The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-06-18

| here among the graves OF our Qepdf leu
friends we may query What man is he
that liveth and shall not see death?' But
as we contemplate the future in the
hopeful realization that Our friends, hav-
| ing been faithful to their obligations,
have been called higher to the reward of
the just, we may be cheered in the hap
py belief and assurance, drawn from
the spiritual inspiration at our mother S
knee, that from their celestial abode, on
this Sabbath afternoon, when the fra
GRANGE of the rose and the smiles of the
! lily ascend to heaven; when nature, in
her loneliness rejoices with the birds
| singing their Sweetest melodies in the
glorifcation of our God, our companions
and our friends, would voice Their ap-
proval, of they could be heard? What
tribute more beautiful than the express
sion of the tender regard of the living
for the revered dead, than through the
ernbien1atie significance of flowers and
evergreen? Sentiment, poetry, all that
which is beautiful is conferred in these
/ aor,, ae,,s T nay CIV +, tho words If
/ Bob Taylor that beyond this beautiful
and ripping stream just over the grassy
knoll, there is a richly tinted flower.
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Ter trials and .,,a.ru;;na Z tors ~ t;,,,e
we are taught there is an eternity whose
higher possibilities give promise of
Icalmer hours and sweeter rest
/ But our mission. ladies and gentlemen,
lis not limited 10 the sphere Of memorial.
lin the activities of life. we are guided
Ibv duty. # has been truly said that "a
handful of GOOD life IS worth a hushel
of learning. AS we Journey along we
Iendeavor to. east seeds on good ground
from which will be produced good fruit.
I'VE draw our inspiration from our For
lest and its beautiful traditions. We real
lie that it is incumbent on us. as Wood
linen. to make fhe wilderness Of life. smile
land bloom as the rose. Woodnen who
follow the precepts Of their craft can not
| be idlers. They must toll uncea sinply
They must earn their bread by the
Isweat of their brow, an injunction most
wise and significant. Indeed, If we we're
Iidlers we could anticipate no reward Of
appreciation.
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