The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-25
A TRIBUTE TO
GEO. Ed MAULE
(By n. S. Eldcrkin)

a life needs no eulogy II has spoken
through the years. And you have now
come here to honor this life You need
TO remember that It is honored not
by loud protestation OF your love.
You need to know that you proclaim
his great worth by your unselfish life
For he has said TO you time and again
that life was not measured by the
running OF the sand-gass but rather
by the beating of the heart.
George Maulc was UNLIKE many
leaders of life. They reach the
heights and 90 not concern them
selves with you But this onS reach
Ing the loftler planes. refused TO
dwell alone. He came back forN you.
He had tasted the joys of the higher
life. He was anxious that you should
know the JOY.
He had found the way. His face
reflected the light which led him on.
He told the story of the struggle la
his book. He called 1t Life and
Law" 1t was his philosophy of the
way. No man but has philosophy
It is base and ignobIe. Then the
life is base and ignoble. 1t is high
and inspiring Then the life Is high
and inspiring, No man but has a
creed. 1t stamps itself upon his life
Here in this volume is George Maule's
creed. You do him wrong by placing
too narrow an Interpretation upon it,
His WAS not the gospel of selfshness
He did not cry, MY health my
wealth, my place But al the heart
it was a social gospel You do no
good act without a reflex upon the
enlargement OF your life. You do no
mean act without a reflex upon the
belittlement of your life. You help
another and you are helped You
harm another and you arc harmed.
Dishonesty, injustice. unrighteous-
ness in love-and life is strangled:
set behind you-and YOU arc on the
way toward the bigger life
He believed that man was to be a
savior. He was preparing you to be
saviors. He tried to give you great
desires for the world; to make you
love not ease and comfort and opul-
cnce, but justice-that was his word
and mercy and loving kindness; to
make YOU see not only the personal
consequences of the Christian char
acter but its social consequences as
well.
He was no materialist. He had
his values well in hand He knew
that men sought wealth quite natural
ly and needed no spur in that drec-
tion; needed rather to see the great
er values So at the very end OF his
book he sought TO impress upon you
the nature of 'the true riches"
Philosophy that does not Issue in
conduct-in the bigger life" as he
would say-is speculative interest
only II must not only possess the
big words-oneness, unity soulship.
truth, love, God, service. 1t must
make them potential in life,
| know what you are saying today.
You are saying that the world could
Ill afford to lose him; that the world
needs lives of such promise and po-
tency We are heavy hearted-but he
sang as he went. There was only
one regret. So much remained to be
done.
So manv words. So much 10 do.
So little done, such things to be,
Thus do strong men so out bravely
on the road toward home.
He had his day. Were there not
Twelve hours for every man who
unselfishly' Only so is our sorrow
softened.
One who worked a day or SO for
Mr., Maule stopped at the door yes
terday to take Mrs. Maule by the
hand and to tell her of the inspira-
tion that had come TO him in an hour
or two of contact with Mr.. Maule. His
life was not divided into compart
ments-a Sunday parade of unmean
Ing faith and a Monday OF flinty hard
ness But his religion touched his
life and made him just and kind and
helpful to all whom he met
As Mr.. Valiant-for Truth In Pill
grim's Progress went over the river.
"all the trumpets sounded for him on
the other side To those who stood
by to bid him farewell he said at /,
the last MY sword | give to him
that shall succeed me in my pilgrim |
age and my courage TO him that can
get it, NV marks and my scars | car
~ with me to be witness for me |
that | have fought His battles who |
now will be my Rewarder.'
You who loved George Maule do ,
well to contend for his courage.
For him, my friends. the whole fu-
lure opens and his soul has entered
INTO fields of larger and nobler SER
vice For he was
One who never turned his back but
marched breast forward.
Never doubted clouds would break,
Never dreamed though right were
worsted wrong would triumph;
Held we fall to rise, are baffled TO
fight better.