| Show LAID TO BEST REST obsequies of apostle orson pratt ily by tile HERALDS Ds special cor atone at one p in on thurida thursday the large congregation in the tabernacle was called to order by president ta taylor y or the choir san sang a hark from afar a funeral knell moves on the breeze its echoes swell the chorus of the tile dead prayer was ed by president jos P smith after which 11 the choir sang al all l thou doest not weep to weep alone the BROM bereavement seems to fall unheeded eded and unfelt by none he ile was beloved beloved by all V APOSTLE WILFORD WOODRUFF took the stand and read a revelation from the tile doctrine and covenants given to orson pratt on nov 1830 published in the HER ALD of oct should the speaker utter his thoughts said he be he lie should ask of god to give us grace race to utter tit bilings of comfort to tf the bereaved yet et F it would be a relief to break the bonds of the flesh and enjoy tho the blessings blessing which our brother brot lier may now call his own what caa can we ire say Is rs it expected to give a history of him we can not write or speak it ft it will be recorded in the heavens ile avens ile H first heard brother pratt speak in kirtland in april 1834 he ile w would u y ePA ref refema d X o V atly d I ja n fa ta their li hearts carts brother pratt manifested that cd will which has followed hini him to d death C ath he defied death and recovered and has since lived with u us a 47 years e firs he it has as I lived ived in the C church I burch aner longer than any other othe anem member b or and le he his bas traveled more miles to declare the words of lifo life to this generation than any other man his skirts kirts are clean there is no other ninn living who has learned as much as he lie has without the assistance of schools he is gone and would not return tho tile speaker er blessed brother pratt and these blessings will be read when the speaker is laid in the tomb could brother pratt speak to us today to day after mingling with irith jo joseph he ile WO would uld say ye YC apostle apostles elders and saints can call you afford to spend one hour to and leave the thin of the church alone iio hals Is dead but his spirit is and lid will live as long as god voice is hushed in death and will not hoar hear him again until meet him in the spirit world the living he lie would gay say work today avaid do not be cheerless cerless cli 11 lie ile was the ninth apostle that parsed passed away since the pion pioneers eerA entered into the valleys and it was a warning to brother taylor and the apostles to bo be ready adso also to tile dead he lie would say sleep on aro APOSTLE LORENZO SNOW asked the tile prayer of tile assembly while he lie should speak ire lie felt as bro woodruff As latter day saints we could not not feel to mourn over a man who had so well done his duty and lived his life it is well for latter day saints to have before them the glory that has been promised to the faithful and the thoughts odthe of the glorious resurrect tion which wo we have learned could our brother brot lier speak ak to us he would j sa say y it mourn not for me ine I have passed through fb the or ordeal deal and have bave tho the privilege fege aae to receive an all ini im mortal body in our mortal mort abbody body we ire suffer pain and affliction and we i no OPP opportunity ity to gain an immortal im one except by passing through the terrible ordeal brother pratt has passed through this and lives in eternity wit may T we be able to live that wo shall be worthy h to meet him in jn that happy land la nt when wo we contemplate this for what have we to mourn he will labor in tho the spirit world for his family and others for there is ii as that florid world for a latter day saint to do as there is in this sphere tho the lord was with our brother from the beginning until he left us let us live so that when our time shall come no ire may lay down our bodies nith with as firm an assurance ce tenial life as io ire know our deceased brother lias hai c n APOSTLE V I D hoped loped of tri till would prompt what he lie iiii might ight ill fay it on oil this occasion cea sion weli we had aI not dono one with mo ino for ar president garfield when wo we were called upon to mourn one of the leading men of our church we regret III hid s departure par turc for wo we loved bai hi company we also the death of bro youn young ii who ho died lied on oil the ocean which reminded rc the sli of tit alie e many wany travels he be had accomplished on oil the briny deep brother pratt parsed through some of the most trying scenes which of themselves would entitle him billi to tho the iii highest test portion position i in n tile ki kingdom of faz god lie was a manone anone who bowed meekly to all till the principles of the revealed will of god ho felt he bad a right to know tb alie bilings of god lie was an assiduous student who ever had his book him sciences and taco logy odthe of the world and of god he ile was a man of profound research and his is opinions i anions were tn entitled titled to resper alling feeling he lie had a right to deviate deviato from the beaten track of the world and follow one of his own in which god gave him strength labor successfully cess cm fully when lie saoko of the labors of such a man lie did not know where to begin or whereto end brother pratt was am loved to do right ight i but he lie is now where he fe can see eco and be hear ar great things lings ti w where ter he can sec see as lie is seen and know khow as he lie is known to the immediate diato friends lie would say mourn not for he lie is ina in a happier land which he would not exchange for this world and whence we wo would not recall him but we are ablo to cong ratu late him for his years i were spent in doing good PRESIDENT JOHN followed he said it would almost almot be au an impossibility to give an abstract b of the life of such a man mail as BI bro Q pratt inso short a time this mastbe must tae iea for history to un unfold fola we are mixed up with d arc are ti associated with life we had a life before we came here we realize that god had a hand in thi hs s affair and our positions while here and our condition when wo ire pass pt away away we caina acre to do a work which god laid out when the morning stars sang together fo for r ia toy y the men of god who dictated I the there e had something to eay say of how low it should be to here when men come here to do a certain labor being sustained by god inabata in that labor they can only do as lie directs direct we can do nothing unless god be with usand when iv we e klay lay down our lives under these circumstances es j it t is all right do we ire sorrow when a good man dies no we came from our father to our f father ather wo ire return eternal life is the boon before us fhe seri scriptures say sm he that hatli bath eternal life fife is rg rich there pointing to bro pratt lies a rie richman rich linian man there arc are labels ten thousand times as great for the I I J ifa vyt s to let god a say Y what should be we all have weaknesses ca cl i and can only be sustained by god bro woodruff fr tells us nine have gone since we came to these valleys they hake have joined their quorum and it is a all right with them thern shall we ire mourn for them no as we ire fallow follow kt it us say amen to the will of god it will not be long oil until this place lace shall ba I I know us its all no more but did the kingdom will roll on and G god od will rule it for the best and we will say a amen in regard to bro young the tile speaker said the time willo will come conie when not oil only the graves will give up tip their dead da but the sea will also restore its dead let gods spirit be with us and ilay it permeate all the land in the tile name of god amen ernnt OKO GEO Q CL CANNON enox said if it were not for our hope in the tile gosp I this would indeed ber a time of gloom lie ile had not heard beard long of the death of brother pratt when he lie received the news of f tn t ajo e death of F R L young you ng on the oestin ocean wiles miles from havana while thi s w a a et on his iiii mind a father and faithful f man was as killed by an an accident on oil the temple the tile news of elder ider youngs death was a asad sad shock to his ilia aged mother mot lier I the deceased had bad written that ho be last sunday night his room was ready his food prepared and loving lovin g brothers and skiers sisters is were ere waiting to him hi ll 11 i but tile sa sad d telegram in turned happiness to sorrow in that household no 10 man of I s age IV was more prepared to die than than lie he ile was 23 year and it 11 days davs old ho was firm in in the res odthe of the gospel no to tea or coffee no drinks or swearing for him when he be was 16 years old he ile wished to goto go to school he lie graduated and was well thought thou lit of by b his fellow cadets cabets his ilia father fattier seemed to have a dread of his boy going to sea eca he ile was well spoken of by his professor liro fegor when lie graduated at the tho polytechnic school at he be came canie home i bored tor for some sonic time until he lie was appointed a 11 poin led on oil his present mission m i aion to mexico exico which lie greatly desired desi red he ile was linsel unselfish fidi rather desiring to sacrifice all lie hl had in ilia his fathers estate than see disunion among his brothers br othera and sisters A letter fro from in him written ritten tt in january last wa read tead by the speaker one also to his sister almost prophetic of his own death vas was read he id ig gone his b s body sleeps beneath tile ss sea ca but it v will ill be yielded and up come to meet the savior it is no loss to the tile faithful ful dead to be buried in the ocean it is a consolation to know iio lie lived a noble life li fe he lie would rather bury bur Y all his children in the sea iea than live to t sec bee them leading dis honorable lives and denying deny lite the holy priesthood and the gospel v i K may ire e draw res lessons of profit from tho the exann example set seaby fay feramorz rera mora L little Y young oung and may god help us to ii live ve good lives live choir ang pang mourn not the lite lead wh who icefall lay ay their wearied bodies down leave the frail and mortal clay to seek k a fad fadeley elev cr crown ovll the benediction was pronounced ly by counselor D DIL it wells the vast assembly remained seat od ed while tile families of the bereaved ancl the leading a of the church withdrew to attend to the jilt interment tile remains of tho the departed A apostle pos tie were then conveyed to their re resting ting place c there here to sleep until alq called forth tl c by the trump of the ri resurrection A carriage containing i in the members of the tw twelve elve preceded prein I ed the hearse in the procession rocc 1011 the first presidency of tto tho church find fuld bishop hunter occupied the cirri carriage e which was fifteenth from attic beail licad then followed an exceedingly cee large cortege hie the whole comprised ased of 59 carritt carriages gas filled with mourners |
