Show OBSEQUIES OF FATHER NICHOLSON the inclement weather yesterday morning did not prevent a goodly number of the friends of the late father john nicholson from assembling at the ward chapel at 11 to pay their last Ir respects especto to his bis mortal remains the exercises were conducted by the bishopric of the ward and the ward choir led by brother H G whitney with brother U 0 S i burton at the organ rendered sweet and pathetic music after the opening hymns and prayer by elder john ohn rider tile the follow following iu instructions receipt d from elder mu john nicholson who is in the Peal penitentiary ary and whom the marshal would not al allow to see his bis dying father or attend his funeral were read by bishop 0 F whitney directions IN RELATION TO THE FUNEL fUNE KAL it is my desire that the body of my father be d dressed in a plain white robe I 1 girt at the be with a band of the 1 same material and that it be placed in a neat coffin devoid aerold of ornamentation ait it is also my wish that the services be conducted by the bishopric of the ward that the bishop and his counselors be the speakers and that their remarks be brief and simple let the body be laid to rest res tin in the family lot in the salt lake city aeme eatery JOHN NICHOLSON TO MY FRIENDS to my sympathizing by ja path izing friends who have met to pay their last respects to the memory of my father and to those especially who have ministered to him in his last affliction and sought to comfort my aged mother and my family it happens A n the providence of god that I 1 nave noi not been permitted to see m my y father clise his bis eyes in death after h having done my duty in caring for him in his declining years neither do I 1 have the privilege of following his bis remains to the tomb although so near to the sad scene and so close to the hour of liberty I 1 say to one and all who have in the least degree acted the part of friends in this hour of trial may the eternal god reward you inasmuch as you have performed any act of kindness unto those who are mine ye have done it unto me 11 there are occasions which cause feelings to arise in the overburdened heart that are too coo deep too broad and too high to be expressed in language ahlo thi perhaps may inay justly be esteemed an incident of thit character in all the affairs ot this lover kmer life however we must trust in aud acknowledge the handoc hand of the most high against whom there must most not be the shadow of a murmur may his will be done and not mine nor yours in the cause of truth justice humanity and inte integrity grit yours in life or death JOHN NICHOLSON utah Penitent penitentiary loy feb IW 1886 11 elder nicholson having expressed a desire that the bishopric do the speak ing anthe on the occasion wm win B barton made some appropriate rez re marks and was followed foil owed by counselor robert patrick who read extracts from the book of at mormon concerning death and the resurrection commented upon tiie the same and dwelt briefly upon the character of the deceased bishop whitney offered the concluding discourse in the coarse clourse of which he be read the chapter of revelations and gave words of consolation and encouragement to the bereaved the services closed with prayer by elder lambert and the dedicatory mitney prayer whitney ayer at the grave was waa made by bishop several of the immediate belal relatives ives of the deceased were not well enough to attend the funeral |