Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-03-12
GEORGE ".
Editor Democrat:

Editor Democrat:
When a great man dies the nations
mourn. Death has been rampant so
long that it is hardly noticed only
when certain noble characters die.
When death invaded u ranks and
snatched from the arms of Western
North Carolina our esteemed philan-
thropist, MI. George w. Vanderbilt, We
lost both a personal and financial
friend. Mr.. Vanderbilt generosity,
and broad m~indedness won for him an
everlasting remembrance in the hearts
of the citizens of our state which will
ever remain a grand memorial to his
kindness. Mr.. Vanderbilt recognized
nc mans creed, but every mans relig
ion; he was too broad to tie up with
narrow sectarianism, so he builded a
church which he named "All Souls
Church" where all could worship &C
cording to the dictates of their own
conscience. We bow our heads and
lift our hearts to a noble soul like
this and believe his soul will be re-
varded with "All Souls" in that day
when God will judge the world in
righteousness. (Acts II: 80, 31.)
Many of the newspapers in announc-
ing the death of Mr.. Vanderbilt used
the following headlines: George w.
Vanderbilt Answers the Last CALI
which we would like to reverently
discuss and deny. According to the
Scriptures our friend Vanderbilt has
only answered the First Call of death.
The monster death that invades the
ranks of all classes has robbed our
friend Of life and he is asleep in death.
Death is an enemy. (1st. Cor. 1920
The prevailing and delusive theory
that death is the gate to life" is no
where mentioned in holy writ, and
those who teach such do SO for lack of
information. When we take the Bible
as a lamp unto our feet and a light
unto u pathway we soon discover
that all mankind are asleep in. Christ
awaiting the resurrection. Both good
and bad Ono. 5 :28, 29). David was a
man after Gods own heart and in the
second chapter of Acts we read that
David is not assembled into heaven"
acts 2:34) Jesus Christ says INC
man hath assembled into heaven"
Ono. 2:13) which is conclusive. Heb.
11:4 we read that Abel is still dead.
In End Peter 20 we read that the un-
just will not be punished until the day
Of judgment. Our creeds to the con-
trary Notwithstanding! The preacher
may lift his oratorical funeral sermon
UP to the very gates of heaven, and his
glowing eulogy may flow like the
sweet influences of Pleiades, yet his
words of refuted by Gods words
Death cannot celebrate thee" elsa.
SS:18.) "The dead know not any
thing" (Eccl. $3.50 The grief strick-
en- one may try to cherish the thought
and proclaim the belief that their low
cd one is dead, but in a, place of bliss,
but the tears al not t: flow, the
pain and anguish written upon their
features fail to give place to joy and
gladness. Thus we see, our friend
Vanderbilt SIS Dead" Ono. 11:14) and
we realize the sadness attached to
Death and feel grieved as we think OF
cur Lord, who when He learned of the
death of his friend, "Wept" John
1850 The great enemy, death, has
carried our friend Vanderbilt into
the land of forgetfulness" (Psa. SO.
12) Where the wicked cease from
troubling and the weary be at rest.
Cob BID The small and the great
are there; and the servant is free from
his master" Dob 3:1O.) Man liet'i
down and riseth not till the heavens
be no more, they shall not wake no-
be raised out of their Sleep" Dob
14:12.)
But Listen!
Jesus says: ST am the resurrection
and the life; he that believeth on me
though he die yet shall he live. Ono.
11:25). "The hour is coming when
the dead shall hear the voice of the