responsible.
lty OF these favored ones How great
are the anXioties, and trials, and DIM
culties that they much meet grapple
with and overcome, and ! said, they
shall have 10y In their labors ana great
shall be their reward, very much enjoy
and appreciate the spirit ana influence
OF our meeting ana the remarks and |
testimonies OF President Snow ana |
President Smith, and the beautiful and |
instructive exercises given and ] am
reminded by the remarks or President |
Snow OF my experience IN the peni- |
Tertiary az the time OF his lncarcera- |
ton ! remember with a great deal OF |
pleasure and satisfaction my assoca- |
ton with him there. ! came there before |
him and remained after he had left. ] |
VIII give you some OF my impressions |
OF him, He seemed TO accept the sltua-
ton with the most sublime patience.
Though II was q trying time yet he |
was ever cheerful and ready 10 offer |
words OF comfort and ENCOURAGEMENT |
10 the brethren who were with him.
Without hattery and | am not given TO
that ] can say that | think and feel |
that our President accepted this ex-
perience and trial as an angel or God,
On one occasion II 30 happened that
all the brethren at that time In the
penltentiary had assembled IN one
room. There were none others gathered
with u.s.. for once we were alone. Pres.
dent Snow made a proposition u us
that was startling In It's nature. He
asked each one OF us separately 20 eX-
press himself on that proposition He
said we were confined here for con
science sake, to defend the Gospel OF
Christ Now the proposition was some
thing which perhaps never before had
been made In an earthly prison house
tie said. | propose that IN this prison.
behind these prison walls we shall Of
Ter up the sacred shout II Is possibly
against the rules Of the prison and were
II known we might not be permitted
TO do 50, but ! propose II as we are
here In the defence Of one Of the prin-
cipes Of the Gospel OF the Son Of God
The brethren some thirty or forty In
number, AL spoke, one after the other
and each expressed himself as highly
In favor Of the proposition. A few mo-
ments were then spent In training as 1t
was new 10 some Of us and we had to
learn H. President Snow gave us the
training. He said | want 1t under
$1,000 lhat II you undertake to do this
you must llt your voices 10 the very
heavens put your Whole souls into me
Shout raise your voices ana send 1t
NO the very heavens. We agreed TO
ulls, tpoE our manu- kerchlets ana waved !
lIleli' ald ralsea such Shuut from mat |
mlsoh nIu.e as was never heard
ulere before seemed as II
we bulldlhg would be lifted from
NS iouhlH.'hs, ana the very
vans Uenp.el Ihe very souls
VI lue men ,nea'ccIa''d m mat prison
went mo mat shout As ! now re-
me'n3er y Is was most extraordinary
was sacred and Curious, The sequel