The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-12-08
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indeed, but still blessed with mex.
tinguishable youth. Her last days
were spent at the home Of her daugh-
ter, Grace Rogers Hill, in Wood
stock, ILL.,, where she celebrated her
golden wedding in 1906, Father Rog-
ers passing into the other world the
following July.
These twelve years In Berea, from
1866 to 1873, covered the Ku Klux
times, reconstruction, and the great
efforts Of President Fairchild's ad-
ministration. Thru these stirring
times she was to her husband all that
Andriomache was to Hector, all that
noble womanhood was meant to be
to valiant manhood. And the encour.
agement and cheer she gave her hus.
band was given TO all her co-workers
at Berea. Certainly felt It, tho she
was no longer resident on our camp.
us. This infused service, this modes.
contribution thru another, Is fifty
commemorated in Father Rogers
dedication Of his precious volume,
THE Birth Of Berea College" II is
inscribed "To her to whom Berea Col
lege is more indebted for its pros
perity In its early days than is known
to any one except the author"
On her first return, after an alb
sence Of many years, my son, Wesley,
took her in a wheeled chair to the
Tabernacle and back on Commence
ment Day. He said he never expect
ed to participate in such a triumphal
march again. Old neighbors and old
students crowded to see her, TO touch
her hand, to show her their children.
And today we think Of her as en-.
dowed again with youth which Is not
to fade, and receiving some such re-
ception in Heaven.
Why do we speak so seldom Of that
fuller world? II is true that right
living now and here Is our present
business. and is a preparation for
that which is beyond. But that is no
sufficient reason for limiting our
thought TO this world and depressing
our anticipations Of the world 20
come. A good childhood is a prep
aration for manhood, but the child
looks forward to manhood with glad
expectancy. This life is only our in
fancy; the future life win show what
our souls were made TO be.
Yet there is a lurking doubt aris-
ing from the fact that the ending Of
this life seems such a breaking up
Of all to which we are accustomed.
In this life the soul is dependent up
on the body. Can the SOIL still have
consciousness or activity when tfis
body dies7 Do not suppose this
doubt is modern. II never had a
clearer voice than in the Book of
Ecclesiastes: "All are Of the dust,
and all turn to dust again. Who
knoweth the spirit Of man that goeth
upward and the spirit Of the beast
that goeth downward" All the god
less science Of modern times has add
ed nothing TO that. Ten thousand
physical investigations only repeat
over and over shat which came from
dust to dust returns"
But this tells nothing about that
spirit which did not come from
dust. To deny the existence Of spirit
is to deny the most intimate Of all
knowledge, the knowledge Of con.
seriousness. We know that we a.'
spirits inhabiting the body as a gar
ment. We know not how, but II
seems reasonable, IL seems natural
II seems necessary that when this ID
gone the soul should have another
garment. But the doubt has never
been stilled.
But on the other hand Faith has
never been stilled. Faith in q future
Tue u OiueT tuhu INC DiDic. FS'sa
in a future life built the Pyramids
It springs up Of itself in every group
Of human beings. II all believers
were swept of the earth tomorrow
the belief in future life would pre-
vail turnout the world in another gen.
GRAFTON just the same. II can have
no proof, and II asks no proof, from
the science Of dust, for IL belongs ID
different realm. And those who un'
dertake to deny that there Is anything
in the universe except dust and mat
ter attempt an impossible task. WIZ
can assert that the soul, bereft Of
this body. cannot have other mean'
for carrying on its life and action7
And there Is another temptation Il
hesitate in our Joy at the prospect
Of heaven because we are bafiled wher
We try definitely to picture II,
scenes. We realize that the colder
streets, the palms Of victory. ever
the great white throne, are all figures
poetry. symbols. And we lack tn,