The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-01-11

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gone from the throng Of the living 70
plinsle with the millions that have
gone before. When a king Is dethron-
~ his subjects rejoice, but when al
ggeat man dies the people mourn. A
tail cedar has fallen. and gloom per- |
Hades mot only the state Of West yir-
elnia hut the nation as well, because
his fame was nationwide. His sum
went down soon after 1t reached the
horizon and began recedtng toward
thesWest. When 1t settled beyond our
visions, darkness fell upon thousands
Of devoted and adrniring friends. It
was Gods will, not ours, that his sun
should set before due evenlng-tide had
come. He could not prevent It's set
ting, nor could his friends prevent 1t.
All we could do was to stand and
watch and wait. We stood until the
light went out while he met the issue,
as only the strong and brave and
great could do. We believe new and
brigfterEsun arose beyond the setting.
OF his earthly life. We believe, that,
death does not end all.
Noted In Early Life.
Some men dover early Others late.
Senator Ellsins was noted man in
early life, and was scarcely at his best
when the final summons came. He
was inst In the early afternoon Of life
and was best qualified to grapple with
its sternest problems and be the most
useful to his fellow men. Man pro-
poses. but God disposes. We make
our plans, but they are not always for
the best, and a wise PrUviden often
oyerruies them. We may wond why.
but that is not foF usfto, know. II IS
enough for US to know that there is
q God supreme, and that all Of us
should bow submissively to His will.
The way is often dark.
It is dark today to some of us. The
pail hangs heavily over the dead
statesman's household, but God willed
It thus, and ali should bow reverently
to His decree. When. the golden bowl
is broken and the silver cord is
loosened, we pause, we wonder and
we weep. We drop our tears. We
pour out our sympathies. But tears
and sympathies only aggravate the
wounds, unless out Of the surround
ing darkness weTcan by faith In the
unseen believe that Gods sunshine
Will some day drive away these Clouds
Just how much life means words
refuse ID tell, sbetauss they can not.
sIaesd ourwanpf esis lIuuagia ltouE,with
fiowery emblems to indicate that &C is
for purpose in the great Creater's
plans for the government OF His sub
1ects. Life may be grand God in
tended It to be glorious. SO He paved
its course with diamonds, fringed its
'alaanks with lowers and oXerarGhe dalt
saIEith gstarsa Aroundqits hess spread sthe
physical universe = suns, moons,
worlds, consultations, sublime. In mag
7 nitude and grand In order and obe-
iience. In this strange, this wonder
fui thing called life, every man. every
woman, hasshis, and her place. Some
lay their life work down3early, others
later: but sooner or later all must sur
render their trusts to God, the Crea-
tor Of US all.
God and the Soul.
4 have long been persuaded that
nothing abides save God and the Soul
There is nothing enduring in this
world except the Creator and His
laws. The stars that shone upon our
cradles will shine upon our graves.
Darkness is closing over the careers
ofsoIon and Lycurgus. The hills that
once echoed the eloquence of Peri
oles are now unknown. The groves in
which Plate and Socrates prepared
their philosophtes have been RACED to
earth. The ancient, grand temples
that were intended to immortalize the
names Of their builders have nearly
all been gnawed asundred by the tooth
Of time; but God and His laws yet re-
main and are taking a stronger and
still greater grip upon the nations as
the years roll on.
This is the lesson that comes to us
by the passing OF the patriot and
statesman whose life am now briefly
reviewing, What is life? Tell us,
friends, from the high abode of death,
what Is life? We ask this question
and no answer comes as we watch and
wait. But If life on the earth con-
tributes to the life of the soul, we
have the comforting assurance that all
is well. If the soul fills well the place
assigned to it on the earth, discharges
Its duties faithfully. obeys the com
mands of its Creator, and helps others
on in life, that one is a true child Of
the King. To one like this, death how
ever sudden, however shocking in its
conditions and surroundings, can
bring no fear, no sorrowful forebod-
ings
I, ElIins Accepted Truth.
I believe firmly that death does not
end all. The first and foremost poet
of the Bible, If not indeed the fore
most poet of all the centuries. when
his heart. was bleeding as ours are to-