The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1912-04-26
Resolutions ON the neath Of Rue "
Nation.

Nation.
Again we have been called upon
TO place In eternal sepulchre the
mortal remains OF departed com
panion, Rural Vance Nation.
In this hurrying selfish life OF ours
we heed others 80 little that when
the messages telling US OF the pass
ing OF first one and then another Of
those we have known and esteemed
in life we feel the pain OF sudden
shock anal Q. t1iially 3 this separa-
ton tro3 ri.el fl btil.,s rs face to
face WITH the unfath b , myster-
ice Of death
The subject Of this sketch was
the irst of our members 10 be called
into the great beyond as he was only
the Youngest In point OF years; but
IN his life he has left a message to
the world worthy Of our closest at
tention. and we are content to be-
lieye that his nfes work viii stand
the test OF the Great Overseer's
Square.
ia life we are often reminded
that we were born to die Mortality
is TINS brought to view that we may
the more earnestly seek an immor-
tally beyond this fitting lie whore
death comes no more forever
"Rue Nation died last evening"
were sad and mournful words that
betokened that another spirit had
winged its flight to a new existence.
alarm was sounded at the door
OF our sacred retreat and the mes
senger which gave it was death No
one presumed to say to the awful
messenger: who dares approach.
A burning taper OF light has been
extinguished and no one but the
! High and Holy One can relight 1t. All
that remains OF our beloved compan-
ion lies mute in the grave over be-
yond the hill and the light OF the
eye and the breathing OF the lips in
fraternal greeting has ceased TO us
forever on this side of the grave
There is one sacred spot on earth,
where the footsteps OF man are IN
needed, il is the silent city of the
dead. Thther must we all 90 at
last, and the stoutest heart and the
manifest form will be led a captive
in the chains of mortality and the
lhabiliments of slavery TO the King
idf Terrors
III The pathetic memory OF that sol
iemn occasion subdues our hearts and
softens our affections
often as the challenge comes that
takes from our side some loved as
sociate and summons us to the brink
of the sepuIchre we cannot contem-
plate the last of earth unmoved.
He who now slumbers in the last
long unbroken sleep of death was
our Companion and that we loved
him was shown by the presence Of
so many at the grave
The memory of his virtues linger
I'm our remembrance and reflects its
shining lustre beyond the portals Of
the tomb
The earthen vessel which has CON
tanned precious odors viii lose none
OF its fragrance though the clay be
broken and shattered
Our Companion whose lifeless re-
mains have been committed to the
grave was one of our fraternal band
bound by the same ties and pledged
Ia the same duties.
To his bereaved and mourning
/ friends. family and relatives we have
but little worldly consolation to Of
| fer. but we do tender them our heart
felt sympathies
Amid tile mlrk and mire he kept
his heart
A temple for the beautiful All warm
/ And bright with blessed light of love
that window
/ or our dim life. that ever opes on
God
. Through the long work day
/ The dark and terrible night time ave,
to death
He kept TO love-and God Himself
is Love
Il. b. BARNES
GEO. W. BROWN
Committee