Show RICHARD ballantyne AN OGDEN PIONEER I 1 77 N I 1 Z 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 z I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 LI 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 11 10 I 1 k I 1 11 I 1 I 1 J I 1 I 1 L IV h I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 fi I 1 t I 1 C I 1 I 1 I 1 f I 1 i I 1 i 1 I 1 I 1 N i 1 I 1 I 1 I I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 41 I 1 I 1 A I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 M A burial of the venerable rather father of sunday in utah one of 0 the largest funerals fune ever held in ogden was that of the late rather father Ilic elchard bard ballantyne held yesterday afternoon in the tabernacle every available space in the whole building was filled and hundreds remained outside S during tho the services the venerable father ather of 0 sunday schools in utah was highly honored and held in t the he greatest esteem not only by the grown up and present sunday school scholars of 0 but by tho the whole community and the great attendance was a tribute to the worth morth of the deceased at the foot of the speakers stand was placed the white casket coveted and almost hidden from vi view 0 w by the mass of flowers and floral decorations on either side and to the rear were e numbers of beautiful set pieces piece a harps and pillows on oil one of which ware were tho the words in blue immor telles tho the rather father ot of the sunday school the ser services v ices N here ere opened w with ill prayer by elder lorin barr after which remarks were made by george goddard 0 ot f the ibe union board of 0 sunday schools or of salt lake city miss bliss lizzie blair then sang 1 I know thil my redeemer liveth president franklin D richards Klc hards then i spoke of 0 the lle life character and works ot of the d deceased ceased e extolling hla many virtues fr t aes ues a and nd was followed by president george Q cannon who delivered a touching earnest and appropriate tun fun oral cral sermon mr C ailt P berrin rerrin then sang sane oh sly my rather and bishop stratford ii ho presided spoke tho the last words wards of 0 the deceased the procession which followed the remains to tile the city celete cemetery ry was a long one and included a large company of bunday school scholars who marched behind the hearse biographical richard ballantyne we was born in the village of 0 gs id rc scotland on the esth day of 0 august lie ile was the son of 0 david ballantyne and ann bannerman no HO was early taught to be moral and religious and previous to joining the latter day saints in december 1842 lie he was it a do dc out presbyterian it was while ho he still was a young man that he began his labors as a sunday school teacher alch work he continued atter after joining the mormon church when opportunity offered leaving his native country with his mother two ewo sisters and a a brother ho he came to america in 1813 1843 and settled near nauvoo during the troubles in that place with a number of 0 others he was in tho the hands ot of the mob for or over two wee weeks suffering greatly from rom ex exposure and hardships in ISM he was ordained a a seventy by president preside nt joseph smith and shortly thereafter a high priest by john taylor w aich latter office in the church lie he held and honored to tho the time lime ot of its his death i lie he was married to merlah dark clark in 1317 1811 and on may esth the thea following year emigrated to utah in president youngs company upon arriving in thu tho valley he immediately began to consider how the moral and spiritual spirl lujI welfare of 0 the children might be advanced and having obtained a little homo home he asked hla his bishop lor for permission to establish a sunday school permission was granted but there was no prospect tor for a house to meet in lor for months to come under this predicament ho he resolved to build an addition to his home and there begin the work mark in the summer ot of ISM he bo hauled and laid the rock and adobes acobes hauled battled logs logo to tho iho sawmill to tui a share ot of the lumber exchanged work ik alth ith a u carpet carpenter 1 ter 11 who ho made the doors and window and so ao tho the air first 8 t sunday bunday school house was built an and tho the first arst school numbering some fifty students tu dents was waa held in it on the second sunday sunday in december 1849 1949 later the school was hold held in the fourteenth ward meetinghouse lie ile was waa engaged in this work when I 1 lit in the fail ar ma he was called to pro go ou on it a mission to india in velch country after a long and perilous voyage he on july 21 in st thomas mount near Al lauras adras ho he helped to organize a branch brabrich of tile the church with three members august 8 1853 sailing for or england via ila cape of good hope july 25 lial lie ho arrived lit in london december ath and then trade made ills his way in charge of a company of saints to st louis via new orleans in the spring of 1855 lie he was placed in charre charge of an emigrating company of with ailt h fifty wagons all of hom arrived in I 1 n due time la in sau salt lake city fr R flys farst t c laas condition lie he had thus in so L 0 O early a day encompassed the earth on I 1 its his mission lie was met by president george A smith who remarked you hai have e accomplished a journey around the th e world without nIL hOUt purse or scrip and br brought 0 in your company with a banti band of music and lie ile took on an active part in tho the reformation in and participated in the move south I 1 in ISM 1853 in ho he came to ogden garden and opened a 11 mercantile establishment being am one the first business men of that city reasons of a religious nature induced deuced him to quit business anil and go to farming lie was wad fourteen years a member of tho the county court and several times an alderman in ogden city with in unimpeachable record tor for honesty anil and conscientious nark in isio lie he was chosen superintendent of sabbath schools tor for weber which position lie ha held at his death he was before tills this interested in the schools and was tile the foil founder n der of tho the sunday school ides idea lu in weber as ho he had been in salt sail lake r arom rom him and front from its ills labor the work ei g i extended to the whole church lie helped to erect the central school and was ever an advocate of 0 tile the system of schools which would place a good commo co nimo school education within e easy as v reach ot of I 1 ehfe h k people lie was vias the senior member of the high council at ills his death and it had ad been con 0 a member for over seventeen years yeam here lie was known as a firm defender I 1 of the right mid and a lover of fair play and justice front from may BILLY 1877 to february 1879 he ha was manager manafi yr and proprietor of the off 09 den dell junction newspaper and he helped to establish its successor the ogden herald on the eightieth anniversary of his birth august 26 16 1897 he ans tv honored by a celebration of the day thousands of children marched arched rr through the streets and at the continuation of 0 the festivities at lester park lie he was literally covered with a wilderness of 0 flowers contributed by the little ones f from ro m every settlement and ward in the county 0 the last three months ot of were spent in quiet peace sit at wig ills homo home marred only by the weakness of 0 his body lie ho desired much to live to attend the celebration ot of the kaleth anniversary niver sary of tho the founding of 0 the sun day school lie he was sa conscious to the last and lull ot of mews ideas and plans to or r the progress ress and welfare of the se schools bools up to his last moments ills ilia work kept him young in spirit ond and his life was cn twined with those of 0 the hosts ot of sun day school children whom ho he dearly loved lie ho was firm but full of sympathy and aHe afre cllon ellon of a strong mind but pliable in favor avor of meting justice ard and mercy to the oppressed ile he w was a s onu of tho the strong characters of oc trio the bl mormon 0 ayao lit church whose whole soul was devoted to its cause ile he was a thorough christian of whom it may truly be salil he be sought bought first tile the kingdom of god and ill his 9 11 hla I 1 a farot wife having died ile ho leaves two tuo others to mourn his departure ile he had a family of twenty two children chileen eight eighteen een of whom are living at ills his death he bo had clenty eight living brand children and one creat grand child |