The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-22
ANNUAL MEMORIAL SERVICE
CONDUCTED BY ODD FELLOWS

shadows flee away" He spoke as fol-
lows:
Life may be likened TO a voyage. the
start OF which t. fun OF sunshine ana
promise. Gentle breeIes waited from a
summer cline make the voyage delight
tut hut In most lives these conditions
the promise OF good hope has disap-
peared. and gloom reigns. Dark. lower
ing clouds hang menacingly overhead.
mighty rushing wind and whether we
are dashed 20 pieces on the rocky cffTs.
or driven hither and thither. rudderi@ss.
IA mid-occan. a wreck - inevitable.
Robert q. ingersoll standing at the
grave OF his brother said. Every life.
no matter n its every hour IL rich with
love and every moment 1eweled with
Joy. will. al it's close become a tragedy
as sad and deep and dark as can be
woven OF the warp and woof OF mystery
There are many attractive verses I'm
the song Of solomon. but none more
the day break. and the shadows flee
away The humanity Of the ancient
sage. similar to our own. Is revealed
IN Its depths. We cannot think of the
life OF this wise man az one OF those
peculiarly blessed eXistences In history.
To him came the heart-ache and toll.
the sunshine and shadow. and the bur
dens and tears. In all ages the suffer
ings Of humanity have been the same.
The King aud the slave are but human.
for All live and endure. We cannot avoid
the shadows. l. II not the common heri-
tage TO suffer- We trace the centuries
for light only 10 find world burdened
with toll and oppressed with sin. There
can be no escape from ~. and happiest
he who II not afraid 20 face life with
{ that determined spirit which masters
while he Is content 20 await a better
condition.
From our text We get the idea Of
joy To come Vim the dh hS dhFER the su FOR
/ ton were asked Is man made for toll
or rest-the answer would be mixed
AaI
TO toll. and destined 20 rest. one - MS
condition, the other his end. The largest
thing IN human life Is toll. unceasing.
unremitting. II Is the one thing which
mates the waiting endurable So that
10 appreciate rest one must be a toiler,
and ~ he refuses 20 toll his end will be
/ unrest But n men were alone toilers
that would be Inadequate for man f.
more than a brute. and must show cor
Iespondingly higher develornent. There
are other elements which measure his
character-measuring the forces which
he possesses for the struggle towards
n supremacy reaching far into the III
vine. There Is not a process OF chsrar-
ter l. is not analysed as the chemist
would his concoction. Extreme error,
which brings out in splendid array all
l OF our powers must make character
I Character T. soul. and soul the bed rock
Of our two-fold existence. Character
Says .McDun. T. the product Of daily
and hourly actions and words and
| thoughts. daily forEiving unselfshness
kindness sympathy charity; sncrires
I N
temptations, submissiveness under trial
Where Il Thy Brother7
Character must show itself IN our
relation with each other Altruism "
I tho equivalent % unselhFhness me
question. Where IS thy brother7 which
was asked by our Heavenly Father 81
! Cain az the beginning Of the world has
! been the question % all time. Christ
asked ~ different way. Who r. my
neighbour DO YOU not think the question
carries the same peculiar moral mean.
\ ing Christian Is Judged not 50 much
/ for his profession ~ faith In Christ
Jesus. but for the application Of that "a
/ human need. The idea Of saint Pau
| f. another development. Let no mar
! seek his own, hut every man another
4 good How FAR should one 10 I'm seek
Ing ones own what thiuEr are our
| own Who is going 20 define for usl
! one can limit his own seeking only n
some things. but there a. absolutely M
/ limits In our service for others These
! truths applied 20 norm and spiritual
/ deeds are hlied with infinite r,sst
| hlitiee Cropping our way through acts
or hrotherly Kindness. while permissn