The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-10-07
FUNERAL AND MEMORIAL
SERVICES
Imposing Ceremonies at the Tab
ernacls on Thursday.

Early on Thursday morning prep
arations for the funeral of the late
Orson Pratt, and the memorial ser
vices for the late FeramorZ l..
Young were commenced. The
work of draping had been per-
formed, and the floral offerings com
menced to come in. These were
many and very beautiful, and were
arranged in appropriate emblems.
At 10 o'clock the semi-annual con-
ference opened, and after a brief
meeting adjourned. AT the cOnclu-
sion of the meeting, the remains of
the late OrSOn Pratt were brought
into the Tabernacle and placed on
the stand and the the features were
taken farewell of by the saints in
the following order: The first pres
idency, the presidency Of the stake
and the quorum Of the apostles, the
presidency of the seventies, the
presidents of stakes, the bishops,
and lastly the general congregation.
They passed round the casket in
two rows, one on each side.
From that -Four until the hour for
the commencement of the services
a steady stream took advantage of
the opportunity thus offered to gaze
upon the dearly loved features of the
great man.
The stand was draped in black,
while around the gallery, at regular
intervals, were fastened bows of
Grape. The coffin Of the honored
deceased were placed on the stand
from which the prayer on the sacra-
ment is always offered. Imme-
diatelY in front of the stand, the
front rows of seats on the right
hand side of the centre aisle were
occupied by the relatives and friends
of Mr.. Pratt. while those on the left
hand side of the aisle were occupied
by the relatives and immediate
friends of the late F. l.. Young.
The body OF the hall was filed. and
the approaches near the stand were
crowded with persons anxious to get
as near as possible. The galleries
also were crowded near the stand
and at the extreme end by those
who had learned to love and esteem
the honored dead.
The meeting was called to order
by Prest. John Taylor. The choir
sand the hymn on page 1903;
Hark! from sfar. funeral kuell
Moves on the breez9-its echoes swell
The chorus Of the dead.
a consort's mosts are with the sound.
Ard sobs Of children weeping round
4 psrents dying bed.
Prest. Jos. F. Smith offered Iup a
prayer. The choir sang the hymn
on page 357:
Thou doet not weep, to weep alone;
The broad Bereavement seems to fall
Unheeded and upfeIt by none;
Re was beloved, beloved by all.
Both beautiful hymns were sung
by the large and full choir with a
pathos and effectiveness to move the
entire congregation. which main
tanned the most subdued silence
Throughout for SO large a body.
La every eye the tear was ready to
flow, every face showed expressions
of grief and q full appreciation of
the profoundly sorroWful occasion
which had called them together.
APOSTLE WILFoRD WOODRUFF
was the first speaker. He asked the
attention OF the assembly while he
read revelation in the Doctrine
and covenants given on the 4th of
November, 1880, to OrsoR Pratt.
If l was to utter nay thoughts, /
would say, o God, we ask, in the
name of thy Son, to give unto us
grace, power and inspiration, that
what little time We way spend be-
fore this assembly, may be spent in
q manner that shall rebound to the
upbuilding of Zion. When l think
of the soul which is chained up in
this body and confined here, l feel
it would he relief if could break
these bands as Orson Pratt has, and
taste of the bliss of the spirit world.
But we should be satisfied, and do
what is required of Us in this world.
If we had a month, we could not
give you the one-thousandth part Of
the glory and power that await the
spirit of our deceased brother and
every other man who keeps the laws