The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-12

apart and be peculiar and with viii.
lingness to be called a fool for the
sake OF my Lord. will not evade, J
will not refrain, | will not shirk, | will
not finch, l will not shrink, | will not
hold back from calling wrong wrong
at a funeral as willingly as at a
church prayer meeting, where only
few OF the best saints can hear me.
must speak, for hear the wall
from stricken homes. My ears ring
with the cries Of beggared men as
they crawl out OF the wreckage Of
the fallen house Of manhood. | am
almost overcome by the heartwrung
cries of wives and children and
blameless little ones. My soul is al
most frozen with terror as upon my
ear falls the swish.swlsh swish Of the
cat.o.nine tails of some two hundred
| thousand licensed bastanadoes in this
so.called Christian land.
In the presence of the white face Of
dead friend and neighbor, slain by
drink, you cannot ask for apologize
speech and soft sheeny sentences.
Today as you stand by the cash of
the grave made for this man. it is q
fit time to ask you to send Jesus
Christ to Charleston and Washington
as well as to the slums Of our cities.
1t is time that by your ballots You pay
the fare that will take Him to the
place where He cah put His mighty
hand on the belt and slip it from the
wheel that runs the National Gin Mill.
May this occasion teach us that as
F., the sun rises in the east, "the glory
and beauty of the day." to henceforth
step off like Master Masons towards
Gods reddcning east with constant
desire for more light" May We by
the tools OF our profession build Fair
mont into city that God, in Whom
we put our trust, can bless.
Men, life is short at the longest; let
it all be filed up with helpfulness for
others, with work and sympathy for
others. May we ever carry in our
arms white nantes to cover up the
mistakes and failures Of our fellows,
If an evil report about some one
comes to US, let us put upon 1t the
most favorable construction, as the
Rhone enters Lake Leman foul and
! comes out crystalline. Let us not
build upon the transitory differences
Of this world, for soon 1t will make no
difference to us whether we had ten
million dollars or ten cents, and the
ashes into which the tongue of Web
ster dissolved are just like the ashes
into which the tongue of the verlest
stammerer went
Each one OF us must give an &C
count Of himself to God" For justice
all place temple and all season is
summer"
look at these blossoms, tokens OF
brotherly feeling; l have no doubt
that we're every one for whom this
man performed some noble service to
bring a flower he would sleep under
cover OF blossoms.
Our friend died as the shadows
were yet falling toward the west.
where manhoods morning touches
noon, for he was but thirty-two years
Of age. So he had not passed on LIES
highway the stone that marks the
highest point; but being weary, he
laid down by the side of the way, us.
ing lifes burden, which to him SEEM
ed very heavy, for a pillow. His body
now lies here In the dreamless sleep
that has kissed down his eyelids into
stiffness. ,el NJ"
After all 1t may be best that at this
time his life boat dashed against an
unseen rock and was lost amid the
billowy waves. Let us hope that he
has sincerely repented, and that upon
his forehead falls the golden dawning
OF better and grander day. Though
from the voicelcss lips there falls no
word OF assurance faith is so victori-
GUS that in spite of doubts and fears
and tears It feels the healing touch
OF Love Divine. And now to the men
OF the Brotherhood who have been
selected to perform the last sad office
for our dead brother we give his dust,
with all confidence that his God and
our God will do what is best for him
and best for u.s. May we so live that
we can fold our toits in the glory Of
sunset and lie down with our faces
turned toward the sunristng.
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