The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-05-31

fore, that all men are indeed equal before
their creator. And when we lay our
bodies down to sleep, in these
narrow chambers, in these silent halls
OF death, then too is it seen
that all men are equal. For death, like
love, 'levels all ranks, and lays the shep
nerds crook beside the sceptre."
! ana what is death! To the Christian
merely the dissolution, the temporary 6i
Vorcement, of the spiritual part of man
from the temporal; the return of the ele-
inents composing him to their separate
regions. Then shall the dust return tc
earth as it was, and the spirit unto God
VINO gave it." Our lives are even as the
ram drops sprinkled upon the hills; a,
aeath they but evaporate to the clouds
from which they fell, or trickle back to the
ocean whence they came Let those who
Will be satisfied with the tinkling poetry OF
the lnhdels' philosophy, that Life is a
narrow vale between the barren peaks OF
two eterDities." But ascend to these
mountain tops and tell me what you see.
one valley! No. many valleys-east,
west, north, south-valleys in all directions.
This is rather the true symbol of life, and
tney VINO ascend to the spirits lofty
helghts will see not merely one
lie, but many, stretching away be-
hind and before them. This life
is but link of the chain; death but an in
| cldent IN our eternal career; the gloomy
grave but milestone on our endless Jour
ney. We may honor the sincerity of the
lnhdel, but we cannot, from the standpoint
OF Christ, agree with sincerity in it's
errors
Most men, 1 believe have a yearning
after Immortality, and that yearning I
accept as prophecy of its realization
Every righteous desire of the heart will
sooner or later be gratifed; it is only the
nnQlroc y, he
Gated like weeds from a garden. Most men
desire to live again, to rise like the sun
after its setting-all the more glorious after
the night of darkness which has inter-
Vened. Some men who are called infidels
have such desires There was poet once
who was thought to be an intidel because
ne did not believe in God as other men be-
lleVed. Yetv len that poet was drowned
and his poor lead body was taken from the
lake there was found upon him a copy of
the Holy Scriptures, the word of God,
winch ne loved to pore over and ponder
upon. He left on record these beautiful
lines:
The one remains, the m any change and pass,
heaven light forever shines, earth's shadows
fly;
Life, like dome of many colored glass,
STAINS the white radiance of eternity,
I'LL death tramples ii to fragments.
And there the poet leaves it, like shat
tered vase. But God, who gave the poet
life, that Creator who is greater than his
creature, takes up the work where the poet
leaves on; He gathers up the shining frag-
ments OF that shattered vase, and remoulds
them into vessel of honor, thousand
times more beautiful. and taking the lovely
mowers which once adorned (which was
no destroyed at death, but simply trans
planted from lower to higher garden
He replaces it, the self-same flower in the
SELF same vase, now immortal and imper-
lshable, to shed forth its fragrance and
bloom In beauty forever. This, my friends,
is lie; this is death; and this the resurrec-
tionn
REV. THRALL's REMARKS.
The Rev. j. B. Thrall, of the Conprega-
tlonal church, then addressed the assem-
ply, He said, in brief: Fellow citizens
In the midst of this breeze do not desire
to detain you long. Let me first direct your
thoughts to that special epoch, the civil
war. 1t is now thirty years since that event
LOOK place Which we celebrate. All men
are not heroes because they died. We will
all die. They are heroes who have faith in
COO. That which makes him a hero is that
ne mas the comprehension to understand
Gods purposes. Tolive and die for others
as well as for himself. About thirty years
ago small army representing one section
OF our common country, their hearts if not
their feet keeping time to Gods desire,
marched away to battle for their coun-
rry's rights. What was there to make
such an epoch glorious, lurid and red
with blood as it was, to lift it above
common murder and give it place in the
councils OF God! 1t is true that some of
the chief actors in that great drama be-
came vindictive, and hated their brethren,
Wnen IN drawing their swords in defense of
God's purposes they should still have loved
their opponents. 1t was 20 give to us this
grand country and government, which is
as the great Lincoln said, For the people,
by the people and Of the people, It gave
TO US declaration which founded there pub
tic anew. The direct cause which led to
the great rebellion was the trampling upon
the principles of the constitution by Ger
tain men. Then slavery obtained strong
footing upon American soil, directly con
Grary to Tree government. God decreed it
and the stain had to be wiped out with a
flood of red blood. The speaker then gave
a history OF the rise of the war, taking
each step as 1t came up and explaining the
necessity for bloodshed. The results OF
that four years. battle are we'll known to
all readers OF American history. When
with cannon and troops, amid the scream
OF shells and the whistle of bullets the
North said to the South, NO terms but an
immediate and unconditional surrender,
they were simply carrying out one of Gods
most holy DEGREES. We do not hold reunion
services for the dead, they do not need
them; 1t is for the purpose of reminding
the living OF the debt they owe
to those glorious aud immortal
heroes. Mason and Dixons line is,
thank God, ploughed from end to end with
the implements of war, and in that line the
two sections are cemented together with
blood forever. May God give us strength
to do right and keep free from stain that
glorious emblem, the stars and stripes.
And praise Him that not one star has been
plucked from its constellation and that
grand blue emblem of earth and heaven.
floats Ger Us forever, amen.n
The next number on the programme was
singing by the club. They gave ''When the
Swallows Homeward Fly' in excellent
style.
After benediction by President Angus
M. Cannon, the people dispersed and scat
tered among the tombs and vaults to deco
rate with flowers the silent homes of the
loved dead. Everyone had baskets and
Of blossoms, and when they were
laid upon the earth and twined around the
the vast city of the dead pre-
sented gala day appearance. All day
long the steady stream of visitors in car
rlages and on foot saw no dlminution.
The drives and walks among the lots had
been we'll sprinkled and rolled, ana the
cemetery was in splendid condition; no
evidence OF neglect or carelessness.
NEW YORK, hay 80 1891.
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