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Show A TRIBUTE By D. H. Christensen JOHN MORGAN February 20, 1947 As president of the Southern States Mission, John Morgan made occasional visits, in the Eighties, tothe San Luis Stake of the L.D.S. Church, in Southern Coloradou Mr. Morgan moved about during his visits to the several wards---Manassa, Ephraim, Richfield andseveral smaller groups. I lived at Ephraim. Of course, on each visit President Morgan addressed the Saints. On Sundays he spoke in Sunday School and sometimes in afternoon and evening meetings. His words were always eloquent and convincing. No one in the audience ever tired when John Morgan spoke. His reservoir of new thought appeared to me to be inexhaustible. If he with purpose repeated some profound thoughts, they were always richly and beautifully clad. In short, he was both eloquent and profound. His tone of voice was rich and mellow. His intonation was perfect, his pronunciation free from flaw, his enunciation always clear and conciseu His sentences " were well balanced and effectively poised. His sermons were logical and faultless. He didn't use notes. He didn't need them. His rich thoughts were apparently waiting their turn. They were at tongue's tip. Mr. Morgan's bearing was always erect, graceful, and dignified whether he was in the pulpit or on the street. He appeared to be cheerful but never frivolous. I do not recall ever having heard him "crack" a joke in his sermons but his words were always thought-provoking, and his facial expression genial and kind. |
