The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-06-28
ELOQUENT TRIBUTE
To THATCHER
FUNERAL
Continued From Page One,

ers represented such aristocracy as
America will tolerate. for If we have
any aristocracy in the west 1t is made
up of the pioneers of the country and
these two were the highest types of
pioneers. They were pioneers, refined
by nature and by self culture gath
cred in the wilderness and examples
Of what may be accomplished under
most humble and trying circumstanc-
es. With no civilization, with this
beautiful valley for her house, with
mountains on all sides for walls. in
habited by Indian tribes, this gir; o.
16 at that time has lived to see ev-
erything that we now see and enjoy.
She has seen kingdom grow up
around her and has been a witness TO
IL all. and has been a aueenly wife
and splendid mother during its &C
complishment. Every emotion posi-
BILE in the human breast has been
hers. Hope, JOY sorrow, defeats. vie
tories, all have been hers, and as We
stand here at her bier surrounded
with these beautiful flowers express
sing the admiration in which she wa
held, no one doubts for one moment
the success of her life. II her life
?as not been nuccessful then we c;a-
not look for sue. ? IS anywhere"
The speaker then said circumstanc-
It brought him IN close contact with
he late Moses thatcher and they fal
been close file"' s., He was Away
welcome at the Thatcher home an%
slated incidentJ Injected wiz hi: |
relationship. lie spoke of the last |
time he met Sister Thatcher at Salt
Lake City, of her warm hand-clasp,
her tenderness of spirit, and her
great hope for the future. He said |
IL was not worth while grieying un-
necessarily over these separations for
they are something all must meet |
and it won't be long until we all in
turn will pass on. Just a short time
ago he had spoken at the funeral of
his honored friend, Hon. Moses
hatcher, and now his wife has gone
to join him. The time soon comes
in married life when one or the other
must walk alone which should serv,
to temper the affection for each 9TH
or.
He then read from the Old Tesla
ment some words of prophecy to an
cient Israel wherein God gave COM
fort to Israel seven hundred years
ago, followed by some new testament
scripture in fulflllment through the
resurrection and said: This now
dead queen shall live again. She is |
not dead, the door is not closed, and |
this mortality shall put on immortal
hy." He could conceive of nothing
more splendid than the comfort and
Cancellation given by God to ancient
Israel and fulfilled through Jesus
Christ. There can be nothing bet
ter for God has given It. If this doc
trine of the resurrection is not true
then the whole stBucture of salvation
falls In shapeless mass before us. If
Il Is not true no portion of christian
ity is true, and all our hope and faith
is in vain" He then read Pauls
testimony on the resurrection, how
Christ was risen, and of the five hun
bred who had seen the risen Christ,
and declared that Paul would not
have dared to have said Christ was
seen by five hundred If it had not
been true. The temper of the people
n those days were such that they
would not have. tolerated it," He then
read how Paul took the positive side
and showed how all will live again,
and declared that Life such as
we know it when it passes out of ex-
istence is not the last Of the story,
but there shall come the resurrection |
and men and women shall live
again"
Then at the very height OF his
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