Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-08

and contemplating the services he
had rendered here upon earth, be-
fore his ashes were laid to rest in
Rugby chapel, said:
80 strong soul, by what shore
Tarriest thou now. For what
force,
Surely, has not been left vain!
Somewhere, surely, afar,
Is practiced that strength,
Jealous, beneficient, firm!
Still like trumpet, dost arouse
Those who, with half open eyes,
Tread the border-land dim
'Twixt vice and virtue
This was thy work,
This was thy life upon earth
When such souls pass from our
view they blaze broad trail far out
into the uncharted dark, and the
radiance of their lives abides with us
like the light of a great star, still
travelling through space long after it
has been snuffed out in it's planetary
orbit.
IF that other fundamental rule of
the universe-the law of growth-be
likewise the law of the after life; if,
instead of being made perfect in the
twinkling of an eye, we shall attain
knowledge, power and purity through
other stages of time, then immortal
ity begins here. He who verify has
woven into his character the primary
tenets of Elkdom, and has striven to
lift his life to the highest levels OF
the fraternity's aims and aspirations;
who has been just to his fellows;
who has loved his neighbor; who has
practiced charity; and sent far Out
into the world the warm rays of 9
soul saturated with sunshine-he has
already thrust the roots of his life
down deep into the soil of immortal.
ity, and equipped his spirit for the
practices of the life to come.
He is the man who has lived his
day and served his brief hour
whether he be an humble fisherman
by the sea, or an inspired teacher
and moulder of men. Even though
he came but yesterday and be gone
today, yet he found the present Ions
enough to lend a helping hand K
speak the kindly word, to scattel
flowers along the road, to sing ant
not whine under the burden on hi
shoulders. The skies were bluest tn,
day he lived, and the sod at his fee
was to him the dearest spot in all thu
world. He 'reverenced his conscienc,
as his king; spoke no SANDER; no
! nor listened to it; loved one only, an,
clave to her.. The habit of kindnes
radiated from his face, and the must
in his heart was an anthem, not
dirge. When men cursed, he breath
ed a prayer, the prayer of the strong
Help me to need no aid of men, tina
may help such men as need Men
!. virtues stamped themselves upon tn
tablets of his memory in triple brass
their faults he marked in the dus
with frail reed, and passed on, for
getting. Grief touched on his jour
ney, so that he might know the bun
den of friends hour of gloom, an
with the sadness of Lincoln in his ey
I might say to him, All, my friend,
know His flesh unsullied and hi
soul unfagged, glad did he live, an
! gladly die, and lay him down with
I will: and, as a great secretary {
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3 die
y For such a life,
Z How far from here to heaven?
3 Not very far my friend;
q A single hearty step
: viii all the journey end
z 'If he was your kinsman, friend {
. neighbor, or my klnsman, friend I
3 neighbor. and brother in our mob
y order. we would hold this hour sa
g red to his memory; and grief yawl
: ing wound, he II old or fresh, HI
Z much to comfort and assuage It,
K III he laid down with the whi
Z majesty OF years upon his venerab
3 head. and the mark of great servi
q or high exploit upon his brow, v