The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-21


weeks ago There was a profusion of
flowers about the pulpit, including
large setting representing the Gates
Ajar'' and in the background was
black drapery upon which was printed
in white letters Frederick o. Holman
In Memoriam" The services were very
impressive and included the singing of
several of Dr. Holman's favorite hymns.
The church was filled and a number
of persons from other congregations
were present. The pastor, Rev. f. c.
Lockwood, delivered an appropriate
sermon in which ne spoke most feeling
iy of the life and character and works
of the late pastor. The Rev. Clarence
T. Brown. of the First Congregational
church, also delivered a memorial ad-
dress.
MR.. LOCKWOOD'S SERMON.
Mr.. Lockwood took for his text the
seventh and eighth verses of the fourth
chapter of II Timothy have
fought a good fight, / have fnisned
my course / have kept the faith:
"Henceforth there is laid up for me
a crown of righteousness, which the
Lord, the righteous judge, shall give
meat that day."
He spoke as follows:
Doctor Holman is dead: "iife's fitful
dream being over he sleeps well" His
life has not gone out in darkness; il has
only set TO rise again upon brighter
sea We his friends and brothers. who
knew and loved him for brief time.
are gathered here to acknowledge his
worth: and to wreath for him a simple
garland of praise
l am not a Dantheist, but l believe
toll n &c a
human heart; and that he reveals him
self through pious and gifted men, l
believe that in its essential nature the
human personality is a spark struck
out from the divine. Sometimes, in the
erring and besotted, this spark is al
most wholly extinguished, so that We
can only pity and deplore; but on the
other hand it sometimes bursts forth
in consuming and extinguishable glory,
so that we can but honor and reverence
the human because it DartakeS so
largely Of the divine. If ii is permitted
us TO look through nature up to ma
lures God" much more is il granted
us to look up to that ineffable being as
we gaze into the face of one OF MS
purified sons upon whom he has set his
own image. The light that flashes from
the eve the smile that Wreathed the
lius and the words of eloquence that
tipped with fire the tongue of our de-
parted friend and teacher were from
above: it was God speaking through
him that made him poVerfu., persua-
sive and lovable.
1t would be interesting and would
minister somewhat TO our curiosity TO
enter into the details of Doctor Hol-
mans life and ancestry; but l do not
particularly regret that this is lmpoS-
-sible at this time. From the first. in
my long heart TO heart talks with him,
RI TrSp his ST1Irltnal
ancestry and mental afhnities than to
enter into the particulars of his earthly
life: and he, on his part, dWeit most
freely upon these themes. 1t is the key
TO his intellectual and spiritual worth
that we seek this morning, and think
that he would prefer that IL should oe
so. In what sense is he worthy of the
love and honor that we lavish upon
him? Where did his power lie; and in
what respect was he most eminent?
1t pleased God 10 perfect Doctor Hol-
man through suffering. He graduated
from the school of affection. His life
web was FLASHED with blood and Sashed
with many cruel cut. Like his Divine
master he had trodden the wine-press
alone and had quaffed to its dregs the
bitter cup of sorrow. 1t is one OF the
strange and inexplicable DEGREES of GOD
that true greatness and eminent use
fulness are vouchsafed to those alone
who tread the path of suffering. But
II is profoundly true that such is the
case. Neither poet nor preacher may
ever hope to evoke responsive strains
from the heart-strings of another heart
unless his own has throbbed with JOY
or bled with pain in sympathy with the
life that he desires to touch. Let no
man think that he shall be able TO dis
pel the shadows that settle upon the
soul of his brother unless he himself
,f q eli ct
man indulge in the hope that he can
brighten away the vultures of doubt
and anguish and fear that prey upon
the vitals of his associates unless in
his own life he has Joined issue with
these deadly foes and has come OF
victorious. Strength is born OF weak
ness; he who ministers must first have
suffered: sorrow alone can fit US for
true sympathy.
No one could be in Doctor Holman'S
presence many hours without discover
ing that. however blithe and cheerful
his spirit he had been a great sufferer
From the beginning of his career he
had fought desperate battle against
sickness and disease, in which he was
steadily Worsted, though never con-
ouered nor dismayed. His health al
WAYS stood in the way of his plans, and
his splendid prospects of eminent use
fulness. Time and again he was COM
pelled to yield the D2ttle ana 10 lay
aside temporarily tasks in which he
had engaged with ell the energy of his
ardent nature. He knew that God had
endowed him with talents of an extra
ordinary character. and he longed TO
use them for the blessing of mankind
and for the honor and glory of God.
Perhaps no more bitter calamity could
have befallen him than that which
sealed his lips. and stilled his voice;
for above ali things he delighted in
preaching.
think, however, heavy as they were.
that. as with all great souls, il was not
his own griefs that affected him most
nrofoundly. but the sin and suffering
IN, which ne saw so many of his fellow
beings weltering in abject despair.
His heart was so large and his sympa-
thies so keen that the perennial and
inscrutable problems of sin and suffer-
ing affected him deeply. 1t was out of
his own sorrow and the widespread
ruin that he saw about him that was
born the exquisite tenderness that was
so distinctive of his ministry. But he
was no pessimist. Here lay one OF the
supreme elements of his strength. /
Hunted and haunted throughout his
life by disease. as he had been, con- /
scious as he was of the pain and ter
ror and dread of life, keenly aware as
he could but be of the frightful wreck I
and chaos of this life, he never doubted /
that God is good and that the future
would make all things right. The 1
marvellous and Astounding love of God 4
was his antidote for all ills; and it was
this benignant message, ever flowing
fresh and clear from his suffering lips, (
that made a deep and lasting i'm