The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-12-18
NOTABLE ADDRESS BY JUDGE
FISK on MEMORIAL SUNDAY
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the Grim Messenger. There are bit
ter tears, sorrowing hearts, a new
made grave, but the busy hum of the
world does not cease for an instant
Ever since life began Death VINO
knocks with equal hand at the door
of the cottage and the palace gate
has been busy at his appointed work y
No living thing can escape death. we
were born to die. 1t is a part OF the
Divine plan, and who will criticise a
plan thus created by the Master Ar
chitect of all the Universe? We most
humbly bow in reverent submission to
the will Of Him who doeth all things
we'll" From the cradle to the grave
is aswift and certain journey which
all must take. No living mortal can
escape this pilgrimage. But there Is
sweet consolation in the hope that
eternal rest awaits us all at the jour-
ney's end. Millions have preceded
and millions will follow us to that
haven on yonder shore. AS the I'M
mortal Bryant has most beautifully
written: "The golden sun, the plan
cts, and all the infte hosts Of heaven
are shining on the sad abodes OF
death through the still lapses of ages.
All that treads the globe are but a
handful to the tribes that slunlber In
its bosom. Take the wings Of morn
ing and the Barcan desert pierce; or
lose myself in the continuous woods
where rolls the Oregon and hears no
sound, save his own dashings; yet
the dead are there; and millions In
those solitudes, since first the flight
of years began, have laid them down
in their last sleep-the dead resign
there alone. So shalt thou rest; and
all that breathe will share thy des-
tiny."lIf, what we call death, were the
end of all; if when we shuttle off this
mortal coil we are to pass forever in
to dreamless dust, then indeed would
& it seem that Gods plan is a failure.
1t cannot be that the all-wise Creator
chas thus ordained. 1t is contrary to
the teachings of all nature. On every
hand we behold unmistakable evil
dences of a life beyond the grave.
The belief in the immortality of the
j soul is source of great comfort and
consolation to us and gives us streng-
: tn and courage to meet the end of this
= earthly existence. No less distin.
: guished brother Elk than w. J.. Bryan
q gave expression on similar occasion
, to the following beautiful thought:
b''From its exalted place in the high
. est heavens the silver star Of faith
3 points to an eternal hope beyond the
grave. 81 The f belief in immortality
gives brightness to the somber char
acter of an OCCASION like this, for we
are assured that the congenial spirits
who mingle here will hold communion
In the world beyond. Death but pre-.
tpares lus for the change that comes.
= TO the young, the thought Of death
affrights, but as we make progress
along the path that leads from the
cradle to the grave we all become &C.
. customed to the word. Then death
does not mean what it meant to US in
youth We no longer shudder at the
thought; we may even come at last
to wait for it with impotence. This
Is Gods plan" .-."s..#
Why should we not, therefore, my
friends, adopt a plan of living more
= in harmony with the Devine plan?
Why, during our brief sojourn on
earth should we not be more charit-
: able toward all our brothers? OF
what will 1t avail us in the end to de-
prive others of their just share Of the
happiness of this life? The following
2 beautiful lines express a sentiment
which should be universally preached
and instilled in the minds of all:
20 mighty brotherhood! why fiercely
war and strive, Xxx. f..
While Gods great world has ample
h III space for everything alive?
Broad fields uncultured and unclaimed
49,, !, are waiting for the plow ..... =
OF progress that shall make them
ia bloom hundred years from now.
/. Why should we try so earnestly in
~. life's short narrow span,
On golden stairs to climb so high
i above our brother man?
Why blindly at an earthly shrine in
i slavish homage bow? Z
Our gold will rust, ourselves be dust
a hundred years from now!"
y Let US one and all, my friends, take
new inspiration from the thought thus
SO beautifully expressed by the poet
2 Let us earnestly endeavor to practice
less selfishness and to contribute