Samuel Francis, counselor in the Morgan Stake Presidency, recorded: "Went to attend dedication services at 8:30. Was in the jam until nearly 10:00 o'clock trying to get in. The temple was so full I could not get a seat. Everything was grand, peaceful, heavenly. I heard the voice of God speak through President Woodruff." Samuel's wife, Esther Francis, and their eldest daughter, Lovinia, attended the dedication the next morning while Samuel attended to business around town.7 The Sunday School children of the Church had donated funds for building the temple, and they expressed a desire to attend a dedication service. The First Presidency set apart Friday and Saturday, 21 and 22 April, for the children under sixteen years of age. This invitation was extended especially to the children in primary classes, those of the first and second intermediate grades. Arrangements were made with the railroad to transport the children at reduced rates.8 The Sunday Schools of the Morgan Stake were to meet at the West Gate of the temple block at 12:30 in the afternoon, Friday, 21 April 1893, for the third session of the day.9 Joseph Lyman Mecham, a nine-year-old boy living in Milton, attended the dedication with his father. He received his recommend from William Giles, who had just been called in February as bishop of the Milton Ward. Eighty- five years later, Brother Mecham bore his testimony in sacrament meeting in the Milton Ward of the great honor that had come to him as a boy to hear President Wilford Woodruff dedicate the Salt Lake Temple.10 Morgan Stake Presidency Reorganized During the time of the dedication of the Salt Lake Temple, a change was made in the Morgan Stake Presidency. Willard G. Smith was honorably released, having been called on a mission to the southern states.11 Richard Fry, first counselor to President Smith, was called as stake president. The call came on his sixty-second birthday, 15 April 1893-12 Samuel Francis, who had been second counselor to Willard Smith, wrote in his journal on 15 April 1893: "Went to see Brother Fry before he went to the city about bringing blank recommends for the Temple." President Fry mentioned nothing about his new calling during this visit.13 He may have received notification of the call in the mail, if he picked it up on his way to "the city," which may have been Ogden or Salt Lake City, or he may have been asked to come to Salt Lake City for an appointment with the General Authorities, which may have been one reason why he went to "the city." At any rate, the next day, Sunday \6 April 1893, Samuel Francis went to see Brother Fry to pick up the blank recommends. Samuel wrote in his journal format date; "He [Brother Fry] told me he had been appointed President of the Stake. He asked me to be his first counselor. I told him if it was his personal wish I would- He said it was."14 The same day President Francis was called to serve in the new stake presidency, the stake meetinghouse caught fire and burned. It was Sunday morning, and Sunday School was in progress. Bishop Anderson of Round 44