The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-06-07

o'ertakes us. II we have lived in accord
| anCc with these princely Obligations.
| they. too, will call US their blessed
dead
only abiding place. Our lives are not
mere bubbles cast UP by eternity to
float a moment on its waves Of sickness
and sorrow and then sink into gloomy
o:hirEness. II such is the case can
YOU till me why il is that ~ every
sigh. tear and heartache We dream Of
realm where the rainbow never fades?
4 land where the beautiful things which
now pass before US like shadows will
stay in our presence forever. Atheism.
with all its supposed '1oc,c.' with all
the burning fires OF its alleged torch OF
reason" never has and never viii create
one spark Of loving kindness and hope
full cheer 10 dry the tears upon IN"
Of the Shadow OF Death" 1t is our be
lief In the everything and true God. the
Father Of IN" Lord Jesus Christ which
gives US such strong moral force. The
t"n"ts Of Odd Fellowship are founder
upon the words OF Him who IS the faith
or Of uS all. II gives I" us the corner
stone 81 tho Fath"rho"d Of God; ami
upon which there has been built by
Christ. the Saviour Of mankind. the mag
niflcNnt SuperStructurc. tn" brotherhood
nf man. In order not 10 stain our search
! for truth with false hopes and aSrira-
tons Il IS Of absolute necessity that
!
can we enter into this glorious brother
hood.
One Of the practical uses Of death is
the refining influences IT has upon life.
! Tho blessed dead are the eternal
! priesthood OF God. Life forces tend to
COarsen. How easy power slips over
into tyranny. thrift into greed. goodness
! into hypocrisy. religion into intolerance
and love into passionate desire. If men
| lived on the world would become pollu-
ted with sin as in the antcdeluvan days
! and would soon become roaring he'll
with tho fCrocious passions swollen 10
whirling tornadocs Of fury. So after a
Driet span allotted to us We die or are
removed by the thoughtful providoree
| of God. and our places are filled with the
gracious lilies that adorn Gods garden
! OF lovN--little children: and thus the
race Is kept from the madness Of sin
and despair Tho ethereal treasures ~
| memory. the sacred fusinR OF souls tho
human relationships OF tn" past. mean
something more to us that the flesh pots
Of indulgence and the trumphs Of pride.
Instead OF this memorial occasion
! making life gloomy and sad. may II be
q, day OF spring hopes and sunshine.
May it make life cheericr for il kindl"s
in us those qualities that make human
ity more divine. Life Is not Sordid
ira gedy. nor 4 bitter jest. az tn" Sourcd
philosophers Of baffled greed and stated
lust would nave il. Life ~ beautiful
and death Is the goal or life. or all The
treasured pictures that can call I"
mind there are mono so beautiful nor
rcvered as that Of death. As you K"
down the shores Of time. lift M YOUR
heads in gladneSs. determined that from
hcnCefOrth as n member Of this glorious
OF Ea nlzation you will str"w the paths "r
mankind with deeds Of friendship. love
and truth" We are strangers and pill
grims within foreign land. W" travel
not towards humiliation, hut towards
The immortal city of our God. In this
faith We ara determined to 20 forward.
lOyal and true"