Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-05-30
INCLFMFNCY OF WEATHER CAUSES
SERVICES TO Be HELD AT NEVADA
THEATER INSTEAD OF CEMETERY

for all the suffering sons Of Adams I
race. And as we nnger for mo.
ment to catch the inspiration OF the
passing hour, thoughts Of the pail, /
the shroud, the chilly tomb, Danish
the brightness OF the living day and
sound again the requiem Ger the
hopes and longlngs Of former time.
sad thrice sad is the view Of hin
who, seeing no further than th-
end OF mortal life, mourns for the
passing OF each twilight hour, as
bringing ever nearer with relentless
tread, the termination Of what to
ann. is all indeed. Embittered is
each cherished JOY beyond the power
OF earthly pleasure to assuage.
Ana dld not know the talsity OF
such hopeless grief; did not feel,
pulsaung through such cloud OF
gloom. the electric truth, rending
me veil which screens from mortal
sight the spiritual universe, bathed
IA the INFINITE sunlight oil eternal
morn could not raise my voice in
such surroundings nor lift, even in
thought the mantle covering such en-
shrouded care.
/ it has been said In the midst
of life, we are in death" The wise
man defines life as conscious and
intelligent existence, and death, be
says, is Cessation OF physical life.
he teaching OF the inspired thought
then is PLAN In the midst OF con
scious and intelligent existence We
are giving up more and more Of om
concept Of physical life. and as tbs
physical passes from our conscious
ness, new and unfolding sense o
higher joys, Of new mental power
fills its place with ideals whose gran
deur and scope grow with each sue
ceeding hour, until all materially
baseness and evil fade to nothingnes
and the sun of righteousness arises
J with healing in his wings.
: The process OF this unfolding goe
on daily and hourly before our eyes
] we're they but opened 10 behold tn
/ truth. The babe in arms grows
D be the lusty boy Of ten. The bah
j, is gone. never to return, save in tn
the loving memory OF the broodin
!, mothers heart. Death, TO the mo
8 tal view, has been there every hou
o wiping out the concept of the mfai
/. child, while life, building and unfol
ng, produced the stronger type
e human kind.
4. 1he acorn. clasped in the earth
N fond embrace, seems to die, as fro
,e it's loving heart springs the tend
ar twig. eer long to be the towerii
in oak. Life and death were there, Ii
al always superabundant triumphal
a. glorious, while only the physiC
n seeming, the shroud which claim
~ to us to be the acorn died; where
40 the principle of life, which all t
es time inhered within its nut bro'
shell, becomes the resting place
et countless broods of singing birds a
et. shelters many a weary traveller fr'
we the suns fierce glare or petit
Iat showers Of summer rain.
Inf The tender bud sparkling "
err crystal dew. respond to summe
ire sunny smiles, and bursting with
ror love supreme, lays bare its pl
mo and crimson heart, and with III
nm. most magic touch, becomes
hal matchless rose The bud is go
ms. but who shall say deaths shad
her wrought no glorious work?
shall we not, then, with the AZ
the tie say: 20, death, where is
DER. sting? o, grave, where is thy
ter tory
our Did not the babe, the acorn and
eor bud perform the task to them allo'
he hy the wisdom Of creative pow
What function had they there !
marked the stage Of life's unfoldn
the in our material understandings
was of necessity a temporal pm
mo Had life stopped there and kept
babe in arms the acorn N
sert ground. the bud upon the stem
other words, had life ceased III
nous unending, infinite. creative prog
the human race and all the acces
M phases Of our onward way wouia
stop, halted midair, a world OF 9
dead and old night.
So, too, could our weak bitter
,nce, ings for the days now gone 7
come the mortal phase Of one SO
ldow whose progress on the infinite
lures Of life has carried him or nei