Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-02

the sweat OF the brow and the travail
OF tho spirit Sunshine BY Itself cans
not give US the rainbow. There f,atint
be the shower preceding a. E1von %.
u Ia the inner liaht shining through
our tears that makes radiant our
hopes. So lnterrclatea arc our deeper
feelings that we weun for Joy az well
as from grief. Take all sorrow and
struggle out OF life and you take
away from lie all its sweetness and
significance. Just because we meet
With disappointment ana loss, Just be-
cause our nearest and dearest must
60 from US into the vest unknown;
because thers are uncertainty and
chance In our experiences; because
We can aspire and fail and, notwith.
standing, aspire again. and yet again
III IL Just because OF all this that eX-
istence 10 80 solemn and full ut zest.
you and shall not have derived
the full good from this memorial ser
vice II II does not make us better ablo
to face our daily duties II IL does not
spur us ON and send US forth into the
arena of life, glad to live and 10 learn.
and braVely to suffer aud struggle aud
| strive. only the siCkly seniinpntalist
VIII ALLOW himself tn grow morbid
over the fact that our years ARE only
three score and ten only the gross
sensuWlist will rNclnim; Let Ms eat,
| drink. and he merry. for tomorrow
We Gic!' The genuinely living. think-
Ing. feeling man viii take life Ms he
finds I: dnd cudcuVnr To- make y be
ter before he leaves Il. r"sardlrss -!
h., L. al ha %
| N, rntiunnl ana reasonable man an
not hut rcdliZ" that Nu count the days
Vest when w. put them iu the best
pccuunt
1T Is true. We may not hc able 10
probing our stay on earth beyond ~"
p;us, lhrd spnlI lIut Z. ~ II we cUI'
not determine how long We shall live,
We can determine how molly and
cumpl We shall live. In the uueS.
ton -! NE. Ar must rrmrmhcr, there
l. mans part rs wvll as Gods part
IL, cubic capacity uf life. AK uf every
thing else. contains tarcr dimensions
length. breadth. und depth, Tao
length uf our lite may he beyond our
control, hut It's breadth and depth
are as large ns We Chnusu tn max"
|
uI' our natures, We Ciln 50 much
br, aeon uut outlook aud deepen our
Insight that we can live more intense
| ~ and more essentially IN Mn hour
thsn others In NcnrS,
"IaNr pitched my thoughts on too
I,arthlJ Is plane friends ought | tn
dNull more on immortality und direct
! year thoughts only hCHNCnWHrd'
/ Think not, II II my conviction thni
to- great an emphasis un HE ~ hra
IN,n works harm to NE on earth. II
IL my nrm conviction that. while We
ma; draw much comfort ana Cohrola
tiun from the assurance az - rOrtnl
lity tho here and not the hereafter
ls To receive special emphasis TIL"
IiauIt In much of the old IA 'Dlnrics has
been thnt they could not sec th' here
because OF the hereafter. The
churches have been prone To- fix i.r
gaIr almost exclusively on '" Arr1'
after, with the result that many 0l
their drvutrra have come tu dnrro ~
ate cuntcmptuuusly this life ana III du'
ties, and that their main anxiety hd'
teen 80 to how they themselves miah'
get 10 rrtyrn md Keep ~ III heaven
thnYc who disagree With IT, 4" dugmht
and. therefor do not hay" .nrir sIcc'
l,l il,JlORir password
EuI why look for the worth ana
valus of life after death? why c1ii'
slider this world merely Us u prcpdr
u'i,u tor the next world? ~ not Iift
ia Itself blessed and Denuteous? Are
rot ita ,HluCI ana sunCtitlCs d'pt hd'nI
ut shat may come after l'cSh lleS,
at u futurr NE. the prc''"t ~" "
ird.y dNlae. hvcnuSr II re'elN ~ IS
a",ui' aud truth aud good lr''' h'
cause II offers an opportunity Tor d"'
,uIiun aud heroic duty; because u "
the scene OF human lnv" anh human
affection and human greatness ana
pnudness and glory,
we Insist, therefore, II We wish to
he true TO ourselves ana our higher
drstinics. shin the emphasis from the
other world 10 this world: from th'
hereafter To the here and the nov
We must insist ON the practical NOR
lluIcs Instead Of mere creed and
dogmn We must ask for Individual
righteousness ana social service III
place uf selfish prcOcupHlioh WIN
upIRuuul NilNutlul. 'iubu government
honest business, ana an enlightened
publir competence concern ~ Tar more
Immediately than the golden streets
ana pcarly gates IN heaven,
"Whni need In there, then of iruuh
ling ourselves shout heaven? w.
building into ourselves eternal hh'
noble principles, by cre"llng int" gu
souls holy taares; by mastering an
working these into our conscience
ana conducts and characters We ga
create heaven here on earth. W
are not expected 60 perform hi
things, We are only expected 10 d
our simple duty az well as we knO'
now. I may not be able to make a
business honest and every prOfesslO
ethical nut | can be one honest ma
In business and one ethical man J
nj least one profession. Everyone GA
\ lend n helping hand and give ehee
) To Others All OF Nv can Try at lehb
l 10 be ON the side Of right, All 'Of Il
! can strive 10 be kind ana conslderhl'
:, We can he frank aud fair; va can ID
> homes, In our own opinions ana tru
10 ouA own convictions ana yet allO'
! OtbsFsNa full right To their dinerer
beliefs. We can say the kind Thing
and show the uttIs cOurteSiCH an