| Show I T LONG FAE I is finished Yesterday a lovIng people pad their last respects to an honored leader A srrwI gmuittude bade a iinal adieu to al of the mortal that remained of a revered president From first to lat the ceremonies were appropriate and impressive The perfect adaptation of th Immense throng to the spirit of the occasion its quiet considerate mod could have come from no other tan the purest sentiments of profound resecL This may be attributed in some degree to the high position in the community left vacant but the most of 11 was a tribute trib-ute to the amiable dicciosition of the kind old man whose attitude had ben more like a rather than a leader of the people PresIdent Woodruff was zealous but never Intolerant He believed hnplc iy In the mission of loron sm but never tried to force his belief on another an-other Most people who give themselves them-selves over so comleteW to a creed are inclined t be unreasonable wIth those o another faith Men who knew I Wiford Woodruff say that he was not of this kInd He was lenIent with other oth-er and strIct with hImself When the aged die when one lays down the burden of care and responsI bity he has carried beyond the ninetieth nine-tieth milestone it is notln sorrow that he goes When he falls asleep on a shadowy cushion of longsought ease with the music of hope in his ears and the breath of consolation fanning his withered cheek it is not for frIends to grieve And yet there is something so inexpressibly < preslbh sad in the parting so cheerless cheer-less In the cold dam graveto which the feeble form must be corslgel that tears arc shed and heart ae paIned when the aged die Children weep for i wds their father Friends weep for they sympathize with sadness The community bows Its head In respect Memories arc awakened in the minds of the people The dead had lived among tem He had grown old before theIr eye They had seen the sifting snows of age settle gently upon his head They had watched time plow the wrinkles in his face He had come and gone and they had known him It is nbt death alone that makes them sad it is the Iartng aone the long farewell I fare-well |
