| Show bishor BISHOP ELIAS upon the whole commonwealth of utah and especially upon this city the death of bishop ellas elias morris falls as a grievous calamity in the circle of our financiers and philanthropists it makes a great break which must long remain unsupplied for where Is the man who can fill the place of ellaa elias morris he was a man of great ability and resource while his philanthropy WAS a proverb was there a scheme on foot to benefit the people he wab one of the leaders in it was there a h struggling enterprise that promised to develop a home res resource purce or furnish employment tor for home labor go to ellas morris he will take stock in it and give it the benefit of his advice and influence was the encouraging assurance was there a poor man out of work with a large and suffering family G go 0 t ta miss morris he will give you something to do is what the poor man heard aside from large corporate enterprises probably not a man has operated in this state during the past two de cades cadee who has furnished more employment to poor men than has ellas elias mori ris probably not another could be named who has been more prominently identified with the development ot 0 home resources resources and the establishment of home enterprises than has he he was a man of tireless energy unceasing industry unbounded sympathy and incorruptible integrity and he enjoyed the esteem and confidence of all classed of the community men who differed with him in respect to religion and poll tics bics did not hesitate to acknowledge his high merits as a man and a citizen to any community such a as he is ever worth a thousand of those who by their wits or their wealth seek profit out of other peoples distresses ignorance or cupidity As a latter day saint the life of ellas elias morris was the practical applies ap aton and living elucidation of the prin caples he professed the members ot of the fifteenth ward over which he be presided as bishop weep at the news of his hia death as they would at being told that their own father was dead and alid like brethren of the flesh will his associates in the priesthood mourn his departure he lived by a standard of righteousness that was reve revealed aleA from heaven and he died with the ab solute assurance that his hia works were pleasing unto god and entitled him to a resurrection with the just |
