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Show : LAID TO" REST." Imposing Funeral of President Wilford Woodruff. i Tito Service ot tlie Tnbcrnnclc Mmp.e, Ht of n Mont Imprcanlvo Nature Tliotlrcat HulMlug Thronged and TliouHniidn Unnblo to llnln Admlntlou Acldrcnice Mode by l'ronldcnt l.orcnro Snow, ApoMlen (IcorRO (J, Cnmioti, locplt I'. Smith uud I'rntilillu f). Itkliardft-IUqulftltB Munlc mid llcniitlful l'lornl Offering Ball t akeCtty Wall Sep I -Thou Mid uhjii thousand (if people galli- j e reel In the cltv )estcrdn) top) the Inst trlliuto to their honored cliureli 1 mnn nn I beloved lender tlic Into Pre- lilenl U II ford Woodruff tlio fourth ' president of tho i liurcli of .leu Christ of lice Utter da) Hnlntt; fully booo ' "cm In tlio tabernacle whllo the street and sidewalk were line-el with "i thousands more who with uncoi creel f heads ami saddened lie-art watched the . funeral cortege move) toward the clly 0f the dead, where In n Nil of flower the casket containing the remain jviwei! from vliu It wn mi outpouring of Hie pcopla f the city nnd state Jew nncKli utile nllketnme to pa) their rcrcrcnt ro apect to the honored dead They catno to lhileii to Un hlnipto hut fen Id ora tory eulugtMIe of the dead linn moral worth and man)) attribute) the) eniue to plnee n wreath upon hi colllii mid drop a tear na contrlhuttonii to the occasion It wn a If nil felt that n In-other hul hern token from them And no tiny poke work of praise ' sang Minn to tils meinor), follemi-el him to hi last lied and placed hit lioily to flunl real heueath n uoverlng of Hon era. Thu service nt tlio tuber nmle wen ilmplc, Just nil the luiepreslilcntwould hare dealrcd The music nu binutl ful, the song Inspiring Hie edifice ' looked Mrnngel) beautiful In IU garb of mourning mid the occasion na one to Indillbly Impress Itvolf upon the I , . tucmor) !A early a oilock crowd began to gnthtr mar tlio temple nail waiting for the Rati to swing open livery moment the throng nillccl mid when dually tlio door were oeiicd the vanguard van-guard of tlio might) hud evnstuflklcnt lo 1111 tlio galleries. This n but the licglntilng IhoiiMind iihjii thounnd swarmed through every Kate, filled the wnlka 4: and Minted through tlio door on every ') slelo of the building until the hour of t 10 iO, when the building Iran packed to J suffooatlm I '1 ho weather w a cool, but a ven then ' the air at time i (.tilling and tlio 1 fluttir of fans lint a monotone nccom panlnicnt to the speakers Hut there were ttiouMnul more ho nuver were ablo to got Innlilo thu huge building The) stood ouUlde III luvcrint sllenco ' waiting mnny of tin m for hour, until tlio ccrcmonlr within should bo at an cod that they might cauli n glimpse of the enshet containing tho earthly temple of tlutr loved brother 111 the meantime tearful farewell terrier had been ciiiutcd at tlio home of the late president 'J he family of tlio deccaM-d mid authorities of the churrli gatlicrul nt the Woodruff villa earl) In tlio morning lhu plain white caskit win lifted li) ge ntlu hand Into thu wlitto hcarto uud the hut furcnell vva brenthid b) thu grief stricken fundi. At U to tlio iiirtrgu begun V ; more and thotimplebloikna rtaclird (a few inuinenU after 10 oiluilf 1 tic pall-bearer Ilr I W huoiv, I)r If , W. Snow, Wilford N Woodruff, Jnnit. Woodruff, Jr (Icorgu S holes uud 1 W llllnui Woodruff lleatlc, tin n tarried I Ithe cukil, with It faired content Into the building, the audience rising in iinu during tlio proceeding, and p'aitd It on un liullnrd dais In front of thu stands the famll) ofthedeparted the authorities of the ihurch nod the I npnstlc followed tke former taking Mat aulgncd tin in In the front tiers' near tlio tasket, while the ihurcli dig , nltnrlct occupied thu stands The set no that grittid thetye on the I Interior at Oil time wn Impressive In I the extreme, the nar end of the huge building was n mass of w hlte, relieved I only by thu inngnllliint Uorul decora-j tlous and tlio Mura und stripe which coiercdu Urge portion of the organ, nnd served n n luuligruunil for tlio mora quiet vfTiHit In fionl ilie com niunlon tahlo and (lie seats behind, I rlnliig tier nboio tier, wereiovcred I with whlto china irern caught In graceful folds by white silken taMel. Ilacli side of the orguu n a uImi lail In snon ioIws. AirOM the center of U wussiupiiiilFel the legend In ileetrle llghu II. lug Dead ct Nltitith, while iindirmuth this nasa llfe-slro painting of the dead preMdent, the Un cament of his fucu so llfe-llku as to lie almost stnrtllug hurnmudlng the portrait, nhlch was the work of Artist Will Clnwson, and on both side were . sheaves of grain Mgcluutli, emblem- a tie) of IT lull as the pioneers around It, and Its pruhent Mate of cultivated adrniieement On eaoli stluof tlie orgs or-gs n the llguies 1817 stood nut In bold relief 1 In luliutrude surrounding the standi, and r.iWrdwc Hon vt ere alio fes tooned In white (he folds rttught up with sllkin taskel and adorneil with ivergreeii and twig of oak with acorn ThemUat inch end of tlio speakers stand were also drajtrd In white, ami siirnvinnteil by huge 1k uel of frafrnnt Doners the sunn ifTrct wn fnllnwwl out In decorating the communion table and tlio dnl upon whleli tested the inkct I ho table was partliularly I enutlfiil to liehold under It loa I of Moral trio- , lite from friends and relative. j It wa in when the peals of the huito organ began to revirbtrate I through the nudltorum, Professor iDnjne rcnderlnirn funeral inarch cum lil hi him nprelally for the oeea Islon Some of the remaining church official came In ut this idnt nnd took eatnii the Inndt wlile.li contained tlio follow lii(f Counselor to the late President Ullfonl UiHlrulT: (leorge t Lannoii and .loeli I' .Smith Of the twelve Apostle lnrcnn Know I raukllnll Mellaril. Ilrlgliam oung, Francis M f.yinnn John Henry Hmllh (leorife leaadale llebcr J (Irant Jnlin W Taylor, Mariner W Merrill, Anton II I.und, Matilda I Cowley and Alirolian O Wmxlruff Presiding lnt larch John Smith Of the I Irst-Kveii Irst-Kveii Preshleutsofsevriitle Setniour II ouiif. LlirMInn II IJetstol, II It Itoliert lleorgo ItcjnohU nnd I (lot-den (lot-den Kimball ThePnl(!lnglllshoprle: William It Preston, Hubert 1 Iliirtou und John I! Winder The presidency of ths Salt Lake staki of lou A the strains of Profeor Itayne manlidled away President (leorge 1 tnnnon annuunceel the ojicnlng hjiuu Tumi dent Dot wrep lo weep skiss Tlie tirfmil lieresrment ein to fsll Unseeded sml unfc It by boa He wn beloved beloved br sll. Awitlo Kraiikllu I) IllcharJs then olTcrrd a iirajirt asking (1ml hlenslng on tlio heads of Prrsldmt Iircnio Hnow, the nurcistor of Prrvldt nt W ood-ruff, ood-ruff, and ispeilully on the family, who hsd bsen lieroft of tlit.tr father (leorge 1) Pypcr nsklmrd by tlio tab rrnacle choir, thru sang very lioautl fully W lieu sball I regain Tny rpsut AsUistn lielwkl Thr (see) In Tti r boly hsbllsllon DM mr i Irltcwee rnln lainr nrnt irlnrist ehllaavud s I nurlurnt Hear Thr slaef O ur Ksiher Tumi thai dwellrst In IU hUU nj siorliHis pltee, Prrstilent Joseph 1' huillli was the llrst speaker He rhnrsrtcrlzcd It as siiperlluon for liltn to attempt to relate re-late thu historical events whleli had entered the life of Pnwldint Wood ruff Ho aim sulci Itwouldlie untiece mr for him to nlUuipt to culogln (he chnrncternnd laborof him who had gone to meet his reward for the reason that tin piop'e were all nev tmnlnted with It Prtsldtnt WwhI rulT wn tlio fourth In stieeewdon who hud oiHiipIrd thu exalted pcMtlon uf prestdrut, pruphel srir and riirluliir lu the ihurcli It na tin speaktrs privilege when a chile he said, to witnrn the funeral servlu over the remain of thu first rrshliut Imeph Smllli, nnd to know him lis a child may know a tnnu He w iib.cut lu I iiglsnd on u niUtton at the death of President louug, and was tiuablo to attcuel the servlecs of John 'luylor Hut was glad to le present nu thin uiiatlun und to hare the privilege of mlugllng hi wonl and tears with those of his 1 rethern over one of the late president w hole lalior had Ik en so blrsied to the Jieople of Ood President Hiulth sHke of the beautl ful life of the late president nnd hoped that nil other might follow tlia path marked out b Hit lulutcd leader He prayed for the blcMlngs of Hod upon tlio bcrt aved fumll) , that thty might follow the life work of their Uader "llio lleaullful Uty was then sung by Mm. Maggie ( Hull, the iholr lolnlng In the chorus. President I orenro Know w as the next speaker He wasdellghteel to see so mnn) people assembled to do honor to thr presl lent He had been Intimately uciiuatntiYl with tlio drcenwd presl I dent for slxt) two vear uud he iHiuld ' testlf) that the life of tl u great louder I had been most Irrfiet one He paid n glow lug tribute lo the worth of Pre-I Pre-I leut Woodruff, nnd of the good lip hsd done during hi long life of usefulms. Speaking III regard to the vacancy In the presidency canted by the death of Prcsldoiit Woodruff he said the gospel In It completeness mseje provision for those change, and that the work would roll un uninterruptedly a It had iloui In tlio past potle 1 rankllu 11 Ulchards said that so far a one man could enter Into the feeling of another he felt to I adopt as hi own (he wont of Ms brethren regartiloir Ibegreatotsiinnd goodness of our late president, lie bad been a great exemplar of the work In which he had been eiip-aged Ih like Implicit obedience to the dictates of the spirit. Thl had been one of the great features of his life Anotlierlinil been the keeping of a dairy of hi tlons and the history o( the ehurvli, from hi llrt connection with It to thu da) before hi death which would lei mint valuable a a compendium of the progreMuf the nork hldirltliharels tirgetl the elder to follow the example of President Woolruir In till regard President (leorge CJ Cnnlinn inado ipilte a length) addre. paying a high tribute to the man with whom ho had been so closely associate! for ) ears a counselor W i shall ever ml hltu ' said the speaker His fninll) will nlwuya miss liliu for he was nn honored liusbnnd nnd father President Cunnon frit (lint too much reiiild not In sold In pralio of President WiKHtrulf Preside nt Ctinnou referred to the last days of President Woodruff on tlio earth lip wn pleasant nnd cheerful to the end With the spenker lie attendee! at-tendee! a Iwiirjuet given b) tlio Hohem Ian e tub of Man 1 rnnelsoti to one of It niemlier. At It he was asheel tospenk and did so 1 hit wn on snturdny, the T?th Inst On Sun lay he attended meeting In San 1 rnnclseo, and Monday went out riding iuetdn) nnd Wednesday Wed-nesday he spent ivrltlug nndon'lhurs elny tlio fatal attack caino on, which ended In hi denth on I rldny morning. Ill end wa calm and peaceful II paused nwn) n one sleeping llefcrring to thodralh of President Wuexlnuf nwn) from home, President ( aimon stated that It was hi daslro to guana) lie. wa mi concerned lu the speaker health that he thought such nn outing wa nreeary Ho himself had beeu benelllled previously Ingoing to the sen onail nnd It wn hi desire to nceuinpnn) President Gannon on this occasion 111 passing nwn), though liilli unexpected, lens a gradual sink Ing Into an iternul sleep Concluding, Presldrnt Cannon Invoke! In-voke! thu blessings of (lod upon the Iwilvonpottlcsiiml upon nil who held responsible) position In the church that thrlr lives might lie fraught with good deeds ami noble example, such a thovu charaiterUtng the life nnd labor of President W llford W'ooJrufT. fhueholr then sangPreldenlWoxl ruff a favorite liyinii, tie! Move In n Mysterious Way " Apostle Ilrlgliam Veiling offanid the closing prayer, after which the concourse con-course of people began lo file out Into the ground nnd tnka up tho march to the icine tery The service nt an eu I, the pallbear era stepped forward, nnd whllo Profas sor Daync pU)cd a funeral dirge, carried the casket to the hearse wait Ing on the north side of tlio building Currlngu reserved for the family nnd relatives were scattered through the ground nnd came up to takoou their load and form In thu proeetlou Hope had been atrilihal to keep tho walk on the north si le of tlio building clear nnd without hindrance tho cortego be gnu to wind Its wa) out through the ground nnd up Hrlglisui street 1 he multllu lo whleli had paolted tho building nnil the tliouiandiou tho out ship began to move, converting the street Into n solid, moving inns of huinanlt) Ilia city cemetery teemed nlth a inulllludo numbering scvrral thous anils n the fune re) cortege remind the gates Ihugrme had been decorated lieutlfllll) roitnd the side It wa covered with n lo estry of (lowers "on talulng the following vurletles Dull lias, ge ranlums, rem-s, asters, maiden fern imtuiilss aneet rlc)um dcr hlno nsparngra nnd plromoa the nho'e icrmrstliig the air with fra granee und ugj'-tln a soft plae of lust fur him whove life had e tided Hie casket nns taken to the grave and while tho teitrsof loved ones Ml to mingle with the earth that soonwui to hide It fromvlriv tender hands lowered low-ered It Intuit receptacle Die liar moiiy Olio club inng Not Dead Hut Sheieth " At the head of the grave stood three of dete ased s wives, and surrounding It Mood hi ilill Ircu grandchildren and tlio odlolulaof the ehurch A tlietHitlln wa placed lu pmHlou relatives and frlrnd U pped forward and dropped posle and sprig of evergreens Into the grave '1 lien thu earth swallowed It uud sikiii nothing but a mound covered with llowcr remained to mark the hoping place of the dtad president potlo Lyinanoffcrcel the dedicator) prujer, asking that grace and strength 1 o given those who wire lierraved that they might liear up under the burden He prayed that President Woodruff life and work might strnd as an exam pie to the hosts of Israel throughout the world, and further that the widows and children of the drceasrd might be comforted In the knowludgo that their father had gone lo a glorious reward He asked the Almlghtt to bless the ground where so many loved one had 1 eeu luld an ay, that It might ever be acred und holy to the profile At the conclusion of tlio prayer the last floral tributes wcro laid upon the grave mid the multitude began to move towanl the illy President Wll ford Woodruff had been concluded to his final place of est |