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Show high mm FOR JAIES SHARP Loving- Friends Pay Tribute to His Worth Impressive Funeral Services Held. YESTERDAY afternoon the remains of the late James Sharp wore laid to rest In the family burial plot in the City cemetery, after Impressive Im-pressive services at the Assembly-hall, attended by hundreds of friends of tho departed. As is customary when funeral fu-neral services are held In any of the places of worship ' of the Latter-day Saints, the Assembly-hall was yesterday yester-day draped In white, the drapery forming form-ing a beautiful background for the many floral tributes of friends, which were banked In front of the rostrum. The remains rested directly in front of the center aisle, In a handsome casket of light wood, an exquisite blanket of pink carnations and smllax almost completely com-pletely covering It. On either side were numerous set pieces, while scattored about were many clusters of fragrant flowers. Ofllclais of the Mormon church occupied oc-cupied the seats on the rostmm. A portion of the center aisle directly In tront of the rostrum was reserved for the family, while the gallery was reservedfor re-servedfor the teachers and students of the University of Utah, of which Institution In-stitution Mr. Sharp was a regent for thirty years, and president of the board of regents at the time of his death. The services at the Assembly-hall were conducted by President Richard "V. Young of Ensign stake. Friends and fellow-workers paid high tributes of praise to tho worth of the man whose remains lay before them, among the speakers being Elder Seymour IJ. Young, President John R. "Winder, Elder Murdock of tho quorum of seventies. sev-enties. President Anton H. Lund. Elder George F. GIbbs and President Joseph F. Smith. Beautiful music was furnished by a quartette, which sang "When the. Swallows Homeward Fly," and by members of the Tabernacle choir, who sang "Rest on the Hillside, Rest," as the remains were lowered Into the grave. At the Assembly-hall George D. Pyper also sang "Oh, My Father," one of the favorite hymns of the late James Sharp, as It Is with so many Latter-day Latter-day Saints. A long line of carriages followed the remains to their last resting place. The pallbearers were Gov. "Wells, Secretary' of State Hammond, President Joseph T. Kingsbury of the University of Utah, "W. "W. Rlter, Hyrum Young, James H. Moyle, Mayor Richard P. Morris and John Nicholson: The grave was dedicated dedi-cated by Elder Joseph E. Taylor. There was no school at the University Univer-sity yesterday. All classes were suspended sus-pended In order that the students might nttend President Sharp's funeral In a body. The students met at the museum mu-seum hall In tho morning and listened to eulogistic addresses from President Kingsbury, Profs. Stewart, Merrill and Cummlngs. All the speakers were very liberal In their praise of Prof. Sharp, and declared that the good which he had done for the University was Incalculable. Incal-culable. The students were especially urged to attend the funeral and pay a last tribute of respect to the man who has done so much for them and their University. President Sharp, was a great favorite with the students," who especially regret his untimely death. Not more than a month ago he made a short speech to the students, and the reception which was accorded him at the conclusion of his remarks was enough to fill any man's heart with Joy. During the course of his talk, as If by premonition, premoni-tion, he declared: "If I may only be known as the father of the University, I will die content." Little did he then think that death was so near. |
