The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-21
Services We're Simple, but
Very Impressive-Remarks
By Rev. Simpkin.

bers to testify by their presence their
love and esteem for their deceased
brother.
''Nearer. Ny God, to Thee" was
by chorus of little girls, who had
learned to love and adore the absent
one, as only the pure i'll heart can love
one who was so unselfishly kind and
consderate as was Mr.. Hague to oil the
little friends with whom he became
acquainted. Miss Nora Gleason sang
"Some Sweet Day. and Jesus, My
Refuge
His greatness of heart and unselHah-
ness of purpose in this life were elo-
quentIy set forth in the words of the
Rev. ?, A. Simkin, who spoke as fol-
lows:
DR.. Simpkin 8 Address.
] glad for the custom OF our time that
calls for the utterance OF word OF love
we gather about the sacred dust OF ono whom
We have known and loved. l am address
ing body OF men who. ns class, differ
as widely In their conceptions OF the great
fundamental bolIefs OF Christianity any
class, and yet men who hold In common
great reverence for lifes highest truth, and
great hope and faith for the hereafter.
with all its promise OF tho larger and more
perfect things. / think you nre ready to
say
"Denth is not ceasing to be-
IL ~ but living eternally;
II is not ceas!ng the upward aight,
1t liz not darkness but living light,
Just putting of weakness and putting on
Putting forever off the clod.
Putting forever on Of Cod
AS craft. by lIfc's necessities you are
forever thrust against the hard side OF life,
and facing this experience of death In all
It's forms. you are sometimes called callous-
But when death comes TO one OF your own,
too often nlns, In a loneliness and apartncss
n demonstrate the teDQcr-
ness of your souls. and your apprehension
OF the things that center here as you move
life beautiful to minister to The sacred dust
And. for him. my friend, l would thank you
now for the ministry OF this hour.
death is more than an incident in life II
takes death sometimes to dignity lfe in
eyes. but we yield to 1t tragic impor-
tnnce only on the ground of what II means
to the breaved heart, finding the stross to
be laid the rather on life and lofty service
In even the commonest things that fall TO
us In duty.
Was Known and Loved.
The man who lies before US In earth's last
peace was unknown to thousands of our citi-
zeus, either By face or name. But our pres
ence here Is tribute TO the fact that many
knew him, and loved him because they felt
the benehcent touch OF hopeful life.
He came TO our city years ago and has
served the public faithfully In his calling.
He wos q man OF utter straight-forwaTdness,
Of mental acumen beyond the ordinary
thinker who fought through the great
ligious problems 10 the end OF conviction.
man tender OF heart, fierce hater ot
ehams, lover OF the sincere. broad Ia his
charity sunny in his outlook, holpful In all
his lifo, with deep reverence for the good
womanhood and all the childhood OF the
world. Az hc goes out he leaves the COM
mun!ty poorer. and the earth is the better
FOR his having lived
There is no more unfalling judge OF the
essential goodness OF man than the little
ing face Of little child lifted up to him,
with the love-greeting flashing from Its eye.
He has. unknown 10 all save one or two
OF his close friends in the last few years,
taken TO his heart-broken and limited life
and minlstered OF his substance for It's cloth
Ing and education
Love for Fellow Men.
In common with his co-laborers. he saw at
close range the hypocrisy and uuworth OF
life saw the lust and sin back OF tho front
of seeming rcspectability, saw the unkind-
ness and infdelity OF life, and YET he never
lost either his high Ideal found in the worlds
fellows His character had In Il many noble
things. and while he owned no church mem
bership. and his creed was very brief. his
life was in It's expression reproach TO
and a church membership.
We do not repine that he is gone 10 his
and we grieve that he is lost to earth,
When / called the last time at the hospi-
tai TO see him. IN his weakness he smiled,
and with CHEEKY courage spoke out in his
characteristic way. ''Parson glad to see you,
but you are not going TO have a chance
TO throw any bouquets at yet" II was
not making light of death. II Just the
courage of tho that marked all his
life He suffered in the deep things OF the
heart as few men suffer In the world He
carried deep scars. They were honorable.
but he hid them from the world, and laughed
mon away from the holy ground OF which
they were the abiding tokens And so today
we look away from this which lies in the
last cold Sleep up TO the heights where he
is gone That master soul, the Christ, to
whom he gave reverence. and faith amid
the shadows OF the earth. is now to him
an open vision.
Would Better That He Lived.
We thank God that he lived for the tom
appenl TO him. for his true courage and Gdol-
ity to his best in the tolls of life We are
glad that be has gone from the fret and
burden to his rest and may 1t be our own
lot 10 lie down at last. with the same child
like faith in Him who came to be the worlds
friend and the brother OF evcry soul In tho
age TO be gathered to the wider life beyond
the shadows. where earth's brokennese shall
be nlled out in the perfect home of light
and truth We will not say to him good
night" but In some fairer CLINE bid him
good morning.
McConahay, Jeweler, 54 Main street.
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