Show appropriate AND BECOMING wic WE ask any sensible consistent lat r ter day saint whether alter after viewing the chaste beautiful yet simple decorations at the funeral of apostle erastus erastas snow he does not come to the conell conclusion islon that they are vastly more appropriate for funerals than tle tae usual concomitants of such occasions why should the faithful who depart from this life be surrounded by the emblems of gloom which can only tend to deepen the sorrow of bereaved relatives and friends in place of pointing their hopes and thoughts to the glorious condition of those who fight the good fight of faith and retire behind the vall vail to continue 30 to labor in the cause of redemption until all enemies are put under the feet of him whose right it is to reign it is too often of ten the case that while the aim of the speakers at funerals f is to con comfort and consol ethe general surroundings are of a nature to produce the opposite effect consequently the substitution of white for black at the services of apostle snow should be appreciated the former color is suggestive of shadow while the litter latter is the symbol of light and purity em blema of the hope and assurance of a glorious resurrection nothing could have been more liar bar the tastes of brother snow than tha itoe nithe floral decorations he in flowers lit his fondness tor for them amounting with him to a passion lit he frequently watched little phill children en AS they came trooping dow ake the h i canons canona with boquete of wild ud flowers they had bad gathered from tho the hill sties sides As he be looked at them he be would exclaim god bless the children with their flowers the appropriateness of the decorations the simplicity of the entire tj sarto surroundings 4 ebo S a as 0 IL a whole was a m ma 11 aked f ea humr of to d say Is occasion including clad we the casket of native wood beatly e embellished it was similar to t that enclosed the remains of the tote rate pre president re ent taylor we have always been opposed to anything having even the semblance of ostentation at fu ralland ral at sand d have thought that in this e act a people have occasionally bi baited too ranch much anxiety to imitate he I 1 ild of the world arld some even OW oto a te and needless expense zoera this a sentiment which we do liot t regard as la in keeping with the acius 0 ethe gospel as embraced i and n d un understood k d der I 1 at 1 by the saints we hope to see a in this regard and think that the exceedingly consistent character of the embellishments and auer surroundings at the funeral of brother show bizow will have a salutary eft effect ot in that par particular Ocular I 1 the he co committee attee of arrangements emte have doam done their duty competently and the ladies who manipulated the department of foral floral decorations exhibited a taste that could hardly have ed they are mrs pas bill je bags uags mrs perisclla lla staines and mrs M MB barratt arratt the draping which was also executed with commendable ith taste was done dome under the immediate direction of at brother henry dinwoodey |