The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-19
BURIAL OF n. W. M'CHRYSTAL
IMPRESSIVE SERVICES HELD AT
ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL.
Conducted By Father D. Kiely-A
Warm Tribute to the Worth of
the Deceased-The Interment at
Mt Olivet

The funeral of Noah w. McChrystal oc-
CURED yesterday at 12:45 p. m. from his
mothers residence. SIS East First South,
and proceeded to St. Marys cathedral,
where the services We're held. Upon en-
tering the cathedral the organist, Miss
Nora Gleason, played Weber's march, af-
ter which Miss Bessie Kinsella sang Sta
bat Mater
The solemn services of the Catholic
church were conducted by Rev. d. Kiely,
and at the conclusion of the services ne
spoke as follows:
The days of man are short'-Job. xiv,
5. BY a decree Of God ali must die. 1t Is
appointed for all men once to die.
BY experience we have learned that the
decree of death may, at any moment,
take pace. Between me and death there
is but one step.
The innocent babe is sometimes snatch
ed from its loving mothers embrace;
again the child of tender years, like the
flower that blooms in the morning and
willis away with the setting sun. suddenly
and unexpectedly yield TO its call
Youth and manhood, so full OF Vlgor
and bright hopes, become its victim old
age shudders at the thought OF II, ana
breads its noiseless approach. But
whether il crosses our pathway in child
hood or waits till old age has left its
footprints deeply impressed upon US, the
words of holy Job are equally true and
apply 10 all ages. The days of man are
short The beauty of human life must
forcibly strike US all today.
\ young man ascending the path of life,
long before he reaches the summit or
turning point, has crossed the portals of
death. A year ago, six months; yes. one
month ago. who would suppose that the
call of death was but little while Oft
from the deceased?
have known Noah W. McChrystal from
his childhood. As q schoolboy he was do
Gle, tractable. ana possessed more than
ordinary intelligence. He grew up TO man
hood the pride and hope of his parents
hearts. Less than five years ago l. as a
priest of the church, listened to his prom
ise of love and fidelity to the young wife
of his choice. and that nothing but death
could ever break the union. That VOW had
been sacredly kept. l am sure, and only
death could sever that golden link of love
and affection now broken. great void
is made in loving hearts. The young wife
and innocent babe have the first call on
our coincidence. Words of sympathy. how
ever ardent they may be, are but poor
consolation in their bereavement, their
great and irreparable loss. Religion alone
can soOthe the soul of the mourners. 1t
speaks as did tine Savior of the afflicted
mother, bowed down with grief at the loss
of her only child: He is not deao. cut
sleepeth. Yes. my brethren. religion
comes to our relief when all is dark and
gloomy, and when human sympathy can
not help US. 1t tells the Christian soul
that death is not death. but the com
mencement of that immortal life. destined
by God for all of US, and that when we
cross its portals in the friendship of God,
we enter upon a life of infinite happiness,
OF which neither the eye had seen any
ming that would with it compare.
Nor has the ear heard anything like
into it. So st. Paul wrote TO the Chris
tians of his day. to encourage them in a
life of virtue and perseverance
NAY we not hope today for the deceased
that he is happy? May we not say to the
wife and child today, Your husband and
father is not dead. but sleepeth?" You
in his love. and when a reunion takes
place. there shall be no more sorrow. and
your tears shall be wiped away forever.
The mother has the next claim on our
sympathy. All know Il mothers love; TO
ii Jesus compares his love for suffering
humanity.
Gould a mother forget the child of her
womb" Twice in two years has the
mother. blessed with large family, been
bowed down by providence with sorrow
and affection. The partner of her life
and honorable deeds, was called to his
rest less than two years ago. Today the
child whom she loved, and with whose
heart hers was intimately and / might
add, inseparably connected. will be laid to
rest, side by side. with the father who
pressed him to his heart in the days of
his infancy.
How are we to console the widowed
mother? Only by recalling the words of
holy Job. The days of man are short"
and when those days are ended your hope
You, his brothers and sisters,
young in years, are yet ascending the |
rugged pathway of life For aught we
know. you may have crossed the summit.
and are descending, the portal of death !
may soon be crossed. What are your
hopes when that is reached?
To see the faces you loved in life and |
mourn in death. Steady your steps, then, /
my dear young friends, steer straight for !
the port of a happy death. Make your l
lives worthy of God. so that a family re- J
union may be hoped for in heaven. Listen I
10 that voice so familiar to you for more /
than quarter of a century. addressing |
you from his silent casket. in forcible |
row for you II tells you in the words /
Of the old pagan philosopher. Seneca. 1T /
matters not so much how long. as how l
well. one lives" To all friends of Noah /
| would say. show your real /
love for him and sympathy for the nollr- 1
re2ose of his soul. so that If he has not /
yet entered his reward. he may be soon
worthy of II. for 1T is a holy and whole /
some thought TO pray for the dead. that /
they may be loosed from their sins
At the conclusion of the services Miss
Kinsella sang Lead Kinly On" The re-
mains were viewed by his many friends
and then borne TO the hearse by Michael
Hector Frazer. August let
reault. s. J. CARPENTER r Christianson
o. H. Bossert. who acted as pail bearers
The funeral cortege of so carriages wend-
I'd its way to Mt. Olivet cemetery, where
he remains were inferred in the family
plat. alongside that of his father
Deceased was born May 2. 1869 at
Franklin. Houghton county, Mich. and
zane to Eureka, Utah. Dec TO- 1877.
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piles, B. w. Pursell of Knitnersvillc,
Pa, was cured by using a single box
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