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Show I'linciiil Scrilrt's. The torileea list I titer the remains of Kldir Jacob lluirinan last Friday, were conducted under thu illreelton of the presidency of the Blake, The meeting opened at 1:80 o'clock, by the choir singing "Wrun fir. t as tlortnas llM ot truth Hunt trtll In this It . How fsw thsrs were, wlut heart and sonl. Totay ltlldePtsl Ysl ( tlKiu le bow many Have rsel from earth bwar, And In their (Tares sn sletplng Till Uis Ksamctlon dayl" tts. A very aoprupriate and consoling opening prayer was offered by President Want E. Pack. That cholco and soul-lhrllllng selection selec-tion from tho Inspired pen of Bister Elhu It. Snow, "O My Father," was bcanllluPy rendered as a quartette by llm Moure. Evana. President W. W.CIuh followed with brlif sketch of tho lllo of "Undo Jake," as the deceased was familiarly known; and exhorted tho sons and tho ilans.hu raol tlio departed to emulate In their lives tho goml traits thntchar-aeterlicil thntchar-aeterlicil tho life of their worthy sire. Bister W. (1. Fisher rondrrcd In a lonrhlng premutation, In solo, "Mid araa nl rantu,lon and creators complaints. com-plaints. How sweet to rar huI ts eornmunlon with tWatl, To aihl si im Vatt nl mrttj thsra's mom, AbO fsal.latliSnte'neleMMii,at home. Home, hwa4, sweat, awetl hornet Iloeslve me, diar Ravtor, In ilory, rnT homo. President Alma Etdrcdgo, Inliiaro-I marks, portrayed llm character of the deecasel, and followed Ilia life from his first acquaintance with him; and spoke of him as n bard working and frugal I man, n trno friend, and a man of stealing stea-ling Integrity, whose arts are worthy to lbocmulatcu. I Miss JanoHawley protented the solo, "NcarcrMy Uod to Thee," In rt pleasing land soul esn.blng manner. ' 'JJ1X-""U' ' UliSV-Sl.tlA II. i ' mm "Oof tho Doctrlno and Covenants, ro-l ferring to tho church of tho first born. the first resurrection, and bodies celestial, ce-lestial, end made appropriate applications applica-tions to the occulon, and npoku In behalf be-half of tho Quorum of High Council, ol which Elder Huffman had been a mom-Ur mom-Ur from the organization of thu Blake, Tho oholr sang, "Wanted on tho Other HI le," nnd hetieillcllon was pronounced by Patriarch Itlchard llln-h. at Tin cexatauv the choir aang "Itest for the weary soul," and Elder Joints Salmon offered the dedleallonal prajer, after llm lower-liirj lower-liirj of the eat ket with Its contents Into llmlr Ian resting place Thograve when completed waa profusely pro-fusely strewn with beautiful bouquets of flowers by it number nf tho deeeased'a grai d cldldmn and gient grand chlldi en. Elder Huffman rlgitr'-1 eonio In thu early history of tho church. When tho BaliiU weio counseled lo preparo with on outfit sufficient to undertake tho promised pro-mised march lo the west, ho, like many others, lined hlmiclf with a first class team, suitable wagon, nnd flour anil oilier provisions for tho journey. When President Young was visiting the different differ-ent places where the Saints werelo-ealeJ, werelo-ealeJ, lo ascertain who wero and who Vidro not prepared to undertake the march, became acquainted with Elder Hnlfinan, who, as ho uspressed himself, him-self, was not an olficlal or leading man In the church, )el Ida sympathy waa with thoto who were not able to extricate extri-cate themselves, and therefore gavool his means to assist such as needed It worst. Seeing tho condition of affairs, and that the presidency needed help In 'he way ol teams, etc., Elder Huffman tondertd lo President Young bis complete com-plete outfit, aiiylng, "I am In a condition condi-tion to, Ir. Iha near future, procure another an-other outfit for myaelt and family," President Young accepted tho gilt and brought It with him to Utah, The wagon on exhibition at the Jubl-Ico Jubl-Ico In the year 1697 a Bait Lake City, as the wagon In which President Young crossed the plaln,ls tho Identical wagon referred to above. |