Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-12

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besides 'the speakers upon the stand
We're G oy. srry,. Bishop Nibley, Prof
James .Talmage and others.
II The services opened with prayer BY
I1lder$Josephe w. Summerhays5 and the
choir then sang. "Isill the Resurrection
Day y Elder Seymour b. Young fol- 4
lowed and said that his acquaintance
with the deceased began in the early
co.'s, when he was a trusted employee IL,
the office of President Young, and in
I'LL the long; years which had included
close association he had had nothing
pleasure and SsatisfactioneH He said
that while he WIS Almost talented and
intelligent and cultured man, lie was
one of the most modest and retiring,
never ofticious in his superiority but
humble and quiet. He always remind
ed the speaker of the lines, oh, why
should the spirit of mortal be proud,
as being applicable to decedent's atti-s
tude regarding himself. He spoke es-5
}pecially Of his literary attainments,
naming the works. of which he Is author
and of their Suiue to the Church and
its members. Of these he considered
the Concordance of the Book of Nor
mon the most importants-a work COM
pleted. in 10 Years, While the Bible Con-
&cordance compiled by eminent scholars
took 80 years He had been chosen
under; President John Taylor to be one
of the seven presidents of the seventies.
upd his Judgment Was nearly always
the browning one IN the sessions His
work In the Sunday School union had
also been ii, II way stupendous, while
his privatellife was an open book. The
speaker told OF, the tribute paid by
( the wife and children of the deceased
to his noble qualities and himself bore
tribute to the devotion of Mrs. Mary
Reynolds, who had smin;steredawith un-f
ceasings care for him during the two
years of his invalidism, lie has left 26
Fchildren. said the spedkct, all o.! them
devoted, to. the Churel In whose service
he. had so faithfully labored. He has
fought the good fight and has made his
calling and election sure.
ELDER b. H. ROBERTS.
Fred w. Graham rendered: solo, II
4 Need Thee Every Hour and Elder 3.
III. Roberts then rendered the personal
! tribute of a friend and associate to. the
deceased.
81 loved George Reynolds said the
speaker, for his noble qualities and
respected him for his fine intellect and
seventies there was always absolute
freedom of speech. and though tenn
peramentally he differed widely from
the deceased Vet no inharmony had
ever scrept in between them. He was
an absolutely fearless man.. jealous
and brave adherent,to truth.
His literary contribution to Church
literature would be valuable to future
generations.
He himself valued especially the au-
thor's treatiseSon the Book. of Abraham
which he had written with the aid of
Joseph L.. Barfoot. and which he COM
mended to the youth OF Zion. His life
religious and personal will need no
apology there can be no doubt of its
| divine acceptance, and as for. his fam
i ilys there could be. no doubt of the
comfort they had already in the as
surance of hisareward.
ELDER RULoN S. WELLS.
Elder Rulons. Wells said that he, too,
had known and loved George Reynolds
1 aud could echo every. tribute that had
been paid. He could not conceive how
1 any, one could. do more than he had to
| beIworthy of eternal life He had been
| gent to earth for a mission and had
/ fulfilled 1t in every way.
Joseph w. McMurrin said that the
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