Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-29
PROGRAM OF THE oBSEOUIsS
mo If Last Requests Was That
Family Should Not Wear
Mourning.
c,,. ,,cmbcr, Requested 20 Arrange
Their Anair- SO a. to be
Present at Services.

-. euersl OF President John X.
,,..5.r will De- held "a the tabernacle
80 o,,iork a. m.. THURSDAY. March
:, ,m4. will be furnished by the
'.,.-...le choir. and Conductor
I'm stephens requests that the meme
~. of mat body arrange TO be pres
,,t,reep tine hours of n a. M. ana
M ON inst day President Winder
ma. president or the cnoir organiza-
,on and uu representation Is de-
sired
tabernacle and can Dee viewed from
nlo.90 Thursday morning.
nh. omily of President Winder viii
,.-m at thc residence. which is direct
4, ..r..s the street west from the
,.,srpacle entrance. and march to the
funeral In "a body
one of President Winder's last re-
ss,sts made to his wife was that
a. nor the family. should wear black
i hi. funeral. His optimistic spirit
dictated the request. and his feeling
VAS not that DE was going TO place
where he should be mourned for hut
,hai be and his family should rather
rsio'c. thar his spirit was TO be
gathered back IN tine presence OF the
Father The family will therefore, in
accordance with the last request OF
,ss departed. appear at the funeral
IN white shirt waits and black
skirts similar apparel win also
be- worn by members of the choir
During the last illness OF President
WInder. besides the members Of the
famI5 ana relatives gathered round
hi. bedside. b. F. Grant was his per-
sonsI attendant for more than a week
rrIor to his death For many nights
Edrer Grant maintained watch
next The bedside Of tho departed not
iae he changes and assisting In the
alienation Of the sunerings Of the
srkhed
For week prior 20 the death OF the
veteran Elder Grant says. his con-
duon was apparently improved Pres
dent Wiuder was ever cheerful and
Dad au encouraging word for those
shout him He seemed 10 feel that all
was well and IF he was cognizant Of
The approaching end. he did not hctray
on nklng of the fact
OPTIMISTIC TO THE END.
As an Illustration OF his ever present
optimism. on thc very night Of his
death. while Elder Grant and his SON.
John r. WIndcr. Jr., were standing by
DIS bedside the clock struck the hour
Of 7eycn just 20 minutes before he
passed away
"ls hat seven o'clock I'm the morn
ing or seven O'Clock at night?' Presi-
ceut Nindcr inquired
t IS seyel O'Clock, father" replied
Dis SON
There Is going 90 be a great change,
Boon" said President Winder, impress
stey 90 those about his bedside.
There win hc O. great change soon.
IhcIe has been "a great change.
Brother WIndor' said Elder Grant
tmkng be- referred to his own condi-
Non there has been a great change,
ana you are mounting the ladder of
health again. 90 the ioy Of all about
YOU
The condition of the patient had Inn
" wig" .IIuLNIiNIIN NaII an NhNI
t'Iore DTS death. and his attendants
were much encouraged with the signs
q" Improvement
There VIII boz a great change re-
pealed President Winder. "and that
twenty minutes later hc breathcd his
Isl ana his attendants did not know
neither Dee referred 90 his own condi-
p'A oi io change iu the affairs and
progress of The world.
PROGRAM or SERVICES.
I1e funeral service in the tabernacle
WV commence promptly at n o'clock
e.ui IhdHdaN The program for the
sorll.c is as follows:
ni lnn' God moves IN mysterious
eay' tabernacle choir and organ. =.
s.spnenH director. j. J. Mcclellan.
rtlller Joseph T.. Taylor
choir ''Do' mac 'e
Speakers
quartet Who are Those ARRIVED I'm
'' Mrs Lizzie Thomas Edward
Emma Ramsey Morris. Robert
so ana Horace s. Ensign.
Hymn Mid scenes Of confusion "