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Show OF HERIM 818 Tho funeral services for Herman Bang, the Danish author who died last week at the Dec hospital, wore hold yesterday aftornoon at the Heat-on-Klrkendall chapel. Tho services were conducted toy tho Reverend Harold Har-old Jensou, who camo from Salt Lako for that purpose. In his address Mr. Jensen gave a brief outllno of tho Hfo of Herman Bang and of his most noteworthy writings Mr. O. D. Rasmussen read tho last wrtlng of Herman Bang, a translation transla-tion of which is as follows and gives an idea of Mr Bang's work. Before "The Holy Doorway." It was lato, and it was quiet in tho white streets. Nobody came and nobody no-body went and everything was silence on tho snow-covered strcots. Tho coachman's calls were hoard no more and the thousands of homes were slumbering. It was then that I went to Kroml. Tho temples wore alone with tholr millenial thoughts of happiness, and the spires and towers wore mingled with the stars or noaven l wanted to bo alone for once with this grandeur itself, but when I came to tho "Holy Doorway" I stopped and could go no farther. Beforo tho holy pictures adorning the little chapel lay a woman In tho snow, crouching, huddled together, almost dead, yet living, a bundle of humanity fearing tho wrath of Its Maker; a bundlo of humanity praying pray-ing at the feet of Jehovah. The bundle bun-dle straightened up, crawled on tho snow, the faco kissed iho holy foot, the hands wore outstretched, and the lips moved In prayer. Then tho woman half raised her head, part of her body was covered with a thinly worn shawl Many in her far-away home had worn It Her feet were wrapped In rags tied with rope and all her belongings were tied in a small parcel and laid on the snow. Again she crawled on tho ground and prayed, and prayed, and prayed again as a crouching nothingness she prayed at the feet of Jehovah. Prayed and prayed with outstretched hands prayed and prayed until she hardly dared to pray. Prayed and prayed again here in the darkness of the night as if tho light of day would repudiate her prayer. Prayed and prayed, kissing tho Holy Feet. For whom did she pray? For her moiuers soii, iui me lorgivonness of her own sins, or for him whom aho had loved, perhaps, and had died In misery? How far had she dragged herself over endless roads from the Ural mountains, or from some far awav corner in Russia? Dragged ner fee"t over snow and stone, dragged her feet over thousands of miles hither hither hith-er to tho Holy FceL Had sho one night at one of the big rivers held her hand over a tiny throat and lot tho water take wha't was born of the lust of the flesh"' Was It a promise made a sou) in misery, mis-ery, a father who had died without priest or mass on the spot above tho oven? Was it a vow that drew her hero, or 'was it her own anguish? Who had seutJher.and what distress haoVcausod her to pray pray without v hope? I did not sec Kreml, nor the lonely towers, nor the liberators Colonnade, that la most beautiful in tho bright moonlighL More than that had Tseon Sorrow and prayer, sorrow and hopeless prayer; Job, as a woman, at the feet of Jehovah. Moscow, Russia, Dec. 21, 1911. HERMAN BANG. Mr. T. Orlob, Danish vice consul for Utah, and a party of Danes from Salt Lake came over to attend tho Eervices. The casket was draped with a largo Danish flag, furnished by O. D. Rasmussen, Ras-mussen, and Immediately after the services was put aboard a train for New York and from there will be shipped to Denmark for Interment. |