The Daily Missoulian., 1911-12-04

the joys and beauties. and elevating
example OF a well-spent life! The web
OF life is drawn into loom for us
all, but we do our own weaving. The
warp Is given us by the creator. but
the filling IL of our own making.
Everyone is the builder of his own
lffe--his own temple OF fame. II he
builds temple, great. glorious and
honorable. the merit and happiness are
his; II he rears a structure polluted,
unsightly and ignoble. to him be-
longs the shame and misery M n
"Shapespeare has; written II many
beautiful and true things but he erred
when he wrote: 444sF 88}S s
1.-The evil that men do lives after
The good Is oft inferred with their
bones
Rather should he have written, as
Is exemplified by our order:
" The good that men do lives after
them:
The evil is inferred with their bones
IF it were ever true that the good
which men do is Oft inferred with
their bones.' it Is not so now The
example Of good man lives after
him, and long after he ceases to take
part amongst his fellow men, the good
he did during his life will be effective
for good.
Life Is like. the passing ship, on
the ocean. which comes slowly ont Of
darkness over the horizon into view
and then vanishes from sight into
darkness. We come out Of darkness
into the light, and. after pausing
awhile, enter the shadow again We
know not whence we come or whittier
we are going. Humanity. through all
the ages has looked backward and
forward, irving to penetrate the sable
curtain which separates us from the
past and the future. Everyone would
know his origin and his destiny but
alas. the longings or the soul cannot
be satisfied, the mystery Of life and
death remain unsolved. From the
realm Of shadows come no voices. No
sublunary light reveals the stage,
either of our former or Of our future
existence Something there is with
in. however, that makes us feel and
know that we are immortal. but be-
yond that faith we cannot 60
"At such a time as this, when death
is brought near to US. we are won't
to ask the question, Does death end
alp Is there an Immortality here or
hereafter? Is there not an abiding
place somewhere in this boundless
universe. for those who have lived
clean, honorable and upright lives? As
Elks. we believe there Is an immor-
tahty; an immortality for those who
have mild. gentle. and peaceful quail
tiles of mind and heart, for those who
have scattered fragrance and sweet
ness along their paths. for those who
by quiet and unostentatious. yet con-
stant deeds OF charity, have made life
more tolerable, and for those who have
contributed to make of this earth, a
garden Of beauty ana enjoyment.
1T Is ignorance of the future that
causes US to dread death. The sep
aration from loved ones is hard to
bear; but not to know when and
where we meet again Is the appalling
thought that comes to the stoutest
heart, when confronted by the King
of Terrors. Though we cannot fore-
cast with certainty our future life, we
all believe-do we not knoW?-thaS
our happiness there depends upon our
conduct here. As goodness is re-
warded and wickedness is punished in
this life, SO we believe 1t to be. on
the other side of the river; and 1t af-
fords us satisfaction to know that in
life our brothers were guided by
Christian principle. and in death sus.
tained by Christian hope. In COM
memorating such lives our hopes are
big with Immortality. Just as it Is
said that we are evolved from lower
grades Of existence, so we may hope
that there are still higher grades Of
existence for worthy souls, and we
may say.
" Nor blame I death because he bare
The use Of virtue out of earth;
I know transplanted human worth.
WIN bloom to profit otherWhere.'
I'm every age and in every land the
undying dead have risen and have
lived again. Some have lived again
in statues of beaten brass or sculp-
tured marble. Some have lived again