Show FUNERAL SERVICES the of elder halliday were carried to the grave the funeral of elder wilh ard fralli liv 1 lie largest congregation in the of pleasant aroe assembled at claran hall afternoon noon to pay their to one who was so highly respected and beloved A great many friends from provo american fork and alpine were present among alie br ethern on the stand were president smoot and john the meeting was called to order at p m by jas thorne after singing and prayer elder W W dark who was with brother haibi day at the time of his death and accompanied compa nied alie remains home gave an account of elder missionary labors fram the time he left home up to alie time of his abath he bore record of the high moral worth of the deceased and ins untiring efforts to spread the gospel among the people his description of brother Halli daya last hours was listened to with rapt attention he said eliat when he was very low and after the doctors had given him up he was administered to and immediately he raised up in bed and commenced singing do what is right let the consequence follow etc the speaker closed by asking gods blessings to be with the widow and fatherless children also the relatives and friends president smoot said that brother halliday had not only been released from his mission to the southern states but had also been released from this sphere of action to labor in a higher one tills body would not have time to return to mother earth before the morning of the resurrection we are right on the threshold of that great event the speaker gave many consoling words to the bereaved president jolia said that bro halliday had died in a good course died while laboring in the holy priesthood in spreading the gospel to the nations of earth although a young man he was allowed to remain here the same length of time as our savior being 33 years of age when christ was raised upon alie cross and put to death every thing seemed dark and gloomy to his trends and relatives all the fond hopes that his mother mary had built up from the time she received the message from the angel until he was 33 years of age seemed to be blasted he was laid low in the grave but the third day he arose triumphant and that same power would rise bro holliday in the morning of the first resurrection A few closing remarks were made by bro james thorne and bishop brown at the close of the services the cje mains were viewed by upwards of two thousand people the large procession that followed alie remains to the cemetery were arranged as follows 1 tenion brass band 2 hearse 3 mourners 4 bishop councillors councilors Counci lors and visiting authorities 5 quorum of seventies 6 Y M and Y L M I 1 associations 7 sunday schools 8 general public the dedicatory prayer over the grave was given by elder W W dark PLEASANT march 17 |