The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-01-10
F. AND A. NJ. RESOLUTIONS
Express Sympathy and Coincidence on the
Death of Mrs. Christensen

Whereas, in the wise and ever mys-
terious dispensation of Providence the
grim messenger has invaded the domi-
Gil of our esteemed brother, Carl Chris
Jensen, claimed his own and desolated
the brothers. home by the removal
therefrom of his beloved companion,
Lonnie Christensen. With becoming
gravity and solemnity we lay upon the
altar such tribute of affection, and such
proof OF our commentator as the vir-
tues of the dear departed demand at
our hands; and while we may not per
haps properly at this time eulogize or
throw the incense of adulation upon
her bier, or the urn which shall enclose
her ashes, review of her short life and
the mere recital of facts must neces-
sarily bear the semblance of a eulogium;
and, while we pay the Offices Of respect
and affection to the departed one, by
her early demise we are again reminded
that Men drop so fast ere life's mid
stage we tread, few know SO many
friends alive as dead" and we may
proftably draw from this visitation
which has stricken her down, such les
sons as are calculated to teach US what
shadows we are and what shadows we
pursue.
Generous to a fault, she was one to
whom the burdened heart might pour
out its sorrows, to whom distress might
prefer its suit, whose hand was guided
by justice and whose heart was expand
ed by benevolence, regarding her neigh
Dor as being entitled with herself to
share the blessings of providence, and
rendering unto him or her such favors
and friendly offices as, in the same sit
uation, she would expect to receive
from them.
We speak of her as she was known
in daily contact and under all the va
ried circumstances and phases of life,
and realize that the grave is the ordeal
of true affection; it is there that the
divine passion of the soul manifests its
superiority to the instructive impulse Of
mere animal attachment which must be
continually kept alive by the presence
of its object; but the love that is seated
in the soul can live on long remem-
brance.
Sorrow for the dead is the only sor-
row from which we refuse to be
divorced. Every other wound we seek
to heal, every other affection to forget,
but this wound we consider it duty
to keep open; this affection we cherish
and brood over in solitude. The grave
buries every error and covers every de-
feet, extinguishes every resentment.
From its peaceful bosom springs none
but fond regrets and tender recollec-
tons.
AS has been said OF man, Her life
was gentle, and the elements so mixed
in her that Nature might stand up and
say to all the world, This was a
Woman %
And, Whereas, at the close OF short
but busy life the departed has left an
example worthy Of emulation in the
purity of her motives, her untarnished
honor and uprightness of character, and
the zeal with which she performed the
duties incumbent upon her as wife,
mother and friend, therefore be it
Resolved-By the officers and men,
bers of Zarthan Lodge, F. and A. M,
of Leavenworth, that in the death of
Lonnie Christensen, the bereaved COM
panion and little ones have lost con-
siderate, affectionate and devoted wife,
and kind, fond and indulgent mother;
and in this hour of their affective be-
reavement we tender to them, and to
all the relatives of the deceased, our
sincere, unfeigned and heartfelt sym
pathy in the loss we have all sus-
tanned; and
Resolved further-That while we re-
gretfully consign the remains OF the
beloved to the elements from which
they came, we also commend the be-
reaved husband and his little ones to
the compassion and clemency of the
great Judge whose decisions are with
out error and final, and who notes even
the fall of a sparrow.
She heard voice we could not hear,
Which said she must not stay;
She saw hand we could not see,
Which beckoned her away.
Resolved-That these resolutions be
spread at length upon the minutes of
Zarthan Lodge. copy furnished to the
surviving companion, and copy given
to The Leavenworth Echo for publica-
ton. ]. ]. King, Chairman.
L. J. Nelson,
Mar. Patterson,
Committee.