Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1910-02-24
Pres. Gaalt's Ealogy
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press for an answer the stars, the
mountains, the flowers, the sunshine,
but no authoritative response comes.
There is no demonstration OF immor-
tslity. Only in the realm OF hope and
faith have we comforting assurance.
"Saye only to tie embittered few,
the deranged, the misanthroLic, these
misled by wrong ideals or wracked by
disease, life is very sweet and inex-
pressibly precious. We all dread death
and dissolution. The grave never yields
Its secrets. We cannot penetrate
'The undiscovered country from whose
bourne
No traveller returns
The dead send back NJ messages, for
there Is no telepathy from that myster-
ious realm. Always on the boundary
OF this unknown land, haunted BY fears,
unwilling to leave our loved ones, our
work and the joys OF living, we hope
we believe, that we may love, worship,
work and achieve in some supe rnal re.
g'on where death and sorrow can
never enter. This, then, Is the domain
OF hope where all the ailurements OF
fate sustain and soothe us in our trials
and reconcile us to our burdens.
Had job lived In our day, so fullorb-
ed, he could have seen, In the accu.
mutations OF the ages, many obtrusive
evidences OF mans Immortality that
would have partially satisfied his yearn-
Ing soul. He would have seen the
books men have written that outliye
the vicissitudes of time, and the inn
perishable monuments that commence
rate great achievements. He would
see In our civilization the slow accre.
tion OF vanishing generations. He
would see the sciences men have dis.
covered, the arts so cunningly fashion
ed, and the grea' industries men have
organized. lie would have seen the In
stitntions men have originated for the
advancement OF the race. Upon every
hand he woul see the reign OF law
perpetuaiing the helpful customs OF an
immemorial past.
Allthese Accommodations are not mere
trium-hs OF the human mind, the inef-
fective bauble OF the hour They are
the voices OF men toiling upward In
the night seeking The eternal and the
satisfying. They are the testimony
that men have left that they want 10
live In some fashion forever, even
though 1t be merely in The shadow
realm OF legacy left to an oncoming
generation.
"AleG do live again in the tracings
Of their coming aid going, ard 10 their
slight contributions TO human welfare.
We are heirs Of all that have zone
before US, and our Inheritance speaks
70 US OF the human energy that has
been conserved to US through elusive
centuries. This is the call OF our age.
and OF all the ages, to enrich as much
as lies within us the heritage we have
received and now so fully enjoy. Men
do live again aud perpelualiy in their
works and in the influences they origi-
nate and accelerate
The sweet singer OF old had the
correct idea of life when he says-sI
shall not die, but live. Paul who COM
passed the whole range of human ex-
perience said For none liveth to him
self, and no an dieth 10 himself.
"The one whose memory we honor.
In this brief and inform smanner sill
lives. He has in large degree this
earthly Immortality. His words OF
cheer and counsel we shall not hear
again, but their echo will long re-
sound.throughout the halls OF me emory.
HIS scork Is done, but his scorks abide.
What we all saw OF his accomplish
ments for this Institution Is the tanQi-
bic, but the least part, OF his achieve
ments. HE directive energy, his
calm and judicIous treatment Of evsry
question relating TO tho Uniyersity,
the confidence he inspired 10 his a.
sociates upon the board, among our
fsculty. and throughout the State, Coz
stitute far more important and en-
during service. But whether tangible
or intangible his work Ia immortal, and
The reactions Of his life will touch The
vital concerns Of this institution
through many generations OF students
and faculties. He has left an enduring
influence that no calculus Gao ever
measure
'Mr. Ericsson Was q typical American
citizen. Foreign born, he loved the
land Of his adoption and It's institu-
tions. His career shows the posaIbili-
ties Of our American life. A mere Id
when he came to New York, he a.
tented the schools of hat city, ANA
nearly completed the course in one Of
the colleges Of that metropolis.
II must have been TO him = pleas
Ing recollection when he remarked "a