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Show Vfirst counselor of church passes to reward Death Comes to Anthon H. Lund at Hit Home Here (Continued from page 1.) was In another room, where she ha been, 111 In bed for a considerable time. HIS CAREER. Anthon Henrik I.und. first counsellor coun-sellor to President Heber J. Grant of tbe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-! Latter-! day Saints, wss born at Aalborg, Denmark. Den-mark. May IS. 1144, being the son of Henrik and Anna Christina t Ander-lon) Ander-lon) Lund. When he was 4 years of I age his mother died and the father, then serving his country In the war I between IHmtrk end Schleewlg- Hnlstein, the small Antlioil was left In the care of his grandmother, tine Immediately Im-mediately plsced him In school to begin be-gin his education, a career which was Interrupted by the father's return from the battlefields In 151. At the tender age of 7 years young Anthon was advanced to the socalled "city schools," wherein he gained first plsce I with It attendant honors five year j later. During the same year In which this latter success came to him he was I also baptized Intoj the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d.y Balnts. Several yeere ewetestwo th leewek-of hie aitelee-had aitelee-had joined the church and later his grandmother, too, embraced the new teaching, with the result that Anthon, An-thon, youngster though he waa, reed and became vitally Interested In the doctrines of the Mormon church; from that time until the present his labors were In the interests of his church and bis devotion and loyalty to hie belief were steadfast. TAUGHT ENGLISH. At the eg of 1 Anthrm-H.- Tund was called to labor In the Aall.org conference, his duties in this connection connec-tion being the teaching of English to the emigrating Halnts, to distribute tracts and to assist the elders. In 12 came the first great event of his life, the voyage to America, His sailing sail-ing vessel entered New York harbor on May 21 of thst year. Accompanied by his grandmother, who had sealously watched over him throughout his youthful years, he traveled by rail and ox tram to Salt Lake City, arriving here September S3 in the Bishop C. A. Madsen Independent company. After a short time here he went to Sanpete county.- hie grandmother. Joining a son at Cedar City. FARM AND SCHOOL. On a farm near Falrvlew Anthon H. Lund waa first employed during a period pe-riod of three months and then moved to Mount Pleasant, where he found an occupation oc-cupation more suited to hi taste and education. John Barton, a cttlaen of Mount Pleasant, offered him a home In return for tutoring tha Barton children, a bargain which was quickly and gratefully grate-fully accepted. In 1144 hi vocation assumed a different turn and he be-1 came a teamster, bringing emigrant ' f from the Missouri liver to Utah. Dur- i L In lk wlntee month nf fhls va h ! taught school again and the following summer he clerked In a store. BECOMES TELEGRAPHER. In the autumn of the year li5 Anthon An-thon H. Lund, with a number of other young men, responded to a rail from Brlgham Young to come to Salt Lake and study telegraphy under the veteran vet-eran operator, John Clowes. The first Deseret telegraph Una waa then being 'finished and In 1I4( he returned to j Mount Pleasant as a full fledged oper-lator oper-lator to take charge of the station at that place. For three years he filled that position and In addition conducted a photograph -gallery. In lit! he became be-came secretary of the local Cooperative association and was chosen a member at the dath of President Wells In 1891 became president. He was called to the apoatleshlp In 188. From 1893 until un-til 1894 he presided over the Kuropean mission and in 1897 he visited the orient with F. F. Hlntse for the purpose jof reorganising the Turkish mission jand selecting a spot for a colony tn j I-alestlne. In June, 189. he returned j to Utah. At the close of the year 1899 I he was appointed church historian, succeeding suc-ceeding Franklin D. Richards in this ! office end as president of the church f renealngical society, president Lund i had also been acting as superintendent of religion classes, remaining In that capacity until January, 1919. He waa also one of the original members of the general church board oreducatloA, FIRST PRESIDENCY. On October 17. 1901. Mr. Lund became be-came a member of the first presidency of the church, being appointed second counselor to President Joseph F. , of the first city council ox Mount i'teaa-ant. i'teaa-ant. TAKES WIFE. On May X. 1170, he was married to n Sarah Ann Peterson, daughter of Blsh-0 Blsh-0 op Canute Peterson of Kphralm. to which town he moved from Mount Pleasant. The next year he was sent on a mission to his native land. Denmark, Den-mark, accompanying his father-in-law. whe waa sent to preside over the affair af-fair of the church In Scandinavia. I Anthon H. Lund was but 2( years of I age when placed In charge of the bueineas department of the Copenhagen Copen-hagen office of the Scandinavian mission mis-sion and remained there a year before I returning to the United State and Utah. After another year of teaching he I was made head clerk In the Fphralm store, a position he held so well that he waa advanced to superintendent and remained in that capacity for ten . yeara In 1883 he was sent on another i mission to Kuropean fields, succeeding Christian J. Pjelsted as president of !the Scandinavian mission. Previous to j this mission he had been high councilor I and clerk of the Sanpete atake of Zion ;and superintendent of the Ephralra i Sunday schools. Smith, and became first counselor upon the death of John R. Winder. He remained In the capacity of first counselor coun-selor to President Heher J. Grant upon the death of President Joseph F. Smith. In addition to his church activities. President Lund held various directorships director-ships and positions of executive responsibility. re-sponsibility. Including regency of the state university, president of the board of trustees of the Snow academy, director di-rector of Zton's Cooperative Mercantile Mercan-tile Institution, director of the Utah State National bank, vice president of Zlon's Savings Bank and Trust company com-pany and preaident of the Amalgamated Amalga-mated Sugar company. HIGHLY CHARITABLE. A disciplinarian In many ways courageous, cour-ageous, an indefatigable worker and possessed of the wisdom of the ages. President Lund waa inspired for hla great work by motives of charity, generosity gen-erosity and sympathy for his fellows. Not only In his official and religious ELECTED LEGISLATOR. Preaident Lund remained abroad un-I un-I til November. Ills. Upon his return to Utah he was honored by election I to the territorial legislature, serving in ,lt. and was returned In 1888. His work In these bodies was Important and valuable. Among the legislative j blils Introduced by him were the onee for the establishment of the Industrial school and the Agricultural college. In 1888 Anthon H. Lund waa made vice preaident of the Mantt Temple, assisting as-sisting President Daniel H. Wells, and I life were these qusiitlee predominant, but In his home life he created a circle cir-cle of love and loyalty of the Mghest type. , Preaident Lund Is survived by his widow, formerly Sarah Ann Peteraon, and the following children: Anthony C. Lund, a well known muslclun of 8alt Lake and leader of the Tabernacle Taber-nacle t-hotr; Henry C. Lund, prominent promi-nent member of the Bar association and Judge; Herbert Lund, a phyaiclan; Obhnlel. a resident of Kphralm; A. William, assistant historian for the Mormon church; tieorge Cannon Lund, who wss a color sergeant with the One Hundred Forty-fifth field artll-1 lery In Prance, and Mra. Herbert IJirnee. There were two children who died young. |