Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-05
ASSOCIATES: HONOR
The BELOvE.D|.DEAD.
Memorial Service Held Yesterday y
For Prest. Bathsheba
Wilson Smith.
:, oouEN7 TRIBUTES SPOKEN 4
..,c,,,cs in Relief Society Tell OF =.
Her sterling Qualitlcs-Iscsol''-
lions OF Respect Adopted.

ooicers, board oil oire eeit ..' !,
a,nber Of members OF me ue.
mu" Relief society. over which me
w. Mrs Bathshebn w. Smith presla-
~ - long, met together, and IN an
a,,ornoon devoted to prayer, test'illohs'
and song. paid tribute to the memory e.
- thc noble woman recently departed
TO her rest ,,,,a,na ~
rno services opened with singing
,,iaa Tbee Every Hour" and was i"l-
iowea BY prayer by Mrs. Susan Grant
,rter which Mr.. Robert siddowas SUM
q solo. with organ ana Vo,ce ''eeo tto
eminent. n number of members VI -
,a,n,ic choir being present. MIS-, i1
Z mrline B. Wells, the newly app ,. ~,
nrosident, presided, and called mrs. W. VII
ptesitu'I cannon. who said she had
SCI" Mrs Bathsheba Smith IRON
hhI,Ghood. and through all her eHPeil-
viii her could testify that she
u .,., ,nc Of the noble and great women
W. y. t,,s. anrth She spoke of her loyalty
~ ,hs priesthood, and her constant les,
timony to the truth of the gospei, anu
said it had always strengthened hei
own faith. ,,,,,o nc Mrs
4 cn,;th nc n temple worker, teliins ol
Nor patience under trying clrcui'a-
Stances and her wisdom III sucil case .,
ahe said she began her Temps Motn
In Nnuvoo, and had worked IN cyeis
temple built since that time. sue nav
been in almost constant atteiiuaneo ~, -
iii york. never having missed put
VIZ ,,o,, avcent In cases of illness. She
often snid how much she had longea
10 ie,ve this earth when her huspaha
s,,,d d;od hut he had told her thle
+ s,,o ,nst STAY, to bear testimony 10 the
: tr,th NJ ,Joscph Smiths message, ana
70 work in the temple. and this she h'iu
faithfuIly done Mrs. Woodruff salu
~, had ALWAYS loved Aunt Bath
eheba ), and also Aunt En- ana teie
that she could work harnoniousiy Will
the one as the other.
George D. Piper sang, by reques',
20 MY Father" favoritc hymn on .lc
deceased, and Mrs. e. - Welis e .;
pressed appreciation tor thls on ''ic
part of the aEsembiase.
Mrs. Romania Pratt Pcnrose spoke OF
Amt Bathsheba's" work In the RELIEF
snciety and said she Joined the society
ut its organization in 1872, and had
been n faithful worker in Its ranks
ni,cr since. She had been counselor
Ia Rachel Grant in the Fourteenth
ward, president of the society in the
seventeenth ward. and had come final
IL to be. president Of the general socic-
tv. in m the world. Mrs. Penrosc said
that special meetings were held IN
many places of the old. world to install
her as president, and her name was
Il honored in lands. of many languages,
i her addresses copied into foreign jour
4 nails, and high honor paid her wherever
the nume of the Relief society was
known. Mrs. Penrose read a poem
written to Aunt Bathsheba' by DR..
Ellis r.. Shipp, eulogizing her noble
qualities, and Mrs. Carrie Thomas read
also sentiment OF admiration and
friendship in original verse. Mrs. Lis
2ie Thomas Edward sang most beauti-
fully, THE Promised Land and was
followed by Mrs. Annie Wells Cannon.
who read selected poem appropriate
to the honorcd guest of the occasion.
Mrs. Philo n. Farnsworth read copy
of resolutions drafted by the Relief
society in honor of the departed lead
or, n copy of which Is given below.
Mrs. Lizzie r. Edward and Mrs. Maria
Windcr sang duet who are these
arrayed In white" with refrain accom-
panimcnt by the choir voices. and Mrs.
Alice NJ. Horne. o grandchild of Mrs,
Smith, spoke In behalf OF the Smith
family, thanking all those who had paid
tributes to tho departed. She said that
Aunt Bathsheba" had been present at
The opening of every temple built by
the Latter-day Saints, and spoke
ieelngly Of the love and admiration
felt By all the family for their noble
: relative. She rccited number of In
latter, especially of her interest ana
help for children. Her Interesting talk
was followed by the benediction given
by Mrs, F. NJ. Lyman, after which the
meeting adjourned.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
J., Following are the resolutions adopted
~ me Relief society and read at yes
f lerdays memorial service:
an, our dearly beloved and honored pres.
4 ,aeht, BRthsheba w. Smith, has hecn
, ,,ast noile-cnlled into the peace and
Z . sia anu Joy of eternal life In the man
s,vns OF eiod our heavenly Father, an
\ sWerlns the summons on tho rich az.
.u ,, morn Of Tuesday, Sent. 20 1910 4
lie me Reliel society of the Church Of
" oS, Christ of Latter-duy Saints, he
K ny ot me association and guidance of
ans ans noble and queenly woman feels n
LUNG to declare in feeble, Vet afTer-
,na,D phrase our love and high rs
sse',l Tor her, whose life was our great
sorr .I,,i' ana whose death is our great
~ therefore,, be 1t resolved that ,vc t,,a
oLlccrs and members OF this orran,,a-
nU,. OF the Relief society in conference
Ia, n on this 18th day Of October
on any,, pS rising vote testify our reyer,
.,a una love for her whose long and
s snm,Ie lie was filled to the brlm with
andy deeds: GI S't.' . W." s'NN'ii
,,n pgr ner who tolled increasingly and
,aria, ',sly for the spiritual and ma
ra welfare of mankind.
t,,,, ur her who long years labored 5loy-
IN, ,sg and tcndery for the living and
For si u III the house Of the Lord
.if,s aner' who though endowed with
s,,, s anu sraces bcfitting the highest
spirit; i'uii''ie una sweet IN
wiro,,. ner, whose unselnsh home life.
noss devotion and inothcrly tcnder-
For"hnn,a ~ an example gtc, all Israel;
mother ~ r. Nv Mho N Very truth was u
cbar nN, be 1t further resolved. that wc
hearta.i meg, ihese memories deep In our;
1 liz W tnat her beautifully comnIetcd
linn =, "i,heldta as a. beaconGandtins pIra-l
ana 20 !hc generations yet to follow
we maa a' ,o encouraged by her example
h, no breach 5S 'fR' N IN Y $3.50 ~
'V t,.,.t and sympathy, in hope ana
~, outward sign nor sound our ourl
Ri, lars can reach: 'i5 ~ ~
TIA, 'n .. an Inward spiritual speech
4 ta ,s9ls us still, though mortal
~, down, 3, H. = WAY s l1 lild
AStake IN tho 80, I'LL, iii '