[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] Thursday Sept 8th The remains having been put into as good a condition as possible were viewed by a great many of the family and friends and the authorities of the Church. The Casket was borne to the hearse and the cortege left the Woodruff villa at 9.20 am. Thousands thronged the streets on the way from 5th East to 6th South, then to State, north to South Temple thence west to East Temple North round the Temple Block to north Temple gate at 10.05 am. The casket was carried by six pall bearers into the Tabernacle, viz Dr L. W Snow, Dr M. W. Snow, Wilford S. Woodruff, James Woodruff Jr, George Scholes, & Wilford Woodruff Beattie. The family followed and immediately after them the general authorities of the church & others. The assembled thousands arose en masse which [when] the casket entered and was placed upon a dais in front of the stand. /The plate on the casket bore these words. Wilford Woodruff Died Sept 2, 1898 Aged 91 years.
/The funeral ceremonies commenced at 10.35 a.m. .
[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
[Invocation] Prayer by Franklin D. Richards. O My Father was sung by the Choir.
ReplyDeletePrests. Joseph F. Smith spoke 35 minutes, Lorenzo Snow 20 minutes, Franklin D. Richards 11 minutes, Geo. Q. Cannon 50 minutes.
Mrs. Maggie Hull, assisted [by] the Temple Choir sang Beautiful City.
The choir sang “God moves in a Mysterious Way.” Benediction by Brigham Young [Jr.].
Many carriages followed the remains to the cemetery. Harmony Glee Club sang Not dead but Sleepeth. Elder F. M. Lyman offered Dedicatory prayer.
[Source: Apostle John Henry Smith Diary 4-A]