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Show B DEATH OF IIIM101' AT'VUOI). BB' BKOTJiEnMii,i.ii.sA-nooD,l:i-li- H' y opof the! lilrtcentli Ward, dejart- BK ( this life, from a mmpllcatiou of BB complainUjSuperliidiiced byold age B t his re-i Jeuce i.i tms city, at 12a J BH V "- m' totia3 December 17th. BB( ' Milieu Atood was tlie son of BJl t ' Dm At wood and 1'oIIy .Sawyer.and BJt , was bcrn at Willlngtnn, Toihnd BB J Co., Connecticut, May 2Mi, 1S17. BBl ) J His father was a farmer an J hid BBl I but poor health. Milieu's educa- BB & j ' tionaladvantaes were'instqufutl BBl " i but limited. ileremaineJ nith his BB parents until he was 21 years old, BhT 1 when he weut with his brother tu BVit I J learn the miou trade, remaining BBV I with him till 15JJ. , I ' During the year last narasd he BB,, I f learned that fio "Mormou" Elders BK' J ', if were preaching iu the house of a BAu: ) 'I I neighbor. He attended and listened iBk. T 'l for the first time to a tlivcourse upon J i ' the principles of the Gospel as n- i H veiled through the Tropinl Joseph . Bmith, The namo of the preacher ' was Joseph T. Call, and Mlllen at ' , ones became au ar.:nl lielicver. j Bpeatlng of hi conversion he raid BB,'i V 1 i U"! writcr' ln " characteristic BBj2 j j , ' wayv"So nethlng got down Into BBl' I i me that hiueverginco'it since." BBl ; ,' 'I On April 27th, 1SU, hating the BBji1 I epint of gathering, he left liis BBl . C ') father's family and went to JCauvoo, BVj&iiri i arriving there on tlie 21st of May, BVA " "lV i wiien he beht3J the Tni Iict for the ' -Or first time. When he mw his genial, , jocular, frank, openhearted manner all his former ideas of the solemn gravity and venerable appearance of a Prophet vanishej liko smoie, but instead of being disipirainrcd he was intensely dtlightcd. He had no difliculty iafcrlingathome in the presence of a live prophtt, as he discovered, whenhecomersed with him for the flrst tlme.t'Vo t!aji, after his arrival. He was bspUMd m tlie Missis. sIpplKIvcton 2nd of August, ISM, by rhwn he did not recolltxt, and confirmed on tho liver bank by Hlder Joseph Cole, On April loth, IS 12, he wasjirJained an Elder by Willard Itlchard. SMn after becoming an Elacr ho was called to go on a preaching mission through the States of Illinois, Illi-nois, 2few York and Connecticut, and started accordingly without parse or scrip. He passed through many hardships and vicissitude?, but on the wlrole greatly eijcytd his lab". Iu t'.o course of his travels he reached Chicago, and was seized witli au ardent desire to visit his father's houe, but was totally without means. He prayed hard for the Lord to ohiu up his way, and started one morning bright and early to perform the journey jour-ney on foot, going arouud the edge of Iiike Michigan. On tlie way he met a gentleman, who a-ked him win re he was going On being informed, the ttraiiern-marked ttraiiern-marked that it was too long a journey to go on foot and Invited him to take passage with him, which he diJ, going by boat to Osaego. Brother AtivooJ LaJ heard of roma mem aers of the Church being in the latter town so be made diligent dili-gent iuquiry in the uopeof discovering discover-ing them and wa sent by dillerent pejple from oue place to another, eich time to And that he had been hoaxed. Biug directed to a par-ticularhouse par-ticularhouse he called to inquire, and finding nobody at home, and being tired as well as raeuoiisy hungry be sat down on a hitching rail to rest, Presently lie saw u man approaching driving a spau of horses. Brother AtwooJ assed him I f he was t he ican he was looking look-ing for, when ho yelled, Xo, but I'm the Dsvil." Discovering EUer AtnooJ's calling he abused and threatened him shamelully, ordering him to get of the hitchlu.; rail, or he would knock him oirj at the same time shaking his rKt at him. IJrotiit-r Atwood mildly tIJ him he was Und and wanttd to re9t and would i.otl git c" lill he w as reaJy. Suddenly I tue iiuii'a manner changed to one of the sjftrst gentleness. He took I tlie Eldsr into the house, entet-! tamed him ho-pitably and procured the scho jlbous: lor him to preach in, a Urge congregation being present, lueludiug this erratic man, whufj name wa3 In Boy Hurt. Before Brother AtA-oolleft he begged his pardon scores of times for his rude-nes-s, aud fully made amends for his rough couduct. Daring the saras mission EUer At wood acdami-Msionarycompauiju apjihed for eutertaiument at the house of a Baptist preacher, who vas very bitter agaiust the Saint". He said he would take tbciu in not as servants of the lord, but as "vagabonds "vag-abonds of the earth." They stayett overnight and in the morning Brother Atwood said, as they Were leaving, "Inasmuch as you h&Te entertained us as servants of the Lord you shall have the reward ef a servant of Gjd." The old Baptist shouted savagely that he h'td euter-tained euter-tained them as "vagabonds." Then you shall have a vagabond's reward replied Brother Atwood, and di-parted. di-parted. liiotlier Atwood arrived at his father'a1 house July 15th, SU, and oon afterwards went to Xiir York, where lie heir.i for the first timoof the martyrdom of the Prophet Jo'-eph and the "Patriarch Ilyruui Smith. He continued preaching until March 17th, 1315, when in re-Miwnseto re-Miwnseto a call upon all Ihi. Eldtrs in the mission CUd, he returned to Xouvco, reaching there April 7th-Three 7th-Three ujys alter his arrival he received re-ceived his patriarchal ble-ingunder the hands of Patriarch Father John smith, and about the same time as ordained a Seventy ami stt !art a member of the Tenth 2uorum. On the loth of April, 15-Ti, he commenced workingon tlie Temple, coutiuulnguntil Augu-t l.'ith, when heliegan laboring on the Xauxoo House, remaining at this oceuutioii uptil. with his fellow-wnrkmeii, he was uiiven off by the mob. From hardships an J exposure he m as laid up with tlie ague, aud was very ill. But before he had entirely entire-ly regained bis strength he went to aork building wagons to i liable the Saints to move West, as thopjople rtere Constntltlv hktnta.ml ntitf t.11. treated by merciless mobs. Having lten peremptotily ordered or-dered to leave he an I others crossed tho Mississippi February C, ISM, rein lining iu incampment until March 1st, when they started I through rait, mud and cold I weather, for tho Missouri River, enduring untold hardships and dU- J tress. I In Februiry, 1S17, Brother At- 'wood resudeil to a call to gj to I Pi-gah for Charles 0. Rich, thiai being the hardest aud most difllcul: trip he haj tvtr undertaken. On his return from Pisgah hsvrss appointed one of the Pioneers to go . iututheGreatAVest and explore to find a resting place aud home for the faints. With tlie othtr members mem-bers of the advance guard of those wiio oi ened up this vast region to civilizitiou, lie left Winter Quarters April Sth, 1S47, aud traveled 103? miles westward, passing through the many trying scenes incidental to that marvelous juurnty. One day, while lasting through a stretch of hostile Inuian country, President Young told the brethren to keep tlose tu camp aud not scatter out. Feed being scauty, lionever, tlie horses kept going out a considerable consid-erable aistante, a number of the brethren accumpan3 iug iLein as ,uard. All at once a host of Indl-tausuet Indl-tausuet down ujion them like a whirlwind, greatly frightening the horses and causing much excite-ueut excite-ueut iu camp. Brother Atwood At-wood held a lariat iu his baud, the other end being attached to a horse, which ran at a pretty highratcof speed, but he kept bis hbldandsliouted "Whoa!" As the ceast slackened hit pace an Indian would give it a nback aud oint would go, until .Brother Atwood' position was getting desperate, as he was flymover the sagebrush at atreil!en2ourate. Ifo relaxed his grip ami went Leal over heels, coming ofr without, further Injury I than having (he skin stripped a), j most entirely from his face. The Indians got away with quite a Dumber of the bones, bat nody was killed in the raiiSt f f Brother AtwwJ Rasone, of that Bobte band who arrived laiialt Cake Valley on the 241b, of July, IStt. By call, Id August of the saneear, he started back to Winter 'Quarters, and arrived there on ov. SOtb. Ma the 15th or Jan., 1S43 lie went to Xauvoo, and gathered up a quantity of goods and conveyed thu load to Winter Quartern, which ho reached In March. He was there introduced by President Brig-horn Brig-horn Young to Miss Belief Cram, whom he married April 20th, ISIS. On IfieiDth of Mayho again tIariSl for Utah and reached b,ere-eptcm-ber 10th, in Piesiieit VoUngls company. com-pany. lu th -sinter of 1S4900, the In-ilans In-ilans were very troublesome in the neighborhood of Provo, making fre quent raids, killing and stealing cattle and also Ulllngaud wouiiditg some of the people. Brother Atwood At-wood w as selected to go with an expedition ex-pedition to put a stop to this mat-rauding mat-rauding business, aud wts absent nineteen ds. A battle was fought on the ground on which Provo now stands, there being brisk firing on ooth sides. One of the brethren was killed and quite a number seriously wounded. Brother At wood escaped without injury, and when lie returned to this city brought in a wagon load of luJian prisoners. In tlie winter nf 1S50 all Brother Atweod's father's bouse arrived iu the valley from the East, On the Oth of Marcn, lbSl, he was set aiart to be a member of the presiding pre-siding council of the Sixth Quorum of rJeTc-ntit, by President Joveph Young. On the 10th of September, 1S52, be started on a mission to Great Britain. He landed in Liverpool on the Sth of January, 1853. He first labored In Scotland, then as President of Carlisle Conference, then of Bradford Conference, aud subsequently as pa-tjroftlie uistrictcumprising the Wiltshiie, Saaieisetshlre aud Lands End Coa-fcreuccs. Coa-fcreuccs. He performed a good work, but limited space will not admit ad-mit of detailed description of bis labors. Being released to return borne he set sail irom Liverpool on May 4th, 1S5J, and reached thu Iowa camping camp-ing ground on June 27th. He started across the plaius with a handcart company on July 13th, pissed through all the hardships in- icUeutal L a journey of tha': description des-cription an J arrived at home Xov. 9th. i He joined in the mrve south, in I 16-jS, returning to the city In July I iuthot tnatjear. He was ordained a High Priest Ma 9ih, 1S73, and was set apart as a inetubercf the High Council by President Daniel H. Wells. He acted in that office and calling until December 2olh, 1SS1. when be was crdalned a Bishop and set apart to preside iu that capacity in the Thirteenth Waid, by President Joseph F. Smith. From 1S77 until his ordination to 'the Bishopric he also acted in tho capacity of Home Missionary in this Sitrke of Zioa. The funeral will be held at the Thirteenth Ward Assembly Booms at lO.SOa. rn. onSunJay, December 21st. |