Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-05-25
(Address-c Concluded

TN he lived joyously and ~giorlously'
vess neet as it is | would not check It's
Fight if | could.
The period of strenuous young man
brsnd has charms no less powerful
The activities are highest. The re-
suxnsibilities are ever increasing. Ihe
Esasss are deepening in the face. IT IS
the. time when one scorn rest.
81 ask not when shall the day be done
And rest come on.
T pray not that soon from me
The curse of toll be gone.
The highest joy is in action and
many would prolong it far lnte me
shadows of the evening. But il there
* any period Ii a ! should seek to
fenuthen. it is the period Of maturity
sfsoagh | view it from the standpoint
IN 0ne to whom ii is an undiscovered
country. But Il has long seemed " ms
sfssa,. tine and place 10 mature TIE W9ih
ana experience Of the active Years "
necessary to the completion 81 q NE
work.
have known but few who seemed
10 mature their activities and prepare
flsxsDf for higher usefulness BY a iohs
c4.r7od of reflection. II people Would
s,s,s allow themselves to be shaaed by
sf;ss thought that maturity must IN
.ss7tsblv be followed by decay. n
sazatn. there would be no other PERIOD
~ life so full of deep satisfaction
Fs-p,pn our finite standpoint it IS the
: s..sY.io,} Of complete living. From tne
.sas,c point Of view the soul mas
szsrained whatever grandeur IS possible
10 it. Ii is prepared for its eternal
york
when the fruit is ripe it falls. Death
rs n necessary incident in life. A corn
m wheat must fall into the ground ana
,ssss pefore it can bring forth its FRUIT
III has come to be considered the most
rrsgical incident of life, yet it merely
rysarks the limit of our experimental
4yHRtW itlSe. Dul ~ 'DNp
rxssment Of life. The future mat lies
szesvand This hour is just as
sxssy inst as eternal as the future ina
asa~ a,ax,,nd the moment Of death. Bu'
gsr,sn experimental knowledge ceases
~sasDn does not. Every one that MAJ
1ivs4d has asked the question. II a mai
s;~ .;7,au he live AGAIN." The mystic
1nafs answer in an imaginary worn
y,esypled by d~isemboaied spirits. SCI
ssnce finds that everything must Ill
I'M order that life may be. ihose Q
p.srss perfect faith find complete sa'is
s,f-f5on in the words of the Master
xv,,r,fs that have wrought more peac
thar any other that lips have eve
xrs,ken. II am the Resurrection an
tsy,,A T,ife. He that believeth on m
sgyax, he we're dead, yet shall i've asaih
md he that liveth and belieyeth on N
4shalg never die" Then for nose WI
csuovv not this sublime faith, there
ss,s. evidence of simple. human inie
asxence which of necessity postu'al'
an Infinite God. the Creator and RAT
1sv 'of all. who has wrought iof eool
zss,ss ages 10 produce the being we Cd
Mana being whose every act uuitt
Snan Of finite existence. IS an act
xgrrparation for a higher act or a hlg
~ state. And intelligence Will not .
prate The thought that all this pfepar
y,sy, should be for nothingness-
-ryrough the various answers 70 q
esrssat INQUIRY we have conquered y
spar of death. We are constantly y
es,ug this traditional King Of Tefro
-rppstantly triumphing over II. a
unen at last it comes, we say IN
rene resignation,
4.rae not afraid we weary sous u
weep,
remember still He giveth his
loved sleep
ssud we car even add Win fiuAiey'
And il eternal sleep He wills,
aaext"
To many IL is a lying do"h y pie
:xut dreams. To some a cneery SIN
a wave Of the hand. 10 SOM
sxnuuut Of victory. To the weary u
sasss peace that passeth understand
n, the strong the door to infinite
rjrn. To the believing soul 1t is
v~rrtunity to know God whom to XII
Sxtxht it Life Eternal
n am not concerned about the res
r-vrtion. Whenever a sweet no.
.,prfngs into life and beauty from
4 srepshs of the Shiny pool wheneVe
tree bursts into fragrant bloom a
~ winters sleep; whenever q prii'i
Tysgaferly rises from It's marx chrysa
xanrneyer d sin cursed soul thr'
s,R its bondage Of vice and rises
strength and purity into a new D
e,r righteousness. we behold the
s~,rrection and the Life. Wheneve