The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-23

golden, indestructible friendship that is
the kinship of two souls"
At this point Judge Phillips finished
his manuscript and laid it upon the
table. He stood for a moment silent
and thoughtful in the ring of lawyers
that enveloped him and his white head
was bent in unconscious thought, the
lines in his face deepened- When at
last he spoke again it was in voice
broken with emotion and he was talk
ing from the heart and not from manu-
script.
THE tendency of today is to present
and enjoy the pleasant things of life,
but many of the older ones among US
live among the sweet and tender
memories of the past. No one feels so
keenly as the aged the loss of the
brightest stars of the social sky. To
him no new stars come that can take
the place of the old friends. There is
Just one less earthly tie that binds. In
my latter life these losses are harder
to bear 1 stand like some old tree OF
the forest, scorched by the fires that
swept away the friends of other days.
l look for them and they are not mere
They have gone away, L know not
where. 1 sway closer to the ground un-
der the winds of life now that these
supports have gone. But 1 have that
sole sustaining thought that If a man
die he shall live again, and If 1t were
not for that assurance that We shall
:
nv heart would -wither now and
should give up the fight in despair.
ut was last summer that we laid our
friend away in the cemetery on the NIL!
yonder. How appropriate 1t was that
the trees were in full leaf then, the
birds were singing and the flowers We're
in bloom. We left him beneath bed
of roses sown by loving hands. The
sun went down, the stars were lighted
one by one and shone over that grave
T. Ill fo1a Of no mis-
To-day those flowers are withered
and the winter winds sweep across that
mound in the city of the dead But
gentlemen. we know that the cold sun
of this winter morning will warm uD
again under summers noon time and
throw is beams aslant the earth to
paint again the withered flowers and
revive this chilled world. We know
that another springtme will come, that
the buds will peep forth again to be
kissed by the miracle working breath
of nature. If it be true then that mat
ter be indestructible. that every flow
err has a resurrection, how much more
true is it that these human faculties
of ours that dominate the animal king
dom, that harness the lightning. shall
not pass into airy nothingness but shall
be transformed into an everlasting and
brighter existence.
There is something within us we
know not of that bids US be happy in
IneCnOuSnC there Is a resurrection
morning to come when the sun shall
cast its light on that little mound in
the cemetery that covers our friends
remains and he will coem forth again
to greet US in the gladness and glory Of
an eternal day"
After Judge Phillips had finished his
address and gone to his chambers the
murmur of admiration continued in the
court room. 1t was a fitting climax to
the great tribute paid today to the
memory of a talented and Iowa BILE man
by the lawyers and courts of Kansas.
At the opening of the court this
morning Charles Blood Smith read the
resolutions of respect for w. H Ros-
sington prepared by a. committee from
the Shawnee county bar. AS a pre-
face to these there was an outline of
the career and personality of the IA
nous Topeka lawyer who loved books
and men and honor better than he
did money or self.
Captain ]. G. Waters then delivered