The first speaker was

APOSTLE WILFORD WOODRUFF.

"We are again called to assemble
here to pay our last respects to one
of God's noblemen. We have lying
before us the tabernacle of President
Joseph Young. It is said that he is
dead. I suppose he is as we use the
term death. His tabernacle lies
here in this casket, but Uncle Jo-
seph is not there! We call him
"Uncle" because he has been related
to almost all the Holy Priesthood of
Israel from the organization
of this Church. I ask Brother
Lorenzo Young and Bro. Young's
wives and his sons and daughters, if
they feel to mourn in their hearts
to-day? If they do, I do not; if they
do, President Joseph Young does
not; for it was one of the most glo-
rious moments of his existence, whe-
ther in time or in eternity, when he
opened his eyes in the spirit world
and struck hands with Joseph
Smith, with Brigham Young, with
his father's house, and with the El-
ders of Israel with whom he has
been associated here on the earth
more or less for the last 50 years of
his life. If Bro. Joseph ever felt
while in the flesh to shout, glory,
hallelujah! he did so when this new
birth took place. Now these are
some of the sentiments of my
heart. I cannot mourn when I fol-
low to the grave a man like Joseph
Young; I have never been able to do
it since I have been a member of
the Church, when I havo [have] followed a
true, faithful, Latter-day Saint
to the grave. Death was a gloomy
subject to me before I heard the
gospel of Jesus Christ. It was sad
to see the bodies of men and women
laid away in the tomb. I did not
know where they came from,
why they were here, where
they were going. It was taking, as
it were, a leap in the dark. But,
thank God, the blood of Christ has
burst the bonds of death, given
us power in the resurrection, and
the gospel of Jesus Christ has point-
ed out to us the blessings, the glory
and the privileges that we can en-
joy in this world and in the world
to come. Death has lost its gloom
with me, with the Latter-day Saints.
I do not know whether the spirit of
Brother Joseph is watching over us
to-day, seeing this funeral, hearing
us talk upon this subject, or whether
in the eternal world his joy is so
great that he will say in his own
mind to those that are left be-
hind, "bury my body, I have
got something else to do."
I do not know that this is the case,
God has not revealed it to me; but
one thing I can say from the very
depth of my heart, and that is, I
rejoice and thank God that I had
the privilege of becoming acquaint-
ed with such a man as President
Joseph Young and of being associat-
ed with him in the flesh for nearly
50 years. His life is before me and
you, it has been before the heavens
and the earth. A purer man, a
more virtuous man, a more honest
man, according to the light and
knowledge God bestowed upon him,
I do not know that we have in our
midst. "Blessed are the dead that
die in the Lord, yea, saith the Spirit
from henceforth, for they rest from
their labors and their works do fol-
low them." [Revelation 14:13] We have death here
in this world. We attend funerals;
our friends, our fathers, our moth-
ers, our brethren, our sisters,
our children die; we mourn over
them in a measure; we follow them
to the grave; but do you compre-
hend and understand that when we
have such a death as this here, there
is a birth on the other side of the
vail? Don't you think that Sarah,
when she received Isaac, rejoiced at
the birth of her son? [Genesis 21:1-7] Yes, she did,
and so have all the mothers in
Israel who comprehend the value of
offspring. Now, whether there was
any mourning in the spirit world
when Isaac left, I do not know. I
should think not, for those there
would fully comprehend the value
of spirits taking tabernacles on the
earth. But here we have a death,
a funeral. Well, if you could see the
vail lifted up, and behold Uncle Jo-
seph, the old patriarch, who has
lived 84 years in the flesh, and more
than half of his life in the
Church and Kingdom of God,
do you think you would see much
mourning there? No you would
not. Brother Joseph Young is re-
joicing with Brother Joseph Smith
and his brethren the Elders of Israel,
and we certainly should rejoice on
this occasion, when we are paying
our respects to a man that has been
faithful during these great many
years, faithful to his God, faithful
to his family, faithful to his quo-
rum, faithful to the Church and
kingdom of God and to his coven-
ants. Brother Joseph has finished
his work here in the flesh and gone
into the presence of God and the
Lamb, and we have the hope and
consolation that this man will in-
herit eternal life and come forth in
the morning of the first resurrection.
That same tabernacle which Uncle
Joseph has occupied for over 84 years
will come forth again, and he will
be crowned with principalities and
powers, and be made an heir of God
and joint heir with Jesus Christ to
all the blessings that God himself
possesses. Can you mourn? I can-
not. I wish I might live as good a
life and receive as good a glory and
exaltation as I am satisfied Brother
Joseph Young will obtain. He has
lived to a great age. My first ac-
quaintance with him was in 1834, in
Kirtland. I traveled with him in
Zion's Camp a thousand miles, led
by President Joseph Smith; with
Brother Brigham and many others
from whom the Lord afterwards
chose the first quorum of the Twelve
Apostles, of whom Brother Pratt
and myself are the only ones
now alive. I always rejoiced in
the society of Brother Young. He
is from a noble family, and perhaps
it is my duty here to say something
with regard to his father. I made a
remark in some of my public dis-
courses that Father Joseph Smith
was the first Patriarch ordained in
this Church and Kingdom. I
should have been more explicit in
this matter. The father of Joseph
Young and Brigham Young was
the first ordained Patriarch in this
generation, but he was ordained as
Patriarch of his own family, he did
not officiate as the Patriarch of
the Church, as Father Joseph Smith
did up to the day of his death. I
wished to make these remarks be-
cause I consider they are just and
right.

Well, now, what shall I say to you
with regard to Bro. Joseph Young?
You are acquainted with him,
he has been in your midst. He was
ordained the First President of the
Seventies in 1835. He has held that
office from that time up to the day
of his death, and he will hold that
position and the keys of that posi-
tion after death and after the resur-
rection. Not only so, but he will
occupy a place as a king and priest
to the Most High God, ruling and
reigning in the house of Israel
for ever.

I want to say to the sons and
daughters of Brother Joseph Young,
follow your father as he has follow-
ed Christ and you will rejoice in
the eternal worlds with him. He
has been a good father to you, a
good husband, and a good counselor
not only to his family but to the
Church and Kingdom of God. He
has been associated with these seven
Presidents of the first quorum
of Seventies. There are but few of
those living to-day, and are here
remaining who were ordained the
same time that he was. He was or-
dained a Patriarch under the hands
and direction of his brother Brig-
ham in the Endowment House a
few years ago. He has held that
office from that day to this; and his
tabernacle will lie in the tomb but a
very short time until it will
burst the bonds of death and
come forth out of the grave,
and that spirit that to day
is rejoicing in the spirit world will
again return to the same house. I
am glad of that. I rejoice in that
principle that we can again have
our bodies in which we have traveled
on foot, without money and without
reward, for many thousands of miles
to preach the gospel, in which we
have labored in weariness and hun-
her [hunger] and thirst to perform this labor.
Now this is a great conso-
lation to me that this same
house that our spirits dwell in to-
day, we can have in the morning of
the resurrection. This will be the
case with Prest. Joseph Young, who
lies here before us to-day. I was
very much pleased in looking upon
his face, so natural, so pleasant, so
life-like in one sense of the word, it
looks as though he went to sleep and
was happy. His tabernacle shows,
as it were, the happiness of his spirit
when it departed.

Brother Joseph's history has been
of interest to us. He has magnified
his calling, he has been true and
faithful in all his days. Before he
was a member of this Church he
was a Methodist preacher. He
taught the gospel according to the
best light and knowledge he had.
But when he had the Gospel carried
to him by his brother, he embraced
it, and it is said he never laughed in
his life until he embraced our
religion. When he was a Metho-
dist preacher he was always gloomy
and sober, very seldom smiled, but
when he embraced the true gospel
it is said he laughed for six months,
he was so overjoyed to think that
he had found out the truth. Well,
I will promise you he is happy to-
day, and he will see no more sorrow.
I rejoice when I see a man who is
true and faithful to the gospel, to
the Priesthood, to his calling and
covenants before God, I can tell you
the heavens rejoice over him, the
angels rejoice over him, and why
should not we?

I am pleased to have the privilege
of making a few remarks on this oc-
casion. I do not, however, wish to
detain you, as there are others of my
brethren who will speak. But I
thank God that we have the privi-
lege of paying our last respects to
our departed brother. His body will
now be laid away in the tomb, but
by and by it will come forth and be
glorified.

I pray God my Eternal Father
to let his blessing rest upon
us; that his spirit may rest upon
Bro. Lorenzo, and upon the wives,
sons and daughters and friends of
the deceased; that we may all of us
take the admonition—for all these
things are admonitions, to live
faithful like unto our departed
brother for "the night will come
when no man can work." I have a
desire myself to do good. I cannot
remain here long. Many of my
brethren have gone hence—Brigham
Young, Heber C. Kimball,
Orson Hyde, George A. Smith,
P. P. Pratt, and now President Jo-
seph Young. Many of my brethren
who went with that Camp have
gone hence—Brigham Young, He-
ber C. Kimball, Orson Hyde, George
A. Smith, Parley P. Pratt, and
now President Joseph Young.
And there are but few of us left.
How long we shall tarry here,
I do not know, but while I
live I want to do what good I can.
I tell you it is a glorious blessing for
men to receive the Priesthood of
God, and to be called of God to
preach the gospel. The old pro-
phets and patriarchs are watching
over us. They are anxious to see us
perform our work. Brother Joseph
came to me a few weeks since and
talked about his death. He wanted
to finish up his records before he
left. He wished to do what he could
for his dead while he was in the
flesh. Well, I told him I rejoiced
that he was looking after these
things. But now, if he has left any-
thing undone, his brother Lorenzo
or his family will attend to the
matter, as we have all got to do
what we can to save both the living
and the dead.

May God bless us all, and give us
power to finish our work, to be true
and faithful unto death, that we
may gain eternal life, is my prayer,
in the name of Jesus, Amen.

The first speaker was APOSTLE WILFORD WOODRUFF.

"We are again called to assemble here to pay our last respects to one of God's noblemen. We have lying before us the tabernacle of President Joseph Young. It is said that he is dead. I suppose he is as we use the term death. His tabernacle lies here in this casket, but Uncle Joseph is not there! We call him "Uncle" because he has been related to almost all the Holy Priesthood of Israel from the organization of this Church. I ask Brother Lorenzo Young and Bro. Young's wives and his sons and daughters, if they feel to mourn in their hearts to-day? If they do, I do not; if they do, President Joseph Young does not; for it was one of the most glorious moments of his existence, whether in time or in eternity, when he opened his eyes in the spirit world and struck hands with Joseph Smith, with Brigham Young, with his father's house, and with the Elders of Israel with whom he has been associated here on the earth more or less for the last 50 years of his life. If Bro. Joseph ever felt while in the flesh to shout, glory, hallelujah! he did so when this new birth took place. Now these are some of the sentiments of my heart. I cannot mourn when I follow to the grave a man like Joseph Young; I have never been able to do it since I have been a member of the Church, when I havo followed a true, faithful, Latter-day Saint to the grave. Death was a gloomy subject to me before I heard the gospel of Jesus Christ. It was sad to see the bodies of men and women laid away in the tomb. I did not know where they came from, why they were here, where they were going. It was taking, as it were, a leap in the dark. But, thank God, the blood of Christ has burst the bonds of death, given us power in the resurrection, and the gospel of Jesus Christ has pointed out to us the blessings, the glory and the privileges that we can enjoy in this world and in the world to come. Death has lost its gloom with me, with the Latter-day Saints. I do not know whether the spirit of Brother Joseph is watching over us to-day, seeing this funeral, hearing us talk upon this subject, or whether in the eternal world his joy is so great that he will say in his own mind to those that are left behind, "bury my body, I have got something else to do." I do not know that this is the case, God has not revealed it to me; but one thing I can say from the very depth of my heart, and that is, I rejoice and thank God that I had the privilege of becoming acquainted with such a man as President Joseph Young and of being associated with him in the flesh for nearly 50 years. His life is before me and you, it has been before the heavens and the earth. A purer man, a more virtuous man, a more honest man, according to the light and knowledge God bestowed upon him, I do not know that we have in our midst. "Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord, yea, saith the Spirit from henceforth, for they rest from their labors and their works do follow them." We have death here in this world. We attend funerals; our friends, our fathers, our mothers, our brethren, our sisters, our children die; we mourn over them in a measure; we follow them to the grave; but do you comprehend and understand that when we have such a death as this here, there is a birth on the other side of the vail? Don't you think that Sarah, when she received Isaac, rejoiced at the birth of her son? Yes, she did, and so have all the mothers in Israel who comprehend the value of offspring. Now, whether there was any mourning in the spirit world when Isaac left, I do not know. I should think not, for those there would fully comprehend the value of spirits taking tabernacles on the earth. But here we have a death, a funeral. Well, if you could see the vail lifted up, and behold Uncle Joseph, the old patriarch, who has lived 84 years in the flesh, and more than half of his life in the Church and Kingdom of God, do you think you would see much mourning there? No you would not. Brother Joseph Young is rejoicing with Brother Joseph Smith and his brethren the Elders of Israel, and we certainly should rejoice on this occasion, when we are paying our respects to a man that has been faithful during these great many years, faithful to his God, faithful to his family, faithful to his quorum, faithful to the Church and kingdom of God and to his coven-

ants. Brother Joseph has finished his work here in the flesh and gone into the presence of God and the Lamb, and we have the hope and consolation that this man will inherit eternal life and come forth in the morning of the first resurrection. That same tabernacle which Uncle Joseph has occupied for over 84 years will come forth again, and he will be crowned with principalities and powers, and be made an heir of God and joint heir with Jesus Christ to all the blessings that God himself possesses. Can you mourn? I cannot. I wish I might live as good a life and receive as good a glory and exaltation as I am satisfied Brother Joseph Young will obtain. He has lived to a great age. My first acquaintance with him was in 1834, in Kirtland. I traveled with him in Zion's Camp a thousand miles, led by President Joseph Smith; with Brother Brigham and many others from whom the Lord afterwards chose the first quoroum of the Twelve Apostles, of whom Brother Pratt and myself are the only ones now alive. I always rejoiced in the society of Brother Young. He is from a noble family, and perhaps it is my duty here to say something with regard to his father. I made a remark in some of my public discourses that Father Joseph Smith was the first Patriarch ordained in this Church and Kingdom. I should have been more explicit in this matter. The father of Joseph Young and Brigham Young was the first ordained Patriarch in this generation, but he was ordained as Patriarch of his own family, he did not officiate as the Patriarch of the Church, as Father Joseph Smith did up to the day of his death. I wished to make these remarks because I consider they are just and right.

Well, now, what shall I say to you with regard to Bro. Joseph Young? You are acquainted with him, he has been in your midst. He was ordained the First President of the Seventies in 1835. He has held that office from that time up to the day of his death, and he will hold that position and the keys of that position after death and after the resurrection. Not only so, but he will occupy a place as a king and priest to the Most High God, ruling and reigning in the house of Israel forever.

I want to say to the sons and daughters of Brother Joseph Young, follow your father as he has followed Christ and you will rejoice in the eternal worlds with him. He has been a good father to you, a good husband, and a good counselor not only to his family but to the Church and Kingdom of God. He has been associated with these seven Presidents of the first quorum of Seventies. There are but few of those living to-day, and are here remaining who were ordained the same time that he was. He was ordained a Patriarch under the hands and direction of his brother Brigham in the Endowment House a few years go. He has held that office from that day to this; and his tabernacle will lie in the tomb but a very short time until it will burst the bonds of death and come forth out of the grave, and that spirit that to day is rejoicing in the spirit world will again return to the same house. I am glad of that. I rejoice in that principle that we can again have our bodies in which we have traveled on foot, without money and without reward, for many thousands of miles to preach the gospel, in which we have labored in weariness and hunger and thirst to perform this labor. Now this is a great consolation to me that this same house that our spirits dwell in today, we can have in the morning of the resurrection. This will be the case with Prest. Joseph Young, who lies here before us to-day. I was very much pleased in looking upon his face, so natural, so pleasant, so life-like in one sense of the word, it looks as though he went to sleep and was happy. His tabernacle shows, as it were, the happiness of his spirit when it departed.

Brother Joseph's history has been of interest to us. He has magnified his calling, he has been true and faithful in all his days. Before he was a member of this Church he was a Methodist preacher. He taught the gospel according to the best light and knowledge he had. But when he had the Gospel carried to him by his brother, he embraced it, and it is said he never laughed in his life until he embraced our religion. When he was a Methodist preacher he was always gloomy and sober, very seldom smiled, but when he embraced the true gospel

it is said he laughed for six months, he was so overjoyed to think thatend of upside-down text he had found out the truth. Well, I will promise you he is happy today, and he will see no more sorrow. I rejoice when I see a man who is true and faithful to the gospel, to the Priesthood, to his calling and covenants before God, I can tell you the heavens rejoice over him, the angels rejoice over him, and why should not we?

I am pleased to have the privilege of making a few remarks on this occasion. I do not, however, wish to detain you, as there are others of my brethren who will speak. But I thank God that we have the privilege of paying our last respects to our departed brother. His body will now be laid away in the tomb, but by and by it will come forth and be glorified.

I pray God my Eternal Father to let his blessing rest upon us; that his spirit may rest upon Bro. Lorenzo, and upon the wives, sons and daughters and friends of the deceased; that we may all of us take the admonition—for all these things are admonitions, to live faithful like unto our departed brother for "the night will come when no man can work." I have a desire myself to do good. I cannot remain here long. Many of my brethren have gone hence—Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Orson Hyde, George A. Smith, P. P. Pratt, and now President Joseph Young. Many of my brethren who went with that Camp have gone hence—Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Orson Hyde, George A. Smith, Parley P. Pratt, and now President Joseph Young. And there are but few of us left. How long we shall tarry here, I do not know, but while I live I want to do what good I can. I tell you it is a glorious blessing for men to receive the Priesthood of God, and to be called of God to preach the gospel. The old prophets and patriarchs are watching over us. They are anxious to see us perform our work. Brother Joseph came to me a few weeks since and talked about his death. He wanted to finish up his records before he left. He wished to do what he could for his dead while he was in the flesh. Well, I told him I rejoiced that he was looking after these things. But now, if he has left anything undone, his brother Lorenzo or his family will attend to the matter, as we have all got to do what we can to save both the living and the dead.

May God bless us all, and give us power to finish our work, to be true and faithful unto death, that we may gain eternal life, is my prayer, in the name of Jesus, Amen.