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Show WALKER SERVICES Doctor T. C. Iliff Pays Eloquent Elo-quent Tribute to Life of Banker. GOOD MUSIC IS GIVEN Masses of Flowers Add Grace and Beauty to Congregational Con-gregational Church. Hundreds of Salt Lake's well-known citizens from many walks of life gathered gath-ered at the First Congregational church yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock to pay their tribute of respect, esteem and affection af-fection to Matthew Henry Walker, prom incut banker, capitalist, business and mining man, who died Friday midnight at his home on East South Temple Tem-ple street. The preponderance of those who have passed the summit of the hill on life s highway was a mute yet eloquent tribute to the esteem in which Mr. Walker was held ,by those who had known him for more than two score years. Wo profuse and elaborate were the floral offerings that it would be ditli-cuit ditli-cuit to convey in brief space an idea of their lavishness and beauty. The casket, the pulpit, the chancel, the choir railing, the tables, were insufficient to contain the many offerings, which included in-cluded many beautiful set pieces, and one large automobile was not of sufficient suffi-cient capacity to convey the flowers to the family plot in Mount Olivet cemetery, ceme-tery, where the interment was private. 'i'he lower floor of the auditorium was filled at the hour set for the beginning of the services. Professor J'phn J. Mc-t'lelan Mc-t'lelan was at the organ, aild, as the friends of Mr. Walker assembled, played with fine expression several appropriate- numbers, opening with Handel Han-del s ' Largo. ' ' and concluding with the Baptiste rommunion," all being favorites pi Mr. Walker. Doctor Iliff Speaks. The Rev. Br. T. C. Iliff of Denver, who came from his present home to conduct con-duct the services because he was an old-time friend of Mr. Walker and for many years a resident of Bait Lake, read th'e finely-first psalm, an undying expression of confidence in God "s goodness good-ness arnl protection. He also read the thirteenth chapter of First Corinthians, the immortal tribute to the greatness of "charity." He then offered a brief and fervent prayer. Fred C. Graham, tenor, sang with feeling that was dec pi v expressive, "Keturn to God," from Mendelssohn's ' ' Elijah. " Eulogy Is Eloquent. The Kev. Dr. Iliff then delivered an eloquent eulogy, dealing with the life and character of the man and citizen as he had known him for more than forty years, dweliing upon his charity, his '.breadth of view, his nature that held no thought of malice or envy against any other citizen, and hij; faithfulness faith-fulness in fulfilling the obligations of the true American. Horace S. Ensign sang ''Face to Face, ' ' and bef oi e pronouncing his final prayer Dr. Iliff said that he could conceive of no more appropriate and beautiful music than had been given at this funeral service for his dear and close friend. At the conclusion of the services the congregation remained seated until the casket had been removed and the members mem-bers of the family had departed for the cemetery. The honorary pallbearers were Charles Read, Arthur Pratt, H. G. McMillan, J. P. Gardner, F. A. Druehl, L. H. Farnsworth. The active pallbearers were G. Bay Walker, E. O. Howard, Charles A. Walker, R. C. Van Yoorhis, J. R. Walker and T. Ellis Brown. |