| Show J FUNERAL SERVICES i if 4 1 OF f PRESIDENT FRA FRANKLIN II D RIC RICHARDS j r In the Tabernacle Ogden Tuesday Decem bel 12 1 1899 n 11 c mortal re rc i The rho over oyer the i mains ot of D 1 Prel the ot of the thet 4 dent ot of j I Church ot of Jeus Christ ot or I t Saints who die died 01 on t I shortly after midnight werl were D 0 99 i Ifer l n De December if held In the at l en I cember 1 12 At 1 p II 1 in the cortege familY and a abug J at the I or of 1 bug lOlS to tb Tab ab and i i the hearie t which wae der decor decorated 11 IS for tor the ocion occasion The casket was wasi the stand vas In 4 whIte i wa from and white were It the ceiling The rhe IrIt ot of the th stand was M Mi i n adorned orned with frt florid 4 with ferns and i t r A full choir was present and after the rul seated the ImmenSe family were erl Immens j 1 overflowing tilled to tn In was Wt being unable to gain slon sion Ther There werl were numerous l I from Snit Salt Lake Ike City rates II or ft 1 the tho bellg being given ghen b by the I J 0 J W p ri railway a Many Inny prominent I ladles leR and gentlemen vore among them In Inv eluding non Mormon lormon friends friende v 4 i J A great grent host crowded into the doorwaYs i and gathered outside the entrances 1 The he spacious stand wa was ful fullY occupied ot of the Priesthood Of the by O First ot of the Church Presidents r dents Lorenzo Snow George Q Cnn Can Cannon non nad Lrenzo Joseph F Smith of oC the 8 Twelve Young F Fr FI I tl i r f Lyman John Henry Smith lieber Heber J Grant John W 1 Taylor Anthon U 11 Lund F Cowley and Clawson Patriarch ot of the Church John Smith O Of the Firt First Presidency or of the Seymour Semour D B Young George HulOt S 13 SW II W VeIl and Joseph W lc As Ast ls Church John Jaques t and Andrew Presidency ot of the thet Salt Stake of af Zion Angs M I i t Sni Canno Lle Joseph E Taylor and Chas ji W v Church Reporter Arthur 4 Winter also Le Iol C Snow a num 4 J ber ot of Bishops and Elder Elders From j 1 the thEre there wore were Bishop t 0 F Whitney Elders A M russer Musser no D P F Colet Marin Martin Lindsay and 1 drs Willard many man loading leading Ir 4 churchmen and citizens were In th I l i congregation The pal pail bearer bearers wert wore eight sons eons ot of the departed President via Iz C C Richards Ogden George A i Salt Alber Albert D I Ich Rich Sal Salt Lake Myron J Richards county George Orge 1 F Richards county William P RIchards Kamas Utah Esra Richards Fr Er t I ards IngtOn Georgetown Davis count county Ida Wilford W filch Bishop Robert Hobert conducted the services i j The choir with Ith the organ rendered 1 I O 0 My Father the solo by Fred Tout r Lyman Prayer wal wee offered by Apostle F M I j The choir sang My God to toJ toJ J J Three H L W I am requested by the tho President ta ta t 3 I ay a few tew words upon this occasion I 1 w wilt assur assure you my brethren and als I It is an occasion when I would be bet t I if I could give utterance to a afew few ot o the feelings and thoughts that tha t J have passed through my mind during r I i 1 the thc last illness ness ot of this noble and ond worthy Apostle Al All Isrel Israel and the who knew miss t this great and nd noble man mun and espe cal wi will we In this county count and In Inthis inthis this Stake ot o Zion where we have mown him so wel well and where his fath fatherly erl erly counsel and advice hn has ben been heard for the last thirty years ears or more We fel feel that we have lost on one ot of our choicest et est len men not only In the Church but it alo also In this county as 0 a citizen I It nf af j 1 fors fords me great pleasure to met meet the tho Saints Ints upon this occasion but I ln am so deeply Impressed that I feel I wl will not v be able to occupy any time here toay today In the presence 0 of the worthy 4 and grat great and In the presence who or of these Prophets and Apostles have lived 11 nil these years to lead and andL L guide Israel I feel teel that ni all I can say Is God bless these brothers and sisters f and wives and children ot of this worthy man anti and may the tho Spirit of God be upon our brethren who ar are here that i we may bo be instructed and blessed Amen Ameni i BISHOP RODERT flOBERT i k i I a am requested to SO say n a Ce few worl words 1 tt and I am thankful for the nl at atI I f 1 I feet feel that I cannot cay much and In justice to the he congregation aton and cg the visiting brethren I should e say but buter 4 very er little I realize what has happened I t feel 1 that ther there Is 19 something I lacking through the departure ot of this grat great end and goot man I ha have been n nI ni with him for tor thirty I I might sa say much long longer than that but butI I I was Intimately acquainted wih with him te for tnt that length leneth or of time We Ivell In Inthe inthe the same wan ward nd wo we have ben been aso together considerably and the thelon lon longer er wo became acquainted with each I other the beter better we loe loved och each oth other r rI I Is Ills moving to Ogden Oden was a to tol I Ii I l i me Gid and I presume to other others 10 Ho was r c n a man or o lne fine example t a very er 3 man al all hs his actions ful full ot of kind kindne ne and 10 love and overflowing with lh a at for tor his brethren and sl sisters trl I Iff If ff f lse read n a Ute little or oC hl hi history but that t gives a Ilor ioor Idea of what the man r really l was I rm remember when I went wenton k on my mission In 1872 I 1 fOi found ni pop f Inquiring after him In Scotland One man In particular comes to m my mind just now le lie In the suburbs suburb 44 ot of Glasgow He wanted antol to 10 know I if J I knew Apostle Frankln Franklin D B Richard I Ii i told him I did we Iho lived In the Imo same ward together and I ought to be j 7 wad 0 n cc p wih with him He told J inc that te he got acquainted with him white he het hey t y was on his first miNion to Scotland S and sid said ho he ml me kindly to t when then you OU go 0 home hom una nna nim that WI vas Inquiring otter atter him Ho sid eald ho he hd had never been n I l with n a more genteman man That I is verily erlY true Apostle Frankln Franklin D B was wa a 0 genteman gentleman in every sense nt or of the word When I wor name hoo home I said Mid to Brother that hall had been n en enquiring after him le He Wel Vell I cannot re remember member him but ther there is IA one M thing I Iv Iilo v ilo remember well lI nd and that It Is my hert heart I overflowed with love and kindness to that people Ie He that al all tight ht hut but the individual he could not 11 1 remember hb was 88 th feature ot of hIs first mission In Grot Groat Britain his heart r I was ov overflowing wih with loving kindness The Saints in tho those early ri days core but I 1 young oun Ind and they very rr tender and S hl hr was Very r to them This rep I Brother In every cory par r I never knew a time but ht he rae toll of No mater matter ho hoGlo how ti Glo gloomy and ond do downcast I have felt el I at l li i 1 cm came tra associating wIth him It 1 end ch cheerful bUo buoyed up and ii 2 t This Is as S I have e found p him I pray God to bless this who Are ne upon to art with to Ilat I I L I I this Crat great and good od man The Lord wih I pf bl you rou every on one ot of you ou m my bath 7 rn ren and sisters In the name ot of Jeus Amen men r j ELDER D 1 IT PEE fly 1 II and sisters having been n I called u upon n t I stand before you ou ThIs 1 Is a very el trying ordeal for me but i t thank Oo God I have been en 1 delt I ll worth worthy to stead herl here and say rn n a few Words t t In behalf ot of one ot of the noblest 4 Inen I have ever er known I have hae sen seen ii have seen Clay have hae seen pen nIL alt t the e Presidents from William r Harrison on dow down I have seen Wilam A vast of good go men and I have seen en hlo I tt it I 0 Snore cod good men her here than any place on I f but I will say y to of all 1 you the I cu o ni t have I ten known Ip DIther Brother C I j ii 1 L Richards at the end Brother Woodruff They rose above mon above Their whole hort heart and sul soul Was with the Gospel Brother was baptized In iSIS 10 lie has preached the of oC Jels Christ for over oer yours le lie lute has now pa passed sel through the 1101 only road by which you Ol or 01 I can reach rench the eternal ot of Go God I 18 say above al nfl tie tiemen the themen I men I lae have aver knol known save sao less than I hult hiatt a zen hl his helt h art wa was near to 00 Clod ni and ot of ni cli the lie ren men I hat have ever eer known he h has don lone Almost to the vr very last he RO ga back ack und and d to Sal Salt Lake el City I warned varned him and toW him I it wu too tau much but buthIs hIs wa wih It As s he would go godown town down somebody would advise with Ih him when he would COll come back the they wold coo come to him to ak ask until nt sometimes he was nearly frozen Why I if lie he will 1 nt not get Into the cles celee ml kingdom it If Ir He I not aie by the angels and the Gods and have eternal glory glor I 1 do 10 not knoW know who ho wil will Title Is Ismy ismy my He he beler better part ns as Mary did When Christ Wn sas there Instent Instead ot of being out cooking and luu Ing around Mary lr to hear henr Hm him talk A man that coull could not say any anything thing In behalf ot of Brother l D 1 Richards hi hiss not I a tongue has not n a spirit When I went scent 01 on a mission to lO Texas In 1375 and when hen I went to Vir sin laIn tact I Der never went Vent on n a mis ilon withOut asking Brother Richards to bles bless mo me Ind and I 1 felt when h ho was me that It fr m a man manof ot of Gal God and that It would be verified orlle and I It was wasI I could stand here and talk of Bro Broi Brother nol ther Richards for hours and hours wih with 01 oil my Now he has passed through the tho finni ordeal We wi hear that warning voice oIce n no more Hs Ills eye eyes are closed In death The bonds that bound him to this earth are loosed and henceforth and forer forever he 1 get Ket time the reward oven en the that Go God gives to any man mun In m my opinion F D name namo Is known ni all over oer this world I 1 heard his name before I ever Joined the Mormon Church and r I have havo never neer hoard heard I a man to his prejudice Almost every man you ou know gets get criticised and people are ready to tear him to piecEs pieces but Bro Dro Drother thor ther chose the better Part He Was not with politics ho WM was not with speculation which lie he fel felt and knew to b be the cur curse of oC this tion on borrowed capital capitalI I pray God that Ill his children may take after him that the blod blood which ran mn In his veins may be In ever one of at his grandchildren I Sy say that this county count Is far ar ahead or of what I it would have hae been Ir if Frankln Franklin D Rich mch Richards ards had never led lived here We have beth beeh blessed nearly above al all th the Stakes Slakes or of Zion wih with having such n a aman man In our midst That nut we e never ner showe showed him any favors scarcely Is It not strange that the hardness ot of mans heart Is such that he cannot give any praise tl till the man dies and then the whole world turns out I have lived here for or thirty years and more and I never saw sav such uch a crowd 4 as this at nn any ot of our conferences here I will say that In m my opinion n no other man could have hae done I it I belee believe Ir if these services had been hed In SnIt Salt Lake time the to overflowing Tabernacle would have been 1101 tilled God chose him for tor 1 a great and mighty purpose and his wl will go down through the ages Is Ills name wi will go 0 higher and higher higher and higher and his children will bo blessed because they sprang from such a tOUr I p ay to ble bless hil his his children la And his eaCh ch and every one ot of them Where In al all Utah wi will you Ou find that surpass his J If we ve would pick out any to so go and defend our cause In Washington city before the supreme Court or before the Parla Parlament mont ment of England I SO say where we SC find any beter better He tins hns lel left or off offspring spring second to non none May ny God bless tl m and may th grow In pence peace knowledge 1 and understanding unto the perfect day Is I my prayer Amen AmenA A quartet compo composed d or of Miss Wens gard Is Mary F Tout and Albert Ibert Anderson accompanied on I the violin by toses rendered n a selection entitled The pass lag Ing o of time the sweetest soul ELDER r YOUNG This Is truly a solemn solomn Usual Usually I have felt that I it was as mort more than I could do to speak on nn an occasIon ot of this kind but I am thankful for tor an opportunity to say a tel few words toay today that my may voice mn may be heard In connett ton tion wih with m my brethren In speaking of at him who hl has died I It seemed to me mc that WI we needed President Franklin D I Richards that he was necessary nl to the ot of his and of oC the work of Christ but aD God knows and we must yield Iel our our own feelings that Hs Ills purpose ma may b be accomplished I It reo re me much ot of the funeral of m my father Cather my own feelings ne are something simIlar I have known President Rich Richards ards al all the days das that t I can remember upon the earth I have hao known him to tobe tobe be the mail whose character has been described this morning by his brethren lie He seemed to me to b be Il a part nn and par por porton ton ion or of the society that I looke looked upon In connection wih with my father Cather lS as of oC men who ho could never die mel men who we wem sent sont forth In this dispensation to bring the people along to buo buoy them up to counsel to console to direct In and In times of at trial and danger to stand tand firm I anti and point Int the tho wa way b by which the Lt Lat I Saints were able to escape al all I Ithe the snares that were laid for fOI them I I have known President Richards as a I goo good man n a great man a humble Inn Inna man mana a father n a brother an and 1 a frend friend I have hae known Jon him Intimately ni all the years ear that I Cn eon remember and I have hae never neer man In my heart found faul fault with that I mourn wih with lila hll family I rejoice wih with the tho people that he hI has this work but I mour mourn his hb los loss The fhe grat great object of oC th the life that O God gave him Is accomplished le lie has won the fight he his has gained the race and he I is wih with the brethren that have hac gone before tore God bless his family and corn com tort fort their hearts for tor I know that they he have grat great reason to be thankful for forthe th the leader the husband the father tathel the Astle whom le lie gave gae unto thorn them to stand at their head In the last die t on We have reason to rejoice that We have known him 1 look upon him now as being In th the presence or of orm m my fa my father and m my mother and loved loell ones Il lie has gone to them and our f feet t are treading tatt fast In the same Yearl Years are Mm corn corning Ing upon us and the dearest dearen wish ot of m my heart is that when I get through I it itcan cnn can b be sid said ot of me mc that I 1 was In ul all m my le life n as we cn can al all say of Franklin D Richards le lie Was faithful to the end The crown Is bs his the ho glory Is 18 his No power can reo rend It from him le lie Is safe sare wih his Maker wih with his Redeemer ant anti with hIs friends friend I I had the pleasure ot of being wih with him t Friday afternoon for tor several hours r I could not nol reconcile myself to the thought ot of giving him Ip p I tell felt like to him praying for him exer exercising for tor him sti still I was willing willingto to bw bow to the will ot of my Maker Inker 0 Lord spare him to the Church to his brethren nn and to his family was 19 the prayer In I my heart constantly I talked wih with him n it great deal that afternoon True ho he |
