The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-05-31
THE UNTITLED PRINCE.

THE UNTITLED PRINCE.
TEAI: know ye not that there is
prince and a great man fallen this
day? II Sam. 1888.
Throughout this world there are
many unCltled princes and uncrowned
queens, whose lite and activities
spread sweet fragrance throughout
the entire community where they hap
pen to live. how much we owe TO
their lives of unseltsh devotion may
never be fully known until the day
when all the secret influences will be
revealed In the light OF eternal day.
The greatest asset OF a state and
any given community are not her nat
ural resources, her wealth, and the
producLlOn OF her soil, OF which we
may have much reason to boast, but
her greatest assets are her men anu
women OF noble minds and unseltlsh
amblClons' VINO willingly Sacrlnce
their strength and their talents upon
the altar OF their community. Wnlie
most OF these men 90 not belong TO
the titled NOBILITY OF this world, Lney
nevertheless belong to nobility tnat
is OF much higher type. IL is the
nobility OF unSelnSh service, a nObll-
ity winch this whole world must recOg-
nize, and which eXtenaS into the IlIe
and realms OF endless day. 10 this
nobility belonged our deceased broth
er, In whose nOnor we are gathered
together here this day, and the WORDS
Of our text may well be applied to
him as we mourn his untimely death.
"knoW ye not there is prince and a
great man fallen this day." BroCnel
Wolfe was indeed a Prince among
men; a great man in the truest sense
OF the word.
While many people of this communi-
ty were not aDle to enter into the
closer ties of relationship with our
departed friend, especially since his
untlmely death has shortened his stay
among you, nevertheless the entire
community feels that it has sustained
a great personal loss, and a gloomy
shadow is cast upon every hearth
stone Of the city of Hutchinson, be-
cause his aims, his talents and his SER
vices were all devoted unselfishly and
unstintingly to the welfare and uplift
of the entire community and his noble
influence reached into almost every
home of the entire city. AS superin-
tendent Of the Hutchinson schools h.
was doing noble work which had
been entrusted into his hands by your
appointed trustees, and he did it well.
In the comparatively short time that
he stood at the head Of the Hutchin-
sons most excellent schools he has
proven himself entirely worthy of the
confidence placed in him and the trust
committed to his care and today the
entire community stands with bowed
heads and sorrowing, bleeding, hearts
because we have learned to love! him
for his sterling qualities, and we are
well aware that his place in this COM
munity will be hard to fill.
My acquaintance with the departed
brother dates back about II years
when was pastor in the church of his
boyhood days and often heard his ac-
quaintances speak with pride Of Mr..
Wolfe and the noble work he was do
ing as an educator. From that time on
/ followed from the distance his emf
nently successful career and often
longed for the opportunity to form a
closer acquaintance and friendship
with such noble character, which
privilege at last came to me when he
came back to his native state and
made his home at Hutchinson, where
l formerly was pastor. While l feel
the great responsibility connected
Herewith, nevertheless consider it one
of the great privileges Of my minis
terial life to be here and speak a few
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