Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-10
GEORGE REYNOLDS.

InStl1e death OF Elder George Resn-5
olds, which occurred at his home 81 y
salt Lake City, on the afternoon gu
Monday, Aug. IS 81 ortly q fter q 'clocsS
4 d great Il fejg work has been brough y to
Its earthly close, and q noble soul mas
Y PASSED to the great beyond l.s5
Few me ii in the Church have been n
] more fncessantly devoted to the Works
of the last dispensation than the man
who has Just gone To his rest His
connection with the Churcl dates from
4 Ills early boyhood and$.lNas the re suit
K Of his individual conviction of the
divinity or the nessa as he heard "a ~ y;
v declared By the missionaries Of the
y Church Of Jesus Christ of Lat ter-dh
( saints Before reae ching his teens he he
4 was preacl,ing the gospel e on the
X streets OF Lond lon and ces sed not To-
i proc lain the glad tidings until 1 the tie
anal /, ri,,noIIs of vest erdays 70 y him
the gospel laea q nd dririk, breath
4 and life. ss
Shortly after HIS arriva In Ut h he
was d 1,pointed to sa q lert teal posi- Ion IN
q Il, Office OF the president Of the
Church and he has pc GU piet \ ~ ne
\ Responsible post of secretary to eac h35
asof the presidents Of the church from
President Brig nam Young TO- T'resf75
dent Joseph srlith inclusive 4 ~ g
the time ot his demise he: was re- Of
the 3First Council Of seventy and done ne
ofs tte Oldest members Of the Deseret
Sunday School Union d GARD In s nn-
u day School wosk Brot Their Reynold was IS
1 always energetic and efficient and for
i. ma ny years he q Ilciated as one OF the
General ssuperin ndency of that great
oi;ganizatio ION,
Manifold as we're his formal and Of
fetal duties he made for hlt,self sor-3
sr,orturity for literary work e md in this
Of production lone accotnp lisfied
q stupendoils labor y hose who are I
familiar with his Story Of the the
4 Book Of Norm ii, ctionary OF the
I. Book of Norman I, Z, and Book Of Nor
mon coneorda nee, z will not wonder tina
{ his health at length gave way Y rdel,
n the strain Of Iilcessart la Dor and that
I for liearly two years before his death
a he was compelled to Indulge a create
y measure of rest than had been known v.
s3to6 him during the preceding part tlr ofS
s his life.3
:S5 AS the boy priest procla aiming he
gospel on the streets OF lnglis cities,
as the mat ure slider sent back from the
!, mountain home or his adopted country
d to the5Iand of his birth.as Sunday school
4 pupil and as one of the chief officers
of the SUNDAY School orga nization, as
d. humble member or AZ one of the,
presiding authorities Of the Church.
4 Elder George seynoids 3 fas manifested ts'L
earnestness, sincerity, devotion. s and nd
power such MS come only through
divine inspira ton.
AS a patriarch he passes wit honor,
4 leaving a large posterity to emulate
his noble example, and to meet a still
larger ancestry in the eternal worlds.
The sorrow of the deprivation we suf-
y fer BY his departure is softened and
i sanctifed by the Joy and gratitude We
feel In, having had such a man nuns
bered amongst us, and IN the contem9
H plation Of the life record he has made.
May the comfort that God alone can
Il give have a place in the hearts of those
Who are more Immediately bereft; and
may the Lord lift un is ol,ntenance
upon them and give them peace!