Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-27


OF these men In whose memory this
service Is held this afternoon, With the
Hon. Seth TAFT, one OF your body,
have had llttlc opportunity Of making
close acquaintance and possess only Il
faint impression Of his splendid per-
sonalty a personality devoted 10 the
highest Ideals uf he commonwealth a
personality rugged and strong as the
hills Of our beautiful state, a PERSONAL
lily devoted TO men and Gud In sincere
service a genera Impression, which In
the few times | have met him have been
left unon my heart.
Rather today. as ] enter into this
service and am permitted for the gem
tlemeu Of the senate 10 express a word
Of coincidence and love that which |
speak viii be Interpreted through the
deep love for him who faced you from
day 10 day and who was just as faith
full at the reporters table az the Hon,
Seth Taft at the legislative desk. He
labored for the advancement OF all
those interests which are dear TO us rs
citizens OF this state and In his heart
was shrincd that patriotism, that high
Americanlsm which seems to have been
the GROWING glory in the life of him
who tolled with you.
Singular. but true. II is, gentlemen OF
the house and senate, that this son OF
the southland. within whose heart there
seemed to be enthrone1 the abiding
sweetness and courtesy of the south.
for whom the ideals and conceptions OF
southern life We're supreme, whose OUT
look upon the one national life MAS so
different from yours, was just as EARN
est and devoted and loyal son Of Utah
ms this splendid man who born within
this city, has given al his life and all
his manhood to uplifting the banner OF
the states life and whatever may have
been the difference in these two men,
horn so far apart reared under cir
cumstances so different with ideals so
separated from each other, they were
al base. sons of Utah, for whom today
we may fitly drop tear and speak a
word of love. Within the heart Of each
there burned the passionate desire to be
of use in their different walks of life,
that they might advance all the inter-
ests that are dear 10 us as citizens OF
tho state.
am gl1d FOR only one thing in the
sadness OF this hour ! might say.
rather, two things for there are so few
things for which we may be glad in the
presence Of the dead. But ! am glad
for the two frctted hearts that have
finished with lifes burdens, and | am
glad that when we come 20 drOp d tear
for the memory of these men that there
is the voice of the living fiod speaking
through death to us of lies work and
LIES duties and responsibilities
II is wen for us that amid ti-a calls
OF state to which you arc giving your
lives, amid the petty things of the days
that are bubbling about as, there may
be sounded again the measure of that
ruth God has been speaking TO the
hearts of men through all ages The
recollection that death whose shadow is
here today. is not only the warder OF
tn ,I,I ,f,l,
heritage of those who have toiled in
the past, but is likewise the warder OF
LIES other side. who ushers us sooner
or later in the presence of Him with
whom we have to do and to whom is
all OF LIES responsibility. should i'm
press our hearts with the lesson of the
hour.
Death waits for all, to set the bounds
OF ambition. whether 1t be for the dull
lard who is satisfied 10 live rs the beast,
hnding his satisfaction i'm the base
thlngs OF time, or for him whose soul is
touched with the fire Olympian who.
walking in the halls of history and find
ing there only the broken memories OF
those whose life has made the glory OF
the past. is fired with the thought that
mas burned passion Of the man OF
me ages 10 leave behind him some en-
during monument, In the moment when
before his vision his dream takes its
form it dirns ana dies out. in "a sorrow
Ing mist of tears. There comes to every
man the consciousness OF deaths mas
tory.
We are not here today TO glorify
death. We are here erievins over the
Two friends who have gone out so sud-
denly, so quickly from NE, We are her.
to speak tenderly I'm thcy memory. b.
we are here n" less. gcgtcmcn OF n
mousse and senate, 10 take to our nv I.
hearts this truth that there Is watiu.
for us the same power that touched
them; whether Il be- suddenly OF
whether II he slowly. and you are here
today TO be purified and stcadied by
the thought, and 90 know that when
YOU bring your sympathy TO the homes
and hearts that haze been SO sorely
bereft and when you have made yoilr
expressions Of love TO these men whose
memory we have assembled to honor
and for whose removal You erlove
you viii go from this place whore we
are gathered TO enter into the life Of the
market place and the home. the street
and tho forest. 40 that you VIII bless
all you touch because of this hour and
your awakened conviction that God has