Show hafti I 1 W ml slinia words of encouragement spoken to the bereaved family by friends there was a lar e attendance at the fanneral held yesterday afternoon in over the remains 0 W H brown abe exercises commenced shortly after 2 bishop gibby of ake third ward conducting the was rendered bv the choir elder win jlewis opening prayer the first sneaker waa frenid nt D john ft ho sais he had been acquainted with deceased for thir tyone years broiher brown had been a pupil in the school of which the speaker was ce he lad been a accod boy and had grown up toba a good man as far as the brealer had opportunity of judging the family of which deceased was ui member had been a good reputable cami ly m this community Speaker had been acquainted with the and learned to regard them as honest and upright brother john clomad with a consoling eddrena to the bereaved eldr S R thurman was iho next speaker deceased bad been one of his nearest and dearest friends william II 11 brown was a good citizen a good husband and a goud father nothing bad been uttered derogatory to his character by any person or from any source speaker had been with him in bis last moments hen the summons came I 1 have witnessed the deaths of the aged ard the young but that was the first time I 1 had teen a man in abo vior of life stricken down by the shaft of death i eider W H king testified to abo worth cf the deceased brother whom be eaid was one of earths noble men believed bis example was worthy of emulation and his belief in brother browns worth and integrity was the result of a close intimacy and breina ship for the past four years he was a man of great guthof unbounded faich in the supreme being was a firm believer in the gospel of christ and understood that only by taking upon himself the trials of mortality could be expect to enjoy the reward of immortality to often are we prone to overlook the virtues of men and remember them only when death lays its hands on our friends deceased was a man no one ever knew him to eav an un j truthful word of a living soul le was I 1 rugged strone and in his convictions take him for all in alawa ahall not look epou his like again ft great man a giant has fallen bishop J E booth who had been acquainted with brother brown over twenty years testified to his merits through a business partnership for many deais with his brother georae M Brown the speaker had been given to become acquainted with vm he was one of those whom we could lova and respect more and more RB acquaintance grew Brother william made many frien as he was a man who had excellent of human nature and bood could read men and by this gift could wisely pick his friends one strong and distinguishing characteristic in brother brown wag his evident aversion to ribaldry and vulgarity he waa of a strong nature he never was known to take ec jests or associations j deceased was a firm believer in the gospel and ws veil in its higher principles cles bishop booth in closing read from the book of doctrine and covenant on the subject of the and sail deceased hail fail fach in the promises connected with the resurrection of the enst bishop gibby bore testimony to brother browns good qualities and said he anew him to have been a truths ful honest and upright mau sweet bye and bye and benediction was offered by elder 6 at the close nf ahe services HIB con gre gation viewer the remains of deceased A large of and friends folio irel the remains to ane cemetery where 11 that was mortal of william H arvn was consigned to the silent tomo peace to his ashes |