The Calumet news., 1913-12-26
JUDGE BENTLEY's TALK.

JOD1G DEN LEY - lALh,
Judge of Probate George {. Bentley
OF Hancock said:
Fellow Citizens: Today we are not
standing by an open grave, but we are
standing where the shadows of SORROW
hae fallen. We are standing amidst the
sorrows that not only darkened Your own
county. hut darkcncd every home and
family throughout Michigan. and !
might say almost throughout Clristcn-
dom We stand today i'm the presence OF
Il great. of a very immense sorrow, such
as has never happened in the copper
country before. and il is that peculiar
kind OF sorrow that alwavs plants itself
into the heart Of every individual
childhood is removed from MS, even in
single instance. and when il comes i'm
such Il wholesale manner that il robS 50
many homes OF the childhood life it is
something that makes us almost forget
that there iS anything on earth but kind
lincSS. and this Is lesson that this dav
is intended to teach rs. We should for.
get our anmoSitv we must. in the pres
cnce of this great sorrow, forget our diff
ferences of opinion. and for one time in
our lives we must remember the teach
in"s of Him who said, These are of the
Kingdom Of Heaven
- rs we see the children in the home.
IN the school, or on the streets, it teaches
lis to look out for their lives ;that some
thing is going to be accomplished. and
If also calls to mind the fact that back
there i'm the homes there are human
Ecarts beating, hoping that their chill
drcn shall succeed in everything that i
Ntn Il
look ont upon life with all the bright
prospects and everything that can bring
INTO our home that pure bloom of child
hood and Joy. This is the view that we
take of it from the cradle. W hen we
stand ut the grave and see the earth open
TO receive the form Of Il child, we realize
what the world has missed and what tn"
home has missed, because it has missed
the effort and the life work of a Child's
iife--and today we are facing the time
in the very near future when Gods great
earth will open 10 receive fifty-iive chil-
oiren. removed from home life. removed
from the community. and removed from
the service that they might have render
eel in the future to Him who dedicated
by his holy word this day for the uplift
and JOY Of humanity.
1--WE look back from the open grave
OF those who have reached manhood and
we find that some things are finished.
We find that up 10 the present time when
they were so suddenly taken from this
world that they had lived their lives III
their own way. had rearer their families
and had been respectable citizens Fin
iShed. but villas i left unfinished which
they had planned to do the rearing Of
their children and having them do some
thing in the community. and now today
we are here facing all of this for what
pnrpose---Simply for the purpose OF
bringing into the homes Of those who
are bcreavcd some comfort and some
consolation
The delegation from Hancock came
ont here not TO talk but TO learn
Just how you good people propose tG
enter into this work. and the people oi
Hancock are every ready to extend their
assistance and to enter into sympathy
with you. and | ann going TO say here
Ilotwithstandin" this is meetiu" of pa
thos and friendship, that it is possible
for God TO make man bi" enough, but
up to date Tie never has made man blg
enough to say that Hancock cannot dis
pose of her feelings and bencfactionS rs
she sees fit. y
Rev. Daniel Stalker concluded the eX.
crcises with PRAYER