The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-06-15

masses and nobiy advocated universal
| motherhood and love
He asked TO be allowed 20 do no
sweeter labor than that performed for
fellow man. He was in deed the cham
pion Of the common people
If the story Of the Maker wee un-
true, if the promised land were but
myth to mould the minds of babes
and children. If teachings of the fu-
ture world meant alone to bend the
coward knee And heaven and heN
were but tradition. Even If the life
below ends life forever and in the
grave is buried all. A life like this
Is the life to live. rewards OF earth
VIII justify We do not need TO scan
the stars for TO find repayment. For
"a life like this the world will shower
its abundance here below. Such lives
demand the highest tributes that man
can show, and well may ii be sara
of him DUN facet CLAMAT though
silent he speaks, though dead he
Hveth.
And this too may well be said Of
the other soTeTeigns in whose memory
we nave met today, and who in mem
Org we hold dear. Their lives were
an inspiration and a blessing and their
example We should try to emulate
rore you in physical form and mate
rial substance the many tranScendent
virtues possessed by these beloved men
whose lives today we cherish and com
nemorate-couId regale your ears with
the music of unspeakabIe tenderness
OF WIDOWS and loved ones whose bur
dens they tighten and whose labors
they lessened, whose griefs they as
suaged-toO sweet, too mellow. TOO deep
TOT human utteranCe, not words of
mine were necessary. But in aIraved
admiration YOU would turn YOUR ewes
to the scene and mingIe your voices
with the joyful expression Of enduring
gratitude TO the Grand Creator OF the
World, that in His infinite wisdom He
had seen fit to instill into the hearts
and minds of the members Of this
order the principle Of justice and
brotherly love
But the thoughts conveyed by hu-
man utterance are feeble. We must
appeal in silence to our inner beings.
The wonder IS that simple words can
tell so much. If today we could ex-
haust the almost endless passages Of
lang age.could speak with ali the elo-
quence Of the orators OF old Our
sentiments of memory would stiU re
main inadcQLately spoken
30 tongue can tell the feeling of the
wounded heart. GUY love our memory
is untold.
p
1t is a power irresistible. il is an
atlas bearing the world upon its !
shoulder. il IS immacuateIv pure. 1t /
turns its own leaves backwards and !
with sure never resting hand it re J
produces every scene - recalls the /
things that We're the brightest love (
Hest and best connected with our ar I
sent but not forgotten friends
rendering their sympathies at the ,
bed side Of suffering friends did We
lind them. DAY by day their hands
stretched forth to relieve the unfortu-
nate and fleeing a IS SWIFTLY as the noble
dove. CThe mbem Of The peace Of :
woodcraft. We saw them so TO upIift .
the fallen and 10 aid the weak 10 as
sist the needing, to visit those whose
Iacerated hearre were bleeding. For
ever the beare Of sunshine and glad (
ness to homes blichted by shddOwing
gloom. and aiding at all times to dis /
pei those clouds that darken the lives
Of men
And to the mourning love ones who
have met here with US TODAY Ie- IL
say that we grieve with YOU il YOUR
loss But that We rejoice in the same
belief as YOU. that We shall meet them
beyond the river where there shall be
no more parting and where we shall
hear voice triumphant proclaim
well done good sovereigns enter in
NY name"
And now IN conclusion let me use
he admonition Of the. greatest Of rhi-
Osophers H
Then weave thy chanIet Of flow
7rs and streW the beauties Of nature l.
about the grave. but take warning
~ this thy COntrite af1iCtion over the l.
lead and hence forward he more faith
ul and affeCtionate in the discharge
# thy duties toward the living"