The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1902-02-13

much rest, SO much peace OF mind, so
much to do for poor mankind. II is a
pleasure for US to come to yon to-day.
We wish you to feel the same great
JOY.
Old Mother Nature that sweeps over
the face of this great world has come
at last, and in the long months past
of sickness and pain has at last freed
the soul Of one more ship; has at last
brought the great force Of truth; and
the fountain OF knowledge opens up
before him, and he stands so happy
to see the bright sun of eternal truth
rise up before him. 4 see theispirit
form in which he walksaand steps into
the grand, glorious procession where
he will hold forth tr1umphantly, know
ing that death does not come, that
there Is no such word as death. 1t is
only achange. A slight change in
Old Mother Nature, when the material
form grows weak and longs for q
brighter day, and then the wave,
comes carefully and lifts us all into
the port OF eternal life. Speak not to
me Of death. There is death to moth.
ing, only to material laws. The law
of life that rules the world cannot
die. 1T Is like space. 1t is like the
eternity there. 1t is d principle that
always lives: that has always lived,
and will throughout all eternity rule
man . mind, and bring him nearer and
nearer to the great throne of angels
where he can hear in his mind the
one great word, II have mastered all;
science, art literature, is within my
reach. asked and | was answered,
for have the fountain of knowledge
pouring forth in my cup of joy, and
/ cannot resist the great pleasures"
And he is with you to-day, and rejoic-
es with you to know that life here is
only one short step to the great eter-
nal life that lies before us all.
We are all brothers and sisters in
this great world. You may think your
brother has severed the chain and the
golden links that nature formed so
close together, but there Is not one
thread broken. We are all linked to-
gether by one great common law that
has ruled the universe for eternity,
and will continue throughout eternity
and eternity to come ruling all the
same. Nature Is good. She is charit-
able. She Is lenient; she makes the
sun shine on the just and the unjust.
She rules the planets that the rain
may come and bring forth the buds
and the roses that bloom so sweetiy
in this bright noon, and brings so
much comfort and pleasure that our
cup is full again.
O, brothers! @, sisters My hearts
sympathy comes from afar; from
spheres that are filled with mortals
just like you; from the heavenly an
gels who are ruled by minds just like
yours that have conveyed back to one
another the principle truth that we
are alone great family.
/ love to see the sweet signs of
spring. It tells me that there has
been death to some condition, utthat
life lives though the earth be covered
with snow today. All looks dark and
dreary. You wonder, will spring come
again? VIII the sweet flowers bloom
AGAIN. All, yes, the true natural laws
will clear away the cloud, and the gen.
erous sun that rules all life, will bring
the flowers again; bring the grass, and
show to you that there is no death,
that life alone rules. The word life
has proven to us that man IS existence
is eternal; that the portals that lie OPP
an before him; that have formed the
conditions; that have flooded our
souls with the law of truth, has PROV
en- to us that there is no death. That
life is sweet; that the change that
comes is only to bring forth more
beautiful blossoms, more beautiful
flowers, to quicken life with something
sweeter, greater. more noble. That