Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-07

no taps, but peace, blessed peace, smiled
over the land again.
My friends, We may not solve the mys-
terry of death. At its shadOwy portals the
Eternal has fixed the utteTmost limit of
human wisdom and written upon it thus
far shalt thou go and no further Faith
alone. like the sweetness of dreams, can
carry US beyond the boundary of time and
paint and people eternity. Whether our
burdens be heavy or light in this life, .et
US march on in the blessed faith that
We shall meet beyond the clouds and the
skies and enjoy forever the fields and
fruits of blissful Immortality
Rev. Cameron Mann. ID. d.
After a vocal duet, "I VIII Magnify
Thee, o Lord" by Mrs. c. w. Goffe and
Mr.. ]. W. Kingston Rev. DIR. Cameron
Mann, rector of Grace Episcopal church,
delivered a brief address.
Il do not know" he said. why two
ciergymen have been invited to make ad
dresses on this occasion unless it be in a
professional capacity, as ministers of the
Gospel, representing the idea of an immOr-
tality of the human soul. You are assem-
bled here in that hope to-day. You believe
in human responsibility and human i'm
mortality. You do not record the depart
ure of your beloved dead as hopeless, but
in the happy belief of a joyful reunion
beyond the grave. You are not here to
lament the extinction of a human char
acter. but to reverently bear testimony to
the virtues of your dead and commend
their example to the living"
W. ". Dranen was to have delivered an
address, burt he was summoned home by
the news OF the critical illness Of his moth
er.
Ex-MnyOr Webster Davis.
Ex-Mayor Webster Davis delivered an ell
oqusuJ address. saying. in part:
''On these memorial days, We real ze that
in the midst Of life We are in death. w,
are indeed too liable to forget in the hurry
of business in this world that the time will
surely come when We ourselves may posi-
bly, be helpless ard suffering. on a lonely
cot in some sick room or hospital In the
toll and turnOil of this life, and in the plr
slrits Of the fantastic phantOms of our
hopes. aspirations and desires, We too oft
en- lose sight oC the fact that the time may
come when we will be sick. We determine
upon our plans. We lay out our work, We
arrange our programme for the long vista
OF years which. Tanorama-lilIe, Unfolis it
self before us. when suddenly, maybe with
ont warning. our lives are required of Us,
AMI the bright am brilliant future fades
away into the black ncthingneSS of death.
And this. after ali, IS all We are certain OF
in this world. Why. even now. while l am
beating funeral marches to the grave
We crepe along iU the dark and inquire
WHY We have been brought here and We
vE.rIy study what is 20 be the end of our
be.n~. and whether We shall attain a def
mite object or miss II altogether.
''Hut though our life is short and made
MP OF smiles and tears Of shadows and
sunshine Vet il is long enough to do much
good i- the world II We are 50 disposed
Then let us fill our lives with acts OF kind
ness. and with deeds of charity and love:
the roh'eSt deeds performed are those that
tell Of sacrifices. and of devotion. and Of
kindness done for our fellow men Every
effort put forth TO tighten the burden upon
the bending hack Of some unfortunate
brother; every effort 20 brighten the path
way of some poor girl who must work i'm
store or shop 10 support an invalid father:
every effort TO encourage the struggling
young man and assist his as far as We
can in climbing over the bOulderS and
rrlgs that obStruct his way up the mount
ain Of success: every effort TO wipe away
the tear that giiJters like A dewdrop on
the cheek Of the widow and orphan. and
every act that enrobles humanity and
makes the world better. are deeds that
viii live IN the Immortality that blooms
beyond the grave. and Will grow brighter
and brighter As the years are lost in the
cons OF time.
These are the best testimonials TO the
memory Of our brothers whose spirits have
sped away to that celestial land where the
suffeTinss Of brave hearts are assuaged
by a gracious balm, and tired feet rest