The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-11-02
England Nouns
for Heroic Nurse
Remarkable Scene In st. Paui's Ca
thedraI In London, Where Thous-
ands Assemble In Honor Of the
Martyred Girl

Down to fortnight ago few Of us
outside the immediate circle of Nurse
Covell's family and friends even so
much as heard her name; now all
the world knows it. II has gone as
by a supernatural trumpet blast to
the uttermost ends of the earth.
Mingled with a cry of horror and ex-
ecration at the brutal act Of tyranny,
1t has rung round the globe.
And today 10000 persons have as
sembled In the cathedral church of
the capital of our empire to thank
God for the great soul 1t stood for
in this transitory existence, to per-
petuate ner memory and to quicken
the holy spirit Of self sacrifice which
was exemplified in her life and of
death.
City Heavy and Sad
In the gray dawn of one Of the first
days of winter London was already
moving toward st. Paul's cathedral.
The morning was fine, but the city
was heavy and sad long before the
service began traffic in the streets
around the cathedral was first i'm.
peded, then arrested and finally stop
ped. At length a Gordon of police
had to keep back the surging, sway
ing crowds who were struggling to
reach the doors inside the cathedral
What a sight II was! The vast
multitude stretched from the chan
Gel steps and the broad space under
the dome to where the colossal stat
ues Of England's mighty dead emerg-
ed from the gloom by the far off
portico.
The gray old sanctuary has wit
messed many a great moving specta-
clc-service of intercession, of sup
pIication. OF lamentation, of thanks
giving. OF rejoicing and Of mourning
hut perhaps never before has 1t
seen anything like this
Royalty Represented
What an assembly! The king was
represented by the queens secretary
and Queen Alexandria, the beloved OF
the people, in her own person. The
prime minister and many members
of his cabinet, statesmen, scholars
escientists, great company Of nur
seq in their various uniforms, fresh
from the great houses of pain; path
etic groups here and there OF wound
ed soldiers, home from the battle
field, and then an immense concourse
OF the general public, Chiefly womer
many of taem in black, the wives
the sisters and the mothers Of the
brave lads who are fighting for us
at the front, or of those other BRAY:
boys who already nave fought and
fallen, were there.
What has brought this multitude
together"
4 great victory? The close Of
a great campaign? The funeral, a.
ct this time last year, of a grand oil
warrior who, after many glorious vic
tories, has died, as is most fit, witt
the sounds Of the guns in the wa
he foretold?
In Memory Of Nurse
No. but in memory OF poor NC
man. a poor hospital nurse, who ha
been foully done to death by be-
bal ous enemy, condemned for acts u
mercy and humanity. tried In sncc'
Cor 50 in effect it was), shot In hast
and then buried In traitors grave
What a triumph for religion, 10
Christianity, for the caruch! VIVA
an answer to Nietzsche! What a n
buke to Treitschke! What a smasl
ing blow to all the wise philosopher
. who have been telling us that Cors
ca has conquered Galee!
THAT in these dark and evil day
the people OF London should have a
sembled in tens Of thousands.
thank God, to find inspiration !
thinking of the martyrs end is proc
enough that not lust OF empire, nj
the will to gain, not war for its ow
sake or for the triumpas it brings
its train, but religion, and with
Righteousness, Is still the bread
, our souls.
, Thrilled to the Throat
Poor Nurse Cavell," We were sa
ing to each other as we went into tn
cathedral, thinking of that mocker
NJ a military trial at Brussels an
: shower Of bullets In the prison var
from the muskets OF an inhuman SO
7! diery. But az we came out OF
moved to tears and thrilled up
A our throbbing throats, scarcely abb
! to speak for the emotion that maste
ed us, we were saying to ourselves
mo, not poor-great, heroic, immor
al, neutrality-suspicious.! One
the sentinels on the hilltops OF etc
! nit who have won the right to stan