Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-05-11
the music lies unheard:

the music lies unheard:
In the rough marble beauty lies un
seen;
To make the music and the beauty
needs
The masters toucn, the sculptors
chisel keen
We propose to draw the music from
the air. We propose from the rough
marble to call into existence forms
of human beauty.
You are happy fraternity. You pre-
fer joy to sorrow, sunshine to rain, a
smile to sigh. You believe that limo
cent mirth and laughter are a tor
ment to the Devil. That the evil spir
1t will always tackle the weary, the
Respondent, the sour-tempered indi
vidual, in preference to the light
hearted, the happy, the jocose.
A smile will drive away half the ills
of life.
For the true Eagle, what we com
monty call death, has no terrors. He
believes with the poet, that
There is no death, what seems SO is
transition;
This life of mortal breath
Is but suburb of the life elysian.
Whose portal we call DEATH"
We love life. We love to think that
eternity means an unending life oil
gladness, of hope, of purity, of love
That in the great hereafter all the
legitimate pleasures of life will be in
creased a thousand fold. That the in
finite happiness in store for all who
have lived worthy lives here, will be 2
wonderful application of present hap
piness.
The Eagle theory is, indeed, that
there is no death, only transition from
earthly companionship, joy and love
to the heavenly.
there is no death, The stars go down
To rise upon some fairer shore;
And bright in heavens jeweled crown
They shine forevermore."
When Lord Lindsay was travel
ing in Egypt, he found mummy, the
inscription on which showed that il
was 1000 years old. Unwrapping it hi
discovered in one of it's hands tiny
root. He took it to England and plant
ed it, when 10, it bloomed and pro
duced a beautiful flower. How com
fOrting that suggestion. Though We
may not live this mortal life again
though the things of earth shall have
passed from us forever; we shall liv,
again. We shall live that life tina
knows no sin and sorrow; that lif,
which will be a realization of our. high
est aspirations here; that life tina
shows us SO purified that we ma,
walk with the very angels Of God.
In these remarks | have attempte'
to portray something Of our ideal
and aspirations-our hopes and inspil
ations. The realization is with thos
who have passed from us. They hav
solved the great problem, and the
beckOn us to join them on the othe
side We do not mourn them, as los
but, rather, meet today to honor thei
memories and to cherish their virtue
We are not weeping, but we are rejoit
ing. Rejoicing that it has been GU
great good fortune to have mingle
with i'll brotherhood, and loved thos
noble natures. Rejoicing that we hav
a hope. an assurance and faith tina
we shall meet them again, where tn
pleasures of companionship shall b
intending.
In the beautiful poem, Crossing tn
Bar Tennyson has given voice t
that sentiment which, l believe, e,
presses the idea of departure to "tha
bourne from which no traveller r,
turns" of each member of this frate
nifty:
Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of tn
When l put out to sea.
} But such a tide as moving seem
asleep,
Too full for sound or foam,
t When that which drew from out tn
r boundless deep,
5 Turns again home.
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark,
And may there be no sadness or far
well
When embark
I. For though from out our bourne
a time and place
!; The flood may bear me far,
e l hope to meet my pilot face to IA
p When | have crossed the bar