Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-06-11

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These lovely horai tributes are III,
putes TO the living unseen. We eS,
press In them our belief in the here.
after--the home Of the soul.
"Tfme does no breathe on It's fadeless
blooom
For beyond the clouds and beyond the
tomb
II is there. II Is there. my child"
IL We project our minds for the mo-
ment beyond the confines of place and
time there opens out to our concep-
tons the beauties and charms OF this
pure soul life. The details will dixer
with each individual. because the
heavenly vision must be translated In
the terms hat are known by educa-
tion and training. But however un.
derstood and appreciated It's glories
are s%upernal.
We, in this solemn and beautiful
ceremony attest our belief In its real.
tiles, our desire to so sublimate the
grossness OF our natures that we may
see and know more of its beauties,
and our purpose to SO live that we
may be prepared to enjoy Il.
There Is one feature OF this soul
life that challenges our thoughtful at
tention. II is the infnity of its being.
The consideration that led us to be-.
lieve In II leads us to believe In its
amending duration. The soul can new
er die.
III death be final. what is life with all
It's lavish promises. It's thwarted aims.
Its lost ideals. its dlshonored claims,
Its ~uncompleted growth? A prison wall
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our call:
A puppet stage where Joys and griefs
and shames
Furnish a demon TESTERS carnival:
A plan without a purpose or a form
A roofless temple; an unfinished tale.
Aud men, like m~adrepores. through
calm and storm,
Toll. die. to build a branch OF fossil
frail,
And add from all their dreams,
thoughts, acts, belief.
| A few more inches to a coral reef"
In this life without end we shall
have time to meet and thoroughly
know all these, our brothers gone be.
fore. on whose graves the blossoms
Of memory and hope are to-day
| strewn. Our knowledge then will be
| soul knowledge. While II will not be
| complete, as continued life without an
accompanying increase Of knowledge
is i~nconceivable. II will be perfect in
its truth.
Here in crystal clearness,
Perfect in circled completeness.
Shines truth, Godlike In essence"
II were idle. my brothers. II WI left
| this sacred place. these thoughts of
holy things. these associations with
| the pure ones and these hopes of re-
union with them In the realms OF the
| blessed. no better than we came.
These pure flowers have spoken to our
| souls of light. beauty. love and truth.
II no words OF mine had aroused
thoughts Of that better self within,
these mute blossoms Of God should
have drawn us from material things
to the beauties OF the spirit.
As we depart from this high table
land Of privilege and go down into the
valley Of our ordinary existence, let
us cherish the noble aspirations that
| our visit to these graves has aroused.
| Let us brighten for ourselves and
| others the oftimes dull and Sustained
daily life OF toll and struggle. with
the bright blossoms OF hope and faith.
Let our effort be TO feed, nourish and
develop our immortal souls. This
mortal life must soon end. Here,
shortly, in this acre of God" all that
Is mortal OF us will be placed. Why
work and worry for place and pelf
for time that soon will be no more
for us?
Every condition promulges not only
itself: II promulges what grows
after and out of itself;
And the dark hush promulges as much
as any"
Let us show wisdom by strengthen
ing and identifying that part of us
the soul-which will live forever. Such
work done now will endure. Such de
yelopment will progress. increasingly
forever. Should we here receive an
impetus to the growth of our souls
this solemn memorial service will not
have been In vain. These sweet let
ters OF the angel tongue" as they lie
on these, our brothers graves, will
have been read correctly. These
| glimpses we have had into the great
unknown will prove to us glorious vi
sions that will brighten, day by day
until we pass into the perfect day.
This association with our departed
brothers will be but a foretaste OF
that eternal communion In the spirit
world Of Joy and peace and love.
20, life. eternal, underived, sublimel
Light, beauty. strength, love, excel
lence supreme!
Thy smile alone sheds lustre on the
cline
In which we dwell, Thou art the ex
haustless theme
OF all our tongues and harps; the un
falling stream
OF all u bliss; the sun whose rays
benign
On the wide universe resplendent
beam.
On our immortal pathway deign tc
shine,
And MI our hearts with love, trans
porting and divine"
.
Allen Halverson, OF West Prairie
Wis, says; People come ten miles