The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-03-27


Gentlemen
As the Compartment Mauseleum you are erecting in
city completion | express my appreciation
OF the splendid structure have placed in our cemetery
Archtecturally, il is dream OF beauty Senmenaly. it
touches every heart only religion and halowed happy
memories of departed loved do. My personal in-
terest in the enterprise has been great from its first ncep
ton, and now feel like cougratulang not only you. who
have brought this institution city, but all OF who
have avaied ourselves OF its privileges.
My attention first called to this method OF laying
away the dead several years ago, when attended the obsc
qucs of the late Dr. f. " collars at Warren Ohio. How
beautiful exclaimed. could not help but notice how
much easier for the bereaved bear their
After than 80 years experience at funeral
vices which always appeared to barbarous method
Of burial but welcome with deep gratitude the modern
Mausoleum whereby much OF the horror that attends
burial in the earth is happily eliminated.
The Mausoeum is natural and inevitable institution. 1t
has to stay 1t is appearing in practically all the pro-
gessive American cities Our only wonder that have
been long restoring the ancient sacred custom OF pro-
vidng for loved home in death beautiful
the one we enjoy in life The ancient Egyptians whose e
gon sanced the tomb well the temple likewise the
other great civilized nations in the time OF Christ and be-
yond erected beautiful homes for the dead above the
ground The Sacred Book tells us how Jesus himself
laid to in crypt Of rock where hs body untouched
by the clay OF earth The most beautiful building in all
the world today the TAI Mahal was erected by ruler of
India for the tomb of his beautiful wife, and dedicated ITO
the Memory of an Immortal Love-"
It is but human for men to shrink from the burial of
friends beneath the cods of the earth We know the
dition which their bodies be reduced In
tract contemplate with deep satisfaction the thought of
their dgnficd quiet sleep in beautiful palace, where the
decay of earth touch them where their bodies
wait until the resurrection morn shall change them and
clothe them with Immortality. We contrast the hurried
rush the open grave of earth, often in time of rain
where the body must undergo decay, with the
beautiful comfortable chapel of the Mausoleum, where.
time of storm cold the last song may be sung.
the player of commitment may be made and the loved
laid to rest, preserved, intact, for ages to
To Christians especially believing in the sacredness of
the body that is the temple of the Holy Spirit and will
eventually be raised from the dead a gored body the
Mausoleum idea makes strong appeal Here in life the
body has beautiful home. In eternity, it has mansion,
home made with hands, eternal in the heavens What
then about the interim? The chivary Of human
prompts to provide well 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 Mausoeum brings the expense within reach
of the masses yes, it is economical than the
old fashioned way No wonder then that the popularity
Of the Mausoeum equals the great service it rendering
humanity From any viewpoint it deserves the hearty
support of the church. the municipality and all thoughtful
people
With best wishes for your continued success remain
Cordially yours 9s
FIJI MARSHALL.