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Show Mas mo PKFiEff Seven Speakers Pay Tribute Trib-ute to Hyrum M. Smith in Tabernacle. r BIG AUDIENCE VARIED All Classes of Citizens Show Respect and Flowers Flow-ers Are Abundant. j Ten thousand persons in the tabernacle vesterday afternoon heard seven prominent promi-nent officials and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints utter ' tributes of respect and esteem for Apos- tie Hyrum M. Smith, at funeral services i for whom the great audience had gath-l gath-l ered. The great gathering was by no I means composed entirely of members of i the church, for there were present hundreds hun-dreds of other citizens of diversified religious re-ligious adherence and representing almost every business and professional activity in the state. President Anthon H. Lund had charge of the services and the beautiful funeral music was under the direction of Professor Pro-fessor A. C. Lund, with Professor J. J-McClellan J-McClellan at the organ console. Speakers Speak-ers were President Heber J. Grant of the council of twelve apostles. Apostle Orson V. Whitnev, Apostle James E. Talmage. President Frank Y. Taylor of the Granite stake. Presiding Bishop Charles W. Nib-lev. Nib-lev. Professor Richard R. Lyman of the University of Utah and President Charles W. Penrose. The invocation was by Bishop Jacob Mauss of Waterloo ward, of which Apostle Hyrum M. Smith had been a member, and the benediction was bv Apostle Anthony W. Ivins. Abundance of Flowers. plowers were abundant, the four tiers of the terraced pulpit being profusely graced with their chromatic petals, which varied from deepest hues through the most delicate tints to cream and purest white, beautifully set off by the modest green of accompanying leaves and ferns and- palms. All reposed on or gracefully hung over the white draperies which covered cov-ered the rostrum and extended far to left and right along the wing stands in which were seated representations of priesthood quorums and auxiliary organizations, organ-izations, such as the Relief societies. 'Young Men's and Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement associations. Deseret Sunday Sun-day School union, religion classes and boy scouts. While the light gray casket was being brought into the auditorium the great audience stood with heads bowed in respect re-spect to the dead. Behind the casket came all of the apostles now in Utah except Joseph F. Smith, Jr., a brother, who was among the mourners of the immediate family. They were President Heber J. Grant. Rudger" Clawson, George Albert Smith, Orson F. Whitney, David O. McKay, Anthony W. Ivins. James B. Talmage and Stephen L. Richards. Apostle Apos-tle George F. Richards is in England, presiding over the European mission, and Apostle Keed bmoot is in W ashington, each of whom sent a message of condolence. condo-lence. Next came Presiding Patriarch Hyrum G. Smith, followed by the following fol-lowing members of the first council of seventy: President Sevmour B. Young, Rulon S. Wells, Joseph W. MeMurrln, Charles H. Hart and Levi Edgar Young. Jonathan G. Kimball, another member of the quorum, is absent from the cltv, as is Brigham 11. p.oberts, who is chaplain chap-lain of the 145th United States light field artillery (First Utahl at Camp 'Kearnv. The officials were followed bv the famiiv mourners, headed by President Joseph F. Smith, the father, accompanied bv Mrs-Idaho Mrs-Idaho Bowman Smith, the widow.' Tributes Are Sincere. All the speakers gave sincere and earnest tribute to the character of the drad apostle, one or two- of them being visibly aftected, as was indicated in labored la-bored halts in their remarks to calm deep emotion felt in that solemn and hallowed hour, as If speech were regarded regard-ed almost as a sacrilege. Momentarily reminiscent of the pioneer davs of ftali when In every heart was love, in everO bohie was poverty and in every life wis pleasure the "barefoot days" 'not to be forgotten the speakers returned to what they considered to be the clean, sweet wholesome and sincere life of Hvrum M. Snu h All gave voice to expressions of condolence with the bereaved family saving sav-ing their tears of mourning were tiM sacred tears of resignation and acknowledgment acknowl-edgment m the hand of God in their bo. reaveinent. which they declared was moM chnr'cb? bV a" the me rf tlie The funeral hymns sung by the -hoir o7rveSr-,1,u S,3""'rt "nd funi'arc slandms. while the apostle.1 act nt- as pallbearers,, took U, casket rollowei bJ the family, to ihe north si, e of ,, V,; Wuliaor F,m0r',J D1 at ,y,cce,"wtrent;:e, Wnt |