The Washington herald., 1906-10-28

This extract from Hamlets so1oquy
was inspired by the same thoughts which
brought forth from the man Of Uz CEN
turtles before: IF a man die shall he live
again2" OF death Il has been said:
Death is the same harmless thing that poor
shepherd suffered yesterday OF maid-seryant TO-
day and at the same time in which you die, IN
that sane night a thousand creatures die with you,
some wise men and many fools; and the wisdom Of
the first win not assist them. and the folly Of the
last does not make them unable 10 die
1hls question ASKED by Hamlet and by
Job has been asked by thousands and
millions OF human beings, and answered.
10 some by revelation, 20 others. by rea-
son. and TO many by doubt. All are as
sailed by the dread Of death, and all are
concerned for a true answer. And Pr
late saith unto him (Jesus) What is
TRUTH and when he had said this, he
went out" lie dared not wal; Tor re-
ply. II would have overwhelmed him as
the faithless vessel is overwhelmed by
the roaring and reslstless waters. / think
the question, If man die shall he live
again?" may be put. and though the an
swer may be waited FOR with trembling, II
will be received with joy.
II revelation be true, If the results Of
the Interpretation Of the highest reason
be true, all who ever lived will continue
10 live, and be met by those who now live
on earth. and they By those who may
come after them. Not one human being
from the first Of creation down to the last
one born has ceased 10 be Think Of the
long roll Of peoples and nations which
have inhabited the earth and all those
/ who are yet 10 come ana i've and die, and
grasp in your mind. II you can, that they
viii never cease to eXis..
And may We not think that in that void
10 which We are al tending there will be
no confusion Each spirit VIII appear
clear and distinct from its neighbor as II
was upon earth. In that countless multi
tude every soul holds its own JOY or bears
/ It's own burden Of sorrow. Each one has
/ its place. and increased as II viii be when
/ generations yea 10 come shall have swell
/ ed It's ranks. still viii each spirit free
and unucumbered by any other spirit.
/ dear friend OF deadly foe. be known as
[ IL was on earth
/ We build monuments and costly tOmbs
I to our dead that they may be remember
/ ed, and the ashes Of the dead sometimes
/ rcpose Ia places in when Jney teach silent
! lessons 10 the living.
/ Jeremy Taylor tells US that ''in the
! same Escurial, where the Spanish princes
/ live In greatness and power and decree
war or peace they have wisely placed a
/ cemetery where their ashes and their
glory shall sleep till time shall be no
/ more; and u that abbey where the Eng
/ lish kings have been crowned. their an
/ cestoTs lie INFERRED. and they must walk
over their grandsires' heads 10 take a
/ walk"
There IS n lesson in the story Of Minus
! q great AssyTian monarch, vino is said
/ to have possessed IAN ocean Of gold
I and other riches more than the sand In
/ the Caspian Sea. He never saw the stars
and perhaps never desired IL re
; never offered sacrifice nor WOrshipped the
/ Deity, nor administered justice nor spoke
10 the people o but was valiant "a
eat and drink and having mingled hl,
{ wines he threw the rest upon the stones
The man is dead, behold his sepulchre
and now hear where Minus is. Some
time I YVES Minus. and drew the breath
/ Of a living man, but now I am nothing
but clay I have nothing but what
did eat and what ! served 10 myself in
/ lust is all my portion the wealth witt
which I was blessed my enemies meet
ing together shall carry away as thS
mad Thy1des carry a raw goat. I an
come 10 hell, aud when / went thithel
neither carried gold, nor horse. mol
silver change J that wore a mitre an
now q little heap Cf dust
In the great and awful questions tina
have ever perplexed the human soul
the conditions OF the hereafter and IN,
prospect Of the disencumbered spirit-th,
attitude Of ;rustfuI patience best be
comes man.