Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-10
ASSEMBLY nall OVERFLOW.
Building Crowded to its Utmost
Capacity During Afternoon

ASSEM- BLY, HAIl. Nv hf LON'
Building Crowded to its Utmost
Capacity During Afternoon
The assembly hall was crowded to
ts utmost capacity long before the
time Of meeting at 2 o'clock yesterday
afternoon. Elder Rudger Clawson OF
the quorum Of the Apostles presided,
and with him upon the stand were I'll
ders Seymour b. Young Angus NJ,
Cannon. Ben Il, Rich Joseph E' Rob
lnson, Andrew Jensen and john W.
Rigdon.
The ogden Tabernacle choir under
the leadership Of Prof Joseph Ballan-
tyne, rendered the music OF the occa-
sion. The first selection was the hymn
beginning with the line, Prayer IL the
souls sincere desire" Elder Walter j.,
Lewis offered the invocation. The choir
then sang Author Of faith, eternal
word"
ELDER SEYMOUR b, YOUNG,
Elder Seymour d. Young addressed
the congregation. He said he had been
deeply impressed with the good Spirit
that had been manifest during ms
conference. He believed that never had
the Saints had greater cause FOR re-
ioiclng than at the present time. IL
was his opinion that the people were
more united than ever before He was
led to this conclusion from his travels
among the people from one end OF the
country TO the other Zion Is growing
and viii continue to grow, notWlth-
standing the fact that many would try
to thwart It's advance and bring trou-
BILE upon the people.
M 10 "a la q "a lnNnI me
great government Of the United states.
II was founded with the favor and by
the Sririt Of the Almighty When the
convention met TO frame the Constitu-
ton confusion regned, and but ittle
urogresslon was made until, AT the sug-
gestion Of John Hanco.N prayer was
offered. after which harmony and good
viii prevailed. 49,
The speaker related an incident Of his
childhood wherein his mother held MIN
up 10 view the Prophet joseph ana the
Patriarch Hvrum passing through Maui
VOC 10 surrender themselves AT Garth
age. In few DAYS came the dreadtul
news of the marlyrdom. Then came
the leadership OF Brigham Young ana
his successors, all Of whom the speaker
said he knew We're called of GOD Or
the present leader, President Joseph f.
N.
was the right man In the right place.
ELDER BEN e, RICH.
A sacred solo by Miss Myrtle Ballan-
tyne Of ogden was followed by remarks
by Elder Ben II. Rich, president of the
Southern states mission. lie praised
the men who at the instance or kine
James, had compiled and trans
lated the Bible. They had done
their best. but being uninspired, hau
made mistakes, and sometimes nueu
I'M improper words where the Original
words could not be declphered. Inns
has at times led to confusion ana mis-
understandings ..
Elder Rich believed that the Latter
day Saints are oft-times too submissive
when assailed by opponents lie told
of an endeavor that had been made Il
debar him from becoming member o.
n certain society to which he was III
every way entitled, solely because hC
was a Mormon" lie said that this
Church will not fall to pieces; God wi
not permit such a thing TO happen, The
speaker said that he had never known
President Brigham Young to say bui
one inconsistent thing and that wa,
when he advised those who wanted tc
apostati1e to do so, but TO be decent
about It, as though such a thing was
possible.
OTHERS MAKE REMARKS.
Elders Andrew Jensen and Joseph
n. Robinson spoke, the former upol
his late missionary experiences, and
the latter upon the subject Of true char
ity. u,o.u,,
John w. Rigdon, son Of sidney
Rigdon was then introduced, He said
that ne Joined the Church OF Jesus
Christ OF Latter day Saints six month,
ago and hoped TO remain firm therein
until the end. After visit to the wesl
I'm 1864, he had returned to the home OF
his father, who was near the end OF MS
mortal life. He said 20 his sire that as
the latter had not long to I'VE, ne
owed It to himself, 90 his FAMILY ano
to the world to tell what he knew about
the coming forth Of the Book Of Nor,
mon. The dying man raised his hano
and avowcd before heaven that the ilrs'
he knew Of the book was when II was
brought 10 him by Oliver Cowdery Ziba
Peterson and Farley p. Pratt. His wife
and daughter Che latter Is still living
were present, when the book was pre-
scented, and both testified to the son and
the brother Of the facts as stated by
sidney Rgdon.
Brother Rlgdon also said yesterday
that he 'was present at the Liberty jail
with his mother and with Emma Smith
and her little son Joseph, the latter now
president Of the Rrcorganized Church
ana who Is said to have been ordained
and set apart by his father on that oc-
caslon. DE testified that no such or
dination or setting apart took place
The speaker bore a powerful testimony
to the truth of the latter-day work,
The choir sang an anthem and the
ben(H,cuon was pronounced by Elder
Angus NJ, Cannon