Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-12
n FOODS ACRE"
REST IS FOUND.
P.mslns Of W. c, Dunbar Laid 10
The Grave With impressive
Song and Scrmon.
ALWAYS ON BOARD LIES SHIP
President Smith aud Other Frlsuds Of
More Than Halt a Century Pay
Trlbutss TO Bis Memory

Noet impressive was tho service o
,onr and sermon that was hold over TN
,,,nolnp OF w, G, Dunbar yesterday
afternoon. Tho Twentieth ward chapo
On which tho deceased had been
vorshlpcr for moro than o generation
v.a the scene Of the obscauioe whor'
follow rolgioniais and friends galhtreC
.n,ll the capacity OF tho building wa
taxed. Those whose ages approximate
,hnt of Tho man whose mortal remoh'
were shut out from their vision In ,ht
white caskot IN which II rested beneath
n wealth Of floral tributes below 'nt
pnlpl. felt that they had Lost one who
vap indeed ~ brother 10 thcm, Those
,,he were but midway IN llfo's Journey
,nournpd Ne sons ana daughters whose
father hna been taken from their lniist
And lho young knew that no more IN
mortality would ,hoy SEQ the face they
have ao often seen AT the gate uf MI
own homo IN the recent years that
f,stmInod him from yenturing farther
from his threshold,
1ho services woro commenced nt 1870
ln Inc meet lnyhouao, From II Ia u
o'clock the remains had been viewed
by friends nt tho fnmily residence a
baif A block away Tho cnaket was
horne 10 The chapel BY associates and
friends OF tho decoilod They were
G II. Savage, william Foster, Ch0rlea
hansom, Levi Rioharda, James Evans
and William salmon Members " the
family marched Immediately bohind,
"A tho party entered the building Prof,
Joseph " Dnynos who presided nj tho
organ played funeral air which cons
ilnued during the seating OF the con.
greNtion. Bishop Romnoy conducted
he services and David J, Watts direct.
ga the choir. on the stand were no.
iiccd many of tho old friends OF tho
dead man, Among them were prcsi
dent Joseph IT, Smith, David Mckenzie,
n. r. Neslcn, Profs. Beesley and Caro-.
le0, A. Milton Muescr, Henry w Nais.
bit Patriarch Angus NJ, cannon, Dr,
seymour Il Young, William Foster,
William Eidlngton, Robert Patrick,
Duncan N, MoAlliater, william sal.
IRON, Hamilton u, Park, samuel W.,
ana Low Richards, Joseph H. Felt and
lhillip De La Mare, In the congregn
lion were phi Margelts ana many
other veterans
The opening hymn was Nov Let
rs Rejoice IN tho Day of salvation, +"
Prayer waB offered by President
Richard W, Young Of tho Ensign
stake, who, with one Of his counselors
Joseph Wells, occupied scat on tho
stand. The second musical seleotlon
was Mourn Not for Those Who peoce-
fuL Lay Their Weary Bodies Down.
ADDRESSES OF EuLodY,
There wor0 several epcakors and the
FIRST ono WAS introduced by Bishop
Romncy, who expressed his pleasure at
seeing 10 many present who had known
ior more than half u century The man
whose memory they had mot 10 honor
Elder william Eddington waB one u
lhcse aud he briefly attostcd ha ae.
qualnlanrO ana admiration for him
Elda {, H. savage said w, g.. Dune
bar was not Tho nrst man he heard
delivering tho Gospel message IN hls
native land, but that he was the sec.
ond The speaker had known him most
Intimately and had loved him denrly
ana ho trusted that his own deeds
would stand M crucial u test ~ had
ihoeo Of Brother Dunbar who wnB tho
soul OF honor lie had umpl oppor-
lunltY 10 form an accurate estimate Of
Mis- character, for they had been neigh.
horS FOR ~ years, II the cOngrcgD-
ION that was present were the court
OF last resort In the matter Of passing
judgment on the deceased with refer
cnco TO the position he should occupy
hereafter there would be no question
~ To the place being an exalted one,
NO man liked better 20 SOW the feoda
OF eheer man he, Many u time had hq
COMO forth with Brother Dunbar 60 MI
WIN glndnoss the hearts OF the aged,
lho poor 0nd the Borrowing,
The choir sang the Resurrection"
hymn most effectively, ana Elder WI.
am salmon added his mite OF praIHo,
1Wolllng particularly upon the sunshine
maj the deceased was wont 10 carry
with and leave behind him, His humor
was of the wryest sort and al times
ne would keep crowd convused for
nm entire evening ana never once
crack smile" himself
Elder David Mckenzie argued Of ,he
logic ana certainty Of tho resurrection
ana tlid that the great soul satlefy-
lg ana undenlnblo principle had never
ueen attacked, W, O. Dunbar, he Gaii,
was enc who had full faith IN that
lrlntlple and was one OF the bulwarks
ot the systom that laid the founda-
llonr of this commonwealth,
Patriarch Philip De La Mare of Too
Gle oakcd ana received permission 10
tpoNk briefly lilo pad he had been
hhpll2od by Brother Dunbar. That was
long time ago, IN the Isle OF Jersey.
le was With him at the time no en-.
mfked on the "Haluda," the ill.fnlod
steamer that blew up on the Mississippi
river whom his wife ana children met
lholr Death lie pleaded with him not
~ 80 but no Enthusiastically said he
no gwen HIS word 10 Eli u kelsey
,hal he would do No, and he did,
"blIoTHER DUNBAR, SING ZION"
Thls expression came into The minds
vi lhe congregation by Bishop Nomnuy
announcing that this fayOrll6 HMM OF
,,W dooonsod would be sung by Mary
homnoy Ross and the choir. Ito ron-
llVon WAS most excellent nnd ef-
iectlVc, Bishop Romnoy referred To
lhe iaol that himself and &, n, Savage
were about tho two oldest mon IN Tho
WtId now and that the doconscd In hls
departure came nearly removing Inc
org generation from the present, lie
Concluded by oounsclIng and encourage
.Nb me lnembors OF the Dunbar family
lulness, '''''''' WV "'''
PREsT SMITHS STRONG TALK,
Ilrsldont Joseph r, Smith delivered
" pulu'ulnrly eloquent ana Impressive
,lnoIh IN substance he Rald he was
""nnv l mat class referred 20 by l3,sh-
W. holnney who had known the de-
,vva,uod Tor moro than half II century.
nmno,l no was but boy he romenl.
IIL.Vu lho man Of whom he now spoke,
Iu Wnh 2 noted llguro thcn~notcd IN
,urlouH Whya~ln the different walks