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Show TRIBUTE TO HSBALISTER H AT SERVICES i!jH The funeral services over the re- Wt mains of .Mrs. John A. McAllstcr, 7 Thursday nftuinoon in the Logan U BjJPJJPjVj tabernacle, wore a fitting testlmonl- jVflBflflflfl al of a woman whoso character, LjBjVBhJ method of living, nnd gcnuluo whole- .BflflJ somo treatment of her friends nnd ll neighbors, were her chief assets. Tho 'iBBBfl uloglos woro couched In languago that (PBjVjVjVJ could not be misunderstood, full of f i BflflJ lovo and tender sympathy for tho "JBvjVjfl bereaved family, nnd especially tho a'VjVjVjfl grief-stricken husband nnd compan- nfflBflBJ Ion of a long and successful life. Tho liBvJPJPj speakers Importuned tho Master to LlJI strengthen him in body, fortify his VtJJPJJPJjI mind, and watch nnd caro for him, Jvflfffl nnd send tho comforter to cheer and ''l lighten his burden. t"'BBvJ Tho flowers wero many nnd beau- ' ,"BBBJ tlful, and, If they could have spoken, ' 8BBJ they would havo told n wonderous !" story. Silently they breathed n ser- ' BBl mon on tho life of a little woman '.JPjVjVj whoso work of tho day was a prcpar- 'BBflffJ atlon of tho morrow, mnklng her a VJPJPJl thorough ndvocatc of preparedness, jflBBBBJ ready for any emergency nnd always MBBBBJ meeting tho hnppenlngs of n lifetime jBBBBfl with cheerfulness nnd courage A iBBBBjl woman whose tender sympathy for iBvJPJPJ others, manifested in her works and BBBfl acts, was of such n character that BBBBBj her taking nway Is a distinct loss to VvjVB tho community in which sho lived. WjVj Tho U. A. C. choir sang, nnd Blsh- LVjPJ op Anthon Anderson offered prayer. A duct was rendered by Prof. John- WBvJ son and Gladys Smith. WBBB Bishop B. G. Thatcher was the first ISVjPj speaker. He told of her work and IBBBJ fallthfulness in the Roltef Society. SlH Said sho was kind and modlBh and a friflvjfl good Latter-day Saint. Her devotion 8 ( to her husband, her pride In her j family, and the satisfaction she mant- JapflJ fested in thorn was one of her promt- BBJ nent traits. She had learned and j BBI taugh tho great lesson of living to j learn to die. In her death thero BBJ should bo no regrets, for when the I BBJ end camo sho was fully prepared, I BJ had left nothing undone. M Miss Nora Ellason sand a solo, ac- companlcd by Mrs. Jennie Hansen. BvB Elder Joseph E. Cardon spoko of (BBl her tender devotion to others nnd her jflpj ministry to tho sick and tho afflicted. Bh Through her many good qualities sho H r was loved by all who knew her, nnd 9J jl thoro was no question as to tho fu- V frfl turo of such n woman. Her open, I'm honest llfo was a gunrantco of her ' reward. fl Prof. Johnson of tho U. A. C. sang .flj "O My Father," accompanied by ! tB Prof. Clark. 1jH Eldor A. O. Barber said that tho 1-fl death of Sister MoAltster had mado H JBB many sad hearts, nnd recalled that B MB somo good woman had said to hi in, SlBbB "No ono wna bettor prepared for tPBJ death than Sister McAllstcr, but I W'M shall miss her." Such was undoubt- fl ,BJ edly tho verdict of all. Ho had never I B had sickness in his own homo without K'Al Brother nnd Sister McAllstor wero MJBfl thero to comfort and cheer, nnd as- BBBJ Hist In nursing nnd caring for tho BBBJ afflicted, Novor saw her without a BBBJ smllo on her faco, bearing hor own BBJ burdens with fortltudo, nnd wishing j BBJ good for nil. Said It Is sad to know BBJ that wo shall not eeo hor again In I BBJ this llfo, but thanked tho Lord that j Bfl ho had known hor, ns her llfo and j Afl works will always bo a comfort to f Bfl him, nnd all who know her. I fifl Bishop Georgo W. Llndqulst made BJ tho closing nddross, thanking nil who 1 BJ had assisted tho family in any way, ". JM and testified to all that had been ! 9 said, nnd voiced tho sentiment that I BJ tho ward would miss her. Tho choir nnng, nnd tho bencdlc- Bflfl tlon was pronounced by Elder Joseph H Howell. Irl |