Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-03-09

Should he be brave and patient UNI
der personal suffering and aflllctiOn?
our hero, when Affections came from
heaven, submissiyely continued TO
praise God and when he felt the cruel
stings OF mans ingratitude and malice,
he serenely looked toward his heavenly
Fathers face and kept within the COM
fortlng light of a pure conscience
Should q hero crown all his high moral
attributes with great and benenclent
achievements Our hero led thousands
upon thousands 70 the way Of eternal
life, he surrounded religion with cheer
full brightness and taught that it grows
best not In the darkness of terror but
In the constant sunshine Of Gods un-
falling love, he performed the highest
service TO his country in spirit Of alb
solutely pure patriotism His life and
influence were blessed benefactions to
his countrymen far and near, and by no
means the least of all he lid he Great
ed Plymouth church. and kindled there
O light OF Christian faith and hope
whose unwavering and unwaning
warmth and light have, IN every corner
Of our land, dlspeled the chill and
gloom Of doubt and fear.
A MEMORIAL TO HIM
1--WE desire to establish a memorial
to our hero, We know that there is no
need of duplicating a reminder that
Henry Ward Beecher has lived and Is
no longer with us In the body. We
know that neither monument nor mem
orial avals to the dead. and we know
that nothing more than the monument
our hero has himself erected In the
hearts Of mer Is necessary TO his re-
membrance. And yet In loving honor
to his name we would erect a memorial
through which the living will be quick
ened and strengthened IN the emotions
and sentiments so much a part OF his
life and death. We would make our
memorial an agency for The continue
ton Of the mission which he undertook
when he cOnsecrated himself TO the SER
vice Of God and the elevation and i'm.
provement of his fellow men. and by
the love he stlll bore toward God and
man we would invoke his approval of
our work. We seek to build memorial
which shall be a shrine. surrounded
and peryaded by our heros influence
and spirit, inspiring all who worship
there 10 noble deeds We would invite
10 his shrine from near and far those
whose hearts have been touched by his
earnest tones. II happily they might
hear again his words Of love and COM
fort, and we would invite those who
have never known his ministrations 10
come, and standing within the infu-
ence OF that sacred place to feel its
gentle leading to better and more use
full life.
Our hero has himself declared in
what manner his shrine should be ap
preached; When | fall and am buried
In Greenwood, let no man dare to
stand over the turf and say, Here lies
Henry Ward Beecher, for God knows
that | will not lie there. Look up If you
love me, and If you feel that | have
helped you on your way home, stand
with your foot on my turf and look up,
for ] VIII not hear anybody who does
not speak with his mouth toward heav-
en-.
1T would SAVIOR of hardho0d II we
who knew Mr. Beecher and his work
and who now contemplate the building
OF memorial 10 the spirit and inspira-
ton OF his labors, should be content
with a mere idle token Of remembrance.
Assuredly II II is TO typify his lofty
intentions and purposes, and II II is to
memorable his unsparing constant use
fitness and his fidelity in interpreting
to his fellow men the message of God,
our memorial must be a center of work
which shall rebound TO the glory Of
God and the God Of humanity.
PART OF PLYMOUTH CHURCH.
1T Is also entirely manifest that we
can build no memorial shrine TO our
hero which will attract his favor and
the presence Of his spirit without max
ing Plymouth church a part OF IT, No
place on earth is so pervaded by his
spiritual influence, and his love and af-
lection for earthly things has no abid-
ing place more sure than this Ply
mouth church was erected by and for
him. During more than 20 years and
even to the day Of his death. II was an
engrossing subject of his devotion and
the scene Of his anxious. self-sacraiic-
ing labors and joyful triumphs. Living
his name and fame could never be
separated from II, and dead he has
sanctifed 1t.
III our work of building a mem
oral to our hero is prosecuted in the
spirit that characterized his work on
earth, and II we mingle with the love
we have 70, his memory a serious
purpose 20 emulate his love for humani-
~, our hero worship will be inspiring
and elevating. IT. invoking his APP
proval and in his name we extend his
life work we shall not only exemplify
our affection for him. but shall follow
the designs OF God as they were re-
vealed to him. and II at the shrine we
erect humanity shall look up and shall
cast OFF IT'S burden OF sin and selfish
ness and uncharitableness, we shall
know that our hero is there and that
through his lntercessions our efforts
have received n divine blessing"
At the conclusion Of the addresses
a subscription for the Beecher mem
orial fund was started by Mrs. w z.
Wallace with a contribution Of 10000
other contributors were Henry w.
phipps. 1000: Dr. X. w. Raymond,
s.. 500. John Arbuckle. 5000 The total
amount Of the subscriptions was not
announced.
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