Show MESA V BURIAl OP II a I Paid to Ills World at Oli Special Correspondence Mesa Co Arizona March ID One of Q the largest that has hau gathered In Mesa for a lone bug assembled Sunday at i 2 pm at the funeral of Henry C Rogers who dd Saturday morning itt his home In hi Time The large barge tabernacle wits was handsomely decorated In white mind and with palms and ammO evergreen boughs Time The building was lIftS crowded to Its fullest capacity and there were unity many people that could not Ruin guIlt admittance Among tIme tho audience iere people from room all nih over time the valley who sho came canime to their feelings of sympathy for the tue bereaved family told respect for Or time the departed one Long before the time for the tho funeral the ho na nut native tive tivO lothario Indiana who timid had learned to love Rogers began to arrive the street north of at time the building Was lined with sad pud faced There were ivere on time tho besIdes time the of time Die various wards of time the Stake High Priests and Riders Elders Brigham Young of time the quorum of It time the c II 8 Hakes mind W WJ IS J of time the Stake presidency Prest C C It hinkes presided The choir sang Bang You who weep weep Weel not alone offered by Bishop of Nephi ward Choir sang Hock of ages cleft for forme forin me in Elder Eider Frank Trank T Pomeroy was time tho first to speak of the long and useful life of time the deceased who had faith faithfully fully fulfilled time tho trusts given to him as asa asa a man nf of Clod the lie guiding motive of whose life was that which character characterised Iced time the life of hU his Master Father Thy will bo ho lone done anti not mine He lie humid had the lovo of all time tho people with whom he ime was acquainted In every ever walk walkIn In iii life hite Whether on time the plains or ties crts erts In the halls of time the legislature in which he lie faithfully served his county one session In lit ImPs his temporal associations or on In him lila his ecclesiastical dutIes or orIn orin In time family circle ho was the santo same honest steadfast cheerful loving man manof manof of God Clod He lie was sine a man with a purpose In life and no obstacle would hint him from the tho path of duty He Ito was wan nn tin exceedingly pious man humble and full of faith Roil and luis his life With was characterized by many manifestations of divine praY providence time the Indians had been blessed by his counsels ammil hundreds of them Imad been brought Into the told fold of Christ through his imis ministrations antI and an n a unit they were now In mourn mourning lag ing over his departure Rider C H It Hakes Bakes Jr rl Young and C lt Hakes also do to eulogized the Useful and anid exem exemplary plary life fife nf of Hrather Rogers anti of offered words of consolation to the tam fam family ily ii V n a native Indian mission missionary any ary companion of then spoke through an Interpreter he had labored with Rogers lie its labored with Brother for 18 1 years had traveled the by lUf day ilay and night with him ammO knew mim to be ft it good mail mad H ha has gone to lOs hla rest and will his salvation In time tho of the Lord I havo Just returned from a visit to the natives jn ri the south and brought mommy many clone of love from theta them to him but I found him gone and It Is nil all right wo we nil alt loved and amid mourn Otis his ue ile torture A daughter of who haa imas been attending time tho Indian school at K is quite well educated and talented sang Bang Nearer my to Thee in such tones tono that delighted aa n Well M as saddened the audience by the pathos und deep feeling that hint was SiaM manifest which seem td l like a message fron her people to toone toone one they thea loved After the choir suing lw consignation congregatIon MS was by 8 i Phelps ammil the people were l to view time the remains It truly pathetic to a see as time the natives na mast t und and view time the face are of him whom they had loved In life hi end ond mourn death Anti And they lucy WOre were sincere they time After viewing the tha remains they time Hied past haRt the wife anti and must f time the 54 d and shook by the hands with tears Jf heir eyes eye mute witnesses to time the lov they had for time Iho deceased and for tie live be bereaved ones t Over W 50 followed the hearse to the cemetery body was consigned to mother earth rth a |