The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-12-06

blue sky above us IS loNe ~ M'oS
snreading over all. The All Father
will show her 20 you again-not spirit
only. The little hands. the little feet.
you loyed-you shall lie down aud KISS
them II YOU will. Christ arose and did \
eat and drink. So shall she arise. The
dead. all the dead raised incorrupti-
BILE! God Is love. You shall see her
again"
IL is n heavenly song this OF the nine
teenth century Christian. man might
dry his tears to listen 20 II but for this
one thing Waldo muttered to him
self confusedly:
"The thing | loved was a woman
proud and young. II had mother
once. who. dying. kissed her little BABY
and prayed God that she might see II
again. III II had lived. the loved thing
would itself have had son, who,
when he closed the weary eyes and
smoothed the wrinkled forehead OF
his mother. would have prayed God 10
see that old face smile again In the
hereafter. TO the son heaven VIII be
no heaven II the sweet worn face Is
not In one 81 the choirs. He VIII look
for il through the phalanx of Gods
gl9rlavd angels and the youth VIII
look for the maid. and the mother for
The baby And whose then shall she
he M the resurrection OF the dradF
..Ah. God Ah. cod. a beautiful
dream. he cripd But can any one
dream Il not sleepugT
waldo paced ~. moaning ~ agony
land longing
lie heard the transcendentalist's
4 high answer
what have you 10 do with flesh.
the gross and miserable garment ~
which spirit hides Itself? You shall
see her again But the hand. the foot
The forehead y0u loved tuu snail SCI
no more The loves. tile fears, th'
frallties. that are born with the hesh
with tie flesh shall die Let them die
There Is that IN man that cannot die
seed. a germ. an embryo, spritua
essence. Higher than she was q
earth. as the tree Is higher than ia
seed. the man than the embryo, $
shall you behold her, changed, glorl
6ed!n
High words. ringing we'll. They mr.
the Offering of Jewels Ia the hungry, Q
gold Ia the man who dies for breae
Bread is corruption; gold Is incorrupt
bile. Bread Is light; gold Is heavl
Bread is common; gold Is rare. But III
hungry man viii barter all your mine
for one morsel OF bread. Around God
throne there may be ehoirs and con
panies OF angels, cherublm and ser'
! phin. rising tier above tier but not Is
) ane Of them al does the soul cry alou'
/, only perhaps for a little human won
! an. full Of sin. that II once loved!
! "Change Is death. change Is death
I ne cried Il want no angel. only she
no holier AMI no better, with all h'
/ sins upon her. SO give her me or 81
D ME nothing!
For the souls fierce cry for imlno
I tally is this, only dis Rcturn TO y
: after death the thing rs IL WAS beior
! Leave me N the hereafter the beit
i tint | am TODAY Rob me of q
i thoughts the feelings, the desires, ih
i arc my lifp aud you have lcft nothii
y 10 take Your Immortality - annihil
ton. yDur hereafter Is lie
Maldo auag open Gle door and wal
i ~ oui into The starlight his pa
; stricken thoughts ever driving him
l. as he pacnd there
!. .rhrse must bp u hereafter BEGAN
i man LONGS FOR H." he whispered. "
i. not all life from the cradle lp tie gra
n one long ycanmg for thar which !
y neNcr tDuchg There must be he
4 after because We cannot think of "a
I, end No ne. can we thnt nf a beg
ningg Is II CASTER % say J WIS "a
=. than tn say j slWll NOT be- md \
i. whore WIRE we 80 years ago. Dream
n dreams, Ah mn dreams and hes!
II ground anyHhcte|
.s All dies. all dies! The roses are !
T, Witl thp matter that once redden
s, the cheek Qf the CHILD. rbe low
bloom tac nirest on the i0I cars p
- tlegruuud Fhe work Of peaths i'm
cuuely ureathed over Is az
nau or na things even % tile liyil
- Dc1ths finger S crWherr 2
= rocks are built up Of a lie that 81
z Bodies thoughts aud loves die Fr
s. where SPRINGS that whisper D. The q
T. soul of imam l0u shall not die|
II is there no truth Of which this dream
~ lhe shadows
lie fell mao perfect silence And
Ne lest. as hc walked therc with bis b
Il head bis soul passed down the -
IS 81 contemplation into that vast Il
whore fbcre IS always peace. that q
go wgrrc the soui gazing long loses
CONSCIOUSNESS at lts little self and
sh most feels its hand ON the old mysu
sh OF Universal Unity that surrounds !
he "No death no dcatl he mnftef
ch "rhere IS that which never dies. VIII
ahldes Il l. but tile individual +
ne perlshcs the whole remains II Is
y. organism that vanishes: the atoms
there. Ii N but the man that dies:
hN TFnf,..F441 ANbnlc az which Hp Ia II