The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-11
JOSEPH H. RIDGES
IN RESTING PLACE
Sincere and Impressive Trib'
utes Paid to Dead in Speech
and Beautiful Music.

For Joseph IT. Ridges. the genius who
reared ''thc palace Of music" embodied IN
the organ OF the Mormon tabernacle. ear
nest and heartfelt tributes werc paid yes
terday afternoon by those who stood al
tho bier OF the man who built inc organ
that has made the tabernacle worin re-
nowned. and not less Significant Wss VIC
,nusIs, Tho most impressive and elaborate
programme heard In a ward chape' mere
In many years. =
Funeral services for Mr; Ridges VIZ "nao
died Saturday night AT the age OF 9,
years. wero held from the Twenty second
ward chapel. Bishop Alvin \. Beesley
presided and several hundred relatives
and friends paid their tribute OF respect
and love. Presidents Joseph r. Smith
and Francis NJ. Lyman were among thc
church leaders present ana oo,n spoSe pos.
feelinely OF the great Work 'hat ar
Ridges had accomplished.
The. musical numbers, selected ana ar
ranged 10. by Professor Evan stephens.
leader Of the tabernacle choir. ana Pro-
lessor J. ]. Mcclellan. tabernacle organ !,
tst lnpressively and beautifully marked
the intervals IN the spoken tributes. Ihe
Spencer. PyTer- Ensign ouartette
first sang when the swallows lone
ward Fly after the casket was borne
IN 10 the accompa nlncnt of soft organ
music by J. J. Mcclellan. who played the
ACCOMPANYING throughout the services
John " Pike gave the Invocation ana
Horace 6, Ensign sang ''Not Dead. but
Sleepeth" with the quartette accom-
psniment
J. j. Mcclellan spoke earnestly OF the
great work that Mr.. Ridges had accom-
plished In the building OF the organ. lay.
ine stress upon the debt that Utah and
ths nation. as well as the city OF SAN
Lake. owed 20 him because OF the upift.
ing influence that the great organ had
exerted upon so many hundreds OF thou-
sands, and also speaking specifically OF
the inspiration that II had been TO many
who had become prominent In the world
II This Thought likewise en-
phasized by President Francis Nj. Lyman,
Misndo Pratt. Henry Giles and President
Joseph +. Smith. who after"ard spoke
briefly.
NJ the conclusion OF Mr.. McCiellan's
tribute Charles K. Pike sang The
Clock. and then MIlando Pratt feelingly
told OF the impressions that inc organ
had made upon him. saying in conclusion
that he never tired OF hearing II and that
he believed IL TO be the greatest instru-
ment OF It's kind in the world.
With deep feeling and splendid Inter
pretation. Willard Wcihc. violinist, a
friend OF Mr. Ridges FOR more than forty
years. played the "Traumerei. HIS rem
dltion OF the exquisite harmonlcs spoke
more than words President Francis Nj,
Lyman told OF his Acquaintance with Nr.
Ridges since 1856 and eulogized his great
accomplishments. Henry Giles followed
with feeling tribute, and President 10,
seph +. Smith. the ast speaker, pointed
our the vastness and perfnanence OF the
influence for good that had como 10 Utah
and the Mormon people through the work
OF Mr. Ridges, whom he regarded as an
instrument OF God In the building OF the
great organ,
Just before President Smith spoke Mrs.
Lizzie Thomas Edward sang Angels
Ever Bright and Fair and after the
concluding address by Bishop Alvin A.
Beesley, "A mixed quartcttc. comprising
Mrs. Lizzie Tho-uas Edward, Mrs. Agnes
Olsen Thomas. samuel Winter and NJ.
J. Thomas. SANG one selection. also giving
one number al tito afsiNC. The bcucdiC-
ton WAS given by Samuel Holmes and
the grave IN the CltY cemetery was dedl-
Gated Dy Elder George Woods. The pail
bearers, grandsous OF Mr.. Ridges, were
Elmo. Wllford. clifford and Lawrence
Ridges. George and Wilford Woods and
David williams