History of Utah, 1540-1886 - Brigham Young University

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THE LAST DAYS OF BRIGHAM YOUNG.
used for the second time. Then followed prayer by-
Franklin D. Richards, after which addresses were
delivered by Daniel H. Wells, Wilford Woodruff,
Erastus Snow, George Q. Cannon, and John Taylor.
A second funeral hymn was sung, 41 a benediction pronounced
by Orson Hyde, the congregation was dismissed,
and the remains of Brigham Young were
conveyed to their resting-place at his private cemetery
in the suburbs of the city, where thousands gathered
to witness the closing ceremonies. 42
.Some thirty years had now elapsed since the president
of the church, stricken with mountain fever and
seeking for the remnant of his followers an abidingplace,
had stood enwrapped in vision on the Pisgah of
the west, and as he gazed for the first time on the
desert and dead sea that lay beneath, forecast the
future glory of Zion. 43 And who shall say that he
had not lived to see his vision realized ? During these
years, which compassed scarce the span of a single
generation, he had built cities and temples; he had
converted the waste lands of Deseret into gardens and
grain-fields; he had laid the basis of a system of manufactures
and commerce that was already the envy
of older and more favored communities; he had sent
forth his missionaries to all the civilized countries of
the earth., and gathered the chosen of Israel from many
nations; he had rescued myriads from the sorest
depths of poverty, giving to all a livelihood, and to
six consecutive sessions. For further particulars as to his life, character, and
abilities, see Utah Jour. Legist., 1876, pp. 65-8; Richards' Narr., MS., 94;
Deseret News, Aug. 11,18, 1858, June 16, Sept, 8, 1875; S. L. C. Tribune, Sept.
4, 11, 1875; Tullidge's Life of Young, suppl., 7, 13; Townsend's Mormon Trials,
47; S. L. G. Contributor, 1882, passim; Uodman's Bound Trip, 230-3; Beadle's
Western Wilds, 92-3 (with cut). In 1860 the son.of Geo. A. Smith was killed
by Navajos. Deseret News, Dec. 5, 1S60.
n Composed for the occasion by Charles W. Penrose.
42 In accordance with his father's instructions, a stone vault had been built
by John W. Young in the south-east comer of the cemetery. It was of cut
stone, dowelled and bolted with steel and laid in cement. The interior was
also cemented and whitened. Deseret News, Aug. 29, 1S77, where is a full
description of the obsequies, afterward published in pamphlet form, and entitled
Death of President Brigham Young.
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