Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-21
T1ySIGIEDTo THE TOMB
.,u,c1s TOUCHING AND IMPRESSIVE


,av afternoon ana W"s ,ha audi
gay oncourse OF people, the "uu'
large ,,,,ng nearly every availpaie se"'
ence n ut edifice. Seated on inc
In 'ls .naro the First Presidency, .iie
stahu authorities of the staNe'
pls pres Morris's councillors IN tne h ,,a
has, quorum. members OF 'he w.
f's s ~ the Apostles and other Sn ~,
rum ,,,a Immediately beneath thei'
ofeeis'" rau bearers, Elders Joseph
sat Wv podney C. Badger, Arnold w.
M ,n1ne W. n. Williams d. l., pas,s
ul 1ohp Boud. the two former peins
anu ss,lors to Bishop Morris III III"
COUNSEL ,s ward. The seats in front Oh
fli'e.n .,d we're reserved for the mourn
Inc smo behind them sat members VI
a. sixteenth ward, and other 'n', 'ana
wy aoualutances of the deceased oe'o n,I
%q - fraternal and religious ors.ih
is of which Bishop MOTIFS ha'
Ian an active member, ooorated with
The st" while potted plants WERE
white cle nn either side. The caske,,
arrans, with flower WORK from ~, ~.
0lnan,Jan association, occupieu ,ha
Can cam used for Sacrament serviGe' with
STAN STAN being literally burueHt them, n
s anal offerings, amons ooth from
beautitu' ward Sunday school, anu
the fh..s nther pieces from the hieni
nunlei not ecclesiastical DIVISION anu
ssisnds OF the deeeaseu; IN ,ra 10 ves-
iTish .,,,aen the hours of 10 anu : sa
BetNe ,,,arninr numerous friends anu
truay ,arces visited the resideuee W
aSaus,M Morris to take a last looh a.
blsnVgS snarted comrade,and thhy ,he
tn sn sbed in contemplation M an,
Ws,s with which ne nhu 30
suuu. aoav-a man honoreu anu
called aMa hy, heneficent disposition. ms
yeTel ~ u,ndness, and his great deslrs
loVlns I'D 10 all with whom II h"u
bis pleasure to mineie', o,. by
peeil "'' r,,Ires were presided over w
Ihs Ang,,s NJ. Cannon, president vi
u ~ choir sang the hymn
r,tber Thou that dwellest
II; ,hs high and glorious place
,.os offered by Bishop Will
liam b. Preston c,o, o,uh and choir
me Al in nleaslng style, Not Deau
BgI se George d. wallace was tne
h.us, ats, He referred to ms us
hrst ~ with Brother Elias MOTIFS,
so .ias haa extended almost from ms
Mhi Nlnc Iii into Utah in 1852 up TIL .ne
enusn time. They had peen
T agreeable, and as one Oh nc
mUs, in the High Priests quV,
,vm he had had much satisia Sv.m,a 90
.s,, with him. Elder WalI1,,
mi iitH IN recent conversation WIN
a.cssssdi In which he had eXpresseu
the us1s as telling we'll The speaker
t llll,' ~ associated with the HIGH
prtss,s' quorum for a good nuihper
ra,rs and had lived to see Blk presiu
iyS officers in that quorum pass 10 ,he
o,ber sda of the veil. In view OF this
fsct he had been led to marvel why !.
was that he had been spared to outllVc
,ssriy ali his associates in that degree
OF the Priesthood ,,.>
pishop Robert II. Burton next spoke.
In commencing he said that Bishop
rilas Morris needed no eulogies from
Kim. He had lived life OF much
usafulness and had gone to receive the
reward Justly due him. Bishop sur
IAN referred to the many changes tha'
had taken place in the presiding au-
thority OF the Fifteenth ward, anu III
all the scenes that had evolved theth-
selves during that period, Bishop MOT
ris said he. had been Il leading spirit
Tba deceased had been an interchangeable
worker ever since coming to the state
he was a great and good man, pup
lc.spirlted citizen, n mechanic ana =
builder: and although his calling on
was one of great suddenness, yet, the
sneaker believed he had made Il record
worthy the pride of any man. In ms
death the Fifteenth ward had lost n
father. His place would be hard 10
all.
President Angus NJ. Cannon spoke
briefly, expressing in feelings OF tender
ness the deep loss the death of Bishop
Morris had entalled upon the commun-
fly His prayer was that all would
so live as TO he fit to mingle with the
deceased In the realms of eternity.
President George Q. Cannon was the
next speaker. He said that in con-
templatng the death OF Elias Morris, II
awakened memories which caused feel
ings Of deep sorrow to come over him
Bishop Morris was true Latter-day
Saint. an unassumng citizen, man In
whom all his friends and associates had
the utmost confidence. He had beer
useful factor in this community In
building II up, and his death came as
an almost irreparable loss.
President Cannon referred to the ac'
cdent that had befallen Elder Morris
hut Notwithstanding Its seemint
avoidance, said he. the omniscence OF
The Father made all things possible II
the carrying out ofHis purposes. Elder
Norris had outlived the period usual,
allotted to man. His had been n we'll
rounded life, and in all his movements
among the people, his acts were thos,
OF honesty and integrity and in com
lorinity with the profession which h,
made as Latter-day Saint. Such {
man said President Cannon, would b,
numbered with those of the true ant
eevout who had fulfilled the measur,
ling ' 's''
President Cannon read from visioI
sNeh 40 Joseph Smith and Sdne,
,asdon concerning the resurrection o
w Just as recorded in section 20, bool
", doctrine and Covenants. and said
human language is exhausted in des
lung the glory which God has es
,senshed for those who have live,
ue and righteous lives" All thii
.A be realized by the departed, al
Il, nal remained true and faithful I,
M ~. principles which he had espoused
as knowledge OF the Gospel had re
NJ @ from the Latter-day Saint
W sting Of death, for to them dentl
naa no sting. to them the grave In,
In, rs victory. The light OF reveIa
VIZ, nad shown with great piainnes
haS awaited the children of men, an,
i've placed them in n position TO a
wh,cs 10 merit the greatest blessing
them we Lord had to bestow upol
the a.. Death caused n separation a
ton bs, ana the wicked: an emnncipa
fai,ht nSu come to those who had hoo,
presiaas had Elder Elias Morris.
nm ,.Nuent Cannon dwelt somevbo
await, resurrection and the fate tbo
thern ~, humanity. To the righteou
wlele1w vas nothing in death. hut 10 IN
aha A. was awaited with unutter
o uread. ELIAS Marie a., ~,