Funeral Services of The Late Andrew L. Hyer Largest In History of Lewiston. His Friends and Neighbors Extol Him As a Great Leader, Sterling Citizen, Devout Churchman, and a Genuine Big Man. The funeral services over tho remains re-mains of tho late Bishop Andrew L. Hyer, of Lewiston, were held in the large Tabernacle of the Lewiston First Ward t Sunday at 3 P. M. tho event breaking nil recoids In tho history his-tory of tho . ward, ibtinging a laigo crowd from almost every town throughout thr-oughout tho county. For nn hour bo-i fore the" rema(ns weiej carried Into thoji largo tabernacle every1 available space'- was 'tilled, and a'ldrger ctowd waa on'the..outslde.'thnn inside. It t k f was a trenienUous'deinonslratioii ot. the worth and value ot a big man. On every hand wero friends and neighbor neigh-bor with words of sympathy, eyes wet wttlr tears, jMidr hearts wrung with grief. And.it was genuine too.. The air was full of It, and thtoughout tho tremendous throng, tho one chorous that, seemed to strike tune In every heart was that a "'star has fallen." The great audience listened with breathless silence while Doctor D. C. Budge of Logan related the.cause.of Bishop Hyer's collapse, and there was not a dry eye In the large room when Bishop O. A. Hogan feelingly referred referr-ed to tho great leaders accomplishments. accomplish-ments. The service opened with the choir singing "Till tho Ressurrcctlon Day." Opening prayer was offered by Pres ident William Waddoups. In hlt prayer he said the vast congregation had assembled to pay their "loving and devoted respects to a gtcat man" and the events that quickly followed clearly demostrated the Inspiration ot those timely words. The choir sang "Rest For Tho Weary Soul." Docto- D. C. Budge was the first speaker. In a few well chosen woids ho revlowcd tho history of tho llfo of "Uncle Andrew Hyer.". He wns onv of the pioneers In Lewiston, and Id those early days with meagro resources resour-ces had secured a small farm. Uo was a physical giant, and worked hard, early and late. He had raised a large family, twenty-flva children, many ot thorn had gono on missions, four wero In the army, thteo having volunteered ono taken fiom the mission mis-sion field. To lalso and educate those boys and girls was so mo task, but through his Industry, and by woiklng cuily and late ho succeeded succeed-ed admirably, had added to tho farm and built good homes for tho boys and girls. Strong In body ho wa likewise strong In mind, and did big things. Ho wns nover Idlo and when his physical being rested his mental being worked. Ho was likewise a public man, a community woikcr, always carried he.ivy public bunions. With tho boys In the army, nnd tho shortage of labor, his burdens wero mora than he could bear, and ho became be-came worn out physlcallly. He began to complain that ho could not do as much ns ho formerly could, but whon ever he complained It was at his own Inabilities, and not the, shortcomings of others. Worn out physically .his mentality wenttb plScesnnd ho sufff ored a sovero nervous break down. In this worn out condition, physically and mentally he conducted dolus-Ions, dolus-Ions, and began to teel that ho must do certain things. The doctor then cxplalped that under such conditions the sufforty always feols that ho must do 4 things Jhat he otherwise would not do, and that the reeling In this line Is o.stiong'that they become convinced hut Is Is "Imposed upon Oiem.byto Jlvlhe Being to do cortaln thlhgsj Wlyy'jMi becomes distinct ly abjlbrtHljJbeooniesulscaSed, 'and , oftlmhfaJf()(Ja8Joverpq5ver Individuals In-dividuals ajuTthoy die from the effects eff-ects of a dibcased mind, even though by their own handB.Just as reasonably at men die from any other disease. "Uncle Andrew 'lIyer"V-aald he"dled from the effects of a diseased mind, fust as natural, Just as consistent, un-dor un-dor the circumstances resulting from his complete physical and mental collapse, col-lapse, asVany 'of ds might .die from any other ulseaie." PfitTnrttBmlrti, then spoke of the family life, the accomplishments ac-complishments of Bishop Hyer, paid a glowing tribute to his worth as a provider, pro-vider, a father, a public man and a sterling citizen, and declared that there need be no fear as to his salvation, salva-tion, for a Just God would see that such a man did not lose his reward. R'hop C. A. Hogan spoke ot Bishop Bish-op Hyer as "our great leader," and said that thtoughout his life his religion reli-gion was first. "Seok ye first tho kingdom ot heaven, and all else will bo added," was the motto of his life. His wives, whom Bishop Hogan de-clared de-clared "heroines by his Bide," had blessed him with families, among which theio weto no peers, and If "by their fiults yo shall know them" Is evoked In this case, tho life and woiks of Bishop Hyer nie ot tho hlgh- ost oi dei. Ho dccluied that Bishop Hyer was n consistent Latter-duy Saint, slio lived his jellglon every day of IiIh life. As a tithe payer he wns In the thousand dollar class; he was liom-Ht with his God and honest with his fellow men. It was when Bishop Hoau said "Turn to tho right or the left wo Beo the icsults of his efforts, we see tho ontei prises ho has fosteicd, and tho accomplishments of his woik and of foils. Shall It be said that such u man will lose his reward? Forbid It Almighty God," that tho uHt audience was spell bound, and toars flowed copiously from evoi) eyo. Ho then said It had (been iiiiuored that Bishop Her was lit financial dlillcultlcs and took that oppoituniiy to concct such statements, state-ments, di elated such not true and that ho tiud money In the bank ut tho Unlit ot his death. Ho paid a beautiful tribute to his family, declared de-clared ho had nover seen such organization, organ-ization, nnd such results an thoso accomplished ac-complished in tho Hyer family. Mr. Merlin Cunningham then sang "Oh My rather." Elder Brlgham Pond said this was tho most solemn, occasion ot his life, ' (Contlnuedion Pago. Eight) Hf ' FUNERAL SERVICES OF HI ANDREW L. HYER H I B I tContnued from Pag One) Bf Ici bad been associated with Dlshop B Jlycr since the early eighties and had B always found him to bo an exceptional Bf. man. He lived IiIh religion, it was B .lila bread and his life. All that can B i . be said of him religiously can also bo Bj eatd of him in a business way. Ho B B could not remain idle, and Uie mam- B moth pumping plant recently com- B ' flotcd against strong opposition is Bj i ' but one of the- monuments to his Bj I ' work and efforts. Elder Fond de- B J clarod that It anything failed that ho B undertook it was becauso thero was H ! some obstacle In the way that could H i not be overcome by any other man. H Ho wjib honest, strong, humblo and H -powerful, but ncvor domineering and B i I arrogant. Ills twenty-fivo children, i'ibo majority of which have reached their .majority, reared to manhood and womanhood without ono stain H J Ji'pou the character of ono of them, he H ft ' -declared tho crowning accomplish es J ment of his life, and a monument of BM which all might well bo proud. ' t JMrs. Myrtla I'ond sang a solo. H I'rcaldot Alma Morrill said "If you HB want to touch a man's heart touch HK Mia purse," was truo In most cases K "ut not ln ,llc cnso of Bishop Hyor, !Jor ho was a gracious giver. As iblshop ho always lead in sending his own sons and daughtora on missions, nn(l that his family had performed K twunty-six years qf inlBsIonary worK, K which could not be accomplished at HHj cost of less than ono dollar per day. HE lllahop Hycr Avas tho largest Utho HK .payer n the Donsoti stake, and for !HH .nineteen years he had audited his .books find found his rcords absolutely absolute-ly correct. Ho wak truly an honest jnari, the noblest work, of God. ( Councillor Q. 13. Pope thanked all H p tor their .presence and sympathy. Tho B .choir sang "I'arowoll All Earthly Bj -Honors," and the closing prayer' was H . effored by Dlshop W. L. Skldnfor'e. B ' Ab, tho vast assembly came from B ; ' tho meeting housd while the cortege H ' was- forming, many a sorrowing M I - flrlend declared It tho greatest fun- - ' -ral he ever attended. It Was HH - evident that a. great leader had pass- B: ; cd away, and not only Lewiston but B 'Cache valley mourned. Bishop Hyer I -was a man whoso placo cannot be filled. Ho was an extraordinary man. Like Theodora Roosevelt he was one of those characters that a jeneratlon produces, that is In advance ad-vance of his fellows. It was Impossible tfor men to keep up with Andrew Hy-cr; Hy-cr; ho.was a door, a goer, and a man who accomplished things. Those do-jutled do-jutled critics, to whom Bishop Hogan referred, who said ho was1 ln financial finan-cial difficulties, simply magnified K tfliedr ignorance, for HlBhop Hyer was B a310t " Jnan to becomo financially F stranded. Ho had spent a roriune f ' -k' tho missionary fields, had pur- B 9 ' - chased over 1,000 acres of tho best B W land In Lewiston, and fostered many HL enterprises. L'ost money, of course B 'wMfe. u Jost money, as any man of his iBE W t''Jt slzo "WfiuM loso mouoy, but ho mado It hack again vth ono turn of tho Hi! I and. Andrew Hyor could have IoBt HJ' a fortune and mado another whllo EM tho average man would bo whining HI : over tho loss or a few paltry dollars: I A fortuno was nothing to Andrew Hyer. Ho had mauy of them on his ono thousand acres of tho best land j under the sun. Sunday tho thousands ; that wept over his untimely passing ! .Jiwny uttered a silent testimony to r his worth, and greatness, and decreed ' that ho himself was his only onemy.