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Show TRIBUTES paid to I JANE S. RICHARDS M h& J3eP. F' E1quently Portrays the Life of the De. :1 " ?uecln? the Da?s of LonS Affo-Has Wwds of Love S, n e Jgl.? Franklin D. Richards-Tabernacle Hit Crowded With Frunds Services Presided Over wm bv Bishop 0. M. Sanderson Beautiful JE j Floral Offerings. If MRS. JANE SNYDER RICHARDS ill V W imprcssi-o funeral sen ices for Mr? "i Jane Snyco.' Richards, the loved Utnh i pioneer, wt.e held yesterday after- noon at the Tabernacle with Presi- '- dont Joseph R Smith and other church dlcmltaries In attendance. The olde 3 residents of Ogden and members ol rJ the Women's Relief society of which 31 Mrs. Richards was bo prominent a 5 i member, made up the larger part of. H , the attendance which filled the' audi'- torium, Amons'tlfc numerous beautl- ful floral offerings were those by the Ogden, Xorth Weber and WeLer stnite ; branches of the Rollef society The 3 80cleties of the threo stakes combined i to secure large and costly floral ere- atlons Other beautiful floral offerings bore ihe names of the Youn Ladlps i Mutual Improvement association the 5! stake- boards, the Ogden stake work-8 work-8 i ers, the general primary board, tho W general board of young ladies, the Sr, i Daughters of the Pioneers, the gen-p gen-p eral board of the Rollef societies and. 9 I the Chautauqua circle. , f Coverins the casket wa3 a most beautiful blanket of roses, the gift of the children, grandchildren and grear- grandchlldren aud there were scores I of remembrances from friends of (Mrs. Richards Bishop 0. M Sanderson of the Sixth I ward conducted the services. The following from other places were on I tho stand: I Piesldents Joseph F Smith and I I CharleB V Penrose. President Francis -1. Lvman of the council of the twelve, Apostle3 Heber J. Grant and David 0. McKay, President Emineline B Wells of the Relief society of tho church and her first counselor. Mrs. Julina Smith: Mrs. Sarah R Smith and Mrs C W. Penrose, all the members of tho general gen-eral board of the Relief society aud Mrs Louie B Felt. May Anderson and Zina Y. Card of the primary general board. There were also In attendance I the presidencies of the three Ogden ! stakes and a number of bishops and i hlch councllmen. I I Professor Joseph Ballantyne, director di-rector of the Ogden Tabernacle choir, had charge of the musical numbers, and Samuel Whittaker presided at the ' I organ A double quartet, consisting ; i 1 of Myrtle Higley, Lillian Scott, Jed Ballantyne, George Douglas, Mary Jacobs, Ja-cobs, Rhea Stevens, Helmar Anderson Ander-son and Walter Stevens, sang the opening nnd closing numbers, the first selection being "The Lord My Pasture Shall Prepare." The services were carried out as follows: Prayer, Patriarch David McKay : solo, "Guiding "Guid-ing Star," K. S. Ensign of Salt Lake; address, Bishop Robert McQuarrle of the Second 'ward; solo, "Faco to Face." Horace S Ensign, address, Mrs. L. F. Mocnch. address. Apostle David O McKay; solo. "0 My Father." Fath-er." Mrs. Maude Dee Porter; address. President Francis M Lyman, address, Emmellno B. Wells: double quartet, 'Wliei First the Glorious Light of Truth;" address, President Joseph F I Smith: duet, "My Father Knows," by I Mrs. Myrtle Kigloy nnd George Doug-i Doug-i las. , Benediction was pronounced by 'President Charles F Middleton. Interment In-terment was in the Ogden Cltv come-tery, come-tery, the grave being dedicated by President Thomas E McKay. 1 The pallbearers were: Joseph W. West. Rav 13. West. Frank l,. West, Charles H. West. Frank S. Richards, Jesse S. Richards, Harold P. Rlch-w(e Rlch-w(e ' crons-" M. Rlcbnrdn. Franklin D. Richards. Joseph C. McFarlane and Reuben T. Evans. President Smith's Tribut;. President Joseph F. Smith paid an impresshe tributo to the life of Mrs. Richards. He said: "I desiro to commend most heartily to all my friends who are here toda and to all hearers, the most excellent discourse that we have listened to from Brother Penrose, for his re-markn re-markn have "been upon the key of immortality, of endless life It is not only in the deeds that we have done in the world, however glorious those deeds may have been. It would bo but a pitiable conclusion of man's life or the life of mankind, if the end that we meet today In the remains of our sister was the end of life. It would be a most pitiable thought that the intelligence, the mighty power of wisdom wis-dom that created man in Ills own Image Im-age and In His own likeness, designed that they should live but a few short I years, and pass away to their final end. What an awful thought that would be to intelligent minds! And In tho principles enunciated by President Presi-dent Penrose Ib united the beautv and' tho glory of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the beauty and glory of Mormonisra, for it deals not only with this mortal existence, but with tho existence that Is beyond this, and it deals with it Intelligently In-telligently and materially aa well aa spiritually, and It makes the hope, both the present and tho future, an absolute reality and that is the beauty beau-ty of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Many Excellent Things. "Time will not permit and I do not think It would bo wisdom to prolong the meeting. Many excellent things have been said of Aunt Jane, all of which I Indorse with ail my heart, and they express my feelings In a better way, probnbly. than I could do it myself my-self I have always known Aunt Jan', It seems to me, ever since I knew anything. I have had all my life 3 special regard for her on her own account, ac-count, and I have had a very great love for her on account of her husband, hus-band, for ho was one that I loved and that I still love, for he was a man that inspired In mo the deepest regard, re-gard, the most positive assurance of the divinity of his mission and of the doctrine that he uromulgated while he lived nnd while he taught the principles prin-ciples of the gospel In the capacity of one of the twele apostles. I never heard any mans testimony more conclusive, con-clusive, more real, more substantial than was the testimony of Franklin D Richards with reference to the divinity divin-ity of the mission of the Savior and with reference to the divinity of the mission or the Piophet Joseph Smith and I loved hlpi for that, and his testimony tes-timony remains with me. and while listening to tho brethren tell about tli good things they had to say this thought occurred to me It would lean le-an honor to any woman to be the wife of Buch a man It is an honor U any woman, It would be an honor to any woniHn, to have the daughter that Aunt Jnne horc into the world I am speaking of Josephine. I have always lood her as a fdster and when I contemplate con-template hor fidelity to her mother, unceasing, unwavering through all her years of lilness, mv admiration goes up to the very highest point for the integrity of that good girl to her goo.l mother, and the Lord bless her forever for her kindness and affectionate devotion de-votion to her who gave her birth Into the world. I think it Is an honor to all the children of Franklin D. Richards Rich-ards that thev have such a father, for he has brought some noble men and some noble women into the church qf Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Just as true as their father was. :a fnr as they know, and I believe they know sufficient to establish them beyond be-yond all 'peradventnre In the testimony testi-mony that was borne by their father Faithful Defender. "I have been associated for a great many years with Franklin S. and I have known and been acquainted more or less Intimately with Brother Charlie and I have always had the dceoest rc-eard rc-eard and love for them, especially for Franklin who has been a staunch and faithful defender of tho people of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and he has the honor of standing stand-ing for their rlghtB before the hlghcsi courts of the nation in our day, and has defended them with ability and with the spirit cf love an 1 devotion that no one could feci e:;ceut he were one of them and dcenly Interested in their welfare. I trust that the spirit that has heretofore characterised the children of Brother Franl lin P Rich ards, as well as the children of Aunt Fa no herself, will ever continue wltn them, that thev may baic possession of the spirit of tho g09cel, the spirit of their father and their mother, and that the will nhvas be staunch and true, as their parents have been From Death to Life. 'Brother Franklin had a large fam-U fam-U . It uiav not be generally known but the-e Is still living one of hi? wives, I ''--:Sove just one. left, and she la another Rood, fa'thful Latter-Dav Latter-Dav Saint All the children are good faithful Latter-Dav Salntd. and I want to tell von that this is the greatoFt satisfaction to me of anything that I can think of I bcliee with all my soul In tho Church of Jesus Chrlat of Latter-Day Saints: I lelleve in the divinity of the mission of losppb Smith;" I believe in the rosurrectlon of the dead, and I believe, just as ha& been portrayed here so eloquently by President Peniose, that we will come up jn the resurrection from death tp life again, as literally ourselves as did Christ the Son of God. raised from the dead. Now that Is mittlng It Just ns stronglv as I knew how to put It Ills bodv was not permlttod to decay to disintegrate It -nas not permittel to dissolve and to return to dust. It was laid awa, and and It was not permitted per-mitted to see corruption. It rose whpn the spirit returned Into It again with the wounds of the nails in His hands and in His feet, and of tho spear His side, so literally, so actually, actual-ly, the same Idonlical body that it bore the marks thn it received upon the cross And I believe that He Ir the first fruits of the resurrection from death to life, and that He is the true type of resurrection that ee-v man. woman and child will raiee from the dead, will come up precisely as He did because there Is no other name ghen under heaven b which we will be saved neither Is there any other way provided by which man can be raised again from death to life, but by the wav Instituted by the Son of God. I believe this because of the testimony of the ancient disciples concerning con-cerning Him. We hnve their tcstl-monv tcstl-monv 'that the saw Him, that they talked with Him. that they ato with llim, and they bore record of what thev saw with their own eyes and what they knew to bo the truth And yet, when we consider the distance In tlmo between tho testimonies of thoec who saw with their eves anil heard with their ears and bore testimony testi-mony with referonce to the dlvlnln of God's mlnlstr, and His resurrection, there is a possible chance for us lo prr and blunder, If we did not pobschs the snirlt of inspiration which would ' n - Tvin'lp unon Mm truth and would make it clear to our understanding. under-standing. But in tho light of alter facts that wo have record of in tho Book of Mormon, when Christ himself appenred to the Inhabitants of this continent, proving His Idontltv b) tho wounds that he received upon tho cross and showing Himself to the people peo-ple upon this land Today they are borne record of. We have the additional addi-tional testimony of the Inhabitants of this continent and those that saw and heard and witnessed His presence here as well aa tho disciples who saw and witnessed Him at the time of Ills resurrection res-urrection and of His resurrection from death to life And then when wo see again here In addition to these tho fact that He showed Himself in our own time In our own day, to Joseph Jo-seph Smith and to others, who were privileged to see and understand wPh their own eyes, to hear with their own ears, and who have borne this recent witness and testimony to us, I have In mind three indisputable witnesses, wit-nesses, reaching oer the lapse of nearly 2,000 ears. bearing record to me that Jesus is the Christ, the Savior Sav-ior of the orld. the resurrected God who ascended upon high, and who reigns with the Father, possessing all power, all wisdom and al knowledge adequate to the salvation of the children chil-dren of God. irom the beginning until tho final ond. And I love to contemplate contem-plate these things an J think of the gospel of Jesus Christ, which' reaches not only to all living but to all tlmt have lived and pasbod away and to all Unit Will yet come into the word, for It has made ample provision to meet the necessities of all men, of all descendants of Adam, and I IhonU God for it. The Lord3 Blessing A6ked, "May tho Lord bless you, my friends this famlh. and comfort your hearts Bless Our souls, what Is lacking? What do they need to comfort com-fort them? A noble father, a noble mother, both of whom hae been devoted de-voted nil their lives to the cause of ZIon. lo tho cause of truth, both of whom have fought the god fight and have kept the faith, and have set an example before them'that Is worthy of the Imitation of all men. In all ages of the world. There is no death here: we do not feel the Influence of death hero -at all merely rest, peaceful rest from the sorrows and pains and anguish an-guish of thi8 mortal career, with the absolute assurance that we shall meet again, that we shall know them as they are. that they will hot change into something else, but the will be themeches, and that is the point in Mormonlsm It teaches us that, me Bible teaches it and the Book of Mormon teaches it. Not a hair of the head shall be lost Read the Book of Mormon and sec what It says. The Book of Mormon teaches it, and those who believe In Mormonism believe In the gospel of Jesus Christ, nnd thev must accept these things And whv should we not have joy In the contemplation of meeting our loedj ones, when we shnll have finished this course I "I thought when I came here, when i I went un there to the home of Brother West, I thought to myself, What a glorious meetiuc there has been on the other side. Franklin has I been waiting for his companion, with others that have passed before him.' 'Only 'u few days apo It was mv , nrlvilage to be at the funeral of i Henry P Richards the youngest brother of Franklin B. Riehards, a life companion of myself When we j were boys together, we started out , into the world to preach the gospel. and from the day in ISjI when wo went out into the world, bovs ns we i were at tho lime, to preach the go-pel. j we hnve over since beon liosom com- panlons. so lo speak, brothers in the i convenant of the gosptl or Jesus J Christ, and I think perhaps Aunt Jnne I is about the last of her generation And fo we are passing awa The , majority is on tho other sido. the I most beloved, If it wc-e possible to have some more beloved tlnn others, j arc on the other side Win bless j you, there are parents, there aro I children, there are brothors and sisters, sis-ters, there arc tho prophets, there Is the Son or God himself, the Savior of us all Also the father of our spirits Why shouldn't we be glad lo go when our time comes"' Tho fact is. that I never have worried for a long time about going away myself I have only one thought why 1 should stay here anv longer, and that Is that 1 have children here, little ones, growing to be men and women. Ii I would like to see them grow up to, manhood and womanhood and be cs-.tnblished cs-.tnblished in the gospel of Jesus Chi 1st, that they may never depart from It I .would like to hac the iprl'lloge of seeing It done, but, if I 'am not permitted tp do It, I will leave, 'them in the hands of the Lord, and II Iwll! lav to the best of my ability the foundltfbn for their exaltation In the 1 gospel of Jesus Christ, and it Is all right So whenever Father wants me I am ready to go, and It does not 'mnke any difference whit it tls If I lhave done my dutv to the best of mv labilltv and my knowledge it will be all right with me, and I shall wait I there for others to come and rejoice I to meet my father and ;ny mother, my brothers, mv sisters, and my loved 'ones that have passed over thia shore I Into the other sphc: Oh, what a I perfect joyruful time we will have there, for a llttlo while at least, until un-til we are all Joined together. 'i remember the remark of her dear son. Lorenzo, at the time of his last illness, confined to his bed. 'Oh,' 'he said, 'if we could only all go to-'gcthcr. to-'gcthcr. what a happv thought It would jhe." I shall never forpct the remark, I but it was the spirit, the eharactcris-I eharactcris-I tic spirit of the family, the love for each other, the devotion for each other. I think It is a remarkable characteristic of the family, and 1 hope that they will always be true lo one another and be good to one another, an-other, and not limit it to anv branch, but let the love and affection and confidenco be extended to every branch of their father's house, that thev raav be as one from first to last, and from least to greatest, that they mav set an examn'e to all Israel and I to future generations, Is mv prayer, I In the name of Jesus, Amen." She 1c Not Dead. Apostle Dald O. McQay said In part- "My dear brethren and sisters. I am unable to speak to you today as an intimate associate of Sister Jane S Richards 1 stand before you rath, er as one of her boys, who have been Influenced bv her noble teachings. Just as a child 1 remember her visit and the visit of her daughter. Sister West, to our ward, am: I shall hold with it, I hope, as long as my life lasts, the Influence of this meeting at that visit Dickens once snld: "The old. old fashioned death ' Thank God all who see it have the still older fashioned immortnllty. The thought of Immortality is common In mv mind today Sister Jane S. Richards is not dead, she Is lllng. she lives in hor deeds ' It was said of the Savior in these words- 'He went about doing ;ood." i cannot think of a more beautiful beau-tiful eulogy that. can be written about a person than is contalnod in those few words "Ho wont about doing -ood ' And that is the tribute that we mav pay to Sister Richards she went about doing good. I cannot think of anv life anywhere that has been so filled with deeds as her life has been Shc lives in those deeds. As a beautiful beau-tiful wire, she carried the renonsl-hlllties renonsl-hlllties that but few In the world have to curry." Prosident Lyman President Francis M. Lyman said in nart: "t am very grateful to be here on i this occasion. I appreciate the virtues vir-tues of Sister Richards. I have known her a long time, and have I known her noblo qualities. She has lived to a great age and has ac-Icompllfhed ac-Icompllfhed a remarkable work She has been an angel among women, nnd j a ministering angel, one that has been occupied lu labor all her life, ami has been the compnnion of one of the leaders In Israel President Franklin D Richards snd she with him will st-nd at tho head of their remarkable posterity She has lived out her days She Is one of the remarkable char acters and figures In the Churoh of, Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and will alwavs be remembered as one of the great women who hnve been , i faithful and true to tho cnl." I ! Bishop Speaka. ' Bishop McQuarrle said "I must sav that I consider my-1 'self honored and n-lvi'oged today to attend this funcrol over the rema'na i of our beloved SMar Jane b. Richards Rich-ards Wo were intimately sapoclatod together in Relief socletv work. We understood eaoh othcr. you might, say. perfoctly in that ministry. Il Is a kind of ministry peculiar to itself, In rcgi'rt to the poor and the sick and the afrilctci Sister Jano Richards Rich-ards had a heart thai could fppl and smpathlze. and she could feel and know another's woe. "I remember one occasion many years nyo Sh had not been long in Osilou when this transpired. I was out ono rainy duv; !t rained most ot tho nlBht and It' rained all morning.: and still it rained till pretty noarj noon I took my umbrella and went out on amue hnaincsa. Tho streets ( were deserted, and I could eco an ob-i Jcct ahead of me a couple of blocks, I i .Mid when I auproachod f found she H w.ir, our on - inlny day ilkc that; H i waa Suicr Jnno Richards. U'hcu IH 1 she got to me she vjih holding her H I skirts in one hand, keeping them out H of the wet. and with the other she H , 1'i'lu an umbrella over her head, and H hr feci I cannot describe them f ll I rnow they were uncomfortable., 1 1 I H asked her what she was doing out on H ii day like that. 'Why. there arc soiiio H poor folks somewhere m need,' and so H ishe went Lo attend -to tho )oor folks. , H I v (.Continued on Page Ten.) jl I ! TRIBUTES PAID TO I JANE S. RICHARDS H . H (Continued From Pago Five.) Hl "Now this was Sister Jane S. Rlch- H ards; this was characteristic of her. H I And it was not tho first time sho has H done anything like that. I have Been H U her out often, and I was glad when H I tho street car got started in Ogden, Hj ! because they instructed the conduc- Hl I tors to let her havo freo access to 1 tho street cars. I was thankful for H this and felt like blessing tho street H car folk3 for this alone If for nothing H j M i 9 She was indeed a ministering an- M ge. When I was suffering from M I pneumonia she came and visited me fl , j and slie prescribed for me. As I 1 , was unable to attend to It myself, she H i jj went and got the medicine and pro- H 0 pared it and brought It to me, to 1 my house, and asked me to take It H I a little every day, and I wish to say1 I ) ' to you that It had the desired effect, H i and I felt llko Sister Richards had B , a kind of an inspiration, she know H J how to do and what to do for sick H j people just at the time, and she was M a wonderful woman In this regard. t ' Mrs. Moonch Speaks. M Mrs. Mocnch said: m "i always considered Sister Rlch- H , , ards my best, my dearest, and my H truest friend, and I loved her. If H I f there was anyone in the world loved H ,' her more than I did It was because H ' i (hey were more capable of loving. I HI J i know sho was my friend and I am H j thankful for it If I neoded hor re- H I , proof she would reprove me sharply H j and it was for my good. If I needed H I a word of sympathy she always gave it to mo freely. If I went to her for Hf a word of counsel or a little advice H in life I received it just as freely as Hi could be. and I can say that all that H Bishop McQuarrio has said is true B "She told me one time that she did not "want any one to say she was a ministering angel, but just that she I wns a good Latter-day Saint. Sho said: 'There is one thing: If I am I J worthy of it, I would like to havo I , somebodv say of me, if I am worthy ' of it to the end, and that is, I would I ' like to have them say I was a con-I con-I I sistcnt Latter-day Saint.' And I said, Sis that all?' But I carried those few words home with me and I have Jt thought about them a good deal. It I moans a great deal to be a consistent I Latter-day Saint If we love our fel- I low creatures it will build us up, and fl i If we love them we would not steal h from them, we would not do anything Lj against them if we loved them, and, 1 ' on tho other hand, we would have M mercy on them; we would forgive them as we would like to he forgiven. m j There are people here on the stand m j I who can tell that she has done many r II great things. My purpose is to show U that she has done the little things. f One time I went with her out to the jr poor farm. She had been there many T ' times, I bad only been there that one I time. She seemed to know every ono in the poor house. We came to one, , a little poor old woman, she was - nearly a hundred years old; I never saw such a poor, withered looking creature as sho was, I don't believe she had any flesh upon her bare hones. She was withering and the I most pitiful creature I ever saw In i my life Blind Nancy, she was called. J She was a little troubled about some- 1$- thing, and Sister Richards talked to LP ' her, and she took hold of her bare, W ' withered hand and took the poor soul in her arms, and kissed her and loved 1 I her and comforted her, and I thought U to myself, that Is true love; she loves 'I the soul. We went away north one I - time visiting the Relief society, and H , the word came that a poor woman & I who had lost her huBband from ty-R ty-R H phoid fever had a sick child. Sister k Jj Richards said she would go down and seo her, and one of the sisters said: 'I am afraid to go; I am afraid I will p take the fever.' She said: 'If you V" are afraid to do, don't go; I am go- S: Ing.' So she went. She was a very destitute looking woman. Sister Richards Rich-ards went to her and she always seemed to know the right word to . say in just the right place, and she spoke' comforting words and said 1 ,Trust n tb Lord, and He will help you bear your afflictions.' And she I , -went to tho sick child and blessed it, and returned to tho room and said. 'That child will not die; It will live' I trembled because I thought the child was really dying. I don't know whether wheth-er Sister Richards wus afraid afterwards after-wards of what sho had said or not, but in the' morning the word came that the child was better, and It lived. "She was out In tho country at another an-other time and they were having EOine social gathering, and the peo-plo peo-plo camo for pleasure, and the word camo there was a woman dying. She I left tho place at once and went to jj this woman, and people had just ccas- fl cd doing anything for her at all be- fl cau8o they thought she was about B done, and Sister Richards called for I mustard and some brandy and one H thing and another and put tho mus- B tard upon her feet and stomach, and I 'fixed hor a little nourishment before g she wont About twelve years aft- jj erwards this woman met her and said ' to her: 'You saved my life.' I will hao to ropeat another thing also: A woman was sent into Ogdcn. She l; had lost her ticket, I suppose, upon tho railroad. She was going to meet her husband, the father of her children, chil-dren, and this woman was turned out at the depot. Tho railroad company did not havo money enough, or interest inter-est enough, to take her on to meet her husband, but turned her off hero. The word canio to this little woman that some ono was there suffering at tho depot, early in tho morning, and Sister Richards went down, preparing pre-paring for them what they needed; she went there with a lunch, and raised money enough to buy a ticket, tick-et, and then sent them on the next train. I met a lady and told her about it, and she said: 'Mrs. Richards; was she a little woman?' I said 'Yes, a little woman.' She said-"She said-"She and Apostle Richards were up here when I was a little girl, and my mothor took me to see them, because my mother wanted me to see an apostle, and Mrs. Richards said: 'If you will mind your mothor, some day you will cbe a worker In the Relief society," That has been fulfilled. To- , day she is secretary of the Cacho stake and a good secretary, too. So you see it was a prophecy, and sho has told many, many things and when she said It could come true I don't know of anything that has not. "I notice the beautiful flowers that are here. She said to me once: 'I don't want them to buy a lot of flowers flow-ers for mo. I would rather they would givo the money to the poor.' " Emmellne B. Wells. Mrs. Emmellne B. Wells said: "I would not stand before you when thore is so little time, but 'it Is the wish of our dear departed sister that I should speak a few words. So many memories crowd to my brain, so many ghosts, but they are not ghosts, they are real to me, to stand here and talk to you where I have stood so many times vith the greatest men and women that It has been our privilege to have in this church since we came into these valleys; It is a wonderful thing to me today, and this place and all this congregation seems almost the same to mo as when Brigham Young stood here on this stand and appointed Sister Richards to preside over the Relief society." President Penrose's Recollections. Presideut? C. W. Penrose said: "I am very thanlcful Indeed that I have the opportunity of being here today, not only because I am glad to be present with ray dear friends to pay a tribute of respect to our departed de-parted sister, but that I have been blessed of tho Lord to recover mj health sufficient to he present. It is several weeks since I was able to appear In public to speak before tho people, and the Lord has blessed me, ?ud I am very thankful and express my "gratitude in the midst of this congregation. I should have been very much disappointed if I should not have had the opportunity of being be-ing hjreu today. "I have been acquainted with our dear sister, who has left us a great many years, and I can repeat a re-mark re-mark made by one of the brethren. that there is no feeling of death In these 6ervIcos, and when I saw the remains of this dear sister reclining ns if in gentle sleep, and saw how beautiful she looked, and how youthful youth-ful her appearance was, considering her age, for she looked a great deal younger there In death than &he appeared ap-peared when I saw her last In life, and saw her clothed as she was In the beautiful garments prepared for those who are departing, It seemed to me that It only needed a touch or two from the hand of Him who is the resurrection and the life to cause her to stand forth in all the strength and beauty and glorj of a young womanhood, wo-manhood, and Indeed In tho glory of her household and kingdom, and I hope to see her when I meet with her again In that condition. She believed be-lieved in the doctrine, and I believe in the doctrine, and bellcvo in the real immortillty touched upon bj Brother McKay, and I know that sho believed in it with all hor heart, and so did her departed husband, President Presi-dent Franklin D. Richards, with whom I was very Intimate for many years. I knew mm away back in the early fifties in London I was with him in the British mission In 18GG. 18G7 and 1S6S, and I labored with him here in Weber county. I labored with him on many occasions, driving out among the people in Zion, and I have been acquainted with Sister Richards, his beloved wife, practically ever since she came to live In Ogden Clt I became very intimately acquainted with her when I moved to this place from Logan to assist President Rich-aids Rich-aids in taking up the labor of the Ogden Junction, a paper which was published here, as most of you are au are, 'for several years, and with which I was closely Identified. I became be-came closely acquainted with the family of Brother Richards and Sister Jane S. Richards, his wife, was in deed a ministering angel as has beon remarked here, In my own family, and what has been said here today concerning her ministrations among the sick and the nfflicted were experienced expe-rienced in my family with my little childron. No weather would daunt hor from going forth from her residence resi-dence down In the western part of the town to my residence on the bench and helping to administer to the little ones in their affliction. She will always be remembered in my family, indeed, as a ministering angel, an-gel, and I know of many circumstances circumstan-ces that might be related here which proves tho truth of all that has been said here concerning her in her experiences ex-periences In Ogden City and Weber cqunty, but I will not take up the time to refer to them It is sufficient suffi-cient to say that I Indorso every word that has been said here today concerning her and her noble character, charac-ter, the splendid spirit which she carried car-ried with her, tho works she performed, per-formed, the faith she had, the kindness kind-ness which she manifested toward all people, and particularly as a loving lov-ing wife and mother. I know something some-thing of her care over her sons, one of whom, our dear Lorenzo, depart-1 ed, which was a great grief to her, but she will meet with him and have joy with him behind the veil In the resurrection. She had the privilege to see her sons, to whom she was devoted, de-voted, grow up among the people, men of integrity; she had the pleasure pleas-ure of hor daughter Josephino attending at-tending her during the last years of! her sojourn on earth. I have been acquainted with the circumstance of Josephine was indeed a ministering angol, iollowing the footsteps of her mother, and Sister Richards was blessed in having tho care of her daughter Josephine and her sons and daughters They loved their mother. She was worthy of them and they are worthy of her I like to think of the future of this our beloved sister as It struck me when T saw her remains re-mains lIng there In the beauty of these garments which I have referred refer-red to, which have beon prepared to clothe the dead and to mlnistor for tho living and tho dead In the temples tem-ples of our God, and I thank the Lord for the revelations which He has given us concerning this matter of preparing our departing ones. The Lord has revealed to us that it is his will to bring to pass the immortality immor-tality and eternal life of man. ''There used to be springing up lack of belief concerning this view among the children of men, which is greatly lying out, even among those who are scientists and philosophers, and they havo come to the conclusion that there is somthlng about humanity what it Is they don't understand -but thoy are beginning to1 understand that the Intelligence, the lovo, tho qualities which are exhibited In human hu-man beings have a continuance, that thore Is something abiding, something enduring, that theso 'persist,' ac they use tho term, and so whon death oomes there Ib something remains, that that which is not put away in the ground Is something that is real in its Immortal and will endure, and they are beginning to understand that these things that exist ih the doul of men. not only persist, but that thej hae tho power and quahtj of increasing, of growing, of spreuding out, and that all eternity is before them In which to Increase and Improve. But thev have cast away the idea of a possibility of these earthly bodies persisting or continuing. con-tinuing. They believe that the bodj is merely an aggregation of certain particles of matter, the properties of which wo are somewhat acquainted with, and that aggregation must some time have been brought together, must be dispersed, ajnd so, when the change-called change-called death comes that Is in end to this organism, that there Is no more lifo for that, that it passed awaj into a primitive element out of which it came and that is the end thereof "Xow, In reasoning like this, the don't Beem to take into account that perhaps the spirit of man, or. as tho I call it, the soul of man. which thoi believe continues and 'persists, nw also be an aggregation, an organism, something brought together, and that If this can continue and be immortal,! then there Is a possibility that even1 the structure the structural and first principles of the human body ma havo an affinity for each other which would cause them, when the propm time comes, and proper process is entered Into, to be brought also together to-gether and continue as an organization. organiza-tion. They don't seem to take that into account But what Is immortality? immortal-ity? Is it merely the continuance of the life of the spirit after death? Not according to the holy scriptures, not according to the revelations of God In former times, to us nothing of this in later times. We have he most positive Information by revelation of God that the time should como when these bodies of ours, though thoy ma bo dissolved or appear to be entlrelv dissolved and go down to the dust, shall be quickened again and brought together. And not only that, not onh- is the actual fact of their existence pr continuation revealed, but we aiv told of the necessity of this continuance, continu-ance, for it continues eternally. There Is a union of the spirit of man and the elements which composed his body and continual union of these to bring about perfect happiness and perfect joy, and it Is part of the great plan and purpose of God in sending up his sons and daughters, here on this earth, to gain the experiences which we obtain ob-tain here and which we could not obtain ob-tain elsewhere. This is what we are here for, to prepare a portion of tho elements which compose this eartn In such condition that as organized brought together again as thoy were brought together in the first place, not bj the same process, but brought together to-gether again, shall stand up on their feot and the spirit shall bo restored to the body and the body to the spirit and the twain made one shall endure forever, for-ever, why not? If there is such a being as God, as our scientists bogln I to admit, that there is an individualltj I or personality of some kind which has,' the power of creation or organization If there is such a being, and he can organize an earth out of the elements and organizo these bodies of ours, according ac-cording to certain fundamental and continuing principles, whj cannot He also have certain fundnmp.ntni nrwi continuing principles, why cannot He also havo the power to purify theso bodies of ours and bring them forth from the tomb' The Son of God came ihere. His spirit camo here, and His oody was prepared for the spirit; Ho ived In it through the measure of His days; He died. Ills body was buried and It was brought forth from the tomb and In that body He brought to his disciples. Not only in ancient times did He show himself to the people, peo-ple, on the eastern continent, or to the people on the western hemisphere, but in these last days He manifested Himself 'to 'His servants I might refer re-fer to the revelations we have received receiv-ed in tho Doctrine and Covenants, but I will not take the tlmo to do so, but I may referjp Christ appearing to His disciples whpn He exhibited all forma and features- and powers of potency of manhood, including tho Immortal spirit spir-it to endure forever, and Immortal spirit with the body, and with that body He ascended on high and sat on the right hand of God, from whence It6 , ,come t0 -Jsc the quick, and the doad And if ono individual can be raised from the dead a million can be raised or any number that may be named. I merely speak of this in passing of the possibility. It has been conceded by dentists that the elements ele-ments with which is called matter had no beginning in the elementary sense and God has revealed to us that that is tru; that the elements are eternal. nov, as thore aro elements which are brought together and associated In these organisms powers which hove an affinity for each otho", which belong to each other, ns those aro brought together. to-gether. Body Is Not Lost. hy can thev not.be-brought together to-gether again, and is tlierc-not something some-thing natural in themt which would call them, the other elements which would belong to them, Just as these with our family organizations? This family which wo have been talking about, the posterity of our beloved Brother Franklin D. Richards, they have a yearning for each other, they arc placing their dear mother in the grave, there is no feeling of death about it sho has lived out the time of her sojourn on the earth, she has filled the measure of her days, and she has done it with honor and glory, and henceforth there Is laid up for her a crown of eternal life, and we place the body away. But this fam-llv fam-llv loves each other, they love her, she loves them, ovory member thereof there-of love and yearn for every other member of the family, and some time or other they will become on natural principles, quickened with the power of Independent life, and if they are j true and faithful and If they sanctify the bodies which God has given to them, they shall again be brought together. to-gether. And so It is; we find that there is a natural affinity in tho particles par-ticles the original fundamental particles par-ticles that composed these bodies of ours, which will never be sitisfled un. til thev are brought together again and the spirit and bony reunite, and real Immortality takes place, so that we may go on and have joy In the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ our Lord, who Is the resurrection and the life, and change our frail bodies into a life eternal and glorious if wo keep his commandments. Now, I am satisfied sat-isfied that there is a grand, perhaps not understood, principle underlying this, and that It Is scientific: that it is true; that It Is natural, and we shall find that It Is Just natural when the proper time comes for those fundamental funda-mental principles that belong to these l structures that we call our bodies, to come together and be quickened and glorified, if we ha lived to obtain glory, and the spirit and body shall be united and both shall stand forth In real Immortality, just as natural as j the principle t of gravitation, about j which we know very little, or tho I principle of cohesion, "the principle by j which particles in the universe are i attracted or repelled to, or from, each other. There will be a change occur. Shall we have theso bodies as thev aro now? Yes, and no. We shall have these particles of the body , which can endure, but thore are particles par-ticles belonging to us which are thrown off from time to time and we receive other particles into our bodies. But behind all that there is a persistent per-sistent substance that belongs, atom to ntom, bone to bone, flesh to flesh, sinew to sinew, and as tho Prophet Joseph declared, not one particle of that structure which is essential to the frame of the humnn body can ever pass into the structure of another. an-other. It is a grand mistake which people have made who thought that ono person by devouring another takes Into him a part of the general structure of the other being. I wish to say that tho timo will come when a great change will tako place, and Christ will quicken these bodies of ours so that they may be put In the, samo condition that His body was when He appeared to His disciples on the road to Emmatis, and He said "Why are ye troubled, why do thoughts arise in vour hearts? Behold, Be-hold, it is I, mysolf, handle mo and see, for tho spirit hath not flesh and bone like you see me have." But His body was put to death, and raised in power. It was put In the tomb a natural body, but it was raised, and from that body an immortal body, a body of flesh and bones, but quickened quick-ened b the spirit and not by blood, and not subject to the same "laws by which we aro governed, and not drawn down to the earth bv the prin-, ciplc of attraction. Ho will change our faulty bodies and fashion them like unto hig own glorious bod'. ' "Now, the point I wish to make is i that this beautiful body, for It looked) lovely to me as I saw Sister Richards lying there prepared for burial this J body that has gone into the grave isj not lost, not ono nartltcle of it that is needed for the structure in the! resurrection will bo dissolved. Every element that belongs to it, that belongs be-longs to each other, will not bo lost, bu the quickening power of the spirit which pervades all things, which quickeneth all things, which is the life of all things, which proceeds from the presence of God throughout the Immensity of space, means 'he ac-ltlonJoCthat ac-ltlonJoCthat spirit and the direction of 'SJjn w-hqLJs the resurrection and the H"Cgutuey be brought together. again and restored, and the spirit be restored to th0 body and the body to the spirit, and so wo can havo hope and faith nnd certainty that some day wo will meet this dear sister whoso body Is now to ho laid awav, we will meet not only her immortal spirit behind the veil where she has gone to meet her loved ones, but standing up ns a woman In all respects, as a bodv in spirit, with tho love of hor children and her husband and her friends. We all expect to seo her some tlin and to gather with her in the regions of immortality whore we will be really and truly Immortal, and rejolco in tho presence of our eternal father and bo like him In all respects in body and spirit and governed by the same laws and rejoice In the same glory. ''God bless these my dear friends wnm l 1(Ve ?ml w,th whra I navel been so closely associated so manv years, and give them comfort flii mr 1 S l? ,n nd, know,0fJSe that thor shall meet their mother again, not only behind the veil where we all expect ex-pect to go, byo and bye, but in the resurrection day, In the mornlSg of fmn,n!fnmreSUn;CC"0n' C,thefl Wlth immortality and eternal life, with glory and with beauty, shining in the TiJ i l? QVb0 hIc6Sinss and nrlvi- 555? h i Gosi)el tllat God ha sai(1 shall bo given to the faithful aud "May God help and guide us all and """" " traa . jiae giyo us power to serve Him in ail I iS? things, that wo may obtain to that ' , great salvation and have .fay in the ' jjM thought and hopo of the great salva- '''? tion that this, our doar sister who has ' gone, has obtained May the peace , ?T of God. that suvpasscth all under- ?P standing abido with vou, through - Jesus Christ, Amen." e m i |
