| Show I v t r ff ft a Ay x t tE E y f t tz N z r I j PATRIARCH WILLIAM WILIIAM WHITE of III Ills Id Work tutu and la br III UN Church J William Ulan White a II well w 11 known real resl r I clent lent of ot Halt Hult I Lake City CUr wince since funeral were held II III In tho the t ward meetinghouse on the tho of oC Dec Uce 1905 1906 W was dH lH u It son Sou un of ot William anti Martha Murtha White Whit mill and was waif horn born bornat nt 1 Wales vales Sept Kept 21 11 1826 1820 Hi He with his hl parents parent moved to the adjacent town when a 1 man where he ho met and married Ann Thoman daughter of ot David an Elizabeth t Ninth Nn h Th re of It hta r family of ot 13 children were hornAl horn torn hornAt At Al tho the age uge of ot 2 26 he be nm a mem tier her of or thu th Church of or Jesus Christ 1 of nt receiving recel baptism nt lit the of lit Elder David William Williama n a R man of I strong filth faith anti who vim w ha met death th In u m i L In tF Salt Halt Lake county In the early sixties The Tho mother of ot William was wall tho the kl first of ot her family to embrace the lh Goa Jos Goals a J ls Ire 1111 as nu through the tho th Prophet q Joseph Jo ph Smith and she like her son lion was urns not only a n 1 genuine convert but butan an nn enthusiastic advocate of ot thu the faith as ai well up to to the time of or her liei death I For many years Iura th Ih ills Was f r p president of or the Ha w Itel branch of oC the tha Church of at Jesus t of ot lAt 11 ter day anti nn afterwards of ot the con cun conference terence ference and for tor nearly 30 SO years of or lila his life lite he ho was W known l In the Ille towns town of o stud and Neyland the latter the tho place of at hU Ins hl residence at lit the time lime of his emigrating to l tt Utah and throughout the county of ot u ut t U is t a staunch member of or his unpopular church 1 During hla hili long connection with thu Church Churl h In he lived to tonee tolice see nee nearly nil of or Its Ito members of lit that region Of or country countr emigrate to lc Utah ut h and nM when ho himself emigrated ho brought with him nil all tho those e 1 who could not pay ItY their own raveling expenses to this country Hy fly this lime lie he 10 hUll hud built up a n large business In ht BeCore closing It out ho he devoted about a n yur y ur visiting his wide Ida circle of nt acquaintances anti and personal friends In the thu count r to whom he hI made known ills his hi Intentions i to to In Utah anti and he did this thus for tOI the purpose o of or bearing to them for tor forthe tile the lust hl I time the testimony ho he had horne homo so o often before to 10 the effect freet that was Waft nothing moro more nor nOl nOlI I lees ff s than limn the everlasting 10 rn anew line through Joseph Jo eph that he himself was Bras now about to leave nil to Join friends with tin till Jolly hotly of N v n the Church In Utah and that he was prepared to not nol only his hi earthly substance but bul everything else eiB nt at his command on the tho strength of the teeth testimony tc many mony he had hall so persistently borne to them for tor HO so many years carl After withdrawing from the tho business of ot White Song In tL ti i i 1 city on account of years yeats he commenced to todo todo do ilo Temple work Ills HIli work wort In III th this direction was very vary extensive Involving u n great deal deil of time and rt per onil ex x pence as us well In this connection he was wail often orten hear hend to say nay tint that he him himself self expected to scion man pass Into tho the spirit world there to continue the tit labor of preaching f the Gospel and ami In order lo to bo lie consistent with his whole life he lie to bo hl prepared to say nay to those of his who should at It List last ListIn In ht that state become became converted to the truth that he had hall done dono for rOl them what whit they had tailed to do for tor themselves while In hr mortality I t lit y and It remained now nolY for tor them to 10 accept of the work thus thull performed to lo enable them t to 10 be he 1111 VIll VIllOn On hU Ida deathbed he felt pleased and gratified Branded to I know now that his time wits was now lOW at III hand whoa his work would be lie on earth and ho was about to Join his hili ones OIlS who had lUll gone be before fore foie And after r blessing his children and ail grandchildren by lIy virtue of ot the tho pa par authority addressing them all nil he tie said piLi Now ow as us I t am nor about to leave you Oll my children to 10 join those of ot our nul family who have hIo gone befort and to associate with the Ehlers of the lire Church who lava have tiled true anti and faithful to their sacred ll letl trust tru l there to continue with them my labors as all a I preacher of oC the Gospel to the spirits In III prison I 1 want to testify to tel you ou and to the whole world If It possible for tor the tho last time limo In III mortality that I 1 do know that Joseph Smith Jr WU Indeed 1 n 1 true Irue prophet of or the living God Jod foreordained to lo be bl the tM restorer of the tilt everlasting vella Gospel inthis In III Inthis this tine Ihl t dispensation of o the worlds history billion and that It Is nothing more nor less J II than the tha th ever eel everlasting lasting Gosi Gospel l restored again oguin for tOl the salvation and exalt exaltation of ot all nil those who vs ho ohey obey Its JIll requirements re And I I piss ss avay II full tull of at Joy jO being conscious of oC tho the knowledge that I 1 have 1110 been true truo to my God Gill true tru to my 01 fatally family and true to my m follow tullo felia men then Anti And all nil I ask of or you my InY children Is to tO follow me ine as I have followed Christ our Redeemer Elder Whites White fatally consisted at nt his death d ath of ot nine children child tell and 33 grand grandchildren grandchildren children IV N W NI W |
