The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-06-06
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: was as follows:
] Platoon OF Police
1 American Flag.
Ogden Military Band.
Uniformed Team
Marshal JOS Bailey.
Camp Banner
Camp officers
Flower Bearers.
/ General Membership.
Second Division
Platoon of SherIffs.
American Flag
Military Band.
Marshal b. Van der Schultz.
Past Consuls
General Membership.
Master of Ceremonies, Edwin Auth
On arriving az the cemetery, the inn
posing monument to Noighbor T. G.,
Pancake was unveiled with appro-
priate ceremonies by officers OF Web
er Camp No. 4 assisted by the band
and male quartet
T. d. Johnson, orator Of the day.
then delivered his address which was
as follows:
Neighbors and Friends :-Once
more. In accord with the custom Of
our order, we have assembled TO pay
tribute to the memory of our brothers
who are dead.
On this day dedicated to the mem
ory OF those We have loved and lost:
In this place consecrated by their
dust; amid this magnificent scene
with snow clad mountains standing
guard over us. with smiling valleys
lying at our feet. and hazy lake In the
dim distance, with the blue vault of
the sky above our heads. and the sun
shine. like a benediction. all about
us. we'll may we. In this tribute OF
flowers and the solemn service of this
hour. stop and ponder the lesson OF
the dead to the living.
Since the day when God created
him man. like the flowers OF the
field, has sprung from the bosom OF
the earth, and. like the flowers. has
passed away. A little while each
generation OF man wept. joyed. loved,
hated. worked. built, lived and died
Each generation of men has con-
signed again to the all embracing
lap OF mother earth the generation
before it, even as II has Itself been
buried by the generation coming
after 1t
1t matters not whether 1t has been
the funeral pyre OF olden times, the
glowing furnace of modern days, the
mausoleum or pyramid OF ancient
kings, the rude box on hill top. the
body bound to swayinG limb of forest
tree. or the open grave. the bodies OF
each and all alike are dissolved
for dust we are and 10 dust We come
again.
AS never ceasinG. ever increasing
procession the generations of men
coming out OF the unknown have
marched through time, and h"oN lost
To sight through the portal the
grave in the unknown beyond
So short is our stay here. so little
do we know OF the eternal past from
which we come. or of the eternal
future to which we go. that often
times. in moments OF doubt. Of pas
sion. or of despair, we are tempted TO
cry out,-soul, eat, drink and be
merry today. for tomorrow we die
Were such thoughts as this the
normal state OF the human heart.
earth would be a prison. and life with
out an inspiration to higher or better
things, and casting aside the uplIft-
ing and restraining influences of
hope, love. religion and fraternity.
the race would plunge headlong into
the abyss Of vice, and by its excuses.
destroy Itself.
Well may we rejoice that the merci-
full God planted in the human heart,
faith. love and hope Without these.
earth would be prison. and life
without an inspiration TO higher. bet
ter things: with them. the earth be
comes cherishing mother, her face
radiant with flowers, and bearing on
her bosom all things for mans hap
piness.
Whatever OF good we inherit from
the past we owe to this trinity OF
human virtues-hope. faith, love.
Whatever OF real progress the race
has made Sayagery to civilization,
from ignorance to knowledge. from
darkness to light, Is the fruit OF these
three virtues.
The sustaining power of hope has
been recognized In all ages OF the
world. and was early crystaliged In
Pandora's Box II, we are told. held
All IDt VI 'hp
gods to the men of the golden age,
and from II escaped all these bless
lnes. save hope hope which springs
eternal from the human breast.
What Is hope but the expectation
of the accomplishment OF our dcsirc2
Hope ever looks forward. not back
ward: UP and not down; IL sees pros
pcrity, not adversely. It's music Is
sweet and not sad, II Is glad and not
sorrowful. II laughs and weeps not;
It is strong, cheerful joyful and
happy
For hope.Ethe sun shines. the
flowers bloom. earth bears her fruit.
heaven bestows her benediction.
angels sing. God Is good.
AS said by the late senator Vest OF
the love of liberty, hope "flutters In
the heart of the Gagged bird and sings
with the worn and wasted prisoner
In his dungeon. II has gone with
martyrs to the stake and kissed their
burning lips as the tortured spirit
winged it's flight to God"
Hope is the handspring of human
action; the lever which moves the
world Endowed with intellect, man,
through hope may conquer the earth.
and the hidden forces of nature. and
mike thom obedient to his Will and
subservient to his wants. In large
measure, he already has brought, and
more and more as time passes will
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