Weekly journal-miner., 1918-04-24
LOFRObT. M|LLERLARGELY
 ATTENDED
MAN WHO WAS KILLED BY BUD STEPHENS IN THIS CITY MORE THAN TWO WEEKS AGO, LAID TO REST YESTERDAY.
(From Fridays Daiiy.)

The funeral services of the late Robert ]. Miller, who on April End was shot and killed by Bud Stephens in this city, occurred yesterday after noon at 3 o'clock from the mortuary chapel of Lester Ruffner \ large crowd was present at the last rites, the larger part of the gathering be- ing composed of women. The service was in charge of Rev. Battcn of the congregational church, and during his discourse the speaker took occa- sion to draw lesson from the un- fortunate mans sudden taking off while he was yet in the prime of his manhood and far from the allotted three score and ten.
 We are not responsible for our birth, nor can we control the time and method of our death" said Rev. Battcn. but we are responsible for the period between birth and death. We shape life, and life determines our destiny in the future world. Be not deceived: God is not mockcd, for whatsoever a man sowcth that .Shall he also reap. If man sowcth 10 HIS lItSll. lAN Sildll Oi AliN tANSll U fAP corruption. but if he sowcth to the spirit, hc shall of the spirit reap life everlasting. There laws are incxor- able They operate alike in the nat ural world and the moral life. No man is foolish enough to expect to gather figs from missiles, or to SOW turnip seed and reap crop of wheat. No more can he sow to the flesh in bad habits and reap harvest of de cency in this life and the rewards of virtue in the next life.
 Here we sorrowfully look upon the remains of young man who was the victim of a wholly unjustiliablc, cold blooded and premcditated murder, and were 1t not for the fact that many men are wont to violate the laws Of God and man, this unfortunate victim would still be alive and in our midst today God has set himself mp as the sole power which is to exercise judgment upon man, and under abso- lutcly no circumstances does 1t lay within the province of an individual to take the law into his own hands, and go so far as to say that human life must be brought to close for some alleged shortcomings of this human being, and when man goes forth with a gun and terminates the life of man. the man be good or bad, he is usurping the powers which belong solely to the Creator.
 "lVc arc not this mans judge. Judgment belongs to the just and merciful God and we leave him in his compassionate care. Whatever may have been his faults, the ending of his life as ii was, was an incNcusablc crime. No individual is justified in arrogating to himself the punishment of another. The great lesson we all should learn from this occurrence is the necessity of obedience to duly constituted authority. Whether in the life of the family, the city or the State, this is fundamental to civili- zation and essential to the safety of society. When we depart from the orderly operation of law 10 secure our ends. whether these ends in them selves be laudable or criminal, VIC lay the foundations of anarchy in the community and ourselves become members of the criminal class In the individual life and in the community life. according as VIC SOW so shall we inevitably rcap.'
 None of MillcrS relatives were present at the funeral. nor were the authorities able to get in touch with any of them. A large number of his friends from the Williamson valley district were present to view the re mains for the last time. and the SiN pail bearers were intimatcs of the de- ceased. Intcrmcnt was made in the Mountain View cemetery, northwest Of the city.