The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-24
MARSHAL ANDERSON
At THE TABERNACLE
'Fussy Jimmy" Gives Some His
tory About the Great MOrA
mon Prophet.
TELLS OF FULFlLLMENT
OF HIS PROPHECIES
Describes Conditions the Saints
Found When They Entered
Salt Lake Valley.

James RI. Anderson United States mar
shal for Utah. was the declaimcr at the
services in the Mormon tabernacle sun
day afternoon, Ii is seldom indeed tnal
member OF tho federal bunch VIII
the exception OF the apostle-scnator' ana
he only at conference, appears IN tuc
tabernacle rostrum. so that II was lt-
fgcshnG TO hear the marshal proclaim
tho tcncts of his religion Elder AndSr-
son. however, did not stray from ilie
beaten path OF the doctrines Of his faith,
lie itcratod and reiterated the gospel
as II mas been preached rom the tlhrr-
nacle pulpit for decades: telling OF The
iulnllmcnt OF the prophecies OF Joseph
Smith,
singing AN Hail the Glorious r,cy,. nsy,
followed by the choir and congregation
singing Guide Us, Oh Thou Great Je-
Iovah.'
Fldcr Anderson then occupied the at
tentiou OF the congregation for the re-
inander or The services The prophet
Joseph brought many new things, ana
speaker. He referred TO the three disci-
pics Peter, James and John accompany
ing Jesus Ia tho mount where IN a vision
they saw Moses and ELIAS descend from
heaven and the speaker said that be-
yond the veil those servants Of the ord
still exercised their priesthood and mad
not failed 10 md field oi activity Tor
The salvation OF the human family. He
also referred 10 the voice of the Father
coming from the cloud proclaimms This
is my beloved SON; hear Him
What Saints Believe,
Latter dav Saints believed, said Elder
Anderson. with all their heart the teach
ing of the scripture in that respect. as
In other doctrinal respects. They also
believed that il Was possible in later ages
OF the world 10 receive like visitation
VAS possible TO have such a vision in
their day and tha, Joseph Smith. when
hr went into the woods Ia seek Tor the
truth and for wisdom, two appeared -
him. and il Was testified to In a similar
spirit as thc disciples testified 10 The
vision on the mount. Lattcr-day Saints
also believed that Joseph Smith was
prophet seer and rcNciItor in this dis
ponsatlon. called ny the. voice and power
Of the Almighty. The church had been
bitterly sntaSoniz"d. hut antasonism led
only 10 its development. The more the
church had bccn opposed. The more IT
had grown, fulfilling the prophecy OF the
prophet.
Joseph Smith was a seer Elder An
dcrson continued. and received the priest
hood and tho power and right TO CON
fer IL. and also III" power 10 translate
tlt" Book of Mormon. The speaker ad-
yisod his hearers 20 return good Tor Owl
and not blow for blow. They recognized
In MornoniSm tho science OF lifc. the
philosophy OF all existence and they roe
harmony with all the principles oG ma
turc. that II is vital principle of ma
tuTc.
A Dry Country.
They were full Of humility because
thcY knew their weaknesses In mortal
ity: hut In all the trials and burdens
that had been placed upon Them i'm the
past They had hcen able To have = meas
urc cf unity amongst them Elder An
dcrson said that when the Mormons came
into tho valleys of the mount1inE. they
found them practically uninhabitablc for
large number Of peopfe. There was M
wafer, but tho Lord opened tho foun-
tains of waters in those valleys brought
springs al water where there had boon
dry ground. and where there had been
dry seasons there had been brought down
a rain in abundance as the people in
creased in number Where there had
been frosts and fruit crops hnd been
destroyed. thc Irosts were abated. until
today the finest fruits arc raised by the
Saints. Even the dry areas heretofore
uncul,iyablc they were now bringing
them in aud making them produce Tor
man. in accordance with the promises
made and declared by the prophet Of
The Lord II had been said that the
Saints would become a mighty people In
tho Rocky mountains. and they were the
ful6llcrs OF that prophecy
After the singing OF an anthem by
the choir "Unfold Yc Mortals Everlast-
ing the bencdiction was pronounced by
Joseph l.. Wells.