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Show f- eirvnces Continued from r race il " and we read that. James and John,' the tons of Zebedee, were In like manner 4:19-20)- , V - called. , - Called to Ministry We may not be so conscious of it, it Is so close to us, but -the raafSs -- miracle- was per-formed when George Q. Morris called totheminlstry.He was called of God, and as the ancient disciples of Christ, he accepted, and was ordained an apostle of Jhe Lord Jesus Christ, and was set apart as member of the Quorum, of the Twelve, there with his brethrenTto preside as a Quorum of quorum, witM-fii- e the First Presidency, over the entire Church. I am sure it was the fi "Bony that George Q. Morris received as a humble missionary that made this final call, this call In his life, so easy to accept, because he knew the voice of the Master, and when the will of our Heavenly Father was given to him' His chosen . Prophet, it was accepted Just as readily and just as surely and just as certainly as did Peter 'accept the call of the Savior himself. Th- e- importance - of -- these calls, the 'degree of dedication which is given to these calls by such men as George Q. Morris and by him in particular, Is evidenced by the statement of the Lord to the servant who said, I will follow thee, Lord, but let me first bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. And Jesus Said unto him, No man, having put 'his hand to the plough, and looking back, "is fit for the kingdom of IFoir QOITQ the power of the Priesthood which he possessed. 1 say to you today that he has found in the place to which he has gone that he is neither a stranger nor a foreigner, but a fellow citizen in the house hold of God, God bless us all to follow hisj example;- - to walk In hls foot- gteps, and may His peace and bleS8ing attend you. Sister Mor-wa- s famll ris and y l -n- Tfte-ffameof Lord, Jesus Christ Amen. Closing Tribute By Presic&snt David O. McKay the and mine will some day lie before the Judgment of the Lord. In that Book of Life will be two-- ' great summaries: (1) What one truly Is, his character, not his reputation but his character. And (2) What one bas done, the service he has tendered his fellowmen. Every page In that Book of Life proves Brother Morris to be kind, considerate, ent, obliging, yet al ways steadfast to the truth and to what he believed was right; loyal to Ms home, to his friends, to his country, and to his God; reverent towards all things sacred. These virtues permeated and inspired him with the ideals of the Christ spirit- - He was too magnanimous for vengeance, and too unselfish to seek Ms Own - i I I" A ceptlng as ending the mortaL Brother Morris day In the mortal school of life came to a dose, but he George Q went back home, back to report, and to continue with his work and await the cfl ones. Though men may doubt rand criticy sneer, It is true thatr ions of years shall pass Away ,i i no ionger shine by -- day: stars burn out, and eless be. . . freeze up from sea xto sea, Yet time Beyer take as toll The .deathless substance of . fle sout - My brethren and sisters it is .How then should you, and with a feeling of deep apprecia-tio- n how should I that I respond to the invi ends." Improve each hour that n of Sister Morris and the passes by, Were I to name his most To shape, and mould, and per glrls.andmemberg of the famoutstanding virtue, I should fect make V, say it was sincerity, the golden ily, to say a few words at the link that binds true" hearts In That soul which shall, funeral service oLmy dear friendship. Friendship and insystems break,-livfriend and schoolmate sincerity are incompatible. You on, and through the member of the Twelve, on cannot induce them to stay " aeons, be occasion. in the same room. There What you made It for When Jesus saw Nathanael la nothing which so takes the eternity. life outofis as the discovery coming toward him, Jesus said to Nathanael, Behold an that someorife'jrhom we have Gpd help us all to emulate trusted has beert-pthIsraelite indeed, in whom is no than this good mans virtues, to be ' what he Seemed tobe. The guile! (John 1:47), , ever loyal and true to - the TMs tribute paid to Nathour very suspicion that som of Redeemer, and Gospel whose life is close to us ,1s anael by the Savior may most may His comforting influence Insincere renders us restless be with his loved ones, and appropriately be applied to opr and makes, th? universe seem associate, friend, your huswith all of us, I humbly pray has said: ptior insecure. Sincerity is one of band, your father, George Q. in the name of Jesus Christ, Whence this pleasing hope, Morris.' In him no element the outstanding qualities that-madAmen. this fond of deceit or cunning could George Q. Morris a' abide. Truly, "blessed J the x friend. This longing Closing Prayer man in whose spirit there is lityT Great, Unselfish Soul no guile." Oh whence Oils secret dread, Our brother was By Elder I first met Elder George Q. one of departed an inward horror, those unselfish great Morris when we were students old B, Lee' souls who forget themselves f falling Into naught? Why at the University of Utah in for N. shrinks the Soul - , others, and win Immor1897 two years before that Opr Eternal Father; we have He was a man of high tality. Back and on startles herself, over 65 in 1895, also, years ago.1 sat through this lasb-hou- r of God. (Luke 9:61, 62) principles; clean In thought at destruction? I last saw him as I stood by and He was upright act we had meditation And I am sure we are here as have porMs bedside in the LDS HospiTls the divinity that stirs straightforward, ever ready to all of us the Presitoday within us; trayed to us a life of one who tal several-day- s He and ago. defend the and equally right dency of the Church, the ' been blessed upon the has L first, as schoolmates, then heaven that Itself, Hi points prompt to denounce the wrong. of the Twelve, and all . Quorum the other day When I said good. out an Hereafter, mountains because he has pul Ms long career, heVvas of the other General Author! During bye to him, as members! the And Intimates eternity , to tles-tlished good tidings. He ftas o dependable In business conbear witness to the most prized, sacred fellowship man, in religion, andlh all sistent A fact that George Q. Morris brought salvation, world. all the in his acts. He was rich in innever looked back, and he took intoiiiehearts At the Utah two of thousand peace, .brought University years Nearly, heritance, superior ly achieved with Mm aa he departed this George Q. and I were members of men. Those ofSuAwho have -ago One took upon himself, ment indefatigable in service, mortal life, and as he now perGamma Fraternity, Zeta of the He was crucified mortality. known 'him Mave testified in and devoted a m a husband true mits us to. lay his mortal re- There are not many members on the cross; His heartbeats to faithful and mains tenderly in the grave, our own hearts how true these father; evety of that Fraternity left I were stilled; His loved ones that testimony, And what a duty and appointment assigned ' have been. The testitributes one night following His' was and grieved, body to him; A true Apostle of .Jesus Joy, what a satisfaction! What mony of he divinity of thy a meeting of the Zeta Gamma silently placed in a tomb. No of him I that believe Christ else in life is worth while when work which Was so much a we were walking toward home matter how many critics try to we can spend every day of. our it can truly be said: "Never of him, wMch has been was then boarding with part these (I it away, explain things once did the breath of scandal mortal existence realizing that again-spok- en we trust will Sister Mrs, facts. are three After Riggs McKays days. ever todch him." God lives; that Jesu.s & the in our hearts. on Second West), and mother reHis and .were body spirit careful was He In not and that He lived and only Christ; boy-likGeorge and" I Vere united, And He was seen of ""haIf here be that in us which died and atoned for the sins building Ms own character, not been quite to the pap how we should about talking Cephas, of James, and of about but exemplary in defending of mankind, that we might tem whlch tMs, thy noble Son, know when we would fall-i- n 500 brethren, at onEe. Last of of others- - There come back into Ills presence. the reputation, love. I shall never-forgthe are men Who arrogate to themall Be was seen of Paul, so the 'has taught, whether It be In T . Welcomed by Leved Ones members of Ms family, or his advice offered at Q. George ho, to sense selves a superior of Jus- . crPtufs . te us I am sure that as he now on a time that associates, or others who have own was his moonlight luote words, night leaves us he Is welcomed on tice, and wpo are scrupulously . - an come P under his influence, Said he: My mother once told to least worthy - the other side, not alone mens in other honest handling by me that when I met a girl who thee, Father, that thou please because of he Christ, apostle who are the family of his loved ones but unscrupu--touch them with a new awakened In me the highest' money, wilt God. of the saints persecuted 7! lous in handling other mens and I have heard sung all my end --noblest feelings '"of man- determination to so live that " nineteen, hundred Nearly tile the Virtues of his reputations. To gain personal hood-- - who Aspired in me a de will not lose their place that same later they hesi-" years mother MV father alwavsdd will Being npt preferment they In the eternal family Circle, or sire to be worthy of a woman appeared to the Prophet Joseph reflection upon a cast tate to that there was po other 8 such thn that would mans jood name. Elder Mor- Smith personally, not just in in the association of one of his woman, , unlessil Ms . . of true love. a be stature. a. dream, not in imagination, feeling ris kept himself above scandal, mother in the old Fifteenth Mother's Influence but In reality. IHe, who took Imprint upon our hearts, Ward" where the Elias Morris and in that virtue followed the therefore, our Father, the proupon Himself 'mortality, who Brother Morris., was ever jdeal to: . . family grew up, thatiad such was born ,of mortal woman, ceedings of this day, and help an effect upon Miff and Upon grateful for the teachings "of us to so redidieate our lives to can pass through those stages, "Speak no ill a kindly word his parents, particularly his th either young people of the the high purpose for which thy so caff each of us. While the Can never leave a sting ward as did Sister Morris. And mother, and often referred to noble son lived ever fresh and Savios body lay in the tomb, the influence that she had in -- I know that with it all Brothel behind; His personality,, His spirit, new, and with the eternal spirit . life. his Morris had a great faith as And Oh,,to breathe each tale of yopthfnlness and the zest visited the spirt tain prison . well as d tender love for his , At the uniyersity, as ,a weve heard, -for who had been disobedient in accomplishment evert to he faced an hopefully youth, , family. Is far beneath a noble his older years. Inspire within of Noah hundreds of unknown future. Last Sun-- ' ' I am so grateful that upon - mind. - the days . us fiie desire to live worthy "years before. . one occasion I was permitted day night that future had &' of his companionship. -Brother Morris had a lifeMy dear friends, brothers come the past .The silent, into draw as close to the family and sisters, personality is perBe with us as we adjourn long Interest In the youth of audible foot of time had overas I was when Sister Morris from this place and go e the I Church, having been a sistent, and that is the message taken him, and had bidden him .was critically ill in New York. worker and officer in the Muof comfort; that is the real place of his final resting. to end bis mortal journey. At Brother Morris took me to the tual Improvement Association, There be and abide with us. way in which death is con2:30 oclock the-nehospital, and in the. presence morning quered. Death cannot touch Particularly bless the family of his daughters we admin(Monday, April 23) his heart- -- in he mission field, in ward and stake work, 'and In Scout-- ' ahd direct them to thy names the spirit of man. The spirit beats and to istered Sister Mortis, stopped, his earthly cahonor and glory, and sanctify ing, since 1904. Thousands of may sin and itself bring banreer rioted, The last chapter s,he received the blessifig wMch our young men and women" ishment, but this death, this to all ot us that wMch has Book of Life was writher beloved husband had in his haVe been inspired to do their . thing that deprived us of our been said and sung this day, ten now as and .heart for her by-elay open, yours through best by his humility and rightbeloved brother, schoolmate we humbly pray in the name Week Ending May 5, 1962' eous living. and friend, is npt victorious ex-of Jesus Christ Amen. - to-th- through' 4- - Thus we1 see that mom the of character, standpoint and service. achievement, Brother hiorris was prepared to answer the final summons. During his fourscore-and-eigh- t years he had achieved virtues that made Miff Superioramong his fellows, and enabled him to contribute most to the com men good. Weshallmiss him, and we sympathize with Sister Morris and with Ms three lovely Marion, Margery, daughter and Helen and bis granddaughter, Linda, in their separation from this noble husband and father,-A- s I have said, we have met today to pay tribute to a noble man, but we are also here la give comfort to his bereaved loved ones, and what is the source of the greatest congola-tio- n that can come to these sorrowing hearts? President Moyle has already mentioned ; it, the "truth that death is hot No husband can victorious. kneel at the side of m departed wife; no wile can kneel at the side of a departed husband; no child can part with a loving parent, without being filled with n ardent desire to meet that - loved - one again somewhere m a far better world, wherethe pangs of part-ar- e Unknown. er e A hera T" A re-ec- et - - 1 IT ' to-th- -- nd 14-CH- - |
