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VOLUME 7, NUMBER 7
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A I'WlTIIl'MJI, SIDllVANT
At the funcrnl of flic Into John A.
Orelghlou, Onialia, Hew M. J. Dow
ling, president of Crelgliloii unlvcrHlty,
delivered an address from which these
oxIraclM arc taken:
Nearly twenty years ago there
passed from earth the gentle spirit, of
Sarah Emily Crolgliton, the wife of
our dcml friend. Willi lilm I Htooil by
Ihe death bed of ids consort, and I
rpoke words of heartfelt sympathy as
he turned disconsolately aside to give
way to his pentup feelings of bitter
woe. Later on, from the same spot
where I now stand, where every iui
man Joy and sorrow llud their ex
pression or echo, where every human
jiHplration and sacrifice reach their
highest consecration, I spoke the last
tarewell, prayed peace to her ashes,
and commended to (Sod the guardian
spirit of his heart and home. The
scene was the same as it Is today;
the throng of sympathetic friends, Ihe
doleful chant which seems to rise up
from (he dust of ages, ringing through
fhe vaulted arches of tills church,
these columns draped in black, like
the strong man's frame in alllictlon.
The church had Hung aside its crim
son and gold to replace them with
habiliments of mourning. The candles
flickered, while their Haines mounted
upward like our hopes. The censers
sent up their cloud of Incense like the
prayers of the elect. Then as now
these windows, their Joint gift, chal
lenged the ligli't, compelling If. to pay
tribute to the figured glory of the
saints of (Jod before entering In. The
same sacrifices were offered up, the
same pledges of Immortality weio
given, the same proofs of an undying
Christian faith. 'Many of you -were
hero, though your heads, like mine,
have whitened since, lie was here as
a mourner who today Is here the cen
tral figure of universal regret, clad in
the solemn majesty of death. After
that, day those sacred precincts, hal
lowed by such recollections, became
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doubly dear to him, and IiIh fondest
wish was that he might, after a good
end, with a priest present at his dying
hour, go forth on bin last Journey from
before this altar.
What hIiiiII I .say to him
naineV Shall I whisper In
"Well done, thou good and
servant V" Me heeds It not.
are closed to the sweet music of
inn n voice. Shall wo present to
in your
bis ear:
faithful
His ears
hu-his
eyes the rood, with Its wealth of sug
gestion mid strength? Ills eyes are
closed to earthly sights. Shall we
place in his hands the long roll of his
benefactions? In vain; his hands are
folded on his silent breast and shall
respond no more to human touch. His
life is over: his worli is done; his deeds
nre ended: and you hear once more
the eloquent sermon ever preached in
silence by the lips or the dead: "What
I am today, you may be tomorrow."
It is tlie misfortune of the wealthy
llmt their true characteristics are often
lost sight of, because in estimating
their lives and deeds all else Is swal
lowed up In Ihe magnitude of their,
possessions. Wherever we start out
we Hud ourselves unconsciously drift
ing towards what they had, rather
than to what they were; the mind is
dazzled by the vast amounts selHshly
retained or generously given to phil
anthropy, and the human element is,
to a great extent, eliminated. Even
the merit of their charity is largely
dimmed, because It is taken for
granted that a man of wealth is more
willing to part with some of his riches
than those who possess less. Nothing
Is more common than to hear: "Ho
can easily afford It," "lie will not miss
it." "He will have plenty left." This
shows a very Imperfect acquaintance
with tiie springs of human action ami
does not take account of the fact that
few are willing to give up their riches
until the ley lingers of death loosen
their hold and sign a wavering and
tardy release. It Is a repetition of
the story of the young man of the gos
pel who came to our Lord a"hd said to
Him: "Master, what shall I do to pos
sess eternal life?" He answered:
"Keep the commandments." "All this
have I done from my youth." Then
followed the further counsel : "If
thou will be perfect, go sell all thou
hast and give lo the poor and then
come and follow Me." What was the
result? The young man went away
sad, for he had many possessions. He
could not bring himself to exchange the
goods of earth even for the kingdom
of heaven.
Our dead friend was far from being
animated by this sentiment. At any
moment he would have given all he
had to win that pearl of great price
eternal life. He valued wealth chiefly
as a means of doing good; seldom will
you meet a man who was so strongly
Impressed with a sense of responsi
bility tor the right use of his wealth,
lie considered himself merely a stew
ard of (.Jod, an almoner of the Great
King.
For many years I was associated
with Mr. Crelghton In his works of
philanthropy and charity. He treated
me with the Indulgence of an elder
brother and gave me such confidence
as one man seldom gives another. I
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may modestly claim, then, to be a fair
Interpreter of his life. If asked what
were his principal characteristics, I
should say that they are summed up
In the statement: He was a man of
faith and heart. ITo raised his charity
to the dignity of a supernatural act by
founding it on faith and the teaching
of faith, while he rejoiced the heart
of every lover of mankind by his gen
erosity to ills fellowmen.
lie believed strongly in the efficacy '
of prayer, else he would not have es
tablished a convent of Poor Clares, the
essence of whose, life is prayer and
contemplation. lie believed stead
fastly in the need of preparation for
the future life; he had an abiding con
viction that those In the world beyond
can be helped by our prayers, ami
hence continually remembered the
souls of the faithful departed, and for
twenty years had high muss offered
for his deceased wife; yet ho always
thought humbly of himself. He never
set himself up as a model Christian.
He would have ridiculed the idea that
he was an example for anyone to fol
low. As he was a man of generous
Impulses, so he was a man of strong
and deep convictions, of simplicity, of
humanity, of child-like faith and trust
in God. He was Avont to say that he
never gave any considerable sum lo
charity that he did not receive much
more In return.
It was especially in acts of charity
that his heart showed itself; that was
the source of his uniform courtesy to
rich and poor; his accessibility, his
deep Interest In suffering and distress,
lie blamed himself If he was severe,
even towards those who abused his
goodness, and where others would re
fuse to give even to the deserving, lest
they might be imposed upon by the un
deserving, he hesitated to turn away
oven the doubtfully worthy, lest he
might do an injustice to those who had
a fair claim on his charity. Ills
thoughts were always for 'Others.
When he came down stairs In the
morning and saw the washer-woni n
in the house he would not sit down
to breakfast until he was sure that she
had had hers, because she had to work
hard all day. He would walk instead
of taking his carriage to church, if the
coachman had not been to mass, or had
not taken his breakfast. A few days
before his death, during a lucid Inter
val when he recognized me, he noticed
me nursing sister by his side, and
without thinklucr of himself, snin?
"Sister, go and get something to eat;
you must be tired, taking care of me'
And at once he relapsed again into
unconsciousness. Even in his de
lerlum the thought of alms-giving was
uppermost in his mind, for ho said to
his faithful friend: "Mary, there are
two little boys standing there; go to
my pocket and get some change for
them." And shortly after, he inquired:
"Did you get that change for those
two little boys?" And when assured
Unit his imaginary visitors had been
attended to he was satisfied. And
this was not a trait of recent years:
two decades ago, one Christmas even
ing I telephoned to him to inquire how
he had spent the day, and this was
the detail: He had a Christmas tree
for the little ones, not his own; next
he went to mass and holy communion,
and afterwards he visited at the col
lege, then at the Poor -Clares; everj'
where leaving tokens of Christmas
cheer and good will, then home to
lunch; after which he passed the after
noon lu the Crelghton Memorial hos
pital, going from room to room and
bed to bed, to bring some joy to the
suffering. It was usual with him, on
Sunday afternoons, to go to the hos
pital laden with chocolates which he
would carry with him in his rounds
to the sick, when he listened to their
woes and cheered them up with tills
kindly greeting "Don't take so much
of that bitter Mllclne thb doctors give
. on, take some of my pills." And h
would hand them such sweetmeats as
their sickness would permit them to
use.
I cannot help thinking that if there
were more men of wealth to follow In
his footsteps ,ln this regard, there would
not be so loud a cry against the heart
lessnoss of the rich; so bitter an an
tagonism between poverty and wealth;
so unrelenting'' a warfare between tho
classes and musses; so strong a rising
tide of socialistic discontent. The sores
of Lazarus would not be half so gall
ing. Every epoch has its follies; ours
Is plunged into an abyss of humanitai
lanlsm which has all but hidden the
fair form of true charity. Charity is
no longer a simple duty, obligatory
on all; It is a science, a social median- '
ism, u system, a governmental neces
sity. All our representatives of tho
higher civilization exhaust themselves
in homilies on the sore of pauperism:
they speak eloquently, and touchlugly
of the privations of the poor, but they
do not come in contact with them.
They will succor them on condition
that they will not offend respectability
L-y the sight of their sores and their
rags. This is nothing but tho humil
iating salary paid to hunger, in order
to soothe Its anger and lull its fury
to sleep. His was a different school of
beneficence, because -it was founded on
religious motives that make thepoor
the representatives of Jesus Christ.
WHERE THE GOLD GOES TO
Egypt is having a boom, and that
explains in part the old mystery where
nil the gold goes to.
There Is a crazy land speculation in
Cairo, the cotton crop is increasing at
good prices, the area of arable land
is increased by the new Nile dam;
rain is more common from the same
cause. And gol(f is being hoarded in
the Oriental way usual when times
are good.
A consular report saj's that nearly ,
$20,000,000 was sent from London
last October, but It has all been 'io
sorbed. The sellers of tlie cotton crop
have tlie money hoarded in their
houses. The gold-beaters' bazaar Is
crowded all the time, and it is esti
mated that each week manv nnumls'
rlu gold coin are melted or b,eaten into
oraceiets, necklaces and chains. -
That gold Is always hoarded aln
Egypt is proved bv tlie fact that some.
George III. sovereigns are coming Into
circulation. fsew lork World.
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"Tommy," said the teacher kindlv,
"do you remember what I read about
disarmament the other day?" ,
"Yes'm," answered the boy, holding,
his hand behind him. ,
"And about the peace conference?"
"Yes'm."
"Well, this Is a little peace confer
once, and If you do not drop that snow
ball I fear that as a superior power
I shair have to intervene." Philadel
phia Ledger.
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urchins In front of the house '
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"Willie," she said, "don't you know
that those boys are bad associates for
you?"
"Yes, mamma," replied the little
philosopher, "but I'm a good associate
for them." Deseret News.
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