Show l X JA FEi FERGUSON WHITNEY churchman churchman churchman church church- ORSON man historian PO poet t and state builder bas Jias passed through the veil The thousands who gathered in the Tabernacle Sunday to pay tribute to his memory heard the familiar story of his gentle life as known far and wide through this state and the west Leaving the estate in which his labors have been fruitful though his passing is the occasion for regret and mourning he tasted of the fullness of life A man might do little more moreIn morein morein in a lifetime In the last hours of his consciousness he expressed his satisfaction with the gifts and opportunities life had brought him To those I at his bedside he said that if he had his life to live again there was little that he would desire changed The coming oming of death brought to him no dread no fear no regret but rather appealed to his soul as ushering in new experIences experiences ex ex- and new opportunities for service In the life after death in which he devoutly I believed Apostle Whitney has l left ft his mark on this state Many honors richly earned were be bestowed bestowed bestowed be- be stowed upon him during his lifetime He was a man of humility of simple tastes de devoted devoted devoted de- de voted to serving his fellowman Covetousness Covetous- Covetous ness had no place in his scheme He labored incessantly not to gain but to give glye This mans man's poetic creations remain as a monument monument ment to his great soul and divining mind and will be for all time a rich source of in inspiration inspiration in- in to coming generations His history of Utah preserves an invaluable record His full life Ufe stands worthy of emulation |