| Show FUNERAL OF APOSTLE 1 HYDE 1 the obsequies of elder eider hyde took place e at t spring city sanpete dodani county n on sunday bunday ebe P 1113 ember iet let 1878 j A very large concourse of people from all parts t and from the i assembled on the occasion to marka markee their respect to the memory of ther thet deceased and sympathy forilla for ihla bereaved family shortly afler after eleven the morlat mortal remains of or elder Hy HydeL dEvere were convene i by bearers from bli hla residence to the meeting house ho use which was ault auit suitably ably draped lor jor the tho occa i slon bion fon por nearly two hours acon a con stream of passed through 1 to view for the fasttime last time the countenance of their departed friend aud and brothers brother whom they loved so well during which time lime sweet atra stra atragna insi of musie music issued from the ar or 1 1 gan gad 1 I 1 1 the stand was occupied b bv apo apos aies ales ties wilford grufman A rasta snow show the presidency orthe stake gho geo ceda Teda leof of juab architect W 11 lF the B bishops lati and members of the high council and the stake the numerous famil family yot of the deceased rakin tb seats jm mediately immediately facing the stand AU at 1 gwock pm the con grega tio i naji called to order by elder yi jford fuff the choir chor sang o all earthly earthy honors prye peye prayer r H choirs aag A hoe boe above abote elder wilford woodruff the then ihen asked as a favor of the wives sons and daughters the family and friend friends sor of brother nyde hyde to grant him the of making such remarks achis spirit desired and if it he did not manifest aa as much knuch mourn ing as the occasion teemed to tb demand he hoped they would pardon him for the vision of his bia mind was opened fo behold both aides sides of the vail vall elden elder eder byde wag one of the first quorum 0 of ahem thew there them had been other quorums qu Lu 0 of f apo sties among th Neph itea item on this continent and aika in all sll probability among the people enoch as well as in the i days of the gaylor saylor in jerusalem but only a few more if any than a i hundred had occupied this imports import ant position among the many mij mil iiona ilona of min men men that had bad been 46 upon n the th e earth from the thet dounda tion of the world orid orld brother gydh was among that number Theli the tho arst elders eiders of this Cli cil church firch with the pr prophet 0 joseph phat at thein their head were now radioing the heavens also sled with the prophets olevery 01 every age go and generation at the birth of bf brother e hydehn the spirit world were the feelings that kui hul animated mated him as aa he beheld the mortal je remains remaina remains of his hib brother for be had filled bla hia mission be tie was safe and fidei free tree and had hiscar his warfare successfully had been true and arid faithful unto death and h he would receive a crown of life he felt Wank fulfor thell theil berty now enjo enjoyed ted by tuy brother hj hyde de and th thebe these a were the ie leagons a kons tons he did not habum rn his departure j there was waa only one odthe brit first quorum of the Twelve now Tiow remain ing and two only of the roe joe second e j twelve such of the balance balanco as had kad been faithful were naw now enjoy Inga ingali happy appy greeting with newborn new born bonn brother in the spirit world would and neither he nor noe they would be willing to return it they had the opportunity he had traveled travel del dol witti brother hyde lyde upwards upwards of lorty fort give five years and was left the oldest member mamber of 01 the twelve now living this admonished dm n him that his stay could not net be very long and were it ho not nok for tha the duties and obligations resting upon him he would desire to leave M A As it was he wished to stay and ninish finish thu tho work allotted him but death had no sting for him he nev never 0 r felt to mourn the detthof death ot a saint that had been true and faithful bulj from the ats assurance urance the 06 gospel grves gives of their gain dhe the only cause i of mourning nio mio was the loss 1088 of their society and the benefit of their as so c lations to those who zein zern remained alried upon the oarth earth but to them etwas it was most certainly a cause of bf rejo TeJo rejoicing IcIng brother Hydel iad lad been faithful in thel the midst midat of his brethren to jhb he lat lal hour of his life he ho wits was glad of this for henceforth a gread great reward awaited him and he would reign in tue the kingdom he hb had g gone to prepare A a family and his friends he bro hyde was va and is sir dir of lord lford jesua jesna and find adwa 3 well satisfied with hl his bis s career and with his labors for he hd had beena moved upon by the spirit of the almighty iii in fulfillment fulfilment of revelation to bear alifi testimony ef of the fuin fulu falness esl boap ei abid also ot of uhei the feigns i arthe of the tims among many peaple 1 l and he had bad left that testimony to td the world and in his office and wid calling g as one of the apostles of ot th tibor josu Jesu irhe he would be oneal the ibe judges of 11 god had hwd chosen the uhei weak of at tocarra to carry on mg aw adol all that had been accomplished ilau kad been been geen through the spirit power and blessin got of god attending thoe h had chosen and who were faithful ll 11 to th their calling talline the lord c chase brother ude hyde to bo be ann art apostle lie he was faithful and dill bearing beating adf ihie ifie things of god d 0 aff eri joany this siona slona and for a it greab great many yeara his miss mibs mission fon 0 aloha alone vas to i hand fils n name down aown la fia ho norto fil future giner generations affons aifons w when the k ho he ot F wimm timm aado iga isa e i i tj t j t ai principle di parted departed tho the mortal tabernacle decayed 1 nevertheless that bame same tabernacle in which he ministered to td his family and the children of men will come forth filled with immortality of spirit sanctified and glorified in the morning of the rebur resurrection he did not deem it necessary to spend much time to eulogize brother hyde aa As his Is labors were weil well knowland know nand especially aily ally in that locality he had lived ived to a goo goodbold good dold doid old oid age but it was a short shori time pared with the end less ages of eternity but the mode and mannerow manne manner rot of our lives in thia this probation a tion predicate our destiny in our future condition what whar mannen manner of people should we therefore be to make a good and use of the opportunity afforded us whether brother hydes spirit waso wag present at these funeral exercises es or with 41 hi 1 friends in ln the spirit world he did d not know knows for it had not been revealed but thing was certain agnf that the spirit of brother hyda had with him all the bles blea t healings and ordinances of the he deiv new and everlasting covenant that had been conferred upon him in the tiesh flesh by men holding the boily priesthood Priest hood hodd and ho he will come forthwith hirs regenerated tabernacle and the earth with ma his nis redeemer whose hose footsteps he followed eider jeider woodruff closed his re markys by giving comforting and consoling words fo the family of 0 f the deceased exhorting them to 6 bt they might part participate iciz aciz pa tel tei with him hini in the I 1 tho the fathers kingdom kozl doilda ds out end I 1 bald haid he was iwas 18 16 yearb of age when be first nade made the acquaintance of 0 elder nyde hyde with the apostles through new york and the eastern stales states first summer aften affer the twelve were organized they beida belda beld eida a conference at his tather father ej house tha the rhe twelve were then all together inow vow there thure remained but lode JODO oue one livi living ng of that number tha thad cOntinue continued a faithful brother orson piatt one half of that hied magnified their calling and with lae kae the exception of brother pratt had passed away whatever they had made they took ok jh tho the firs ta i ty to rectify antl and lia ila were forgiven and it t was wag a nap bap jappa py thong another apostalo apostle bad had d fought the V unto the end jt it would be the duty of those of the twelve who remained to eudea endeavor vox voc to Ai discharge i their thein duties fidelity se lie had nt not ot 0 kinee since be had bad been in that he feltro feit felt to exclaim with the pro phet rhet gio Q grave where ls a thy ting stang oh ob deatti death where ia Is thy ajo victory coryy and the answer come comes that the abe the grave Is swallowed up in victory vica and the sting is taken taen away through the atonement of the S BA SA A vior Th the esting sting fasth is ain aln and whatever weaknesses cling to the saints passes away with leathand deat hand the spirit passes away into a new that thai can properly be pared tf adja anew new birth which causes mends frienda to rejoice as much or more than than the birth of bf our natural bodies bo bodies there ia Is therefore no cause for fog mourning except excepting ini concerning t hobe bobe liose who have no hope of a florl glorious resura atlon he wept for joy when heln hein he heard the glorious senti benti ments manifest in hek heh heavenly heavenly venly musical strains of sweet arest in heaven he wept with joy at contemplating g the glor gior glorious desti destiny ny awaiting bi his I 1 faithful brother he alo had e h ind him a family faintly and a host boat of flenda phoui be he had bad endeared by lis his hs balti faithful ifal ministry I 1 ia n their midst 1 1 the attendance of bf the people that day iii in buch auch large jarge numbers abundantly testified the tho brethren of thel ther twelve not present had aima similar feelings fee linga of sympathy and ie ze voicing with elder eider woodruff mg bri ari ai himself sel sei they hau had not noi feelings of or e orrow they were in attending two co conter conten I 1 encel ili iii other parts garts i of tho the teru term abry tild bro was ehfe h oldest apostle biow bw it living I 1 but I 1 ic was riol hots revealed who h 0 ofil be ve hat ilat would be th the in flet to for the provi dences cea of or god ere eq such that through the falth faith arid arld r desires of many mauj they assurance of 0 the 9 of their lives paul la fil ets hla hia his midd the propriety of orde parting and aud being eink christ in na I 1 that chat he ho held jhk in a great thel iud choice ja fl hla awn hande to hig his hla hia mim AIM ald aid d desi deal desires res reg frequently also thel the falth faith of exercised a greak id lct their thele ill III he 6 referred to the maue in nf 1 loc loe L J I 1 IV U I 1 ja appropriate he is gone to that appropriate bourne 0 urne urno from whence no traveller returns turna re asit as it contained a senti fenti ment that was not in keeping with the faith falth ot ol the latter day bah ean saints t 9 aud and was an inco incorrect doctrine doctrin e though avery clever and gifted man mani wis was not gui gut guided ed b by ot the gospel the th course bourse of the godhead and those who followed in their heir waka was as round jesus aft mft after alter er his crucifixion Tp turned returned to adt his hii disciples at jerusalem ahe ap pp also visited the Nep hites ay L mis this conti vent many pf af the apostles s and returned to toi the earth after ater their thein death charged with important commissions john the baptist tor ton for instance nad had returned and conferred the priest briest hood and peter jamef jamel J ame mid and joh john 13 apostles of our savior had iid a also aiso so returned and conferred th the e Melchi sedek priesthood upon joseph smith the great prophet of the tha last days moroni roni had likewise dished visited the earth to reveal the ancient records of th the tho saints id iri this land north and so bouth houth luth nuth America 1 thab that were deposited centuries aboin ago in the thel hill hilk hlll IV Cumo cumorah rahi rahl in what is wv doh DOW called ahe the liaw ew york elder hyde byde had bad entered inich pire e exalted sphere and ind lie tie lse lie was snow fud in iun a condl condi hon hob to ase assist elat to prepare tho thousands ot of dopkin to receive by faith the tho wash wasy nga g and ordinances of the gospel I 1 received nd performed UP forim foria emy their fai fht fat faithful th fill rela irlandi in im the temple templo of godi god reared for foe express purt p ur t pose that Ahat they day pay be prepared come forth ja A it orious arious resurrection ahe the then moi r hyde hydes brother 1 I land jand ail all the faithful eidels adais iwers allow gitow novy founding thein their voices to the tha hosts spirit world forthe benefit s and bles bies blessings singe of pf the gr great plan of itwara it wab waa ghe phe odie eternal round of joy jov and peace through the mediation 0 o ite lle deemer jesus who was the fl r L tto I 1 e ce i low tow ert eri and andio do oven ovet death and that mat the family of 0 brother brothen pj 3 rother rothen hyde hydo yde and all present ai would uve as he had done a aa to tc be counted iego d worthy arthy the keys powers argand and blessings of immortality and eternal lives was his prayer in the name of desus amed ameo I 1 ano vaun olig let tat ua us sing as wei wel tre to our homo home r elder woodruff pronounced the benediction I 1 at the close 0 uhe the at uhe the meeting house the funeral cortege in the tho following order of procession to the cemetery abrass band hand spring city choir Tholo malus of Elder eider Orson orbon hyde hydo T goof we the twelve apostles th family abd and re relatives la tives T tho The h 0 presidency of the stake tha tho high councill Coun corn clil cilI bi g hop a and counsellors Coun Pat rat matilar patriarchs riar ilar cbs Se seventies ventie high priests elders lesser priesthood the general public all of whom were conveyed in cart caly carriages lages and other vehicles i 1 0 the oum number ber of under the efficient clent guidance of elder C larsen and jand his aids after aften r the remains of oun gur beloved brother brothe rj president pr orson hyde were pre se securely cur our iii ili deposited sur Eur surrounded rounded surrounded bathis wives an fn es children and grandchildren 11 ad tili viii innumerable friends the dedicatory prayer was offered by elder erastus snow elder wilferd woodruff then thed expressed his hla thanks to 6 all for the res yes respect troey act th they had shown their departed brother and invoked in brief and ug terms the blessings of heaven upon the family and who remained behind after wh which the choir sang bang iheria a beamut for thee theo was bid brought tight to a fitting the ther funeral exercises of this reat kie teat t and good man the large at ten dancer from froat all alt parts parta ct of the country antry the peace and good orden ordet that prevailed manifested unmistakably the high appreciation of the faithful leborg in their midst of this distinguished apostle of odthe the tatter latter day |
