The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-12-08
GOV. BLEASE,S SPLENDID EULOGY
Il Am Ny Brothers keeper'-NO Man
Can Live to Himself Alone.
Beauty of Fellowship.

rest. Is II not meet and proper that
We should do this act of justice to
them; t,is act of honor to ourselves?
They were Of Us; they shared our
labor and toll; they encouraged us by
their example; they inspired us by
e;r faitn; they Quickened us by their
zeal and energy; they :-elped us b.
their ideals and aspirations; they
rae passed hence and are now num-
hersd among our ancestors. In a
double sense their memory is dear to
us, and a two-fold sense OF duty calls
gor this tribute at our bands. A great
writer has said, People will not look
forward to posterity who neevr look
bacwkard to their ancestors" We look
backward today; We bring to mind the
generous deeds; the self-sacri.icing
spirit of our brethren and ancestors;
ws commune with them and eaten in
spiration for nobler efforts and grand
eg deeds and look forward with tope
and confidence.
Why should We thus honor men?
Is not man the greatest and best work
of God? A divine product of a divine
hand? Did not God make him iQ his
own image and impress his likeness
upon him? Did he not endow him
with brain and impart to him inn
mortal gifts? Created in the image
and likeness of God and endowed with
gifts which distinguish him from and
make him superior to all created crea-
lures, was he not by divine decree
given dominion over the earth and all
created things? Is he not a ruler by
creation; a prince by appointment,
and son of God by adoption? All OF
tsais and more for sit doth not yet ap-
pear what we SHALL" Eye hath not
seen, ear hath not heard" neither
haTt it entered into the mind o. man
what God hath prepared for these, his
created. redeemed and adopted sons.
Honor, distinction and glory,-the
honor. distinction and glory Of son
saip,-Ged ath provided for his sons
OF earth. bat there are neld in store
for them in addition to all that honors
SO great and glory so transcendent
fnat ske human mind cannot perceive,
much les compass them.
Let no one, therefore, think that We
are guilty Of idolatrous worship. The
life and destiny of man are linked with
the glory OF God and TIE mission Of
our order affects both. That mission
had its inception in creation; it was
expressed in the declaration of Abra-
ham to Lot Get there be no strife
between us, for we are brethren);
illustrated in the kindness o. the Good
Samaritan to tie unfortunate man who
fell among thieves and emphasized in
the teachings OF our Redeemer.
The mission c. our order, our mis-
SIGN, therefore, is a God given one.
That mission is, to make real the
brotherhood established by God among
rnen. God has made US dependent one
upon another and all upon him. Nc
man is in fact an independent man;
no man liveth to himself, neither doth
any MAJ die unto himself, whet Ell
We will it so or not in life and DEATH
We touch the living cords that make
humanity one.
Dependence and inter-dependence
are great principles in Euman life
fixed conditions which run through
human experience like the warp and
woof Of a strong, symmetrical and beau
tifully woven fabric. In all the physi-
cal, moral, intellectual and spiritual
activities of human experience, we are
each and all factors, but factors whose
capacity is conditioned, and w.osc
zeal, energy, usefulness and life are
either stimulated, enlarged and null
piled by touch and contact with others
or impaired
Material interests and commercial
enterprises will bring men together,
and from numbers thus brought to-
set2er great and powerful communi-
ties are built up. To these communi-
ties, energy and enterprise may bring
prosperity and success; but, there 8
something else essential to the bet
ter life of these communities, some
thing better than material prosperity
and success; something essential TO
individual happiness and the highest
success of men; something no energy
and enterprise can supply; something
without which the most enterprising
and successful community would often
ia ad of Hy-n op5Yool no+,,ro of