The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-17
as legally entitled to consideration as
the first in the game.
JOHN HENRY SMITH,

In the passing of President John
/ Henry Smith, Utah loses one Of her
best and most universally loved and
respected citizens. His family has
| lost noble and honored father, and
all humanity has lost a true friend.
His was noble character, and one
that has commanded the applause
and admiration OF his fellows ever
since his first elevation to public
life. He has travelled much and never
once has he failed to create a good
| impression and ingratiate himself
and his people into the hearts OF
those with whom he mingled, and to
whom he has spoken. Large In sta.
turc and just as large in heart and
soul, with cheerful, sunny counter.
ance. and possessing natural elo
quence. he mingled in the highest SO
ciety of the nation, and was looked up
on as leader among men.
At the time of his elevation to the
First Presidency of the Church,
among other things, this paper said
of him: Gle is undoubtedly the
broadcast minded man in high official
! life today in the church, made so be-
cause of his contact with men Of
standing in nearly every state in the
union. From the Golden Gate to
Sandy Hook he is known as the Nor
mon apostle with broad, generous
tolerant ideas. He has represented
Utah on many important occasions
in other states, and always com
mands the respect and admiration OF
his associates. He has done the lion IS
share in doing honor, and reflecting
credit upon Utah. and is a churchman
and citizen of which all should be
proud
| We are glad to have so written
about President John Henry Smith
while he lived and worked for his
church and his state, and We now
join with the biggest daily paper, in
the state and endorse the following
beautiful eulogy.
Equipped by nattire and training
to be in the front rank of his fellows
Irrespective of the station of life TO
which he might have been called, he
took high place in activities every.
where despite the prejudice against
Utah and its people which obtained
for so many years. Master minds
saw in him the twin of their own
dauntless spirit and ambition for the
common veal; they accepted him
without demur in that brotherhood of
energy and capability which knows
neither creed nor politics, and is i'm
patient of metes and bounds. BY his
life and works he was a living arsu-
ment for the religion In which he be-
iieved and for the extension o. which
he Iabored increasingly. Those who
saw no good in its teachings perforee
admitted that in this man the flam-
ing spark Of Christian manhood must
and would grow on unquenched.
Full of years and honors. respected
by all, hated by none, loved by those
whofcame into intimate personal con
| tact with his great and kindly ma.
tuie, the curtain of life has rung
down and John Henry Smith has
passed into the great beyond in fun
harmony with the poetic adjuration
]
Of William Cullen Bryant, that mas.
ter OF English diction, who wrote:
! Sustained and soothed
Ry an unfslterns trust, approach thy
Like one that wraps the drapery Of
his couch
About him and lies down to pleasant
dreams.
The state of Utah has lost cap
able and earnest friend, the people a
wise counselor, and the Republican
party loyal follower. When the his
tory of Utah's development is writ.
ten, in those pages, embossed and IL.
Illuminated, will be found the life and
works of John Henry Smith.
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