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10. Business with State Unions.
BYLAWS OF THE FARMERS AND La
BoRER's UNION OF AMERICA.
LIST. Each delegate to this body
shall present written credentials
from the Secretary Of his State.
I'd. "A majority vote of all mem
bers present, entitled to vote, shall
decide any question before this body,
unless otherwise specified.
3D.. All members in good stand
ing shall be required to vote on all
questions, unless excused by the
! resident, who shall vote only incase
81 a tie and IN balloting.
4th. The parliamentary rules set
forth in Cushings Manual shall be
adopted as the rules for transacting
business in all Unions.
BURIAL SERVICE.
BRETHREN AND SISTERS: Weare
assembled around this grave to rem
der a sad service the last the living
can perform for the silent dead.
The coffin and the grave, with all
their attendant surroundings, tell US
that man is mortal and must pass
away. The requiem Of all nature
tells us that this is the end of the
glory, the beauty and the perfection
of earth. The great book of truth
Goods book teaches us that lit is
appointed unto man once to die"
that God bringeth all men to death
and to the house appointed for all
living, but knowing that those who
sleep the sleep of the just live even
in death" let us not shudder at the
thought of death, nor start in alarm
as the feet of our loved ones touch
the waves Of the silent river. For
man dies not because of the anger,
but through the mercy of God; for
since the fall, the tree of life blooms
not on these dark shores, and the
land Of eternal light, where it now
grows lies beyond the shadows of
the grave, and death opens up the
only way by which it may be reach
ed.
The young, who sport with the
fSpassing hours, and in the coming
s5ears see only sunshine-to whose
Tminds there is no certainty of doubt
4 and sorrow are not exempt from
4 the power of the last enemy.
Beauty is marred, the sweet joyous
voice is hushed, and laughter is
iichanged one last, sad sigh, as OF tho
!. soul, as it leaves its house of clay.
i Man glories in the strength of his
! body, and in the great power OF hi
/ mind, which he is not satisfied witt
the known, but constantly reaches
out in the dark after the unknown
land tries to grasp the unreal and t.
lsolve the great problem of eternity
THE mysteries Of which are beyon'
the searchings Of the finite mind
| but death cuts him down, and hi
body is laid to rest in the bosom o
i our common mother, Earth, and tn
4 finishing of his work is left to an
! Eother. But to the aged, weary wit
4 the long walk upon the earth, who
no longer pleased with shadows here
r have reached out and laid hold upo
= The realities beyond, death comes a
a necessary change,
n So man lieth down and riseth moi
$ till the heavens be no more the
!, shall not awake. Let the livin
i work now, for there is no work nc
d device, nor knowledge, nor wisdol
r in the grave where they soon sha
il lie down. The body returns to I'll
!. earth as it was, and the spirit unit
/ Sod who gave it, then IF man d
, shall he live again?'' ''Yes, all II
Q appointed time will wait, then the
Al wilt call me, and will answer the
l. lShsa wilt have a desire to the wol
y, Iof thine own hands"
10 There is perfect rest with him WI
said, Il am the way, the truth, t
IL resurrection and the life"
Id THE END.
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he Resolved by the Kinds Coun
L1o,,,,o,s, Alliance this dav aSsal