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Show www ww v w wwvw I TEMPLE AND TftBEMftOLE. vwwwwwwwwwww ; The state of Nevada has been added 'to the California mission of the zhurch. On January 1, there were 194 missionaries mis-sionaries laboring in the Northern states mission, and 140 in the Eastern .states. Funeral services over the remains of Dr. Charles M. Cannon were held in the tabernacle on the 15th inst., the place of meeting having been changed from the Fourteenth ward meeting house in order to accommodate the many friends of the deceased. Elder C. W. Penrose, Bishop George H. Taylor Tay-lor and Bishop Leonard Hardy paid worthy tribute to the deceased and offered consoling remarks to the afflicted family, Dr. Cannon was one of the most rvomising young men of this city. He is a son of President George Q. Cannon, and graduated a short time ago from an eastern dental college, going into business here upon his return. He was 30 years of age. Regarding the condition of mission ary matters in Samoa, President E. J. Wood, on December 27, 1S9S, writes: "The work is making steady progress and our record of baptisms will nearly reach the 300 mark for this year. Our meeting houses are going up on all sides and the schools are attracting many a stranger's attention. Our Samoan government is in a very unsettled un-settled condition and impedes our spiritual progress very much. Nearlj every branch complains of all the malt members being away. They are most ly congregated in and around Apia waiting for the chief justice to pass ,upon the king question, when thej will return to their villages and resume their usual labors. " On his way home Elder Wood will visit New Zealand, Tonga, Fiji and Hawaii, probably reaching Utah about the time of April conference. The funeral of the late Elder George Goddard, conducted Sunday, January 15, by his co-laborers and friends, at thfl fnTtAi-nndlo wric n snrl nnd notable. event in the history of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for the man was -universally loved, and the work he had devoted most of his life to development of the Sunday schools will follow him. Long before the hour set for the funeral ceremonies the tabernacle was filled to the doors. Promptly at 2 o'clock the cortege reached the tabernacle, when the casket was removed from the hearse to the altpr, with the great organ pouring out a flood of solemn music over the vast congregation. The pall-bearers were Karl G. Maeser, George Reynolds, Rey-nolds, J. W. Summerhays, C. R. Savage, Sav-age, N. A. Empey, William Nay lor and William L. Binder, all of whom w-ere more or less associated in Sunday school work with the deceased. Following Fol-lowing the casket were the mourners, who occupied the first three seats on each side of the center aisle. On either side, directly behind the more intimate friends the Sunday School Union board and their families, and the old folks committee were seated, while at the back, toward the rear of the auditorium, audito-rium, were the old folks in a body. The Sunday school teachers and children child-ren occupied the gallery, and what space that was not utilized by the organizations or-ganizations named, was quickly filled by admiring friends aud the genera public. The decorations were simple, yet effective in their simplicity. The great organ and the pulpits were all draped in dove-whitecrape. The altar, upon which the casket lay, was adorned with floral offerings, including a beautiful beau-tiful harp from Weber county and a like emblem from Salt Lake. President Presi-dent George Q. Cannon announced the first hymn, "God Moves in a Mysterious Mysteri-ous Way, His Wonders to Perform," the congregation standing during the singing. Apostle Teasdale uttered a fervent prayer, eulogistic of the deceased de-ceased for his energy and faithfulness. faithful-ness. "In Our Lovely Deseret," a prime favorite of the dead veteran, was next rendered by the choir and school children, who gave to the simple melody mel-ody an interpretation never before equaled. A telegram was read, announcing an-nouncing that St. George stake would hold memorial services for the dead elder, after which liishop Empcy of the Thirteenth ward, where Elder Goddard resided; Karl G. Maesar; 9. R Savage, Elder George Reynolds, of the Sunday school board; Apostle Ileber J. Grant, Elder Seymour B. Young and President George Q. Cannon addressed the congregation. "0, My I-'ather" was sung and benediction was offered by Patriarch John Smith. The Harmony Har-mony Glee club furnished music at the grave, a large procession following the remains to their last renting place. The missionaries in the California mission have all been more or less afflicted with la grippe, but none very seriously. Annie Laurie, in San Francisco Examiner: Ex-aminer: "President Snow is the handsomest hand-somest old man I ever saw. He is 84 years old, and he does not look a day over 60. His hair and beard are as white as carded wool, and bis shrewd, kindly black eyes twinkle from under a penthouse of shaggy black brows that give character to his gentle face." |
