The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-11
IENOPY OF THE DEAD
y. s,tmss BY Rev. Dr.. AYES at the
Eo. c. Memorial Services.
/ ne,tR AND the BROADER DUTY
4 ...on social interest Above
Material and beyond the
Temporar 7. Needed

~ EhrtJtNdi liaN-s
Y Mr. for the selomen duty OF common
An the righteous dead.
!. Ming YOU are following the lead
~ Z. sls,,s instinct which has moved the
.,s. g ali lands and In all ages. whose
II. .sss, been recorded in annals OF his
M M w,,,essed to BY the silent speech
t,rents and mausoleums. The totem
b anska and the Pantheon OF Rome
., 81 products OF the same ptaus IN
~ mUre than that, YOU are cpeying not
" ~ sacred precept Of Gods Word in
n rsysmnts, but you are following the
... habit Of the Christian church from
sriiest centuries. s .
~ dectanislve precept Of the Pstllmist:
y. tishteous shall live in everlasting res
-S,.uce- finds responsive echo and re-
..',ta,o in the apostolic Injunction: IRE
1.nber them which spalSe ainto YOU the
~ a GJi, and considering Tho manner
tt]r life. initiate their faath." And we
not surprised therefore to find incor-
>nted In the earliest of Christian creeds
drj4ratge belief sin the communion of
tnh,n nor ito find In the primitive GUS
- d the Christian church The expression
hat bsaief in an annual commemorative
10 faithful dead.
Ipd there is enshrined in this hallowed
aston a sentiment. dear friends, which is
dhinely comforting as It lis divinely
auiiul. II is not only the idea that tho
ifhteuus dead should not be forgotten by
W; this also, that they are not forgetful
~ 1t Is n faithful custom which re-
lid, us that death has not DESTROYED in
VA that which was of the very essence
her life and chanacter-thsir human
aettons; TINT the grave has not effaced
Eslnory OF home or blotted out the
Ns Of friends; that that Which made them
AE shey we're, and by which they We're
lexu and loved by YOU, and wIthout which
Ny cfuli not continue TO be what they
e--tnelr love. taeir, interest, their SYM
llay--survives and continues. and re-
cnds 10 your memory. your interest, your
nKation, your loye-the incorruptible in
Et4ng incorrunti0n. And that living re-
toSh p between the living and the dead
sstween this life here and the life t,here-
" community of interest, THAT COM
mnn Of saints" that responsiveness and
Mcnange OF the best affections OF heart
y soui.-that Vt is which binds past to
0eut and generation to generation In
fc0nlortiDg and inspiring communion
fcgressNe life and sympathy.
Ano tnere rs IN a memorial such as this
sHsneN,al beauty that appeals with pe-
" attnactiyeness to the noblest instincts
" soul Tor 1t Is the embodied express
u tAe spirit OF reverence--filial rev.
ske.tne reverence which in olden times
mlea by that sweet but much abused
", pety the honor.ng OF God through
nDnonng OF the parent, the worshipina
" ay reverencing the parent. And here
~ nosy temple 1t is the Acknowledged.
before God of the debt and dirty ~
NFerence which we owe.
AE y tnlt all. By gathering together
one nour as united sisterhood of
l't1s TOT corporate commemoration
ssss1nues of the Departed, YOU are ex-
a@ mis- other vafued truth also. that
m'efst is a community Interest. that
paieat or sister of each is the parent
Asx1 o. al; THAT the daughter of each Is |
Iusnier OF all; that the personal griefs |
.ae personal glory OF each is merged |
oae common cup Of sorrow. md one |
10y pecucathment of honor. And O. |
A.suus, my sisters, that means so much. !,
sltahs the very soul of truest social
~ as religious democracy. While II
ny destroy the just pride of family
n Wy sell esteem that comes of pa
a NerVh and ancestral virtue (and
mi. 7 80 often the preserving salt and
$3.50 70 many a family that would
1919 mo the commonplace and even
., ~ vulgar without iU, while it does
.s'.s VI ulnlnish that personal sense [
f,.l inheritance OF whatever OF Illus
49,, lt OF noble worth the forebears
y may have possessed, while 1t
70 mat, 1t does recognize the
n. sMnis OF popular need and the
Il, Sesnands OF commonwealth for a
and honor.
r .ssYs.lzes the value OF that popular
~. Muich the foremost nations OF the
a.. nv Is most careful to cherish and
IA ~. tne HE that has offered itself
49,; ssas vi popular interest. that the
49, nis Dean devoted to common
1k,css :. henceforth the communal
- q VI honor to the people. 4.
Wy expression of that sentiment.
H@ds twhether 1t he embodied in
selues and monuments and ma,,so-
Az, made through a simple service
lc,al such as this), the expires ion
alnolic sentiment, is to our social
4. ny State-what the Holy Eucharist
.uurcn as sign and symbol of The |
interest. A' 1's'
nv ~. sentlmsnt could be more en-
Lat could appeal more strongly =
f nst social INSTINCTS off our cnm Y
anisyg ''A's W wv '9'n !
saas sentiment alone whs.her y
~ s, tt!s, thar raises The oaitlcok :
olsgrs. awe the old lines OF strife,
IN v, hedges of provincial preju- &
11rs DIVIDING walls cf political | 9
fSsSr ~ taat II may see and admire I
II "a -, ~ Virtue and worth that lie $
H. SCALE the inspiration which h
- s ~ reverential sentiment that r
~ - EnSland plants AN English v
4 ~ eve OF Washington--onee the v
suM sountry, Yes. but child OF n
fiSh,s,,,,ace. and in the homer of a
n saarc 'ne Enk'sh hsuoh
\ same that inspires thu English a
Ssi q unite with Americans in =
4 IA rssunation of the hard fought i,
~ e en- hre--proud OF the glory :
M rss,se Of those old revolution
~ Ans,n upon ill>em as sens of
!, ssso Saxon family. =
Ee.lcn same sentiment that this ),
(ed H usims tine honor which Is n
\ LIZ anu rsrpstuated in the !,
eonnss ~ jackson and their IL !,
~ th,t J, rrs' II is by this same :
- "a veterans of the South =
mo,,s emulating each other =
~ IN. am proud Acknowledge
~ - ~ yalor and intrepidity l,
~ se q honor. - IA
assrvr s.epiest sentiment OF this a