Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-24
GOOD MAN GOES
To HIS REWARD.
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Nom Mormon Publication Lauds
The Virtues Of tho Late presI,
dent Albert Smith.
HEAD OF the SAN LUIS STAKE.
Was True Pricsd and Gained the
Confidence and Respect 81 All His
Associates

The Ledger non" Mormon" paper
published AZ Antonlto, Concjos county
colorado, has the following recount
of The death Of the late lamcntcd N.
bert r. Smith, president of the san
Luis stake,
AZ abou, II O'Clock Wednesday night,
tMOy Nd Albert II, Smith president
~ the Mormon forces Of the san
Luis valley passed away after a lin.
gorIng Illness Of about four months I'm
February Mr. Smith was stricken win
q soYcre atack Of Ia grippe BrIghtB
disoaec set IN ana true 10 ilo rolcnt.
loss nature, swift and sure, II clnimcd
lts victim,
IN the death " Albert u, Smith the
Mormon people grIoyo Tor the loss ot
ono Of the best IL not the one superior
men, Nor N the loss alone that Of the
church Of which he wau president The
deceased Tor some years has boon
looked upon ne one of the foremost Of
TOnoJ0s CouniyR men Upon the re.
tiromcnt Of HIS father, Sllla =, rmilh,
from the stake presidency nearly
dozen years ago, Albert h. Smith was
selected FOR the position, No one VIII
over know the trials through which he
passed IN the succeeding years, Tho
colony was on Tho very verge Of col.
lapse owing To- lnctIonal strife which
possessed the people at that time, No
assumed his duties with nearly half
the people against him, a few years
strife was most bitter but as time
passed and the people began to realize
that the young man, scarcely above
30 years Of age, who was by "A m0Jor'
ny made their leader was a man
worthy Of their confidence ana good
Will At the time of his death there
was scarcely q member Of the stake
who could not take him by the hand
and call him "Fricnd" Ills FIRST and
only ambition IN lie was TO serve his
Church and people Az friend mono
more true ever existed, IA Il londor
ne was nrm nv a rock ana just Never
antngonisllc, but as n defender the nm.
tngonIst found him worthy Of the
ahnrpcst steel, None but good and
great man could have carried himself
through such turmoil and strife finally
10 porch upon the highest pinnacle of
esteem of those over whom no presided,
Tho funeral VIII occur al the MnnnH.
ia church today nc II o'clock Tho
father and other relatives, bcsldoe pro-
mlnont churchmcn from salt Lake VIII
be present for the service, Tho funeral
viii be the largest ever held IN SOUTH
Crn Colorado,
The following tribute and account Of
the last moments Of the deceased was
kindly handed ue by close friond ana
admIror Of the dead mans
Our county IL shocked 70 It's very
foundations by the death Of one OF lts
most honorod oltIacns, Albert II, smith,
president OF the san Luis stake Of the
Church OF Jesus christ Of Latterd0y
saints, who peacefully ana beautifully
passed. away nj llO y, M May ~
1908, Ills dissolution was the grNndoW
over witnessed by those who were pros
ont and was an end bchlllng great
good man,
Conscious until hIs last breath he had
the opportunity Of aiding ANA sustain,
INK Ms family and friends ny beAulllnl
counsel and instruction ana IKE lne
broadmlndcd man that he Was, ne mn
proved the opportunity 'Tho change
la rowInp." Ne said, "lt seems 10 me
INT two steps 10 the other side, ! can
dcpcribc the sensations but not The
change, for that u not yet here, AN
NV wfo You would not grleVe " You
hi, knew the grandeur Of that through
which ! ann PASSING, The lirst sohsa'
lion IN like n mild electric current
There comes u Hash ~ of n llghtnng
strokc and the passing seems like step.
ping from darkness into light ! used
ia think of the terror Of death There
N no terror, no fear, but all " pence
and grandeur u II ncnr'
llo gathered his fnm!ly TO the lelt
aldo az his bed, lie babe all hood bye
With a hearty grasp and God bless
you," ITS come, w. como, J COM
mend myself TO the Lord II lie has u
greater work for me there than here
Ills win be Done ANA he Dfehlned
hlf last
Albert II. Smith was born April l.
1862, paragoonah, Iron county, utah
and left IN a company Of Mormon
colonlsts on an exploring expedition IN
1917 pneIng into the San Juan country,
whore settlement WAS made, Later
In 1889, he arrived IN the San LUIS Hnl'
Icy with others, lie conducted saw
mlll plant for y time lie was called
from the fields 10 tak0 the presidency