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felt that strongly because he showed it in his own life by helping his fellow men. Now, such a religion as I have pictured, Brother Jones felt within him. 'This religion not only recognizes the human personality as divine, hut as eternal. Not only eternal, in the sense of being with God, but as projecting itself into an expanding and progressive future. Such a few interpret the grave not as an end, hut as a beginning of a new life and an eternal experience. Some of us give a long range on our choices here in putting a n eternal value on what we do. It projects those values and fuses into a progressive hereafter. Emerson put it so nicely that I am going to read it. "We must not think of heaven as a stationary rommunity. I think of it as a world of stupendous plans and efforts for its own improvement. I think of it as a society passing through successive stages of developn~ent, virtue, knowledge, power by the energy of its own memher. Celestial genius is always active to explore the great laws of the creation and the everlasting principles of the mind, to disclose the beautiful in the universe and to discover the means by which every soul may be carried forward. In that world, as in this, there are diversities of intellect; and the highest minds find their happiness and progress in elevating the less improved. There the work of education, which began here, goes on without end; and a diviner philisophy than is taught on earth reveals the Sprirt to itself, and awakens it to earnest, joyful effort for its own perfection". Brother Jones, in his last year or two began to sense the failing uselessness that was incident to his old age, and he more or less welcomed his release. He was ready to go. But when we think of his eagerness to serve his fellow-men, I think it would be better to say he was impressed to get to the next phase of his next life. H e has been a blessing to this community, and I pray that he may continue to live among us through these fine sons and daughters of his, and I pray also that those fine qualities which he represented and his generation represent may continue to be preserved in our lives, and I ask it in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

BISHOP: I am confident that I voice the feeling of everyone here when I say that I heartily endorse <very thought said here today. We all know full
well, after all, whatever is said doesn't really matter. We cannot add to Brother Jones's happiness. His life speaks for itself. T h e large representation here today indicates the interest of the community, represented by the Rotary Club and two bank boards, who are here to show their resperts. I could say a lot, too, but the time has expired. T h e family wishes to express appreciation to those here today, especially to those who have

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Title	Lehi Willard Jones: Biography
Creator	Jones, York F., 1925-; Jones, Evelyn K.
Subject	Jones, Lehi Willard, 1854-1947; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History; Mormon Church -- Utah
Description	Life of Lehi Willard Jones, centering in Cedar City, Utah, 1854-1947, and history of much of the development of Southern Utah
Source	Lehi Willard Jones
Date Digital	2008-01
Date Original	1972
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Publisher	Woodruff Printing Company
Language	eng
Genre	Biography
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Description	felt that strongly because he showed it in his own life by helping his fellow men. Now, such a religion as I have pictured, Brother Jones felt within him. 'This religion not only recognizes the human personality as divine, hut as eternal. Not only eternal, in the sense of being with God, but as projecting itself into an expanding and progressive future. Such a few interpret the grave not as an end, hut as a beginning of a new life and an eternal experience. Some of us give a long range on our choices here in putting a n eternal value on what we do. It projects those values and fuses into a progressive hereafter. Emerson put it so nicely that I am going to read it. "We must not think of heaven as a stationary rommunity. I think of it as a world of stupendous plans and efforts for its own improvement. I think of it as a society passing through successive stages of developn~ent, virtue, knowledge, power by the energy of its own memher. Celestial genius is always active to explore the great laws of the creation and the everlasting principles of the mind, to disclose the beautiful in the universe and to discover the means by which every soul may be carried forward. In that world, as in this, there are diversities of intellect; and the highest minds find their happiness and progress in elevating the less improved. There the work of education, which began here, goes on without end; and a diviner philisophy than is taught on earth reveals the Sprirt to itself, and awakens it to earnest, joyful effort for its own perfection". Brother Jones, in his last year or two began to sense the failing uselessness that was incident to his old age, and he more or less welcomed his release. He was ready to go. But when we think of his eagerness to serve his fellow-men, I think it would be better to say he was impressed to get to the next phase of his next life. H e has been a blessing to this community, and I pray that he may continue to live among us through these fine sons and daughters of his, and I pray also that those fine qualities which he represented and his generation represent may continue to be preserved in our lives, and I ask it in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. BISHOP: I am confident that I voice the feeling of everyone here when I say that I heartily endorse <very thought said here today. We all know full well, after all, whatever is said doesn't really matter. We cannot add to Brother Jones's happiness. His life speaks for itself. T h e large representation here today indicates the interest of the community, represented by the Rotary Club and two bank boards, who are here to show their resperts. I could say a lot, too, but the time has expired. T h e family wishes to express appreciation to those here today, especially to those who have 244
Digitization Specs	JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner.
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