Forest Lawn Memorial Park

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SCO THE BUILDER'S CREED 2 I BELIEVE IN A HAPPY ETERNAL LIFE. I BELIEVE THOSE OF US LEFT BEHIND SHOULD BE GLAD IN THE CERTAIN BELIEF THAT THOSE CONE BEFORE HAVE ENTERED INTO THAT HAPPIER LIFE! I BELIEVE. MOST OF ALL, IN A CHRIST THAT SMILES AND LOVES YOU AND ME. I THEREFORE KNOW THE CEMETERIES OF TODAY ARE WRONG BECAUSE THEY DEPICT AN END, NOT A BEGINNING. THEY HAVE CONSEQUENTLY BECOME UNSICHTLY STONE- YARDS FULL OF INARTISTIC SYMBOLS AND DEPRESSING CUSTOMS - PLACES THAT DO NOTHING FOR HUMANITY SAVE A PRACTICAL ACT AND THAT NOT WELL. THEREFORE PRAYERFULLY RESOLVE ON THIS NEW YEAR'S DAY, 1917, THAT I SHALL ENDEAVOR TO BUILD FOREST LAWN AS DIFFERENT, AS UNLIKE OTHER CEMETERIES AS SUNSHINE IS UNLIKE DARKNESS, AS ETERNAL LIFE IS UNLIKE DEATH. ISHALL TRY TO BUILD AT FOREST LAWN A GREAT PARK, DEVOID OF MISSHAPEN MONUMENTS AND OTHER CUSTOMARY SIGNS OF EARTHLY DEATH, BUT FILLED WITH TOWERING TREES. SWEEPING LAWNS, SPLASHING FOUNTAINS, SINGING BIRDS. BEAUTIFUL STATUARY, CHEERFUL FLOWERS. NOBLE MEMORIAL ARCHITECTURE WITH INTERIORS FULL OF LICHT AND COLOR, AND REDOLENT OF THE WORLD'S BEST HISTORY AND ROMANCES. I BELIEVE THESE THINGS EDUCATE AND UPLIFT A COMMUNITY FOREST LAWN SHALL BECOME A PLACE WHERE LOVERS NEW AND OLD SHALL LOVE TO STROLL AND WATCH THE SUNSET'S CLOW, PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE OR REMINISCING OF THE PAST: A PLACE WHERE ARTISTS STUDY AND SKETCH: WHERE SCHOOL TEACHERS BRING HAPPY CHILDREN TO SEE THE THINGS THEY READ OF IN BOOKS WHERE LITTLE CHURCHES INVITE, TRIUMPHANT IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT FROM THEIR PULPITS ONLY WORDS OF LOVE CAN BE SPOKEN; WHERE MEMORIALIZATION OF LOVED ONES IN SCULPTURED MARBLE AND PICTORIAL CLASS SHALL BE ENCOURAGED BUT CONTROLLED BY ACKNOWLED CED ARTISTS; A PLACE WHERE THE SORROWING WILL BE SOOTHED AND STRENGTHENED BECAUSE IT WILL BE GOD'S GARDENT A PLACE THAT SHALL BE PROTECTED BY AN IMMENSE PERPETUAL CARE FUND, THE PRINCIPAL OF WHICH CAN NEVER BE EXPENDED- ONLY THE INCOME THEREFROM USED TO CARE FOR AND PERPETUATE THIS GARDEN OF MEMORY THIS IS THE BUILDER'S_DREAM; THIS IS THE BUILDER'S CREED. The Builder Bob PLUNKETT Photo FOREST LAWN MEMORIAL PARK GLENDALE, CAL.

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