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Show HOME-COMING DAY IS OBSERVED 1 BY METHODISTS OP SALT LAKE Iloiiie-conimff .lay was obFfi vod by i he Methodists of Llio city Suudnv. :ind snc mIm s CvV.lcc? w?ro "eIJ t'the First .Methodist clmrcli both in the nioruiu.. Hud in the evening. Tlio services were larcoly utlcuded. In bis scrmou at the moruiuc service, tlic pastor, the Jfcv rranas Biirgotte Short, dealt with the intimate eoiniii" tofietlior of all those who have lived sincere Christian lives, no niattor with what, church or donomiiia' lion they mav have associated themselves. them-selves. Mr. Short took for hisMcxt tJut well known pnssaRc of Scripture. And they shall come from the cast ai? !? Am.st "U(1 11,c nor,h' a,1(1 ic aoutn. fhc speaker impressed upon his hearers, no matter what their reli-cious reli-cious anibations may have been upon Ins earth, it they javc lived sincere to their faith thov will be withered into the kingdom of God. In the ovonin, as u prelude io his sermon, Dr. Short spoke ou the "Pass-PK "Pass-PK of Two Royal. Characters. " re-temper re-temper to the late Kishor S. Harris and Mrs. Mary JuHrc. In part. Dr. Short said: Two or our most excellent citizens have recently passed Trom us Into tho prcat rnyatnriouB beyond. It ;nlKht not bo entirely en-tirely out ot place for us to observe and consider our loss. I moan by "our lo?s" w a,0.c,5,0Jir. loss ad m!ne, but the loss which this city and Indeed this state sustains. For wc must remember I Mint, both our friends were vital factors in the development of those lurs'-r Interests In-terests which have ever expressed themselves them-selves In the development and bcttcr-mnl bcttcr-mnl of both our city and our stale I moan by "our loss" (not. that cither n10"1!"!? of this denomination) that loss which the brotherhood sustains when even one. of Its workers for the common pood Is called to lay aside the toll and the responsibilities of this life. And in this sense, this communitv has suffered what seems to us . great misfortune. rhat prince anions men. Fisher Uar-i Uar-i '?budant In labors hecnuao he oved I. (ah aud Salt Lake Cltv. The en-lire en-lire strength of his winsome "personam v and lasdlnntlnsr manner was given in the interest of a larger, more peaceful and better community. Ho soupjit to live in tiie atmosphere of penco and to promulgate promul-gate tho principles which aeuiuiI his own life and the atmosphere In which he lived Would that wc had a multitude llko him. Would that wc all might neck to oateh his spirit of gentleness, his love lor the right and good, seek to perpetuate perpetu-ate the bond or brotherhood, to develop the continued spirit of progress until every discordant nolo among us shall nave been drowned In a veritable doxologv of reaec and praise. Mrs. .Mary .Judge. I did not know. I believe thai she was a member of the Uonifin Catholic church and as such a member was devoted to the religious belief be-lief of her childhood. It is surelv a most blessed thing to have lived 'and to have kept the faith in suelt unmistakable unmistak-able manner as to triumphantly pass out of this lire Into the better beyond. Tier good works will follow her. .Mav her splendid family over keep her name' fresh and vital In this community by perpetuating perpetu-ating those works of eharity in which sli'- took an ever increasing delight. Sueh characters as these, that have passed away so recently, because of their conspicuous contributions, (the one of himself and the other of her wealth) to the welfare of human need and their devotion to that larger and heller understanding under-standing among men such characters are rare and rich and royal and they merit our kindly thought and continued esteem. Thank God that they have lived, and since they have passed on to their reward, let us thank God that others remain re-main and pray I Mm that the number of the good, the progressive, the hopeful hope-ful and the charitable may Increase among us. |
