| Show = = = = A WORKER IN ISRAEL GONE Elder Geo Goddard Passes from This Lire at a Rlpo Old Age HONORED AND BELOVED AIIIU nTudy 1110 rltllllrI d IVarrnillrllliLlrr and Lmhor rmiral Hi lli Tabcrnailr Ilrothcr acor o tnlUanl ll I lout In acntrnro ipokcn tutu thai will cauit nferllnc ut nolclmnlly throuihout nil thccllli ton and IUiK iof this In Icrmountaln rmlonainon the nd th < mlildli agesi ant the ynunK Pew men Hero iKtlrr known In tlili part of thu country nml whcr known stone were moro generally n Hrtr < l and beloved than Kldrr Icurno InJJartl whom llfu Ubora for KooJ hate bwn iiining Stir old a < will an the younic and have extended Mill ex-tended thruughout alt those mountain iiJcr ludJarda Illness hai been quite brief and IK totl anna lists tens not fully reallieil tilt yelenlay n h n ui lli None tntiJ nffalni took a critical IUn lie nun given vvery attention front Iho nril but the attack of la grIlls whirls follonewd n covers loll ronlrnrlrd about tOt dayii ugowui ton much lor onv of Iris I nilvnnc U 50051 nod lila I noble iplrlt iiracefully luok IllKtt at IrIS I ni today January soil uf Ilrolher Urarg Uo > tdard II may bo I truly laid Hint ho tuttle tim truth Utter for tint lug lived In It lIre title for the funeral I ieivl hut not yot torn ADd A ilauchtrr of the I deceased Mm 1 Mnry Vhlleliond of < Urorne I on tin tiny to this city and I li I etpMlrd lila ly Saturday evening Tho funeral porn era will lee I liedl In tire Tabernacle on Hunday neil lana Jury Itih commencing at s p in Hun iliy Khool wnrken ana lha public gen orally ut Invited II would lake n large volume to run tain the geniI 1 WOk of llrother loil dartl ilutlnif his nearly half century rohlnto Utah lie It I meet rruml lIly know nlll Iho lonlie Ii nooe of his rnn lon with the Hun day chooli In which lie lila > hon l an IndefatUable worker lh < 157 All tin lchuil < hllnl honoirj and lentil hlmnnd I PIwerl ll sir nine from llrulluT liHldard alray ilclhiM them and trevrr Called 1 b replete wlh kind wirrl ant ruble lmhl As Q rlertin worker In Iho 01 folki com mltlei lie was aim equally hlnhty ra teemed and In hti WmowRl of blurt tine Slid iruodrluer now no dlitlnrtlon of pined or rnlur its an Indltldual lili prlrflle llfp ai In txrftri peril trIll O lii teachhoe Ills tli4ritehir teas a llvo rliruOOll hor Iiiulfrasloo when ho urged Iho 100110 In obn Ihe Word of Wldom by abstaining from tobacco strong drink ami all rtll habits his hearers knew that llrother loridnrd practiced what he true preaching Hln Intellectual Carol ties niece unimpaired tn Ihe last und bin denln 1 not shorts tu tlu Kuod went hand In hand I BOSH 01 hIlt Wane Two month ocr itder Ooddanl fur nlhiil Cider Htbcr J Irani wllh n short autobiography snmo other historical his-torical datA and a copy of lila collie lon of songs renileml mi fnmlllnr lu Hihhalh school children by their having hav-ing I heard them rendered by llruthor loddnril un lila visits This wan done al the rcMUel of llrnlhcl Uranl We nine herrwlih a ropy 1 of the letter accompanying the lolo tok l The original In I n beautiful specimen ot penmanhlp remarkable III n lan uf such advanced years I Is I clean soil clear Ions 1 us ropiwrplale n reads G ful Halt Idko City Nov 10 IUj > ider lleber Jr Iranti My Dear llrother It affurds me much Plrniuru lu hand you In SOUr hilt buok I some fuw nl of my hilory Including In-cluding a partial lecltul of my Inborn Inra 1 Ulsi slot 1 several hlturlral filets und This I do 1 under Curly nines ullr I tools Irhri > of gralihUle his toy 11lly Kalher for the uno iif I loll 1 hit this ndvnnrvd period of my line On the Uh of IKicmlflr 1 will Iw I n yearn old 1 Have 1 not my dear brother much lube Lrd lu-be I thankful rort Help me praise Iho Faithfully your brother iiioiuiiuoiiAia > Tho contents of lha took ore In hIre Prefacei same clear tieudy hand Hunt U I Its Halt Inko city Oct X Mi Elder tIdier J Irani Sly Dear IlrollierYour kind and af 1 II f fecllunalo hotter 1 ut this ul moinlnita ilalo I Jrltrrcoltrh YoUakhnoliloIteyoU u Io hltory of my life and Insert tha sama In the front pane of this buok I cheerfully ruinply with your rcMiiel und slnrvrvly liuiw and pray that somo portlunn of It may prove nn envuuruge ment and Incentive lu many thousands of hIre youth ot Ion lu follow my vx umple su far ui I luv folluncd Chrll our UaMor In doing liuod rlr lr tier fclhw I laborer liOIll lODDAltD Amone hIre ilalii Klvan In the Illtlo link isle I th rinwlnii Items ICC irlliu hlmvlf presented In llrollur nod charactorlstlcally Inrouelle < huraltIII 011 fourteen months iiiisluii tn Cutin ila by handcart tu Mluuml Illvvr 1117 and UM Three years gathering togs al a liilulun In UCI I 10 1 emil rnl Nina years > uirrliiicinleiil Thirteenth Thir-teenth wont Hunday school from UI7 lu IaN Nina years ul superintendent Halt lk Hlnke In Holiday schools ftom UIJ In Twentyseven orrsCllrit tn 1rcsld Inc lllhuii IMnard Huntcr Crl U10 to ISIS toTI Twinlyu yearn first nslstnnt lien era superintendent of Humluy uchooln rrln In I Ten years clerk of nenerLl Confcr I 000 from IS7I In UM I Tour jiain clerk of Hclmnl of Iho Trophcts three Sunlit rlerlc nnd Honnurir tu I hIt l Kill lathe Hlako Asnembly Hall from 1t77 to ISO I Twenty years member of the Tab crnncHi choir sours Iiirriireh of tin TMrtrenlh Mard rholr Twnityihreii yen unbcr or the Oil Hoik1 romnilltf from 1I7S DurluK the pul fiurtlin l yearn 1 htnie nilwd a few ward mrollnn luoruin ThaI or t1 nwetlnit I Imvi had the pleaurn and 1 ITUIIKO of uitnillng near ninety < > < OUr Qnral Conf r ucei and almoit 1 ferenco every tioctlng holo Ulhl oath Con I am now < 3 yean old lacking only a few lope and ilurlne Iho trout live ycnrt I hive Irnvcled Iwtween twenty and thirty thou aml dubs by railway unit nevernl thouiand inllen by triim over all kind of tonI in heat and In vo Al cold by tilth nod by day In hue ln 01 nn bleat neil for tho hOhnl l of the > outh of Zion who are connected trIll bur Rumlay Hhooli I hive vltlted thlrtyclRht BUken of Zion I IIM neither ten rofte wine lltiuor hot Wernnd I am blest of theIxinl with gooil health which rauiei my heart la rejoice p < oce + < llnHty RKirrcti OP HIB itpi II ICI II 1tI From thIs lltlla book li I nlio tnkin Iho follow Ins nkeicli of llrother Uod ilaidn life up to the time covered by I Iht forecolnu Itemi ai given In Ml own huaorlnoehhhurgr hanIIII I wan U > ui In Ulcciter nnKland Dec 6 HIS Sly toll nnd i I were Imp 11001 l January n lOll and connrmed January Z7th by Jacob Oatm antI Clan illtii V Hp ner I was onlalnol an llller Pebiuary SrI by JIb Cnlr I left Knitland with my wife and diiht chlhlren October I ItSI an tin hip In i and arrived In HI Ixiulf on January I lli wllh my wife und ole l chllilin n child IinMnir died on the nccan nnd anolhor at Memphl During the wlnler while at HI ljult nnnlhor child died iWo i-Wo 11 thl1 Ixiuli In May for tho frontier fron-tier near Omaha nnd on Juno 1 IO cninmenci our lonrney nitrite the Illume renijilnt SoIl Jnko City 1 Hell irmlicr lilh two imrr of our children luMnn hail on thu plain iroin I chol TU rn thai out nO n family of eight children oe nrrhed with three Thorn ty monlli Ufoie lacking nb lx bye Inonl < whin I ton baptltid I D In comfortable 111 fortable clrcuniMnnci1 doing n nlco rwiilr money builneMl but by Inch IIIK Iho tliell l In tin mnrkct placo every W lnmlay nliht I my cuitomen left me shirt my builnei woo Klvim Into In-to the bonds of my cmlllorii wljhln elcht monthi nflcr my Impllim I wan Ilini left In ivcrly with a large fain II on Ih hnhI AlKitu thin 3irre one of my liriithru frctlnir nggrleveit ut the dlngracr I wee brlnglnK upon the family by let ilttenlly preaching Murmonli h wI OnIorrI to your lotnejIlt to a IAII whnoro fools alit Imhgulr cnulit rul trb lheIhtunlwib orunlIy hr SIursnilol llilrr Ih lb ulur Ihlnl loln lmrntlrlVt It IimI rot roet to record b0 of lEe lIe Iluetofuure soIl hI brellirr burrS wife nnd rliht children lo the Mormnnii lo net rid nf ui Illlte ilrenm hug that by doing 50 he war ncenmpllh Inic ono of the wonderful providences of our Heavenly Father In our hrhulf lIp kla tinv > llcll d liberality cc rrmpril 1 the curse ned arrived In Ht IJMIU I on n Iunday mimIng Jan I 1C On Inquiry I found my way to the meeting houw of Ito Halnti nnd made known my plluatlon Jooh I Taylor Tay-lor and John Tlngry kindly votunlrvrcd to flnl n room lullnble for our purm > e tilrh they did at I tot month but not ImMim no much money the landlord land-lord kindly ancptitl n gun for my nl month rent Hera we wen right In family In one room no furniture In anew a-new country In the boll Lllf mrnnten In tho middle of a cold wlnler and out of fund Hut tho tOol a on our > lde 1 anti Ills rood Hplrlt comforted our heart by the it nrnnce that I were on our tray in Zion and lie would CHUM JKtfOM to work toitelliPrjJfnr tint r 0ooC Wo had several II aol Utter liy fMnt neUhliora whir were very kind to nst aim n nnrro nelnlibor rrallilnx our luck of furniture kindly loaned Os n Udlrad llavln about I worth of small notions which I bought In Liverpool Liver-pool 1 I bcirgid n rlgarlmx in which tn I ruiry my stork In trade mimI prddlod thrIll from huune I In Iuooao through the I itrrels I of Hllxjulnto I make n living I fur my family Under such circumstances comi > arrd la what they were A few months heforr I now marvel nt Hie wondorfut sustaining Imwrr of the Hplrlt ot tlud whlrh rnahleil un to PUM not only without I murmur but wllh comparative Joy und Th y bl1 rejoicing The canoes attending our outdoor lmlnen enabled us tn start nIl blur plains with two > oke of rattle Mid two Snubs ot cows wagun and provisions fur our Journey On arriving In Halt lJk City wn thus boil two tukt of nxen and n cow fur a house nnd lot i In tho Hecond ward I TIll ulher yoke of rows toe paid I In ur lenhiler thus leaving i UK one row I fminenlly made Ihe remark tu mr ylfo whll triivellnit that I rould stand iKddllng for a living among the len Ills hut I would Ire du 1 I iimuiig Ihu Hiilnts so on our arrival I went Irerw I I Well supcrln I lendenl of rule works in try for n Job an n hudrarrler for masons but failed and had tn pull up my slakes and start nronnd Halt take City when In that early diY huuni wro like angels 1 vlslln few nml far lo I tnevn llur In lull effort tlm Uird 1 wan again on our nlde for them happened In Im I dearth of neitllen nt the Iwo niurcit Ihen In Halt Jjike flty nnd iho hift of my stock In Irade 1 cunlllnir of Ilishlt though somewhat ruty It miiihi nn openlne fur my doing enough buslnrss Ih lllltr lu sustain my family during Ihinwoobs nfler our Arrival Int tended lIre Oenrrnt Confennee antI for the first lImit heard tha law of tlthlnir ndvMuledthut on entering hIre Church It wn the duly of n new memlnr tn pay nnoIMiili of hli properly and one tenth of hull I earnings thewirier I I Im W W medlatily questioned myeir nn to thn value of my Iou und 1 lot und valuing I al lIlt I was owing 110 Hllilng on II rVrllng minimi In Hind tavorablo with my heavenly Vnther I resolved tu pay that 110 I drove my only row from Iho Hjcmil ward lu the Hlhlnit yaril The nlhnol I nll1 nl hE and I mid lha bulnnre out of my Ku I kri o notions thus rnmplellnu my properly Hilling In 1IC3 In ndllllan lu what llrothor Imldird lias iTlateil of Ids life In the foregoing 1 r 1 Im r ln It inny bo mldcd i thai ho Inslltnlrd lIre lrlnllng of tho Attlclo of Iallh In curd form having v v ml thousand of Ihcvo pnbllhoil for Iho Hunday school on rVbruiry H liJ On tho S7lh of Dorimlr loll 1 hl wns urdalno1 n Hot rniynnd for ninny yrnrn wan nor of the presidency of tho Elm quorum nnd nlriui 11 < sc Dm SIh nunnim IN wn ililiil n 1 Hint Trlent robrmii I 3 nib p litlrllrrh lobber t t nr nil 11 la ° lnl n lallliful fitv 1 ny |
