The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-04
< The Good, the Truth. the Pure, the
. Just.
Take the charm Forever from them.
and they crumble into dust"

~ . 0btblV " = i tSdVc HIN nOOy
armour, witch fattgues me by its
weight. to continue my infinite ascen.
sion to the heaven OF heavens. bathed
IN light eternal" No, It cannot be, for
the Savior of mankind never carried
His bloody cross to the hill Of Calvary
IN order that. mar might be born and
then destroyed forever. Our Father
who are In, heaven does not reign as
call His children who labor in His
vineyard, 10 the everlasting home be.
yond the skies.
The immortality OF the soul. What
is IT? We do not know. The bright
est minds OF all ages and all climcs
have given 1t the thought Of centuries,
but no one on earth has aver pene-
trated its mysteries.
highest heavens the silver star Of faith
points to- an eternal hope beyond the
grave. And what a dark. unfath6m.
able abyss the future would be to us
suffering mortals here below il. the
guiding star Of immortality did not
min In all Its splendor upon a bright
and happy morn.
If we believe in God: we must be-
The herbs Of the valley, the cedars OF
the mountain, bless him; the insect
sports in his beam; the bird sings him
in n foliage; the thunder proclaims
MIN IN the heavens, the ocean declares
his immensely. Unite in thought at
the same instant the most beautiful
objects in nature. Suppose that you
see. at once. all the hours of the day,
n all the seasons Of the year; a
morning OF spring and a morning of
autumn; a night bespangled with stars,
and a night darkened by clouds,
meadows enameled with flowers; for
ests hoary with snow; fields glided by
the tints of autumn-then alone you
will have a just conception of the uni
verse! While you are gazing on that
U which is plunging into the vault
OF the west, another observer admires
the east. By what in~conceivable pow
er does that aged star which is sink
ing fatigued and burning In the shades
OF the evening, reappear at the same
instant fresh and humid with the rosy
dew OF the morning? At every hour
of the day. the glorious orb is at once
rising. resplendant as MONDAY, and
setting in the west; or, rather, our
senses deceive us. and there Is. prop
erly speaking. no east or west, no
north or south, in the world
In mourning for u dead let us
forget the living. Through the silver:
tears OF sympathy. let US outline
against the golden sky of human hope
the universal brotherhood Of man. In
silence and stiffness of the tomb,
around which are clustered the sad,
brothers, let us pierce the veil of the
mysterious future and see mankind
made a little happier and a little bet
ter for having mourned for our dead
today. In h green cemetery of our
sorrows. let US build. a monument of
unimagtnable splendor and write
thereon in pure letters of gold
charity, Justice and brotherly love.
Brother'y, loye-a precious pearl in
is man. standing alone and friend
less? How strong and happy when
linked by the golden bands Of BROTH
erly love to his fellow man: The
happiness of every age and every man
ts linked in mutual dependence upon
that Of every other God has written
upon the flowers that sweeten the air,
upon the breeze that rocks the flower
upon Its stem, upon the rain drops that
swell the mighty river. upon the dew
drops that refresh every sprig Of moss
that rears It's head In the desert, upon
every pencfled shell that sleeps in the
caverns OF the deep, as we'll as upon
the mighty sur which warns and
cheers the millions of creatures that
nv In its light-upon all He has writ
ten-.none Of us .liveth to himself. ~. /. /;
the following beautiful thought:
Die when I may. I want it said Of me
by those who knew me best. that 1 al
ways tried to pluck a thistle and plant
a flower where l thought a flower
could grow"
If in these beautiful ceremonies Of
tbs Lodge Of Sorrow, we have plucked
a single thistle and planted a flower of
kindness in M human heart, the
Benevolent and Protective Order Of
Elks shall stand enriched and ennob-
led for holding this memorial today.
May our thoughts and our sorrow find
man heart and nurtured by the sun
SHINE OF human sympathy grow the
sweet flowers of charity. justice and
brOtherly love. And may these beauti.
'ful flowers be planted all over the
Who wide world until all peoples in
all chimes and everywhere are united
In the holy bonds Of brotherhood.
Then would this Elks' Memorial not
been In vain. shall not die and he
but would wend its way to
the white portals of heaven and be re-
corded in the Great Book Of Life as an
blessing for us all.
Our last thought to our departed
brothers. This day Is in commemora-
ton Of u absent brothers. o, ever
dear and absent ones We have dedi-
Gated this day to your sweet memories.
Ere this our tears. u sadness and
our prayers are with you in yodr eter.
home. We know not how soon
death shall turn us over from time to
eternity. but as long as we remain
here below, I'VE shall enshrine you
u prayers" May We meet in a
realm where the rainbow never fades.
where the stars will spread out before
us like the islands that slumber on the
ocean and where the beautiful beings
that here pass before us like visions
will stay in our presence forever"
Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning Of the
When I put out to sea.
But such a tide as moving seems
asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the
boundless deep
Turns again home.
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
we'll.
When I embark.
For tho from out our bourne of Time
and Place
The flood may bear me far,
hope to see my Pilot face to face.
I have crossed the bar"
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