Show MEMORIAL SERVICES J A tribute nf aud to alio llio memory of general araut ta 1 4 kahe fin which alm Grant memorial services were afternoon biad been draped for alio occasion at alic cast andras hanging alio grand old hag the ars and under which the hero in whore honor the verc hold fought fab many victorious battles alio ecat end was also decorated with emblems of mourning aud drapery was in festoons fes down the ald dlo building while numerous hags appeared in different place s i alio assembly was called to order by L W shurtleff lff the choir then sang i brother thou art gone before us the opening prayer was offered by elder hall alio go to thy rest in leace was rendered bytha choir nox P 11 reeny said biad been called to dayi to death of eliat great patriot and warrior IA S grant general grant was born april 27 1822 at point pleasant ohio of rather poor parents lived to be over sa years of ae jn ills curly life hiis advantages lor education were not very good but lie came from eminent forefathers who biad fought valiantly in their old scotch homes and their motto had been steadfast and alic seeds of a great man in a military line aci 0 in alie bosom of him whom we honor today to day as general IT S grant lie was always willing to take his part in any duty rebellion was traced by the speaker at that tibie grant concluded it was ills duty for the preservation af the Union and efforts for this end triumph to attend him everywhere the battles of dallion Dam lion Sli iloh anil reverted to lie determined ter mined to take richmond and did so general grant had some as fine qualities as any man who ever lived when general lee to him surrendered his sword aa drie given to him by the state of virginia general grant refused to take it he was too magnanimous nani would not had a like opportunity been offered have grasped the sword and said it is mine would not Xa or wellington have done so they would but general grant was actuated by a higher tand says he to alie col diers take your h etc and go home and raise corn for your widowed mothers the return of con heroes times was characterized by scenes of cruelty to the vanquished but grant allowed the generals who had surrendered to go on their parole of honor the days of reconstruction came along general grant was considered no statesman but ho came to the front in this labor the southern people were whipped but not con and theet about eight millions of back to the union required no email amount of strategy and diplomacy four millions of slaves were freed although their masters had bought thorn and the negro was made the equal of the white man he was given the franchise and was made eligible cli gible for office the negro question is not yet settled and it will take another grant to reconstruct the matters r grant served two terms as president of the united states after which be made a grand triumphal tour of the world such honar and as he received was never given to any monarch or potentate before ue received presents valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars arid the of them a few months ago were given up to the united states great men como only at intervals in alie worlds history in our time general grant rises from an obscure position and all over the world thero is mourning for this ercal hero tho Bouth there is a kindred feeling borne of th 0 generalao generala gene rala whom lie fought in the south today to day tiro his pall bearers grant came to utah anaf met toioi late president brigham an intelligent person remarked when these two men greet ed eacle other that there were two of men the ever seen and thia th e speaker considered correct Gener alGrant is now pone to an account of the deeds done in the body E STRATFORD endorsed all that had been said by the previous speaker general grant had a many noble qualities and undoubtedly vaa raised up by god to accomplish hia purposes in this nation we havo BO word of censure for anything ho did we believe god was with him as be was with washington an d with those who planned the declaration of independence nod made the laws of this country And when the war of abe ke bellion broke out lincoln was wa bained in the measures ho took for the preservation of the union grant after receiving tho homage and rea hect of the civilized world is pone to meet his god ho made a glorious record while here upon the earth he did wrought for jhc thc lion of hia country and this nation with all the nations of alie earth will uni tein saying he was one of the erca test military geniuses of the nineteenth century r general to utah and he had acen its frugality and industry he became 10 tho people in territory he was not like many others carried away by popular clamor but dared to do right and was ruled by he elements of justice which existed in his character f J it is well for us we mourn the death of one of the nations areat men to think of ourselves and to ask ourselves if wo are prepared to meet death as gen grant was prepared according to the hesi of bia knowledge if wo would observe the golden rule do unto others as we would pha done by we would never have a fear of death it haa been decreed that all men die it ia a good thing that lifo cannot be and that all great men kings and potentates ten tates roust go down into the grave and gen grant lias passed away in with P A ESQ loves to hear bis countrymen spoken well to know that men been raised instills nation compare favorably Tavor ably with some of earths noble I 1 ie was grateful i that general grant had been accorded a niche in the temple of fame it has babeo eadd of grant that her was not to profanity this Is an uncommon characteristic for military man and it Is proper that we gharld great man 77 the chol hen sang lah beautiful en ecal thy tomb t atio prayer was |