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Show MR. MEAKIN'S TRIBUTE. Ho Expresses Ills Love nnd High Esteem for the Late W. S. Oodbc. To lho ncrra,ved Itelitlics of William B Ond be Dear Prlends As circumstances pre-lenled pre-lenled my prtsenco nt the runernl ser-llces ser-llces of nur loved one, I was unable to expresa ntrr his mortal remains the words Of lole nnd high esloetn 1 held for htm, so I send to you this lirlef messaae from mi heart of hcnrls IV. H clodht was ono whom I loved In life, and now thit he Is gone I shall clinic to his memory us lho Ivy clhms to the grand old oak 1 ullj ronllilng how feeble nnd Inndi nuiln oro words when one wishes to ex-piesil ex-piesil the tellderest and deeiiesl rmullnns of the Jn.irt. let I cannot ntriln (rum offering1 lo Ida satieii memory this, my burnt. I. tribute tor tho past thlrtl-three jetrs I hale rrnsped his klndl) hnnd at we Joimeyid iilonj; life s hlghwni I have looked Into his eyo of love, nnd bnve reclied Inspiration Inspir-ation from hlvsoul, ihruugh Ida lolco of melod nnd his words of elmiiiinee Life tn him wns no! an mpl ibenm, hut n splendid liullty. eurnreit tn the ut most, to htm Ignorance nnd Indolent o were the Inns In tilt Held of life 'In him mind wns vnsler than th earth nnd mnn this bisls his life nnd intruder were hulldeil Ills noblllti of purpose km w no bounds, for he realised there Is as much lo do In lho future ns tins alreiiili he, n done in tho pnst, so he lolled on with the thought nf onward und upward eirr In his mind, he knew 'Hods plans like lilies pure and whltn unfold " I shall evi r e herlsh In memori's gol !n casket the Inst conn rsallou 1 hnd with Mr Clodbe We c. nursed upon the higher high-er IIP and I up, ited the foilovehig Htnn-ra Htnn-ra which touch d u rcspoiiklni chord In his horlit mull HIIII on In the dim prnsietlii. In thu solemn mar. h nf lime. We n ad Ihe stor of light and lnie struggling strug-gling up In n height sublime Kteiulti looms before us shall humanity's dream come true? Ah, t' Per the trend of the soul mounts on with elcnthless llfo Iu Hew' This noble life Is not done, this splendid splen-did tipe of manhood Is still hi fore us, beckoning us on from darkness and ch itu to life and harmony W b Oodbo was eier the faithful friend, the ono mnn towering over fill Ho wns loo broad lo rh, tlsh resentment, ton noble to heir malho. hi poneHed a nnture too loftv tn ullnw th hntes nn I sneeri of an unthinking world to retird his progress lie looked wllh enmpis Inn rather thnu blame upou the mlslnkea lid flnlltles of his ft Hows lie wns loo i. n erous to crltlcls,. the uriut or the sculp, tor upon their unfinished w rk so he Judged not tho Creator by hlj unih-irlop d Willi Ids soul Iu lune wllh the Inllnlte, he iinve.l 'Ond bless us every one Ihrouich ages oast millions nf silent he. toes have gone down Iu ohicurlty but tho lnMiier.ro of th"lr lives of purity and help, fulness will llio on forever till life a surges cease In roll When enrlhly ties nre seiered nnd wn are sepirnled from those ve loie our henrts und spirits droop like the tlouer Inken from Hie sunshlm Into the shitle bin hope sees 'the morning star that go. eth not down hehlnil lh dnrkuied Metl hut fades away In tho hrlghtnesa of the llslng dn ' And now tn loied ones nnd friends whose heiirl" te wniindid let rne sny. be Is pot dt hut sleeping in cnlm unci swrn reposi upon fhe bosom of uioiher earth Ilest In peace dear friend Maj flowers bloom nnd birds sing their sweetest songs about jour resting pi ice Peace he lo Ids ashea and tn his soul the Joy of everlasting ever-lasting life All halt and farewell' Itobert Hums surely wrote a lilting epl-tnph epl-tnph An honest man her lies at rest, l e er Clod wllh his Image blest The friend or man the friend of truth, Ihe f i lend of uiie and gulilo of youth l'nw hearts like his wllh virtue wirmed If there s another world, he Hies In blisa. If Ihers Is linn, ha mad the best of tills ' JOHN P MUAKIN, Salt Lake City, August Mb, ling. |
