Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1898-09-15

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inds upon thousands of people gath
cred in the city yesterday to pay the
last tribute to their honored church
man and beloved leader, the late Pres
ident MILFORD Woodruff, the fourth
president of the church of Jesus Christ
Of the Latter-day Saints; fully 5000
were in the tabernacle while the
streets and sidewalks were lined with
thousands more who with uncovered
heads and saddened hearts watched the
funeral cortege move toward the city
of the dead, where in bed Of flowers
the casket containing the remains
passed from view.
il was an outpouring of the people
( the city and state. Jew and Gentle
like came to pay their reyerent re-
poets to the honored dead. They came
% listen to the simple but fervid ora.
.ory eulogistic of the dead mans moral
worth and manly attributes; they came
70 place wreath upon his coffin and
irop a tear rs contributions to the
occasion. 1t was as If al felt that
brother had been taken from them.
And so they spoke works of praise,
sang songs to his memory, followed
aim to his last bed and placed his body
20 final rest beneath covering of
lowers
The services at the tabernacle were
simple, just as the late president would
nave desired The music was beauti-
tul, the songs inspiring. The edifcc
looked strangely beautiful in it's garb
Of mourning aud the occasion was one
TO indelibly impress itself upon the
memory.
AS early as o'clocl. crowds began to
gather near the temple walls waiting
Tor the gates TO swing open. Every
moment the throng swclled and when
finally the doors were opened the van
guard Of the mighty host was sufficient
to fill the galleries. This was but the
beginning.
Thousands upon thousands swarmed
through every gate, filed the walks
and surged through the doors on every
side of the building until the hour of
1880, when the building was packed to
sutYocation.
The weather was cool. but even then
the air at times was sitting and the
futter of fans beat monotone accom-
panimcut to the speakers. But there
were thousands more who never were
able to get inside the huge building.
They stood outside in reverent silence
waiting--mauy of them-for hours
until the ceremonies within should be
at an end that they might catch a
glimpse OF the casbet contai ming the
earthly temple of their loved brother.
In the meantime fearful fa rewell
services had been enacted at the home
of the late president. The family of
the deceased and authorities of the
church gathered at the Woodruff villa
early in the morning. The plain white
caskct was lifted BY gentle hands into
the white hearse and the last farewell
was breathed by the gfief-stricken
family. At $50 the cortege began tC
move and the temple block was reached
A few moments after 10 o'clock. The
pail -beurers. DR.. L. w. Snow, DR.. Ii.
W. Snow, MILFORD =. Woodruff, James
Woodruff, ir., George Scholes and
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the casllet with its sacred contents
into the building, the audience rising
en- masse during the proceeding, and
p aced it on an inclined dais in front Of
the stands The family Of the departed
the authorities of the church and the
apostles followed, the former taking
seats assigned them in the front tier:
near the easllet, while the church dig
nitaries occupied the stands.
The scene that greeted the eye on III,
interior at this time was impressive ii
the extreme. The rear end of the huge
building was mass OF white, relieved
only by he magnificent floral decora
tions and the stars and stripes, which
covered a large portion OF the organ
and served rs background for the
more quiet effect in front. The com,
munion table and the seats behind,
rising tier above tier. we're covered
with white china crepe, caught in
graceful folds by white silken tassels
Each side OF the organ was also clad in
snowy robes. Across the center OF ii
was suspended the legend, in electric
lights: Being Dead, Yet Sleepeth,
while underneath this was life-size
painting of the dead president, the lin
eanents OF his face SO life-like as &c
be almost startling. Surrounding the
portrait, which was the work of Artist
VIII Clawson, and on both sides were
sheaves OF grain sagebrush, emblem
attic of Utah as the pioneers around ii,
and its present state of cultivated
advancement. on each side of the or
gan the figures Isl, stood out in bold
relief
The balustrade surrounding the
stands and raised section were also fes-
Conditions at Crete.