The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-25
HONOR NAME OF
JOSEPH SMITH
Mormons Hold Two Big Special Serv-
ices in the Tabernacle.
BISHOP WHITNEY SPEAKS
EIGHT THOUSAND CHILDREN
PARTICIPATE IN MORNING.

w coupled With addresses on the
tenets Of Mormonism. the Lat
ter-day saints OF the four stakes EN-
braced within tho limits Of salt Lake
Yesterday commemorated the one hun
dredth anniversary OF the birth OF the
Prophet Joseph smith founder OF the
church. Morning and afternoon ser
vices were held at the Tabernacle. and
the evening services at the various
ward meeting houses had special ref
erence 10 the day.
The morning tabernacle service was
under the auspices or the Sunday
schools. Eight thousand children oc-
cupied the body Of the tabernacle and
oVerfowed into the galleries, Charles
r. Felt, superintendent 0f the SAT-
Lake stake Sunday schools presided
and the priesthood of Liberty. Ensign.
Pioneer and salt Lake stakes occupied
seats on The platform.
The big body Of assembled sunday
school pupils opened the services by
singing a Christmas carol This was
followed with a prayer by John r.
N-inder. first counselor 70 President
JOSEPH +. smith The Sunday school
pupils sang again. this time the selac-
ton being, Far, Far Away on Judea =
Plains"
Superintendent Felt delivered E brief
greeting He emphasized the double
cause for rejoicing that the Latter-day
Saints have upon such an OCCASION
rejoicing over the approach of tn
Christmas season and over the birth
anniversary OF the prophet
Miss Esther Davis and Miss Beatrice
Williams sang a duet entitled, Let
the Children Come 10 Me"
Miss sahcoek Talks.
Maud May Babcock. instructor in
eIoeutiOn in the University of Utah
then delivered the principal address of
the morning service. Her talk was en-
Titled Two Birthdays She opened by
saying that while the anniversary OF
the birth Of Christ is celebrated by all
Christian peoples on Dec. p. the real
truth is that Christ was born on Apri
g. That date corresponds with the
anniversary Of the organization Of the
Mormon church. IL is the date when
one Of the semi-annual church con
ferences is held and was the date Of
the beginning and the completion
forty years apart-Of the Mormon tenn
pie in Salt Lake.
Miss BabGOck emphasized the TACT
that God has repeatedly found il ueces-
sary TO send some divinely ordained
man into the world TO restore His gos-
pei and 10 cali upon people 10 repent
Of their sins. She traCed the fail ~
Adam and Eve. the rejected and de-
rided warning Of Noah 10 a sinful
world. the sending Of the ancient prob
cts. and finally the birth Of Christ.
After dwelling ON Christ's mission on
earth at length. Miss BabcOck declared
that after his death and after cent?
ries had passed il became necessary
for God 10 have His gospel restored 10
q world with had apOsJatized, and
for that purpose His divine win WAS
revealed 10 Joseph smith. Her address
was a general defense of the tenets 81
the Mormon church.
John W. Rigdon Faints.
While Miss Babcock was talking
JOHN ". Rigdon, one Of the guests OF
honor. tainted. and had 10 be carried
from the tabernacle by four men. He
was soon revived and taken home. Nh
Rigdon. who is g years old, is = son
Of Sidney Rigdon, one of the early as
sociates of the Prophet Joseph.
Following Miss BabcOck the Sunday
schools sang Joseph Smiths First
Prayer" Then followed DR.. J. +. Tai
mage. professor Of geology in the Uni
. dress laudaIOTy Of the church and its
teachings.
The keynote Of Or. Talmage's address
was the earnest declaration that no
/ false prophet could have accomplished
the work done by Joseph Smith. He
pointed out how the church which h
founded IN q humble way had grown
and multiplied.
THE words and works OF a false
prophet" declared DR. Talmage, al
ways die" and ne laid stress on the
fact that the words and work OF Jo-
seph smith sriil survive and flourish.
Repeat Church Doctrines.
The children of the Pioneer stake
school then reCiUed in concert verses
/ 10 6. section IS. Of Inc Doctrines ana
. Covenants George ID. Piper sang q
SOLO entitled 1.-THE Children's Friend %
The testimony of the three witnesses
10 the original transcription of the
Book OF Mormon by Joseph Smith was
reciJed in concert by the pupils OF the
salt Lake Sunday schools. OTganist
j. J. Mcclellan played The Enchanted
Bells"
The pupils Of the Liberty stake sun
day schools recited THE BeatitudeS.
from the Book of Mormon. III Nephi
verses to L. Boys and girls selected
from the Pioneer stake Sunday schools
sang the chorus entitled. zone Hun
dred Years" The pupils Of the Ensign
stake schools recited THE Articles a.
Faith" in concert. and l. p. .Christen-
sen rendered 'The Holy City'S as a cor
net solo. The audience sang "Sing the
Wondrous Story" and then George
/ Reynolds. first assistant general super-
intendent of the Sunday schools
+ throughout the world nrOnounccd the
/ benedictiOn.
BISHOP WHITNEY TALKS.