White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-24
FRIENDS
PAY TRIBUTE TO DEAD

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/ chapel Friday evening under the au.
spices OF Ely lodge No. I.7e,. Frater
nal Order OF Eagles. of which the de
ceased had been a member. There
was a large attendance present. IN.
Guiding members of the Eagles. Span.
+ ish-Ameriean War Veterans and the
American Legion, and mons tbs
floral rememtrances We're pieces from
all of these organizations.
The service was conducted by j
NJ. Collins. president of the Eagles
lodge. assisted by Jack Warner
chaplain. with a short hut appropri-
ale euloglsti. address by Gilbert F
Foreman. Mrs. Anthony Zurich SAM
Lead. Kindly Light: Abide With
Ne was rendered ~ George I. An
nand and Crossing The Bar by II
l. Burnett. Miss Minnie Meyers was
accompanies. Ia conclusion the cas-
ket was OPP ned for hnal Tiew and a
the assemblags passed u Mrs Ju-
rich sang Nearer. Nv God. to Thee.
During the Spanish-American wal
Mir. Sargent served rs "A sergeant and
al the funeral service resident mem-
hers of me Spanish American Mar
Veterans oficiatei as p~allbesrers ard
~fagbearcrs. these including Frank
Root. captain of the veterans; Cap
tain j. ). Bennett. Robert Baird. Mr.
oHara. Tom Lowe, ". l.. Fulmer
and August MEnfer. the latter act
ing as hagbearer.
Mr.. foreman spoke as follows;
NY friends. We are net this eve
ming 10 pay our last tribute of re-
spect. To bid farewell TO all that re-
-. = .- faHa nsffa
Sargent. Though he has gone 10 that
bourne whence no traveller returns,
ne left to MS a memory We shall cher
ish and that time will nc: efface I'M
til we. too. shall pass into the great
BEYOND. We will speak of him IS he
was; nothing extenaate. nor set
down aught in malice.
His life was gentla; and The ele-
aIents so mixed in him that nature
might stand up and say, This was
a man
We all loved Billy Sargent: genial
ard kindly. he was always ready "a
help rhe unfortunate and TO speak
Kind word - the one in sorrow.
He had no enemies: his friends are
b. the score Honest and
faithful. h never failed to perform
full duty wherever placed.
As a soldier under this lag dur
ing the Spanish-American war he
his country with honor. Had
he been. permitted To do 80. he would
have served with ike honor in the
late world war. \ PATRIOTS citizen.
who loved his country with all the
ardor OF his soul: a true and staunch
an honest and honorable
man; there Is not one Of Us but will
miss him.
True is the saving that there Is
nothing so certain as death. yet moth
ing so uncertain as the time of death.
In the prime of life he was struck
down; without warning. without pre-
inonition, Is by a lightning strnke he
fell. one moment eonversius with mis-
friends. alive and well; the next mo-
inent growing cold in death As he
lay there II could hardly he believed
by Us who stood about him that the
spark of life had gene: that nothing
earthly hands e1ui.l do would serve
1, call II back.
" Can stored urn. oI animated bust,
back TO It's mansion call the feet
ing breath
Can Honor's voice provoke the silent
dust.
or Flattery sooihe the dull. cold
a Of Death,
The boast Of heraldry. the pcmp OF
power.
And all that Beauty. all that
Wealth ere gave.
Await alike the inevitable hour.
The paths OF glory lead but To The
grave.
Here lies his head upon the lap Of
earth,
\ youth 10 Fortune ard To Fame
unknown:
Fair Science frowned not IN his
humble birth.
And Melancholy marked him for
her own
Large Was his bounty and his soul
sincere;
And Heaven did a recompense a.
largely send;
lie CAV TO Mis'ry all ne had-a tear;
He gained from Heaven-twas III
he wished-a friend
No farther seek his merits 10 dis
close.
Nor draw his frailties from their
dead abode;
There they alike in trembling hope
repose.
The bosom Of his Father and his
God.
To US who remain
So live. that when iLy summons
cones
To Join The innumerabla ~carayan
which move TO hat mysteri-
Gus realm,
Where eaca shall take his chamber in
the silent halls Of Death,
Thou go. not like the quarry slave at
night. seourged TO his dungeon.
But sustained and soothed by an nm
faltefing trust approach thy
grave.
Like n who wraps he drapery Of
his couch about him. aud lies
down 10 pleasant dreams.
''Our friend, We bid you farewell,
may your sleep ne peaceful: may
your awakening he in joy and hap.
riness.'
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