Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-05-30
w. I. Rosenbaum.

Rosenbaum. who died, May IS,
1913; by Rev. Mr.. Huddle, de-
livered in Washington city.
Under certain circumstances
it requires high grade of cour-
age even to live. The bravest
men are not those who face the
cannons mouth in battle, but
those who face three score years
of invalidism, and do it with a
cheerful spirit. When one is
terribly handicapped by phys
ical inffrmity and almost COM
pletely cut off from the pleasures
of life, it requires grit and
grace of no common sort to
stand by ones duty day after
day. To such a one life is SIM
ply one long steady climb up the
rocky sleeps of Calvary. Suffer-
ing body and modification of
spirit weave for its body a
crown of thorns whose singing
anguish is not even dreamed of
by those who have not had a
similar experience.
Here we have a rare gem in a
poor setting, but the soul was so
fine and strong that it triumphed
over lifelong affection, and fitted
itself with imperfect tools to
shine in the crown of the King.
What we make out of ourselves
is measured not so much by re-
suits attained as by difficulties
and embarrassments overcome,
in the world to com with those
who have not had a fair chance
here, with those who through
suppressed tears and perpetual
heart ache have crutched it from
| the cradle to the grave. But the
one who sleeps before us does
not now, and never did, need
our sympathy. He was Drawer
than all of us combined, and
when we look upon his manly
face it should be with the high
est admiration for his superb
courage. If he had been man
of ordinary caliber, he would
not even have begun the fight
of life, but rather would have
folded his hands in slothfulness
and have spent his days apart
from all human associations in
bitter and melancholy reflection.
But springing from the loins of
men of courage and faith, in
dustry and honor, he put his
trust in his God. He met the
world with a cheerful face,
found his pleasure in conquering
difficulties and in duty we'll
done, his JOY in kindness to his
fellowmen, his inspiration in
5 making a home, so his loved
ones would be cared for when
he was gone, and his sweetest
satisfaction in the blest compan-
ionship of Him who has heart
that can be touched with the
feeling of our infirmitites. His
sixty three years Of suffering
and struggle are now over, and
his brave spirit having laid
aside its worn out shell of clay
! has entered into its rest and
! reward. But he leaves with all
who knew him a splendid heri-
, tage. His high sense of honor,
his fidelity to duty, his guilelss
character, his friendly dis
position, his kind sympathetic
nature, his heroic soul-all call
us up to the heights on which
he lived. Comparing ourselves
with him, we blush with shame
because our of weakness, but in
The memory Of his brave strug-
gle we find new strength for our
difficulties and tasks, and at
the recollection of his patient
bearing of a heavy cross, we
are hushed to silence concern
ing the trivial things about
which we complain. Truly
blessed are the dead who die
in the Lord" Being dead. he
yet speaketh, and his patient
continuance in we'll doing the
crown of the righteous. {"