The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-22


petals bulls to sleep. To others IL rides
on the lightning fash. stabs during the
storm n roar Of the elements and
wastes the body by foul and lingering
disease.
Death has neither time nor place.
nor definite names OF coming
leaves have their time TO fall.
And flowers to wither at the north
winds breath.
z stars to set-but all
Thou hast all seasons for thine own
OH Death
Il comes to ALTO the maiden in her
glow and bloom. to the young man IN
strength and vigor-to the aged borne
down with the weight OF many win
tiers.
Tnere Is a reaper whose ian IS
death.
And with his sickle keen.
He reaps the bearded grain at a BREATH
And - flowers tina. grow between
rs death the end of all things? Is
this passing from strength and vigovI
to decay and silence a ina termina-
ton? No. AS lit Is not all Of life toI
live" SO also IL is not 'all OF death to
die" Were il 50 there would be no
piOilpAllSS ~ lcdu dl IOEcSl, upElEnI
life. e is merely an opening OF
the portals from earth to Heaven.
The death change comes.
Death is another life. We bow our
At going out. and enter straight
Another golden chamber of the
Kings
Larger than this We leave. and love-
lier.'
Beyond this life, past the portals of
the grave, thanks be to God, there Is
Immortality. O.. death where is thy
sting, o, grave where is thy victory
The body dies, but the soul immortal.
released from its of clay, is
waited upward on angelic wings and
amid the vast choir of the universe
sings praises before the White Throne
of God.
The stars shall fade away, the sur
Grow dim with age, and nature sink
in years;
But thou shall flourish IN immortal
youth,
Unhurt amidst the war Of elements.
THE wreck of matter and the crush
of worlds" Who can doubt the i'm
declare the glory of God and the fir.
mament showeth his handiwork.'
Gods glory and the existence of a God
is evidenced in all phases of nature
The peal and roar of TIE thunder, tht
flash of the lightning( the grandeur OF
the ocean,, h magnificence of the sun.
set, the l%oftinesS of mountains and tht
we'll ordered system of the universe
are all evidences of the existence of {
God, all n to show hat there is
some power greater than that of man
This monument attests the practi'
cal advantage of woodcraft. 1t is
cardinal principle of the order that 'ns
member shall rest in an unmarked
grave The Woodmen of the World
now number nearly 2OO, 900 members. 1
has paid during the last nine year.
$4,000, 900 in death losses TO widow.
and orphans, has over $500 camps dis.
tributed over the United States and il
the fifth aIgest order in this country
"A monument of the value of 800 ]:
erected owe the graves of each mem
Der and thus far 5000 have been PLACED
in this country. With its insurance
features it combines fraternal AND
charitable objects, making it one o
the most popular orders in the world
No woodman rests "~unknelled, I'm
coffined and unknown" From IN,
storm tossed Atlantic to the calm anC
peaceful Pacific. from the Great Lake
on the north to the gulf of Mexico Of
on the South-on hills and in valleys
by verdant forest and under blue skies
white monuments dot this fair land
marking the last resting place of
sovereign Woodman and point upward
to the blessed land beyond the stars
civilian Ulrich, whom we pay trib
ute to and yer whose remains We
erect this is no more. Go,
in his all wise power has seen fit TO re
move him from this land of grief am
sorrow and has taken him TO rest il
Heaven.
Sovereign Ulrich, for each membc
is a sovereign in the Woodmen of tn
World, was an honest, straightfor
ward man. Kind n gentle in hi
manner, truthful and loyal to hi
friends, filled with the ideas Of RICH
and honor, he was true to his trus
and lived in such a that whel
the time came to depart he was pre-
pared to meet his God.
His life was gentle; and the element
SO mixed in him that nature Nigh
stand up.
And say to all the world, this was
man.
: He has left us, naught remains a
this monument n the emo of hi
good deeds. As night dropping her sd
BILE curtain down and pinning it wit
" SoidOiA Stoi1 = IL IiC 4 I
rest, giving promise of a bright awak
, ening on the morrow, so he fell asleeI
; Nature softly and gently, with n
h%arshness or pain, quietly disengage
: the vital cord and William Ulrich pass
ed to the shore of that mysteriou
; realm that never yet has borne o
any wave the image of a honewar
sail"
ITO those loved ones left behind tn
l WoOdmen of the World extend thei
, sympathy and love and they, relyin
l on the divine promise of imInortalit
l can derive consolation from til
thought that we shall meet in tina
home where parting is no more. For,
e There is a blessed home
2 Beyond this and of woe,
4 Where trials never come
Nor tears Of sorrow flow.
. Where faith is lost in sight
And patient hope is crowned
And everlasting light
Q Its glory throws around