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Show 6 M. hi ,, V MvS. i Church Department. v THE DESERET jNEWS, SATURDAY, FEPRU i f t Funeral ServicesFof Patriarch Hyrum G. Smith aWWWwdhewwdSw(pww PH Continued from J'ag Five. ) blessings that are bestowed upon tho who are faithful, Tho fort that can only coma front eom. a di- -i source will bo with thla fnm-- 1 lly and tha Joy that cornea from doing what tha lord would hav ua do will ha their prvilwe. Aa I think of the experience of people Ip tha world, on orraalonn of thla kind, Z mart cl how wa have been bloeaed. I have no more doubt about eternal (ife and tha of tha aoul than 1 Immortality that tha eua ahlncd at midday. have Tha Poaalng of my beloved kinnman haa been n mat ahock to me, but how! gratefulI I am that during many, have had hie companlon-ahl- p yearn and confidence. Ilow giate-fI am that be haa been able to! bleas hla wife and children and extend comfort and hope to all who hnvo haaockUed with him to tha, Very laat. 11a doe not have to meet! the effecta of an life, but aa the laird haa given him strength; be haa bullded day by dav. and the Father! promts of our haa been that thoseHeavenly who honor him and keep hla commandments shall have eternal life n hla celestial, kingdom. Priesthood Kterosl, The priesthood that baa been conferred upon thla man Is eternal, and the bleeding that la promised, to his descendants la also eternal.! It la a aad thing to part with our even dear ones, We end them upon temporarily. missions, or other parts of the worldthey toi gojto llvd and we miss them. When an, occasion like this occurs It seenva that they are more distant.' but as a matter of fact are not.t If we but understoodthey When I think ef the opportunities ihatun- -' fold to this good mull-nothat rest of us aid denied temporarilythe do not feci Jealous of him but I, do feel to congratulate him that he haa earned a plaee In the celestial I congtatulivle hla wife1 kingdom. and children that they have had him so long, and Instead cf ex-- 1 teifding hs condolence that some-- ! times might, go to those who are, bereaved. I feel more like rejolc-- j log this day that 1 know that thla Is not tho end.' Hyrum has lived to iweie the ordinances of tho , House of thel laird When the time fume to bo1 tnnirled-he wanted to be united with a good girl, one of the daughters, of Zion, who had been falth-- i ful Nile wanted to bo united wtlhi her eternally. Ho went Into the House of the Lord and was scaled liy the authority of the Holy Frlcot-hoo- d and that sealing united them as hUlfhand jtnd wife, not only for time but for Htemlly, and gave to them tholr children for eternity, without necessity of adoption. That was his attitude toward the sacred things of life and xthe promises that the Lord has mode to those wHI not fall who observe In his case There are those who arceutlS' fled Just to live a carvleseVlife here in the world who may be nk ened to the man with one talen.v They make no development. The laird hat Informed us that there re three degrees of glorv. One la known as ths Telestlal Kingdom. Into thla kingdom go those who hove lived and have not earned more than the privileges of that kingdom a kingdom of glory, Jt Is true, but It Is a leaser kingdom-Thoswho are satisfied with un Inheritance in that kingdom, and who live folr It Will be resurrected but they will be quickened, teles-tibodies. and will Inherit that kingdom- - Iteferrlng to these the laird Informs Us that where God be. and Chrlet dwelt they can u Describes Kingdoms. ' Thea there Is another kingdom known ae the Terrestrial Kingdom. The Lord says that those who desire greotre blessings and prtvlleg-- e may Inherit that kingdom, pros vlded they live for II. and in the resurrection they will be quickened terrestrial bodies and will Inherit the Terrestrial Kingdom. Rut to I hone who desire the highest and beat of nil, our Heavenly Father has made known that there la another kingdom, known as the Celestial Kingdom. Those who desire to Inherit that kingdom must conform to the rules that are laid down by the .Redeemer of mankind while here Upon the earth. The vlytuoa that are attain- - ' ed by those In the other kingdoms will be achieved by those who Inherit the CeleatUsl Kingdom, and additional virtues that Iho others have not acquired will be possessed Uv those who Inherit the Celestial Kingdom, In order that w might be pre-b- it rid for that kingdom, the laird. In Hla mercy. In this latter day restored tho Gospel of Jesua Christ, and placed In it divine authority, and then gave understanding to Ills children that certain ordinances may bs received and performed. For this purpose were built ant! Into those temples those who desire a place Intemples the Celestial Kingdom have the opportunity te for , , X 1 nl vr - i it- PKli 4 K a II bV.VWWd i Pro. Anthony HIM IU H I have, In my huml. my. I.relhrei amt alafirra, telt'io-jimxpreiwlni rondol me am) bAtiw oi tho drain or Hrutn3u. MnUh tt on 1iVAMlfM jj. Gmnt an Htriihvn L Sttohnvda. Kllaa Woodruff and hit tifntiy, Vmtldrni 5 and Mtoan of ti North want rrn Mtatta imMon Uold O. Me-- . Ha and family, Tftopw are prppH ho are atmrnt. bait ho woubl have brrn prrttrnt wove It not 1 ' vurft-r-ini- id sn5gl, 1 i an-F- vl t t !' J Is possible for each off us toi so job serve the commandments of oui Hqavenly blither that we Will In pea xjme go where Hyrum ha gone. I win ask for no belter pine In glilch th spend eternity th companionship of theithen in mep and women who have good mid bygheir 1dally conduct: 'Father In HeSven, a plane In Ike CM. . leetaL Kingdom " N. That th ms. la what the Goepe) MlVlinvi; Ha today, a I Man iq! jreuip pressnes, when perhaps tears S hopld bs flowing, my soul la filled .and satisfaction. I prag that that comfort may b In tho lives sf rh ef thoss who that God, our Hsnv-"- n arsjbs reeved.,will lw a husbahd to Father, tho I widow and a father to-- i the children, and that ws who remaM wllljhh brothers and idstern way tha Lord Desires should be T1 ilg I, not l he end, moo lives. Jesuh 1 the Christ, Joseph Kmllh wo a prophet of th living EUod, and the l'rlesthood that d was upon him mid hhf brother and passed on dewn tiirovigh tho Church has been already reoelved by igme of th jmeinlier of, thla family, and others, as they grow old bnough, will receive It, and hyf too. will l,e preparing for WHh comfort cou-fem- that higher, that holier and better laee, v j That tha Lord may add i his bleexlngs, that Jho comfort whleh cornea a Iona from him who trulea and gelgns on high may abide In ths heme title family and, that tha motherqfand her children) may feel the Joy that she haa aiwnvs had Jn his presence and In 1 ths companionship of ths ttplrlti iof Ood. not only today, but hones-fortand forever, that thlsEmay privilege and blessing, X humbly pray, in tb namo of jesua Christ. Amen. hj SI !' ' hr konaa Apm-alypne- 1 XT for thorn tt be here. have opened Bible at tho book Itevetatioiv . the no revelation from the Ixd aoni by hla anyrl to John tho belovr-- diwet ploy of th a ftd!emijr, while t upon the Isle of 4 ntmoft prisoner a all others the orialnnl council of twelve Buffered iinder the persecution whlkh fcllbwed the martrdom .of our lordi Thla in the preface to the iThe Itc elation i f Jesus which tiod save unti him. toX'hrtst, shew unto his scrants things which must shortly come ti pass, and he Mint and slimlfied 'll bv his angel unto his serwuH J! lm. 1 suaacsr, mv hr sisand tpren ters, and jou who iH e present who not bc IdenMlied with the niy Chuixb, carefully d ad this brief book, this revelation which come to us and Is the taiMtook contained in the Bible, w hioh w make one of the standard work of the Church, is not Ver1 lonir nd yet then, it are many thing in it which appear to me to bd plUable to the circumstncesl under w hit. Ij., we are met together today I have always found convolution, e ncouragement, hope and Ihcrcojw d Xilth because of the things which It contains. In the Irat wo are told here that this plac, ts a met age sent from t'hrlitt. our isOi J to John his beloved disciple, ami that he sent and manifested jK to him by his angel. As 1 read that 1 ask myself this question' if our Km her v'ould reveal hlsjvaii to efrie of his Mervants two thmun d yars ago cvf a mesecn- through ths ger which we cal! why should he not do t necessity i th dvy ii which wo tUlra, it live? Then ho i if lo4i nitty occur to us. Whiit mrit of Vronag is thla mamrnkr nt k the prrs- an ca of Clod? "And 1, John, ww ead heard them. And Iv hen thing, 1 had heard and en,I fell down to worship before the fee of th wMch shewed me these things. Then snlth he unto me. Bee ' Ihou do. It aoti tor im thy fe low servant, and oif tliy brethren the prophet, and ot tfiem whli h keep the sayings Of thlsilvook: worJ ship Ood " t HrM of TImmiJ it. What a field of chtiught those few words reveal to ue, When properly understood! Just oife who had lived before. Just sue w lio had been sent with a message to People who dwelt here la mortnlltji. one who wee a fellow servant t0 this man to whom hairs me. : My brethren and alstbrs. follow out that o&e suggvstioni It mrans thnt we may receivi a comm.uni-ratio- n from the Mod. dose it not, tprough the same eogrret It means, doc It not, If one of prophets who kept the saying, til this book to bank he must roulJ vome-bae- k have lived before! snd lit tells u another thing,' this konjerfut TV atatioa that tha Hard eni thla maa aangar la John t4 vvrai io him, thing which ahertvv coma to aaa. And that Waa nearly two thousand year igo j hat told us that th ilm jjs(hTetdllJg not tar distant when the promises msde to those I" ! Loyd will bs realm-hS . ed. They so at feast nearly twoi thousand year nearer to ua than hen thla revelation wa given to ( nd that tsa long span In' , life, as w 7 count tame, j Should I go oh and quote from the content of tkt book that to which 1 more partleularlj desire lo cell -- your attention. John wouis 4 tell tt that among oilier shown to hint, hi saw kb things email and great, stand bffore dead, God. He yaw that the rraveswrr op. Wned, and' the! dead casts forth! that the ecx gave up theldead who were' Iq It, amlUhat they were Judged, every than .fronting (o hi works. X)oent Ihqt fix iir Indlvl duality. I cannot be Jttdged for your works, nor you for mine, hut I can be Judged for th life that I .fead and have ledj Jurt nk you can for yours. So It must fix the Iden-- 1 llty of ths Individual after death. Just as ws have, Hentitvl here. l Another thing which tie tells us Is that h heard a volSe out of j heaven Illeaaedi are the saying: dead who dla in ths Lord htnrt. for rest forth, from phelr lab- they die stork or, and their follow' I fr x W, Ivin a. S.'FAKFR.) Onuturmed lives. their lyouth Hyrum and Martha were informed of their opportunity and determined not to be satisfiedwisely with arttlnhur-llanc- e Jn the lesser kingdom. They therefore conformed their.' lives the requirement of the Lord to In in h preparation for CeUwtiAl Kindlon,ettuennhip and he ceded her to receive hie rewind. He ill anxiously--awai- t fils Wife nd Children until the family r. reunited, not on missing. ; Thls-- ts so Important that the Losd In Hla mercy ho Htmstfr taught us these things. Time will not permit for me to go Into detail, but X would emphasise thla The more glorious kingdom is .where the martyrs Joseph Bmifb and Hyrum. his . brother, the great grandfather of this man iwlli be and he will associate with! them and- the other good men and om n who aacrificed everything for righteousness sake, and wjfo Tiav conformed their lives to the teachings of our Heavenly Father Their Inheritance will be n the Celestial Kingdom and whert this than, who has lived for a place In thnt kingdom. IS resurrected he wll not find hie place among the , lesser ones in the Telestlas King. nor among 'those in like Ter restrial Kingdom, but his itnhcrltt. attoe will be among thosd wjiu have kept all th command m nix of our Heavenly Father, he ns lay in their power amd who have enriched their lives by lining os God would have them live, Hla will assoc lute with..' . their spirit pi Vila until ihry are reuurroct t Immortal beings and they will tin bO Waiting for those of us wheat still here if ny of u deelrn to gb to that place we must ODnfmia "''0 Hi to the Uospii o Jesus CJifiiit. Those arc th onlj) tfrtut ufon which we may obtain itlm blcaBintfe That 4s not my a Mmi. Tn flit la the word of touH'Patjhpr i He yeti. jj Commend Family 5 commend this good wife liter, who during those I of anxletl, wkary months watched over and waited eu ruimi like an angel. Her devotion' haai trihe(J h?r aoul and drawn; bar nearer to aur Kathrri in Heaven. Durin the Ion JHnraath chfldren have been moat thought 4 fuf and helpful and have borne-thafull ehare of the burden. The family have Iv'ay been unltJ edj but are more nearly one than1 evVr before. More fortunate than many women Martha haa retaJnod hefr family, tthe baa been blceaad in the marriase of twe of her, daughters. Her eiaht chi!4wn and two ontJnltw areaty here In ul hls-kt- ws M and receive their blessing., a enrich their lived and prepare them lor that kingdom This the? kingdom where God and 'Christ Will dwell. This Is the place that' those will live who have the right to tnheiit It Is enrntd Is the' greatest and most glorious of ail and our' Heavenly Falser lute promised etun an inheritance nod glory - to every soul who will live - tli j i Ij j them "ill' ' J My Intlmats sosoclotlon with Hyrttm O, Hmlth. and the remarks which have already been mads In commendation or hla eharicter and f bts good works, jMstiftr m in saying that of all ths )neii with whom have Km act and hnr met many u uaipled my lung life end ,ts varied eXpt rienv-ei rememhef none who apr me o tie more wurt.tv, tain of tn blessings her L, ed upon tlhose who die tn than Hyrum u ,, him Intimately. HeSnuh talked tt confidentially, as I tjTin his I do not rememher talked a character' to Indicate .Ihlng oiheit than devoted faith In God odr Father, devoted faith In t'hrtsd hlk son, a the Redeemer of the the agency through wltilh We and are redeemed from Ihie podvlnJ from I to Immortality j which we mortsllty call death. Christ ws tnej tlrt fruits of thei resut Xlvruta ' recognised him a such, a nothing of o.(fihneo inanltestcd In n lifck H 114 mor or nlttiwrlf than noth uant wm In to Kivo to othow. Ho ratherwill de- to kv to oihera. nor than hey (trvb to him a wonderful characteristic in the-- e 1 . ys, of ambition. of evlfkshnem. ot of the disposition, of men greed, to seek honors and to gdm . ul h In order that It miuy glvs them prestige among th people Of the world, . wn free Dorn this to a jegree lie tew men iof my aequnir tanoe that are. X X nr vgc Mml. - r. i t wish familiarise yourselves -- t h' .dy word of tho Hord. Wo wooid all d m'ich brtur did. .serjr' Redeemer Lhmir,;-b earth for the of tho World. pur-poexpress of making plain to ua tbla so. caHed mystery of n life. Ho earn as wa eonie, humi ... grew - ru' ll'vd so ws wkj at-worbl end lte surroundings a wo are. Hb died Just woW hv died under! a reaction In tho mlndslof hiscams dis. clptes. They never hag ''properly understood. Tho fulneM pf tho Kplrlt of Ood, Our Father, as It Is -manifest through thw sir cF tho y had conn to, them. They thoughtlvW th?jJ wyfe '"hen after all. and thegSixpressed Ihemselveo as desirous f returning to their former Of occupqtlona course he could not havje been the Son of God, they reasoned, or also men could not hnvo la kin his life. Rut after that day whlon ha appeared ft) them, after that day , w hen they saw him ttgain.i they having laid his body atvay in ths sepulchre' prepared by Joseph of Arlmathea, they knew H en that ha lived. They could not believe it when he first hitnacif to them, jt wasmanifesto Incomprehensible, No person who had die had ever before returned. When they! saw the marks of th nallr In hi ittnda and foot, aad th spear weund in ,hia side, they bowed dow i sad worshiped him as tho Lord fhclr Hod. Then did ths Mr and his power to them, add manifest tongues of fire appeared iinto vlpvett them, and .(he Holy Ghost descended upon them. Thera wag no Store doubt lifter that. They Knew Just, at you may know gnd I then, may -ws seok that knowledge. know, Red would bs unjust had ha not provided a means by which might know. That la aeeklnr It, the! laws and and hy obedience lo by ordinances of his gospel He laid a that who, Tver wfculd do the will of tho Father Jthbuld of ths doctrine, wbethei he knw Spoke of (.himself or whether ho spoke by ths authority fef hla tn heaven. He to)d ua that n M mtd soon ths Father, fo ho was It the express Imago of his person. Thom, few words are a sermon in them, selves. f ha was In ihi Image of God. hi Father,, then Grtd. hls ther. must h in the Imago of man. i'eu cannot escape tt. I Five hundred people saw mm rl In th glorious srcrvmton, and lo the presence 4f hie pother, from which he told ua that -b came. Isnt there another inon In those few wondsf If ho ram from th preset, e of th Fs-thso did w torn, from hi preoene. If. hors wt'njos of tpat. Its Returned to the Fnlhcr ffom whence ho cam, to down ufpon his right hand; and hdr witness ua that whosneve- - tujtlsved snd (a -cKed him should alt down upon lit right hand. . What Is glorious view 'It gives us life to comet I love I hosts things. I know to be true, Jt Is tuat wlmt satisfies my soul, to lie wlih emi mv brethren snd sl'era. to b with- -! my family, to h with Ihra men With whom I have sasoclnfjd. Ishdred snd striven in mnrtnj life mot clothed upon wllh morlutllir s! w nr now, bscous In this sams srrlnturs from wlrh I bpvo quoted John; tells us lliUt beh gsw s new heaven snd a pW earth, jtnd he saw that there was no tttor .brethren and siiti My you would hrf se ij, "? V7 , j 1 ! Pa-th- er F. -- er of-th- tim i tt-- rv death, neither crying hnr sorrow, for tha old tlilngsjwers idons s Wsv, It makes ns happy even In death. Ood Mess you, tpy bretbrenr and slaters, tha snd thoso who mburn bsarls find solace and my humble prayer, ttifMItl Chrtat, Amen. . |