Show FUNERAL FUNERA OF BISHOP ELIAS WORMS MORRIS the funeral of bishop ellas elias morris took place from the tabernacle sunday afternoon and was attended by a large concourse of people the audience filling nearly every avail bale seat in the great edifice seated on the stand were the first presidency the presiding authorities of the stake elder morriss counsellors coun in the high priests quorum members of the quorum of the apostles and other church immediately beneath them sat the pall bearers elders joseph morgan rodney C badger arnold G Glau giauque que W N williams D L davis and john boud the two former being counsellors coun to bishop morris in the fifteenth ward the seats in hi front of ti the stan stand d were reserved for the mourn e ens zei while behind them sat members of the fifteenth ward and other intimate acquaintances of the deceased belonging to fraternal and religious organizations of df which bishop morris had been an active member the stand was nicely decorated with white hite crepe while potted plants were al er ranged on either side the casket ornamented with flower floer work from the cambrian association occupied the stand used for sacrament service the same being literally burdened with floral offerings among them a beautiful harp a lovely wreath from the fifteenth ward sunday school and numerous numero us other pieces from the members of that ecclesiastical division and fr lends of the deceased between the hours of 10 and 12 sunday morning numerous friends and acquaintances visited the residence of bishop morris to take a last look at their departed com comra radeana ra amny tears were shed in contemplation of the suddenness with which he had been called away a man honored and revered for his beneficent disposition his loving kindness and his great desire to do good to all with whom it had been his pleasure to mingle the services service ir were presided over by elder angus angud M cannon president of the stake the choir sang the hymn 0 my father thou that dwell est in the high and glorious place prayer was offered by bishop william B preston the harmony glee club and choir rendered in pleasing style not dead but Slee peth v the eldey george B wallace allace was fert it speaker he referred to his associations with brother elias morris which had extended almost from his entrance into utah in 1882 1862 tip till the time they had been present most ble and as one of his hib counselors in ift the high priests quo rum he had h had much satisfaction in mingling with him elder wallace referred to recent conversation with the decea deceased ln which he had e expressed himself as feeling well the speake had been bean associated with the high tor for a good number of priests prients erts quorum years and had lived to see six presiding officers in that quorum pass to the other side aide of the veil in vew of this fact he had bad been led to marvel why it was that he had been spared to outlive nearly all his associates in that degree of the priesthood bishop robert T burton next spoke in commencing he said that bishop ellas elias morris needed no eulogies from him he had lived a life of much usefulness and had ganeto gone to receive the reward justly due him bishop burton refer referred ted to th the e many changes that had taken place in the presiding authority of the fifteenth ward and in alt alf the scenes that had evolved themselves during that period bishop mor As jtb said he had been a leading spirit the dece deceased aped had been an indefatigable worker aier ever since coming to the state he he was a great and good man a pub lic spirited citizen a mechanic and a builder and although his calling off was one of great suddenness yet the speaker believed hl he had made a record worthy the pride of any man in his death the he fifteenth ward had lost a father his place would be hard to fill president angus M cannon spoke briefly expressing in feelings of tenderness the deep loss the death of bishop morris had entailed upon the community his prayer was that all would so live as to be fit to mingle with the deceased in the realms of eternity president george Q cannon was the next speaker he said that in contemplating tem plating the death of ellas elias morris it awakened memories which caused feelings of deep sorrow to come over him bishop morris was a true latter day saint an unassuming citizen a man in whom all his friends and associates had trie the utmost confidence he had been a useful factor in this community in building it up and his death came an aa an almost irreparable loss president cannon referred to the accident that had befallen elder morris but notwithstanding its seeming avoidance said he the omnis omniscience cence of the father made all things possible in the carrying out purposes elder morris had put outlived lived the period usually allotted to man his had been a well rounded life and in all his movements among the people his acts were those of holi honesty esty and integrity and in com with the profession which he made as a latter day saint such a man said president cannon would be numbered with those of the true and devout who had fulfilled the measure of their creation with tear fear an and trembling president cannon read from a vision given to joseph smith and sidney rigdon concerning the resurrection of the just as recorded in section 76 book of doctrine and covenants and said human language Is exhausted in describing the glory which god has established for those who have lived true and righteous lives all this would be realized by the departed as he had remained true and faithful to the principles which he had espoused the knowledge of the gospel had removed from the latter day saints the sting of death for to them death had no sting to them the grave had lost its victory the light of revelation had shown with great plainness what awaited the children of men and had placed them in a posit position ibn to so 80 live as to merit the greatest blessings which the lord had to bestow upon them death caused a separation of the just and the wicked an emancipation had bad come to those who had been faithful faithful as had elder ellas elias morris president cannon dwelt somewhat on the resurrection and the fate that awaited humanity to the righteous there was nothing in death but to the wicked it was awaited with unutterable dread ellas elias morris in his heart and in his actions had said he would not to be subject to satan he had resolved to walk in the footsteps fot steps of the father alq an had pledged his hie life to the onward advancement of his church and kingdom in carrying out his resolves ELI ana pledges he had mant manifested antl untiring ng zeal and energy and in this he had truly become a man of god worthy of all the blessings meted out to the true and the righteous ellas elias morris will sit upon a throne said president cannop cannon he will occupy the place of a ruler and his glory will continue to roll on and increase throughout the endless ages of eternity I 1 in conclusion president cannon asked gods blessings to rest upon the family of elder morris they had lost a loving husband and father but it if they remained faithful blessings would be bestowed upon them president wilford woodruff next neilt spoke he expressed the consolation that he had experienced in attending funerals which he said had bee been much nu greater than sorrow if elder morris had lived up to the laws and requirements of the gospel his blessings were secured there was no occasion for sorrow the life of an individual was the picture to be looked upon in laying that individual away if they had resigned their time to the service of jod god great would be their reward but if they had not then sorrow could be felt for or their negligence in this respect president woodruff was pleased to know that elder morris had been as a savior to mankind and this knowledge was suf fluent proof of the glory and salvation that would be his portion it was the duty of each and every individual to see to it that their lives would be so spent as to bring about a similar re ward the choir sang the first second and fifth verses of the hymn rest for the weary soul rest for the aching head rest on the hillside rest with the great unnumbered dead benediction was pronounced by president joseph F smith at the close of the services the funeral procession consisting of upwards of fifty carriages carriage 8 was va a fo formed amed and the streets leading from the tabernacle were thronged thron ged with people au all desirous of witnessing the last sad rites fites in chelp completeness the first carriage carried the floral emblems then cache cam the presidency of the F stake and officers of the high priests quorum then the hearse followed by of the family and officers of the utah sugar company in an open drag at the grave elder rodney C badger tn ilk behalf of the fa family mily expressed thanks to all who had extended kindly offices in their hour of bereavement and atter after singing by the fifteenth ward choir led by elder J W ashton elder joa jm morgan offered the dedicatory prayer and the remains of bishop ellas elias morris were entombed in mother earth |