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JUDGE M'AENDRE

aCsssssssA sssa pass -
great, busy profession. burdcned AS
we are with load OF responsibility
and care. which are the concomiian's
Of bat tow other vecatiOns. st the
annually sppointed time. panfc In
the midxt Of our manifold activities
TO lat thu voice of memory and rem
lnIsrsnee be heard-not to decorate
with flags and flowers the graves.
but to adorn with tender thoughts
ena kiYdiy, words ~ menpries y
the bfothsri who are no longer with
us: 10 draw Inspiration from the
recollection o: their lives and their
deeds: 10 strengthen our charity BY
emphasizing that whIchwss good ~
their earthly careers-coverlnx with
the drapcry Of forgetfnlnsss and
oblivion whatever mistakes and
fraiIItes may have marred the lives
Of the best Of Us.
And this festival Of memory Is mn
Inspiration To ux all. II brings back
our departed brothers: II should
deepen our sympathlcs for the
mourning loved ones left behind: II
should stimulate generous Impulses:
II should WITTY charitable thought:
Il should still tho voice Of envy and
malice: II. should search our hearts
for unworthy motives and our minds
for ikuoble thoughts, and findinS
them should cast them out.
To US. who survive. when We think
or speak Of these who have crossed
the dark river. there comes certain
Tenderness OF heart that has never
come before. when the pale mcsscn-
ger Of death has paid his mournfni
Visit. the rival Is a rival no longer.
n We have been antagonists Al the
bar or In tho struggle for place or
prcfcrmcni. our greatest lonxinx II
to call oblivion down on the coniro-
vcrxics OF the past: our first dcsirc
Is to atone for the selfish greed for
power or place which led to the bit
ter contentious now ended forever.
Then II is. when the cold hand of
death has sealed the listening ear.
We are prone to speak gently cycn
OF those whom wc deemed our foes.
All this 10 ~ u should be. II IL the
natural disposition of man TO speak
we'll Of those who arc dead. Indeed.
sometimes this dcscncraicS Into full
some flattcry. and 4 harsh aud bitter
critic Of the livinx sometimes he
comes an cuioE!si Of the dead. Du,
this spirit Of appreciation. tho desire
TO remember aad relate only what
was good and true and worthy in one
whose earthly career Is ended. Is :.
virtuoun trait and n tribute to the
kindly Instincts Of man.
hut We should not walt until tho
one whom wc esteem has passed 20
the great beyond TO speak kindly
words Of him AMI praise his life work
in glowing tribute to his friends.
Far better would II be-. while he can
appreciate our regards. to xay some
Of the kind words To him that VIC
will speak Of him after he has passed
away.
So II Is that these commemorative
rites become q source Of Inspiration
to the living. a stimulus to higher
thoughts and better lives for the rest
OF us. The lessons OF right living
and noble thinking which the prac-
ticc Of our profession inculcatcs. arc
imprcasivcly acccntuatcd by these
memorial services.
For a brief time on this day our
departed friends and brothers will
live again. Born upon the wings Of
kindly recollection. they will be
brought very near us. In the spiri,
they will join us today and minglc
with us again Mt the scene OF their
earthly activities. As their names
are spoken In gentle tones and their
characteristics recalled In. common
datory phrase. they will again visit
that place they would choose of nil
others not 10 be forgottcn-the bar
OF the Court ut which they practiced.
The Court will now hear what is
to be offered In. their behalf.