The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-09-28


life of our beloved departed P. She
dent, is that not OILY is it moi i1a 5tSl-
patible with success, but II iis = ~
sureSt means Of success To O.. Iae
crate heart and life to that wins GoiSe-
true and right, and rise ahoT,oo L Is
questions of mere policy. wod3. a1
the soul of truth and right and ming lag
God Of truth and righteonsn,,a.ee. sle
holy wedloek never to be djssoIiSSl e
feel Just at this point tIat e.
need this lesson in this great ~ ee
drouS land of ours, this miGbtvoVa-
tion,ln its marvellous upward rsrd ns
with its ever increasing ne,
opening its arms to receive From TO'eI,
lands, people of all languages d;
religions and all conditions a.
hoping in the warm embrace If ana
itical brotherhood to blend ~ o,-
with US, to weld them into one , -.
mon mass, so that when melted ~
run over again it becomes IiEo az az
COrinthian brass, and in one tie 'ag
manhood thus incorporating al ~ "
nations Of earth in one grand ~ tI5
IerhOOd, presenting before the natl
of the world spectacle of fraa ,io-lS
and strength and prosperity E on5
power beyond anything the wo %.g
has ever known. But let mo S SoH
the permanency of the work and =; =,
continual enlargement must dansa5S
on our maintenance of yirfTFo' - ~
well as intelligence. and mails ~
dominant in all lands those nrinn!s
pies Of pure morality that JesT.
Christ has taught US. Just a. MO
cling TO that we are safe. and inst ~
We forget and depart from that stS v -
proceed toward disaster and rniD'
and this now, when We see Wbatbos
been accomplished in a MIGHTY Tfo
like this, is an instance of t5o
power Of truth and rigbt Irb:n to
spreads from heart to fasrt - an5
from life to life and from ON
state to state, and finally from Ea-
ton TO nation, until these pure prir.
ciples are reigning, everywhere Coo
shall realize his great purDOse so
long ago expressed to us i'm the
words OF prophecy that the king
doms of this world are become the
kingdom Of our God, and of biS
Christ, so that then over the dead
body of James a. Garfield NAV all
the people join hands, and swear
by the eternal God that they will
dismiss all unworthy purposes and
love and worship only the true and
the right, and in the inspiration Of
the grand principles that Jesus
Christ has taught, seeking to realize
the grand ends of the high ciyiliza-
ton to which his words of truth
and right continually point uS.TheT9
is q voice to the church in this
death that l cannot choose to speak
of particularly. THERE'S tenderer
and more awful voice that speaks TO
members Of the family, that sacred
circle within which really his true
life and character were better de-
velOped and more perfectly known
than any where else. What words
can tell the weight of anguish that
rests upon the hearts of those who
so devinely loved him and
shared with him the sweet
sanctity Of his home, the pure life
the gentlenesS, the kindness and
manlinesS that perYaded ali his &C
lions, and made his home a charming
one for its inmates, and for all tina.
shared in its Inequalities. It IS Of
all things the saddest and mos
grevious love, that those bound tC
him by the tendereSt ties in the
home circle are called to yield hin
to the grave; to hear that voice OF
love no more; behold that manly
form no longer moving in the sacred
circle of home; to receive no more
the benefit of the loving hand Of the
father rested upon the heads ofhI
children, and commanding the bles
sings of God upon them. The deG
cid mother, who realizes here to
day that her four score years ar
after all but labor and sorrow
whom we owe back Of all. ha
spoken of the education and trainio
that made him what he was, az
who has been led from that humid
home in wilderness, side by sis
with him, in all his elevation
assured him the triumph and glal
that came to him step by step be
mounted up from higher TO hisl'L,
to receive the highest honor thai
the land could bestoW uIo1
him; left behind him, lingerr9
on the shore when he paS3
over TO the other side? What WOTI
can express the sympathy duep
her, or what consolation ca
strengthen her, and give her cOI-
age to bear this bitter bereaYeme1i:
And the wife who began with hn
in young WomanhOOd has braysy
kept step with him right along
through all his wOndrouS career, ana
has been not only his wife but hss
friend and his counselor thrOughal
their succession of properties TON
creased influence and power, ana
who. when the day of Calamity
came. was there his ministeringal-
col. his prophecies and his priestes
when circumstances were such &D
forbid ministratiOns from oths..
hands, speaking to him the words q
cheer which sustained him thro1sl
that long, fearful struggle for I-s
and watching over him when -
dying vision rested upon her UT
loved form, and sought from NJ N
eyes an assuring gaze that SnoagE
speak when words could not sPS1I-
a love that has never died and l.S