The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-09-04
BRIGHAM's BURIAL
ressive Funeral ceremonies of the
Great Mormon Leader.

Our dispatches state that an immense
concourse of people from all parts of
Utah assembled at Salt Lake, Sunday,
to attend the funeral of Brigham
Young. There were probably $4,000
or 5000 persons in the Tabernacle.
The body was exhibited until IL a. m.
Religious services commenced at II
and continued until 4. The coffin was
Of California red wood, vanished, and
| without ornament. The corpse rested
on a wool mattress.
The arrangements were all in accord
ance with the written instructions CIV
en- by Brigham Young in 1873, which
instructions were read at the funeral.
He desired his body to be made clean
and kept from n to four days; that
longer than the body and three inches
wider, with a canopy top, giving the
appearance of his being able to turn
over if he desired; that he rest on cot
ton and be dressed in temple robes;
that females of his family buy no black
to wear at the funeral, but they could
wear such if they had it, and that the
males wear no Grape; that the services
consist of singing and prayer, and if
friends desired to speak a few words
that they be at liberty to do so; that
his body be carried on a bier to the
southeast corner of his private burying
gound on the hill east of the Lion
House, and deposited in a cut stone
vault, covered with slabs and earth,
then rooted over, and there he desired
to rest until the resurrection. He de-
sired no one to cry or exhibit signs of
grief. If he lived until the saints went
to Jackson county, Missouri, he wished
to go with them and be buried there;
otherwise as above. These instruc-
tions were signed and ordered to be
read at the funeral.
The Tabernacle was heavily draped
and p~rofusely decorated with flowers,
the dome being festooned with roses,
boquets and baskets of flowers, and
wreaths were suspended from the pillars
and gallery. The coffin was placed in
front of the elevated platform, resting
on a modest %catafalque. Two hours
before the opening of the services the
gallery and about half of the body of
the building for the public were filled,
and thousands of persons were unable
to gain admittance to the Tabernacle.
Ten tiers of seats in front of the
stand were occupied by the family and
relatives of the deceased prophet,
numbering several hundred. The ar
rangement was in accordance with the
church rules. The stands in front of
the organ were occupied by high church
authorities. John W. Young and Daniel
H. Wells, counsellors to Brigham, and
Brigham Young, Jr., and George Q.
Cannon were in the upper stand. Ten
of the apostles were next below, and the
high council still lower. The bishops
were on the north platform and the
city council on the south. In front
and behind the family were quorums
of the seventies, high priests, elders,
teachers, deacons, etc.
George Q Cannon was master of cer-
emonies, and promptly at noon an
nounced the beginning with the hymn,
clark from Affair."" which was sung by
the Tabernacle choir of 220 voices.
An opening prayer was offered by
Apostle Franklin d. Richards, who
thanked God that when he took Joseph
Smith he gave the Saints for their
leader Brigham Young, one of the
noblest and purest of the royal family
of heaven.
1t was a significant fact that Jno. w.
Young and Brigham Young, Jr.. both
aspirants for the presidency of the
church, occupied the seats of their
father and his councillors. Many peo-
pie thought they should have been with
the family, or with the apostles.
At the close of the exercises the
body was borne to the grave by the en-
ployes of the late priest. Tine cortege
was preceded by the band and fol-
lowed by the family, the different Or
ders of the priesthood and adherents,
all on foot.
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