Show BISHOP FUNERAL Leading Dignitaries of Mormon Church Pay st Tribute of Respect The body of Bishop William B Pres Preston Preston ton was taken last evening to Logan after aCter a service m the th Assembly hai eulogizing his splendid character am dwelling on ort the main events of his life liCe The services s began Degan at t 1 am three hours later the body was b to t the train to be accompanied ac il by b th the sorrowing relatives to Logan A ser service servIce vice will b held In the tabernacle there ther thereat at noon today President John R Winder In er presided over the services and after a prayer praye by Apostle Lund several speakers made mad addresses Bishop O P Miller told of liis own personal relations with th the dead and spoke feelingly of griet He said that much of or the present pros prosperity prosperity of the Mormon church was du duto due to the tho careful handling of oC Its affairs by Bishop Preston J I Golden Kimball reviewed the Hf life of ot the man from his birth In Virginia through hla migration to California his career ln tn Utah and his hi affiliation with the affairs of the church He lIe told of ot his hospitality and his Integrity and closed with a comforting prayer fo tor the peace of or the bereaved family Apostle O F Whitney spoke along the same sam lines dwelling especially on hi his manliness his generosity and hospitality ty He said there are three generally accepted tests of wealth lineage and Intellect and that in his opinion Bishop Preston had fulfilled al all althree three tests Joseph F Smith gave a short talk talle beginning by explaining why wh Bishop Preston was relieved of ot his duties as presiding bishop and offering heart thanks that th t he had been taken from his sufferings here He dosed closed by b say saying sa saIng ing I have hae sorrowed for many months over cr the tho condition of this good man and I still atm sorrow over the condition of others around me who are not able to fulfill their duties And I pray that tha God in his wisdom will see fit to re remove remove move them from this sphere even een as he has this good man Another speaker of or the afternoon was H F M Lyman who also spoke from the personal standpoint of or his close connection with the dead and with a short eulogy of his character Bishop Winder added a few tew words in inclosing Inclosing closing Four beautiful l musical num numbers numbers bers were given by the choir with Professor J J McClellan at the or organ organ gan As the funeral tun ral cortege from the edifice the organist played Home Sweet Home a favorite air nir of the latte lare Bishop Preston The pall pallbearers pallbearers bearers ere tere all of the pre presiding presiding siding bishops office in the Mormon church W V B Carton J T L I Joseph Keddington F M 11 Atkins John Wells Tells Nells Neils TV W S Burton and O H Worthington The Assem Assembly Assembly bly han hall was WM all an creped in white anc and quantities of beautiful flowers from friends at home and from Crom those away awa from here testified to the man manner manner ner IP which Preston was loved |