The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-08-16

Memorial services Tor Guy Irving
Thomas. who died in base hospital
somewhere In France on the 2bth "
July last. from wounds received IN
battle on the western front on June
9Th. were held at the Exc thcatcr
Saturday afternoon. business was
suspended throughout the city from
2 until Z o'clock and public Offices
and other places CLOSED. Every seat
of the Exc thcater--some six hundred
was occupied by someone who kn
the young man In life. while many
stood In the aisles and about the
doorway. \ piano selection. abide
with Me- was by Mrs. ~. T. zciders.
followed by PRAYER BY a. W, IIorsleg
prcsiden' Of Carbon County Conner
.Cf Defense. l.. NJ. Price rendered tho
Marine Hymn" and there was r.
solo. Lead Kindly Light" l.. A. Iau.
Der. the benediction being by REV. A.
II. zeldcrs pastor VI the Methodist
church at Price. The stage decora-
lions were under the supervision of
sifs Thomas Fitzgerald and were 1c-
cidedly the most appropriate ever.
rsen here. Flowers In wrcaths and
numerous designs were profusc. Rev.
James a. y. williamh. u. D.. pastor
81 the First Methodist church az Sgit
Lake city. made the priueipri "a
dress His theme was "MeanurnF
Lifc's Values" In part he said.
we are always and cveryw here
YettinE things of into divisions aud
grades and classes. This IN easy
enough with physical things. but dif-
ficult with human personalities be-
cause the personal equation viii not
admit 81 Standardization according 10
rules of weights and measures. Never
thclcu. under certain conditions. cir.
cumstanccs. demands, emotions. cX-
pcrienccs. We see personality In action
and discover u something human
something diyin. Lies values are
measured not by the number OF it,
years. nor by the accumulation 81
material possessions Rather do We
menHur. iifc'H values by wealth Of
knowledge. by fcliowships. by per-
sonal religious faith. and by service
and sacrifice,
The young man whom we honor
today In this community memorial
rcrVicc was only - years OF age. To
him life was FUN uf hope and OF pos
Hibility and of promise here In this
world Hut all tho evidence shows
that he diligently applied himself 10
acquire knowledge ana 10 nt himself
TOT useful service. " the man who
knows how has tremendously the adj
vantage over the man who does not
know how. then knowledge adds 10
the significance aud value Of life.
Among the cnrlching things 81 life
are IT, fcilowHhips. How We prize
them Those OF homo. school social
life. company. battalion and 50 on.
what they stand for In our experience
makes the terms great In our lam
guagc--iather. mother. son. daughter.
brother. sister. lover. friend, comrade,
ny these relationships life Is inspired.
upheld. enlarged and made 60 go ON
IN IN purposes and results
And there h fnith-r religious faith.
what place In life. What value
| " putt into heinE Faith II not sheer
-d at very much today To be- sure
war has IT, innings now, iiut Hu has
faith. Aud war shall come 10 an end.
hut faith h permanent, our boys and
girls take more faith into their hearts
aud lives than We parents ana re-.
/ iigiuua workers some times think Oc-
rusions call IL out and show IT, value.
The world h. compelled 10 think %
death aud life beyond as never before,
Here h the field at faith-ulmost eN-
Iolusiyely 80, Belief In Immortality h.
the high water mark nf human ma
ture What grip II has On intel
ligcut thought today with IL vast
numbers passing over month By
month And then. supremely, do We
measure ufe's value by service and
sacrifice. These are IL greatest tell
ing points, These set the permanent
qualities,
For heroic services and noble sac
lrfices We strike of honor medals.
Well We may. Tor the admirable Is
here. This Is the palce OF prominence
for that which makes life worth
while. And then life's value II mea-
cured by service and sacrifice not only
by the Intelligence and interest and
energy put therein. hut by the cause
served and sacrifice Tor, and by the
forces contended against, In the case
Of this world war. Germany repre-
sents the mightiest 81 war forces aud
the most diabolical combination OF
wars enginery and energy, To face
this. put IL down. destroy Il. calls for
the very hest OF service and sacrifice
the worlds civilization can concen-
trate and put forth. We are fighting
for an that Americanism stands for;
fighting 20 remove forever the tyran-
nical heel OF oppression nom the
backs OF small nations; fighting for
world ideals and their realization;
fighting for the enforcement Of
spiritual realities; fighting for human
freedom and human BROTHERHOOD
lighting PTussian militarism and sits
world mcnaccs,
In this Guy ITving Thomas, the
young man whom We honor In this