Show ABRAHAM HOAGLAND CANNON CANN ON another of the leading men of israel has boa been called to the spirit world and the community is clothed in mourning because of the death of one of its ita most active and prominent members mem bere on sunday morning july 19 1893 1898 at fifteen minutes after 6 5 the spirit of elder abraham H cannon 9 one of the twelve apostles Apo etlea of the church ot jeaba coriat of latter day saint quietly from bla big mortal tabernacle during the severe illanes 11 which preceded elder Cann cannon death all that faith and love and skill as exercised by mor tal being bainge could do was waa done 1 but these availed not to retain here the noble spirit of one who in the briel brief span pan of his big existence on earth had bad en an twined his big lite life as few men do in to the closest confidence and deepest aftel tiona of his hie people bowing their heads death the weight of a great borrow a grief stricken community acknowledge t the hand band of god gad in their bereavement sod and humbly say eay father thy will be done it la Is not in the power of words word to ex press the sense enee of loss jou tb that at comes with the be announcement of elder cannon bannona Can nona Is death and the feeling is IB more to weep in than to give utterance to words worde of lamentation in I 1 a his hie life high ly respected and greatly beloved for bm bifi manifestation of the noblest characteristics that mark marh a humble hun ble valiant disciple of tle tie lord jesus jamus in ID public and private conduct in hie ble death tongue and pen are incapable capable io of voicing ane tie emotions that wel up in the hearts beans ot of those who mourn him as ae a departed SOD eon husband bua band fattier fathe brother friend brother Abrat fam H cannon was not dot called away in the ripe ye j ears a re ot of an advanced ad van ceil life but in the prime and vigor of maD manbo hood ou aven the lull energies of 0 a master mind were being devoted to the good of humanity he was stricken down with harness barnease on with armor bright in the cause of bod aud and man mac and while the thought may come to some ome that if be had bad worked with loan leea or zeal of eager courage of determined energy biophysical bla powers might have vea him to a longer lease of life on earth who ball say that in all the circumstances leading up to and surrounding bis big death there was not the overruling hand of that divine provi dence whose inspiration be never failed to acknowledge in thought word aad action in the wise provi provid dences erces of the father of all whose mercy justice and love ova are infinite the times and gearod are appointed and controlled and witla with his Chil childred drep who observe the laws he has given the times of their coming and their going are not subject to their own dictation these are under the guidance of the fathers will for the establishing of his purposes in the highest and best blessings his children are able and willing to receive hence it is not for man to say that bis big taking away from mortality Is ie either unfortunate adjust or unkind in one whose attributes in these re are perfect it is the lesson of history that the taking of the most shining examples among meo man has proved the sacrifice to ariale the greater blessings this is not because the career of those called to another sphere is ended but because their labors in the new condition are to in a broader brighter ter i and more effective field by reason of their earnestness and fidelity flUe lity in this from every avery human point 0 of view the departure of brother cannon lb n irreparable lose loes to his bis family to the cou toils he pas associated with to the community I 1 in D which his bis whole life had been spent for good and to the church ot of which be was such a devoted faithful and con sistena member all these put pin forth every endeavor to retain him bereano here bere and the n suit leaves but one conclusion god G d had appointed his time and called him hence bedoe that his bis priesthood powers arid and energy should be devoted to the great work of human progress aa in ID another depart went meat of the eternal life A faithful apostle of the divine master ban baa received hie hia appointment to another field of labor and we who mi his presence pree enoe drink from the cup of sorrow borrow and and praise god in the hour ot of deep affliction aud and trial knowing that he boeth all things well and for the blessing of those who love him and keep his hia command wants mente relating to big latest elder Cau oona affliction was wace udder and severe in its development and go eo averse wall he to complaining that not even big bie family were aware of the trouble until he took to bis big bed two weeks weeke ago for some little time bously be would make a remark about his head acting but his hie indomitable will kept him unceasingly at work his tendency was to belittle any personal affliction that thai came upon him bims and it to la doubtful whether be realized until be was unable to leave his bin room that anything really serious threatened about a mouth month ago be went oo on a business trip to call turnia furnia and white while bathing there a dash of f cold cod water in the ear caused great pain he came home quite Beriou sly ill III and on the 2nd and of july dr E 8 wright was waa called in prom from the by mp tome as aa described an attack of typhoid fever was waa feared the physicians ex ami nailon however led to the discovery of an ear trouble and treatment gave temporary relief from the intense pain go 90 intense that when the doctor touched the ear the patient swooned it was wa observed by the physician that a poly growth had bad filled the ear and was attended by septic io In flamma tion which communicated to within the cranial cavity an immediate re j moval boval of the grow h was advised 1 I the case then bad gone on five fire day since the bathing incident alluded to from the temporary relief given brother cannon did not dot seem to 10 regard the affliction as of great lin port atice but with the advent of acute pain dr R B pratt an ear specialist who had been quite a favorite i with the far mily was consulted she called in dr pfoutz also an ear spec and it was determined that by C this time not only was an operation y necessary but constitutional treatment was an imperative need leei dr wright was summoned again and tile abe or tumor was removed by this time the septic in flamma j tion had bad increased ioor eased to an alarming ex tent and the abe doctors felt very dubious over the abe result resu lt by anxiety over vart vari ous one business effalee afi eff airs alre by lite his persistently j remaining at work and by the great loss loes of sleep which the agonizing pain had caused brother cannon canzona Ca noona Ps physical 1 and mental condition had bad been so s A y weakened as to offer comparatively little resistance to the progress pro grees of the disease which had seized upon win the whole brain was involved in a severe inflammation secondary to the chronic trouble to in the ear when the poly growth was removed it was disco discovered verea that there bad been a peroration perforation fo of the drum membrane into 7 the middle ear the patients tempera ture was high the he pains were intense I 1 slid and the case came very serious se rions after the operation and the treat met following the patient responded go ao readily that thai the be attending ghyst ceans biane had bad strong hopes bobea of his speedy recovery the be becoming favorable A few day a later brother cannons condition again became worse woree the inflammation had gone within the cranial cavity and could oot dot be localized as bad beba bee Q hoped in ia an endeavor to give relief a consultation was waa hold held in which dr J S richards richard and ana dr Ell ellerbeck Eller arbeck beok took part and a operation was waa decided upon in the hope of bringing relief and securing a drainage for the cause of the trouble this operation consisted of an incision through the skull behind the ear it did not produce all the results hoped for but brought some relle the patient again rallied and boves for nie big recovery were brightened it then became a quee question tion BB as to whether the constitutional treatment being given elven the patient could correct the trouble this it would do if the climax was waa reached but the latter was not the case the weakened of the patient at the outset and the hold which the xene generally rally inflammatory condition bad taken were too muck much for the vital powers and all the resistance that could be given during all the time of his bis illness the most moet assiduous attention was waa given elven to brother abraham not only by president george Q cannon and the patients rat lenla immediate family and rela but by president woodruff the apostles and othere other there was an intense anxiety for his recovery when after attending him bim closely for some days there appeared to be a 8 change tor for the better and a prospect of permanent improvement his bis other brother john Q cannon went out of the city for a few days needed rest the unfavorable symptoms gain again appeared the brother was communicated munica ted with and immediately returned not stopping to rest even at night till he was again at the he bedside of the be afflicted man mail the two always had baa been bound together by the strongest tonn gest affections and frequently the sick lck man whispered his bis brother brothers Is nane name and that brothers voice was wa most potent to rouse him from unconsciousness ness which often came in the everley severity everl ty of illness 0 on a saturday morning the period of final unconsciousness ness appeared president joseph ip smith who like the other members of the first pre presidency sideney siad and the tb apos aler had jolt the keem keenest at anxiety sod solicitude for their afflicted brother took his bis place in the ciolk mana room and cluny clung to him bim tenaciously to the last without rest or food ill life in his bis earnestness to have him te restored stored to health in the exercise of faith and the offered for the prayers pray era that were divine blessing upon brother abraham there was wan no lack of devotion and sea zeal every effort was made in this lioe cioe yet upon all there was vasa a feeling of depression from we the outset which it was earnestly hoped would be swept away but providence hail decreed otherwise the most fervent supplications ione ions did not bring that assurance which so often comes to the saints sainte in their exercise of the gifts that the one tor for whose restoration they were su au anxious would be raised up the answer ewer to prayers was that he was wag in t ue hands of god clod and the inspiration was waa that the time for a change to another life was approaching abraham I hoagland cannon was the son on of george Q and elizabeth hoagland cannon kle he was born in salt lake city march 12 1859 his father being absent on en a mission to the 0 eastern at states at that time As an a boy be was wa given the best advantages that the time afforded for an education and being of a studious nature availed him bim sell self thereof noising finishing with the theD deseret aseret university for a time when his bis father president george Q cannon was waa editor of the abraham was employed at the institution as orrand errand foy boy litter later tie he learned too carpentere trade at the church carpenter shop and worked on the block he also studied under the he late obed taylors taylor and became an architect in 1879 he was called on a mission t to 0 europe the first portion of the time he labored preaching the gospel in the nottingham con lorence le renoe england then be e was assigned aligned to the swiss and germao where he be mastered the german lin language guage and traveled as a missionary in both switzerland and ger germany anya presiding over one or of the conferences in the latter country he wrote some of the hymns which the german saints now sing in their congregations during his hie absence on this mission bis big mother died aled he returned home lo in june 1882 on the ah of october 1882 elder cannon was ordained one of the be first seven presidents of the seventies Beven and on october 6 1889 he be was sus BUS mined at the general conference of the church as aa oue olie of the twelve apostles from that time he behas baa been the junior member of the council of apostles in his bis religious life and duties he has been scrupulously strict and energetic no duty devolving upon him was shrunk from no obligation avoid ed every call was responded to with promptness and filled with fidelity hit file precision in this regard was remarkable and was characteristic of him from his youth up As a boy and as a man he was frank end and fearless I 1 with a love for truth troth and virtue that was sublime he never sought to shift to others say any burden that devolved on him and never hesitated in undertaking a task that fell to his lot in his bis public religious calling and 1 in 0 his bis private life he was a true disciple dil ciple of Christ essentially a servant ot 0 god whose conduct endeared him to all as an socia teis by the bonds of that thai pure and holy love which comes of conformity to divine principles principle when in the course or of events during the perse cu tion of the saints saint a decade since it came bis big turn to endure imprisonment for his religion he did so cheerfully praising god that be was worthy to suffer in his cause and all sufferings and privations then and at other times to in bis big ministry he bore without murmuring being willing to endure all for the goabel s sake make in bis big record BS as a mael maa of god he will ever live in the hearts heart of the latte rd sainte by eliom he was se lere atly beloved As illustrative of bis big zeal tad fidelity to the gospel may be cited an in aident in connection with the imprisonment ment referred to wb when on he be rave gave expression to views characteristic of his whole lire life in its highest integrity to me ins convictions conviction of right he bad entered ing into the order of plural mar ariage and on march 17 1880 1886 being at that time twenty six years of age he be was sentenced by judge zine to 60 a term of six months in the penitentiary for his observance of that law of bod GO 1 when called to receive the he judgment of the oburt court he be said I 1 would like to state your honor that I 1 have always endeavored to keep the laws of the united states because I 1 have been taught by my parents that the constitution ution was a sacred instrument that 1 I have failed in this respect and now stand before you convicted of the crime of unlawful cohabitation is due to the fact that I 1 acknowledge a higher law than that of man which is the law of god and that thai law being a part of my religion sir air I 1 have attempted to obey it ic when I 1 embraced this religion I 1 prom leed food to place all that I 1 had even to life itself upon the altar and I 1 expect to abide by that covenant which I 1 made Imade and sir air I 1 hope the day will never come when I 1 must sacrifice principle even to procure life or liberty honor sir air to me is higher than anything else u upon on the earth and my religion is dearer to me than anything else that I 1 have yet seen I 1 am prepared sir air for the judgment of the court previous to this time elder cannon hatt bad had a long jong and seri serious outs illness being prostrated with typhoid fever his life was despaired or of by many but by the moray mercy and power of toe the bord biord be was raised up altri although ough for years alter after the off effects of the disease eliease caused him much suffering buffering and it is not certain that the cause of the recent sickness did not have its 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