The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-25
Ogden. July Is.
TRIBUTE TO DEAD.
Touching Reference to Late Prof. 7.
B. Lewis

There was touching scene at the
Second ward Sunday school Sunday
morning when c. c. Richards, one of
the associate teachers with Professor
Theodore B. Lewis in the theological
department, arose and announced the
death of his co-laborer. and offered
resolutions extending the sympathy of
| the school to the family of the de-
ceased. During his brief remarks Mr..
Richards read the closing sentences of
Professor Lewis last will, dated July
4, 1899, in which he earnestly teStifies to
the divinity of the Mormon religion,
and feelingly spoke of the noble traits
of character and lifelong work of his
departed brother. When the speaker
closed nearly all of the school were in
tears for their dead preceptor and
friend. Following is the excerpt from
the will:
IF die from this operation God wills
it, for / have secured the best skill
known, and have placed myself in
Gods care.
In closing this statement and will L
wish to add my testimony for my chill
dren and for all the world. l testify
of my faith in and knowledge of the
gospel of salvation as revealed to Jo-
seph Smith. and as established in the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, which l dearly love, and or
which Lorenzo Snow is the presiding
high priest and prophet. Through ODE
dience to its sacred principles and the
observance of its holy ordinances the
most endearing ties are formed and
sanctified, and all the rational hopes of
the human soul may be realized, II not
in this life then in the great beyond.
to which / have gone to meet those who
have gone before me, and with them
to prepare to meet those of my loved
ones who may come after me. This is
what the gospel has revealed to me.
Let my family. in all its entirety, seek
earnestly the light that guided my
footsteps and walk in it and be not led
astray by my faults and my weak
neSSes, which were many. Follow me,
and as a family united here and here
after, go forth in our Fathers service
for time and eternity. God bless you
ALL God bless mankind.
(Signed) ct. B. LEWIS"
The resolutions were unanimously
adopted by the school, and are as fol-
lows:
Whereas, Our Heavenly Father. in
his infinite wisdom and mercy, has
called from this sphere of action our
beloved friend and brother, Theodore
b. Lewis; and,
Whereas. His family has been de-
prived of tender and affectionate hus-
band and father, this school of its
ablest instructor, the church of a de-
vout and fearless defender of the truth,
and the state of a good citizen and elo-
quent advocate of the principles of lib
erty and of free government: and.
Whereas, 1t is fitting for us to pause,
in the presence of death, and to briefly
enter upon our minutes the admiration
and esteem in which we hold our de-
parted brother, for his unselfish devo-
ton to his family, to his friends and to
the church, for his noble work as an
educator, for his conscientious and in
telligent advocacy of the truth, and of
correct principles, wherever found, and
for his advanced thought, and broad
minded Christian charity toward man
kind; now, therefore. it is
Resolved, By the Second ward Sab
bath school, that the sympathy of this
school be extended to the family of
our deceased brother in their great be-
reavement.
Resolved, That this school attend
the funeral in a body.
Resolved, That our superintendent
be instructed to procure and furnish for
the school suitable floral tribute for
the funeral.
Resolved, That these resolutions be
spread upon the minutes of the school,
and an engrossed copy, attested by the
superintendent and secretary, be pre-
sented to the family of the deceased"
Brief but eloquent and timely re-
marks were also made by Assistant
Superintendent John c.. Ellis Hon. d.
H. Peery, Bishop Robert McQuarrie and
Counselor John Scowcroft upon the life
and character of the deceased.
From the time he received it until
the hour of his death he was a firm
and practical believer in the gospel of
Jesus Christ, as revealed through Jo- |
seph Smith. In accordance with its
teachings and practice, prior to the |
manifesto, in 1871 he married Sarepa !
Coray, the sister of his wife. Martha |
Jane, who bore him seven children, five |
of whom are now living. When the |
supreme court of the United States de- |
cided plural marriage to be unconsti- |
tutional, he and Sarepa separated, by |
mutual consent. Later he received am |
nesty from Benjamin Harrison. When |
President Woodruff issued the mani |
festo concerning plural marriage he ac- |
cepted it as the will of God, and from |
the time of his separation from his |
plural wife to the time of his death, as |
a servant of God and honorable south |
ern gentleman, he kept inviolate his /
pledge to his country, his God and his |
conscience, but he, to his best ability, |
endeavored to support those dependent |
upon him.