The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-13
Rev. R. A. Maynard'S Eulogy of
C0loradO'S Great Man.
LESSONS THAT HE TAUGHT
DEVOTED HIS WHOLE LIFE TO
HUMANITY'S SERVICE.
Bore Aloft the Banner of the Brother
hood of Man-The Dangers That
Threaten and the Hope of the Flu
ture-Heroic Figure In the Cen
tury's Closing Days.

At the Unitarian church yesterday Rev
r. A. Maynard spoke on "Myron w. Reed
The Man and His Message" Mr.. May
nard paid an eloquent tribute to the
worth and nobility of Denver's great
thinker and speaker who recently passed
away. blending with his own euIogy the
praises of others who spoke at Mr.. Reed S
funeral in Denver on Feb. l, including
| Catholics, Jews and Protestants
Mr.. Maynard characterized Mr.. Reed
| as one of the grand, heroic figures of
these closing days of the century Vir-
tue, said Mr.. Maynard. has not yet been
| vanquished, vice is not vet omnipotent
and never shall be; God is still in his
! heaven, that heaven which is TO be found
within these earthly tabernacles, from
Wnlch shine the white souls of many
| true men ana true women. Not now and
! then, but in every community there are
great spirits which move through this
world with unpretentious mien. but who,
when the test comes, are selt-contained
and have and trust enough TO stand
! by duty even unto death" Myron Reed
! was a conspicuous example of this-not
| by reason of his moral Isolation not as
d towering soul. o ertopping all his
! PROSTATE fellows" but conspicuous only
! by reason of the degree of prominence to
which he had attained in life. His was
| but one of many earthly tabernacles
from which shone the white soul of a
true man.
1t is sad when any such pass around
] the bend on the road which men call
death. Humanity is the loser when any
man who, in his earthly life has eX-
! pressed in marked degree, in thought and
IN deed, in heart ana in life, that kind
ness and goodness, that unSelfiShness and
love which is all our old world needs
/ passes on into that which we term the
shadow of death. We need these trne
/ souls as examples and sources of inspir-
alton for our own living. The universe
needs them as interpreters and revealers
! of the meaning of the heart of things.
gether with God for mot God himself
can work mans best, without best men
to help him..
For all these reasons we should mourn
| that Myron Reed has passed from this
| earthly existence He was one of the
| few who preached by both precept and
| example this glorious gospel of human
/ brotherhood and human unity the gos-
! pei OF the solidarity of the human race
| and among them all he was the peer Of
any. 1t was said of him that "he thought
| that the good God made man for some
more effective purpose than TO earn a
/ dollar day, to be born, to suffer and to
die" He did not believe the man who
secured the largest number of dollars
| in this life was the highest type among
1 men. He scorned the attitude that gives
a man no standing unless he is exchange
able in bank notes, and said in a public
address, Il am opposed and Will oppose
until l die that policy that places a mil
lionaire at one end of the line and a
tramp at the other In these days, when
the prevailing standards are largely COM
mercial instead of moral, when so often
men are measured in terms of dollars in
stead of in terms of character. when in
the affairs of life men of wealth are at a
count when the public seems to demand
Sycophancy and time-Serving, instead of
loyalty to conviction and conservation to
principle, the cause of humanity, the
cause of righteousness, the cause of pure
and undehled religion among men can
III afford TO lose from the ranks of their
supporters and man or woman who. sA
all places and under all circumstances,
| has Loyalty, steadfastly and fearlessly
borne aloft that banner whereon was in
scribed truth. righteousness and love
that glorious trinity the hope of human
Uy-the hope of the world. The great
and vital need of our world today is not
only for standard-bearers like Mr. Reed
to uphold and sustain this banner, not
only for churches to stand theoretically
for truth, righteousness and love, but
there is a crying need for churches that
practically so stand, and earnest, Jealous,
consecratea personal loyalty TO these
principles from the individual members.
Service is to be the watchword of the
future-the service of man. the highest
earthly medium through which the divine
life of the universe finds expression. Any
church or any individual claiming TO
stand for the brotherhood of man should
be interested in and lend their support to
whatever cause, in any department of
life, that seeks, through the use of rea-
sonable means. the uplifting of the race;
any cause striving to advance human
interests and satisfy human needs; every
cause that gives promise of bringing to
the world a better and a dlviner man
hood and wOmanhood. And there are such
churches and individuals in the world
today earnest and enthusiastic in the
support of this religion of humanity. the
practical religion that is seeking to lift
men and women into higher freer condi-
tons earnestly laboring for conditions
here instead of employing their efforts
in preparing their fellows for a life in
is their watchword and humanity their
battle cry. Every time and people
throughout history have had their ideal
man-theiT great human eXamplar-and
the ideal man of the twentieth centur--,
the gray streaks of whose dawn are now
visible is this sociological christ-brother
of the poor and needy, the sinner and
the outcast the Christ who said, ''Inas-
much as you have done it unto one of
these my brethren, you have done it unto
me-" Mr.. Reed believed he had found one
of the greatest causes of these existing
unjust conditions in that system. in that
policy. which places millionaire at one
end of the line and tramp at the other
and so he sought to alleviate human Suf-
fering and satisfy human need-to assist
in every way in his power the poor and
the needy, the downtrodder and op-
pressed and his great heart Went out in
sympathy to all these. But more than
this with ali his great powers as
thinker and a speaker, with all the de-
termination and energy of his nature
with the full and complete devotion of his
great soul did he attack and strive to
overthrow that policy which, in his mind,
was the prolific cause of the unjust con-
Looking out over the world of human
activity today viewing the great mass of
struggling suffering. burdened humanity,
can we wonder that a western poet has
recently penned these lines:'
Bowed by the weight of centuries, he
Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground.
The emptiness of ages in his face,
And on his back the burden of the world.
o masters, lords and rulers in all lands.
How will the future reckon with this
How answer his brute question in that
When whirlwinds of rebellion shake the
How viii it be with kingdoms and with
With those who shaped him to the thing
When this dumb terror shall reply to God
After the silence of the centuries?
One of the greatest leaders has been
stricken down in the battle, but the ban
ner is still flying, the bugle is still sound
ing advance, not retreat. Let all who
claim to stand for. the brotherhood of
man rally and resolve That never, while
they have life and power remaining will
they give up the struggle, for broader
and juster human brotherhood.
Clear the way. then: clear the way:
Blind creeds and kings have had their
Break the dead branches from the path:
Our hone is in the aftermath.
TO this event the ages ram
Make way for brotherhood-make way
for man"