Show OBSEQUIES tho the funeral services over the remains of the late brother abraham stevens were held in the 2nd ward meetinghouse ou on friday r afternoon aug 1880 1886 and were conducted hy by bishop I 1 E stratford the opening hymn was creation speaks with awful voice and prayer was offered by elder F A brown the choir then bang sang mourn not the dead who peaceful lay lay their weary bodies down elder W 11 wright first addressed tho the con congregation grega i ion lie ile referred to the principles of the gospel which he be eaid said brother stevens had obeyed and which entitled him to the bless inge ings promised to the faithful people of god of whom ho he said our deceased brother was one he was a man whom the speaker loved for his hon esty truthfulness and integrity ii ho was a kind husband husban df affectionate father and a good neighbor he regretted hia his early demise but rejoiced to know that be he had find died true to bis his trust lie ile invoiced invoked the blessings of god upon the bereaved widow and fatherless and sympathized sincerely with those who mourn his loss exhorted them to fidelity that they may again meet their husband and father in ili the resurrection of the just Eld elder james erJames ta taylor was the aest speaker after r endorsing dorsing rl the remarks of elder IV wright right he delivered a short but eloquent discourse on the resurrection resurrect resurrection iop t proving most emphatically that it will be a literal one and the sainta of gadwill god will rise from the dead endowed with all the physical structure and faculties that they now possess only in an intensified degree in consequence of baa having ing thrown off mortality and entered into the enjoyment of eternal life with wife child renand friends whom they loved on earth in this life bishop stratford followed with 1 a few pertinent remarks in which ic he endorsed all that had been advanced van ced by the former ei 9 0 elder robert F then lien in a feeling and earnest manner on behalf of the widow and family of the th 10 deceased expressed thanks and gratitude to the southern and central pacific railroad companies for the kindness and attention to the remains of brother stevens and to the bereaved family all that could bo be expected and much more was done by them these companies furnished free transportation for the body and after securely packing it in ice etc forwarded it to agson coguen and sent mr L A pratt of tulare an undertaker in charge of the remains to their destination at ion the company also furnish passes komrs stevens her ber three and mr thos J stevens brother of deceit deceased sed to ogden ogdon utah such acts of d disinterested I 1 a in ter e 8 led benevolence have wade impressions of gratitude on the minds of the family and relations that time will never erase the remains of brother stevens were or interred in ili ogden cemetery ho ile was born at sept he ile was baptized in his native city by elder R k 1 desien when a boy he ile came to utah in 1869 and until about two y years ears ago his residence has been in ogden in the spring of 1884 he be went to tulare cal in the employ of the 8 P railroad company and remained there until the time time of his demis |