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Show ELDERS IN ISRAEL Glorified at the Great Mormon Tab- erna?!o Yesterday- FUNERAl. OF DAVID H. CANNON, Viho Vied (While Preacliin;. tlie ovt' !1 iermany 2Imorial rrvl ' in IJonor of Soldiers of th t'rops V."h Slave IiffS With tl:i I3.Hrsiej.fi On, WJiile Carrying tl:e Cross, Atvuy Froia Hc-ie ami FuDj !C,000 people fathered in tke.T&ber-Us-ie yi.'sk-rU.-vy forenoon to pay the last earthly rcMX". ! to Dnvid IXongland Cannon, tac ymiii.r iLiif ionary v.ho died in Germany itel n.ontli. as ividl ns to talc psrt in tho h rvie:,s to tht memory of the faithful band 1 tA i-.Cer- who have laid down their lives ii'i rent-Inn,-; the gospel to the nations of the carl!:. The services were probably the Mict impressive ever nudcrtakea by the Mormon churc h, for although those in the fiiiUi Co not look upon death cs a calamity, tbe sol-.-junity of the surroundings was 6uch as to touch the sensibilities of all present Gentile gs well as Mormons. In the space usually reserved fortbe sacrament sacra-ment tcbie the casket containing the remains re-mains of the young religious hero w?.s placed on a pedestal so that all in the vast building could see it. The altars and organ were richly draped in white, symbolical of the glorious life hereafter, ami palms and other plants of heavy foliage were placed on every pillar and post. In front, on the south side of the building, the seats were reserved for the mourning Cannon family and the relatives rela-tives of the elders who died in Israel, while opposite were seated the members of the nniversity cadets, of which organization J'oung Cannon was an honored and well-be-oved member. , The music of the organ and the singing of the choir of 500 voices cannot be praised too much. Nothing finer or more appropriate has ever been heard in the tabernacle tab-ernacle and tears were brought to eyes unused un-used to weeping. The opening hymn, the nrt verse of which is herewith given, was rendered with a delicacy of expression that yea tba angelic choir would envy: Cease, tend parents, cease to weep, Let grief ao more yonr bosoms swell; For what is death f 'Tie nature's sleep. The trump of God will break the spell; For He whose arm is strong to save Arose in triumph o'er hia grave. Apostle Lyman opened the services proper with an eloquent prayer. Ha said they were called together to mourn the loss of their dead, and called upon the Lord to witness that they aefcnowleesed His handiwork in all thair trials and afflictions, as well as in their prosperity and the blessings which had been poured upon His people. They were i called upon to mourn the loss of not only their young brother, David Hoagland Cannon, Can-non, bat afso were present in behalf of all who had laid down their lives in the work since the inception of the church. The choir then sang, "Wnen Shall We Meet Again?" and at its conclusion President Presi-dent Woodruff announced that Apostle Richards would read a list of the elders who died while in harness and carrying the cross to the uttermost ends of the earth. The apostle then read the list, sixty-nine in all. Some had been assassinated, others been drowned at sea, and others had died of natural causes in unknown lands and surrounded sur-rounded by strangers. In conclusion, he said that wheTsver possible their bodies had betn returned to Zion and here buried. Apostle Heber J. Grant followed and read a ietier written by young Cannon to hi sister sis-ter vfje day'before his death. In every word lis' r; was the spirit of Christ, love of home v.vd people or religious zeal. Although j.c ifeeutcd by enemies, at times treated with i oii'.umcly and dependent upon friends for .: t tuucc, he begged his "people here not - -. V tvorry about Lim, as he was confi-( confi-( : I that the Lord would pilot him in safety v. ut In mission was ended. A more ..ut. ful letter has rarely been written, and i'lill eGect of the inspired words was en by the reader. " 'irse tieaufrful hymn, "He Shall Live -A .Mia," by the choir, followed. President Woodruff then delivered a short cJ.'.iess of consolation to the mourners presrnt. He said in opening: "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, for they, in the f pirit, now rest from their labors, and their work do follow them." To President George Q. Cannon, the brethren and relatives rela-tives of all Cue dead, he said that if they could tear the veil away and see those who have gone before they would rejoice in their hearts that they were the parents and brethren breth-ren of those who were being glorified this day. Those who die in the Lord only bad a taste of death, for when the spirit leaves the body it enters into the righteous. The Savior entered into the spirit but a short time after he entered on His glorious mission, mis-sion, but His work has not ceased from that day to this. With that ae an example all should be possessed of a desire to save the souls of mankind. Darid Hoagland Cannon had performed an excellent work in a very short time. He waa faithful, a good boy, a good man, an elder in Israel who labored up to the last honr. He was now of the Lord's anointed. President Joseph F. 8mith, the next speaker, said he did not feel as though the spirit of mouralng was present, but if it was possible in the condition they found themselves to say or to apeak the truth without giving offense to any one, he felt that instead of the spirit of death or the spirit of mourning, he would say that there was present the spirit of rejoicing, that of gratitude toward the Great Father for the kindness and goodness of his heart. Certainly they had no reason to mourn for Brother David Hoagland Cannon. His spirit does not mourn, but rejoices in the freedom it has attained, and in the glory and exaltation he has acquired. He has exemplified ex-emplified the truth of the gospel and the divinity of the work. Apostle Richards followed with a few brief but touching reminiscencos of some of the eiders in whose behalf the memorial was being held, and Apostle John Henry Smith closed the impressive services with a most eloquent aad touching prayer. Escorted from the Tabsrnacle by the university uni-versity cadets, the remains of Elder Cannon were taken to the City cemetery, and were tenderly consigned to Mother Earth in the presence of a large throng, the religious service consisting of a prayer by Apostle Smith. |