| Show a BIRTHDAY bishop james V loveless celebrates ilis natal day brother W loveless of the second ward family greats in tha ward house on saturday december to celebrate the bishops sixtieth birthday bishop loveless is a native of the old Bu Aeye state ohio where he was burn in the year 1828 he is now the father of 37 children 51 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren of hia 37 children 11 were FOHS and 26 dauch t rf three of the boys and four ofal girls have died of the remaining 80 2 boys and 11 daughters are married mai ried leaving G boye and 11 daughters unmarried the grand feature of the gathering was th elderly lady the mother of the bishop who sat at the head of the four generations present she is 85 years of age and a native of tennessee the assembly numbered over one hundred some eighty five of whom were of the family shortly after three in the afternoon the entire family and invited guests sat around tables groaning under the weight of the luxurious repast and recuperated the inner man after which the children grandchildren and relatives rendered vocal aad instrumental pieces then followed brief remarks by the oldest son and daughter james W loveless and mrs newel 1 knight aaa james N knigof the oldest grandson at this juncture mother loveless with eighty five winters upon head arose without assistance from her easy chair and to the surprise of all filled with spirit and energy said my dear children brethren and sisters 1 feel that I 1 must say something although I 1 am feeble I 1 feel so thankful that I 1 am permitted to be here and associate with my dear children of the fourth genora tion 0 how joyful I 1 feel I 1 I 1 pray god to bless you all and these friends who i have come ini am pleased to meet such people I 1 pray that god will keep you all in the faith the pro vo silver band here startled the assembly by discoursing sweet music it the door outside as also after having regaled themselves at the tables still laden with luxuries speeches ware then made president smoot said it affords me reat pleasure to meet with bishop loveless and his numerous offspring I 1 am informed by him that there are about eighty of them present consisting of his cli ildren and great grandchildren twenty seven daughters and eleven sons of his own immediate family they have met here to celebrate chiy sixtieth birthday well apay he be proud to be represented here this evening by eo posterity none of whom have ever separated froia he faith of their father and mothers or ever been any crime ilia aged and venerable mother is also pres enc she embraced the gostol somo fifty tifty five years ago and has lived th life of a true latter day saint ever since may god bless her and prolong her days until her soul shall be satisfied with this life aud then be gatli ored homa to her fathers I 1 truly hope and pray that bishop loveless family who represents her fourth generation may emulate her worthy example and honor their father and mother that their days may be long in the land that the lord their god hath given them I 1 have been acquainted with bishop loveless father and mother over hifa century for w passed through the also from nauvoo to thia goodly land which was then a barren waste god grant that bishop loveless Lo posto rit may increase the next half century as thay have in the past and that in eternity they may have no end president david john then said since I 1 came here I 1 have been entertained by the pleasant remarks made by the speakers who have addressed us and I 1 have also been greatly surprised at the number of interesting sons and daughters of bishop loveless vvhs are present I 1 have been informed that they aro not all here I 1 had no idea before to he had so many it is not alight responsibility to have to feed clothe and educate so numerous a family it requires no small sacrifice of time patience and love to meat thia issue A man in the right use of his reason who of hiis own free will and choice will undertake such a task is no ordinary man I 1 congratulate the bishop on the anniversary of his sixtieth year H yet appears hale and hearty may god in his goodness multiply his years with peace and joy I 1 have spent some time in captivity with him and I 1 think I 1 biow his heart it is truo to his friends and without an exception full of love and good will toward his children he studies their needs and takes pleasure in them as far as he can and the time will come when they and others of hia posterity yet unborn will honor his name on the earth I 1 was much affected this his venerable mother who is eighty alve years of age bearing her testimony to the divinity of the gospel and its restoration in the latter days I 1 knew that she spoke mcder the inspiration of tho holy ghost she is weak and feeble in body but she spoke in the strength and power of inspired truth she advised her numerous posterity to adhere to the word of god and to live pure i and bioly lives she testified that god has spoken to man and ehe counseled all her children to love and arv him all their days who is there amons ten thousand that should dispute the hoaas ty and sincerity of this ripened sister who spoke as from the threshold of eternity words of counsel for the future guidance of thoa whom she loved dearer than her own life these are words spoken from a heart tempted and tested for over years in tha service other lord children let her mony live in your hearts while lifa lasts or immortality endures she blessed you in the name of tha lord jesus christ this is Patriarch ial she has this right and authority by virtue of the gospel and her motherhood and the god of heaven will seal it upon your heads according to your faithfulness her blessing reminds me of father adam of whom it is recorded that three years previous to hia deatle he called his posterity taho were righteous together into alic of adam ahlam and there bestowed upon them his last blessing and the lord appeared unto them and they rose epand blessed adam and called him michael the prince the archangel and the lord administered unto adam and said unto him I 1 have set thee to be at the head a multitude of nations shall come of thae and thou art a prince over them for ever and adam stood up in the midst of the congregation and notwithstanding he was bowed down with age being full 01 the holy ghost predicted whatsoever should befall his posterity unto tho latt st generation may the blessings follow all who serve god president H H cluff followed by saying it is gratifying to participator in celebrating the sixtieth birthday of bishop loveless taco father of thirty seven children this is a prodigy of the nineteenth century and instead of the hand of persecution raising itself to check the stream of life the government would do wall to loveless a pension wo jear n in reading the i minatory of this country divided into families and penetrated into remote parts of the landane lan dand there established small tribal or family gov amenta hence the numerous petty scents of the aboriginal inhabit w found in america chev power from just such fann loveless could hundred ill ciphered we j y many of you have the hive and no doubt many are to in dosing 1 will say that I 1 have been exceedingly well entertained and now pray that prosperity pro may accoti pany this whole family through life at the close of each address the silver baud sent forth melodious strains of music again sister loveless arose and stated that she felt so overjoyed at being present that she could not refrain from speaking she immediately began speaking in tongues and closed by blessing all present bishop loveless said were I 1 to give way to I 1 could not speak I 1 am poud to meet my aged mother family and all family relatives I 1 am pleased to know that my children are all honorable I 1 feel that my children will never want for food J came to these valleys thirty seven years ago with a wife and two children kow witness the numerous family that surrounds me I 1 shall be satisfied if the promises which have been made to me are fulfilled that I 1 should havo power to save my family and therefore should any go astray I 1 am satisfied they will return I 1 am grateful to my brethren and the silver band for their visit here I 1 bless my family and children in the name of jesus christ elder evan followed in brief remarks and the remainder of the evening ans spent in various exercises the occasion was one long to be remembered by the family and greatly enjoyed by all present |
