| Show BISHOP leonarn LEONARD LE ONARD W HARDY j nis lils WELCOME ELEASE RELEASE It FRO aror tim TOILS tolls OF MORTALITY late yesterday evening the sad news became current in the city that the venerable bishop hardy had departed this life the tidings was shortly afterwards titu ritu i wards confirmed by a message i or oin orn i the family residence in sugar house ward where w ere ero the deceased had been since his last stroke of paralysis some days clays ago and the hour of 1 7 was reported as the time of his release I 1 it t has been generally known for some time that the bishop was fail fall failing ag and the universal opinion obtained that his death could be but a matter of a few days at most ills his as vitality and unbending will are perhaps the agents which have enabled him at tile tiie advanced age which he reached to what would have overcome I 1 many a younger man mau and it has been a ma mauter matter t of uncommon surprise pr wilse that he held heid out so long iong ion lon notwithstanding th tills tilis fact the report last evenin evening was waa received with a shock to the feelings ot every listener for so susceptible is the human heart to the tie sweet influences of hope that it can call only be prepared for the best even though know knowing ing that the worst is inevitable e in the thel present instance however these terms cannot be considered as properly used bishop hardys liberation from the sad and helpless condition to which paralysis ed him ought not to be considered th the tho 0 worst it should rather be bb looked upon as it no doubt was and anxiously looked forward to by the sufferer himself as a happy release which should not delay its coming his spirit is now free from tile the ills and pains paws of mortality and there remains to his mourning relatives relative i and friends but the one duty of showing their respect to his memory by their performance of the last odices tendered his mortal cla cia clay lils liis it is scarcely two t wo months month since paralysis first attacked ilie itle previously hale and hearty veteran ife was not entirely prostrated by this however except for the time being and it was not until a week or two ago that a recurrence of the dreadful dreada ua attack threatened to take him immediately from the active scene of life since then the press has kept tile the public ic informed as to the changes in his condition and the news today to daybill day will scarcely be unexpected to our readers leonard wilford hardy was born in bradford essex county mass buthe on the 31 1 I st day of december 1805 and was baptized into the church of jesus christ of latter day saints on the ad day of december 1812 2 by elder orson hyde he was soon afterwards ordained an elder and labored faithfully in the ministry as far as he had opportunity on the uh day of december 1844 in company with apostle W woodruff and wife M Ho holmes hoimes lilies dan jones and wife and antl hyrum Clar clank kand and wife brother hardy went oil on board the john II 11 skidder Skid dey na wm in skidder Skid dey captain for liver liverpool ool to fill a mission in england they bad a very rough passage but arrived in safety on the ad of january i bellig 20 days on the voyage after landing anti and holding a conference in liverpool elders hardy and holmes hoimes labored awhile in the Manc mauc manchester hester heiter conference alter after which hider eider hardy took charge of the preston conference being appointed appointed to preside on the ath day of AL march arch J 1845 on his bis arrival there he was placed the first night in a bed where a person had lust linen died of the small pox and the linen of which had not been changed the result ads was an attack of the disease and he passed through a severe stage of sickness through the administration of the elder eiders his ilig life was preserved ile he attended the various conferences feren ces in england with apostle woodruff and the other brethren during the time that he spent and labored fai fat faithfully ully baptizing many into the church ile he continued to preside over the preston conference until the of august when helas he was released from that conference and labored in various conference in england until the of october 1843 ibl i at which time he and elder holmes took look passage I 1 for or the return to new york before he left elder hardy requested elder woodruff to lay his bis hands upon his head and give him a blessing elder woodruff consented and in the blessing told him that he should arrive home to his family and friends in safety and be gathered to zion and told him that he should spend his last days da 8 as aloneo one ol 01 the leading bishops of t the c land ot zion at the close of the blessing elder hardy remarked brother woodruff IN oo druff I 1 always thought you were a man of I 1 I 1 can comprehend arriving rivin home in safety but I 1 cannot comprehend being a leading bishop in zion 11 and he says it came nearer trying dis pis his faith than anything that ever happened to him in the flesh elder woodruff told him to wait and see and if it did not come to pass lie he would acknowledge that the spirit that dictated it was wag not the of truth the future events of ili hi 8 life showed that it was correct on the return of the pioneers from the valley brother woodruff was sent in the spring of 1848 to boston to gather up ehg the remainder of tile the saints who remained in the east elder woodruff Woo drAff leading the last company himself toward ahn tha the R rocky cic elc y mountains was joined by h elder ileo hardy and his I 1 family at boston who left there on the uth oth of april 1850 1830 with a hundred saints I 1 in the organization of therom the company on the f grentier t for fon crossing the plains elder hardy was appointed captain of the first the cholera visited all the traveling camps that season and their camp did not escape eleven members or oi buc ta company died eider elder hardy was attacked by the tha disease and the day that he vas was yas in his hla lowest condition the camp had a severe stampede the excitement attending in which was so great that it came near costing lils his 1 life ife the administration of tu the elders how however eiver ain again aln a preserved him I 1 he I 1 c passed through all the labors cares and v vicissitudes of the camp from boston to great salt lake city arriving on the day of october having been on the road iss days af after ter ills his arrival in the valley elder hardyway hardy was ordained a bishop anthe on the uth oth day of april 1856 and was called to preside over the lath ward anu antt on the of june was also aiso appointed by president young to preside pro tem term over the lith ward ile he was afterwards called to be presiding bishop Il hunters first counselor being set apart on the of october 1856 1836 and ollic as such up to the death of bishop hunter ilu liu n ter when he was appointed first counselor to bishop preston and antl acted ili in that capacity up to his own death on the of november 1869 he started on a short mission to the states spending most of the time in massachusetts his nis bis native state ile he returned in starch arch iss 1870 isto 0 having held heid a number of meetings and baptized two persons in fact his whole life since lie he has bebenin been in the church was one continuous mission of unceasing activity even after the destroyer laid md his rui rul ruthless liless hand upon him and tho the dread warning was was given that death cleath would shortly claim his own the energetic spirit of the man would I 1 allow him no peace unless he was at his post in the bishops office and there he might have been seen every day when he was really unfit to leave his chamber three important virtues have char the life of bishop leonard W hardy and these are ko honesty nesty trutha truthfulness and virtue that he was va t also a strictly temperate man his wonderful preservation and hale appearance notwithstanding his great a age C amply tosti testify fv of the honest hoglo noble nobie qualities u of his heart little need here be said sald ills his names name Is known out the land as a synonym for fer kindness n benevolence and charity his cheering heer beer tones will live ion lon long iong in the memory of low spirited and his readiness to extend assistance to the needy will never be forgotten by the host of saints who learned to love him as a father his long life has been beeh wisely and well spent and the peace ful fui f ul slumber of his weary body is but a awake fiet tiet fluting nol noi preparation for his glorious awakening ngon on the resurrection morn the funeral services will be held on sunday morning at 10 in the tabernacle Taber racie the tee body will be brought f from rom his late residence in sugar ho house use ward at an early hour and will bt bc placed in the tabernacle at 8 irom from from which hour until the time fo for be beginning binnin the services the remain remains will swill il lie lle e 1 in stio stil state te |
