The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-24
The Bitter Sweet.

Thank God for even the bitter-sweet.
How sad to die unwept and unloved. How
terrible to leave a~feeling of relief at
ones departure from the earth and its
loves and happiness. How appalling not
TO be mOurned and not to have the heart
crying under 1.-THE sting of separation
But we gather here today in the light
of christian hope. Not saying this is the
end, not holding memory of that which
has passed forever but rather lifting our
faces in the great hope that christianity
has set in the heart of the race. Back
of the cloud sun. Back of the snOw-cap-
ped peaks of bitterness, the happy val
leys of hearts desire Back of deaths
gray, life'S gold. Beyond the shadows,
light. After. separation reunion After
earth, heaven. And so we lift up the
eyes to the hills of God. and trust our
loved ones are .yonder with him.
Beyond our hands and our love they
have found destiny We recall them anew,
that our souls may smile once again, even
through tears at the memory of all they
and that we may lend fresh assent to the
vitality and reality of that brotherhood we
profess.
LAS was said to the Knights of St.
John of Jerusalem in their memorial
services for the fallen crusaders who died
in the effort to redeem the grave of
Christ from the Decorating of
Saracen hands:
Their swords are rust. their bodies
Their souls are with their God. we
trust
I'VE must leave them with him Thank
full for that they We're thankful for that
they wrought let us be thankful for that
they are part of that great host that
has solved the eternal secrets
An Element of Value.
''This service holds for us only, an ele-
ment of value. 1t is found in our effort
to do our duty and catch the lesson of
this hour. The quiet step of him who
,e-F,st
the earth ties is near to some of us. To-
morrow spells eternity for some of us. The
little day nears its close. Our order
teaches us that we are responsible to God
We hold in common belief that judgment
awaits at the end of life. And the voice
of this service to US is one that speaks
of the necessity OF preparation. A pre-
paration that shall be spoken in a find
ing our right relation to God the Faith
er. coming to him as erring children with
our confession of life's sin to find his for
giveness. and the grace of Christ in which
alone shall we be able to bless the earth
in our efforts to practice in all their full
ness the beauties of friendship, love and
truth.
InVokes Divine Blessing.
MY brothers and sisters, 1 speak the
blessing of the father in this moment
on ell your hearts. For you who grieve
l speak his word of comfort and be
whose hearts are not with desire that
you may find rest amid the WEAKNESS of
the earth. | speak his invitation of rest
And all of YOU fitting across LIES sky
like fleeing swallows toward the Inys-
FERROUS tomorrow. l beseech you, let your
flight, your life be such, that all YOU
touch may feel the beauty of your pity
and love- and the way of life be s0wn
with the love flowers that sorrowing
world shall pluck to lie with abiding fra
GRANGE above your sleeping breast,
in your departure and the added sweet
ness of heaven in the thought of your
gathering to the place that shall know no
pain, no sorrow no tears, no death.