The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-03-25
Plan MustD isplace
Horror of Ground
Burial
Rose Hill Cemetery Board has it:


College of the Bible, Frank II. Marshall, Dean
Gentlemen
AS the Compartment Mauscleum YOU are erecting in our
city nears completion. want to express my appreciation
OF the splendid structure you have placed in our cemetery.
Architecturaly. It is a dream OF beauty. Sentimcntaly, 1t
touches every heart as only religion and hallowed, happy
memories of departed loved ones can do. My personal IN
terest in the enterprise has been great from its first inccp-
ton, and now feel like congratulating, not only you, who
have brought this institution to our city, but all OF us who
have availcd ourselves OF its privileges.
My attention was first called to this method OF laying
away the dead several years ago. when attended the obse-
quies of the late DIR. +. ". collars, at Warren, Ohio. How
beautiful. l exclaimed. | could not help but notice how
much easier il was for the bereaved ones to bear their sor-
row. After more. than 80 years experience at funeral SER
vices, which always appeared to me a barbarous method
OF burial. | can but welcome with deep gratitude the modern
Mausoeum, whereby SO much OF the horror that attends
burial in the earth is happily eliminated.
The Mausoleum is a natural. and inevitable institution. 1t
has come to stay. II is appearing in practically all the pro-
gressive American cities. Our only wonder is that we have
been SO long in restoring the ancient, sacred custom OF proc
viding for our loved ones a home in death as beautiful as
the one we enjoy in life. The ancient Egyptians. whose rei-
gion sanctifed the tomb as well as the temple, likewise the
aher great civilized nations in the time of Christ and be
You'd, erected beautiful homes for the dead above the
ground. The Sacred Book tells us how Jesus himself was
laid to rest in a crypt OF rock where his body was untouched
by the clay of earth. The most beautiful building in all
the world today, the Tai Mahal. was erected by a ruler OF
India for the tomb of his beautiful wife, and dedicated ITO
the Memory of an Immortal Love"
1t is but human. for men to shrink from the burial Of
friends beneath the clods of the earth. We know the con-
dition to which their bodies must soon be reduced. In con-
tract we contemplate with deep satisfaction the thought Of
their dignified, quiet sleep in a beautiful palace, where the
decay of earth cannot touch them, where their bodies can
wait until the resurrection morn shall change them and
clothe them with Immortality. We contrast the hurried
rush to the open grave of earth, often in time of rain or
snow, where the body must soon undergo decay, with the
beautiful, comfortable chapel of the Mausoleum, where,
even in time of storm or cold, the last song may be sung,
the player of commitment may be made, and the loved one
laid to rest, preserved, intact, for ages to come.
To Christians. especially believing in the sacredness of
the body. that it is the temple of the Holy Spirit, and will
eventually be raised from the dead a gloriied body, the
Mausoleum idea makes a strong appeal. Here in life the
body has a beautiful home. In eternity, it has a mansion, a
home not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. What
then about the interim? The chivalry of human nature
prompts us to provide we'll for the dead.
But heretofore only the rich could afford the Burial
Beautiful. Others have had to be content with burial be-
meath the sod. Happily, the times have changed. The
Compartment Mausoleum brings the expense within reach
of the masses; yes, it is even more economical than the
old fashioned way. No wonder, then, that the popularity
of the Mausoleur equals the great service it is rendering
to humanity. From any viewpoint it deserves the hearty
support of the church, the municipality, and all thoughtful
people.
IF With best wishes for your continued success, / remain,
Cordially yours,
+. II. MARSHALL.