Show MEMORIAL SERVICES in honor of the late apostle eras bras tug tua snow ST GEORGE utah may 1888 editor deseret news following is a synopsis of the memorial ser services viges held in st george in ia respect for the memory of the late la te apostle erastus snow after the usual opening exercises brother heber J perkins ns of arizona was wa called upon to speak he said saia we had bad been called upon to part with the late apostle and wise counselor erastus snow who bad been a father to this southern country he would be greatly missed by the people of this place la c but he had kept the faith he be bad gad lo 10 fought aught the good fight and he bad gone to rest to come forth in the morning of the first resurrection ini elder ider jos bosc C bentley read a poem arl written te t for the occasion ead elder e r richard bently said he be could not give expression to his feelings on the present occasion he could not resume presume to eulogize the departed for bis life and labors were so well known among the people that they spoke louder than any words could do he would be missed from his bis fiest beat in this place and also in the councils of the church we do not mourn for him but tor for those he has left behind elder john lytle had known apostle snow for fifty two years or from the time he bo was sixteen years of age if we will be as TRUE AND FAITHFUL UI as brother snow has been we shall be a happy people elder edson barney had known snow for many years and he felt assured that he was one of those who would attain to the celestial kingdom bishop thomas judd felt to sympathize with the bereaved family the speaker had bad spent an evening with brother snow about live five weeks ago and he be was then feeling rather poorly he took cold shortly afterwards and grew rapidly worse until it terminated in his bis death in the death of brother snow we have lost a wise counselor and a devoted friend his life haj bad been spent not laboring for himself alone but for the good god of all mankind elder wm win fawcett said brother snow had always labored to encourage and build us up he would ever live in the memory of the people of southern utah and his works would be remembered with gratitude elder chas abas smith said it was fora five years since he be first saw apostle erastus snow during all that time brother snow had been A LEADING SPIRIT in the church he entered salt aalt like lake valley pioneers carried the she gospel to denmark and was the leading spirit in southern utah it had bad been his bis desire that he be might end his bis st george where bis first wife row BOw bowldes lies S stake t a ke counselor D H cannon said th that a t brother snow had bad been a true friend to him if he ever had one he had known brother snow from the time he the speaker was a c hind child they had traveled together for hundreds of miles brother snow had bad S spent pent t many years of his life ih the missionary field his life was pure and unspotted he was one of theL the greatest colonizers in the church tie he possessed the faculty of giving practical advice to the people in their everyday life his was the ability to improve the roads lay out canals and direct the location or improvement of settlements his children will miss a kind and indulgent father his bis wives a loved and respected husband and t the he people a wise counselor a deio devoted td g friend epi and ana an energetic worker tor for the cause of truth the choir sang an anthem hes gone the people of southern utah mourn deeply the de departure arture of apostle er eras tug snow he e has been the leading spirit ir it here ever since the settlement of t the age p place ace it is a cause of sorrow to them that they will never more have the benidt of ef his wise counsels and his bis energetic labors la ia their behalf ills his family have the sympathy of the entire community JOHN T WOODBURY assistant clerk |