The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-05-05
Remembered or For
gotten. Which?

..Shall be remembered after | am
gone " is a question that comes tc
every man. That it comes often and
clamors for an answer is evidenced by
the many ways in which men have
ever endeavored to perpetuate the
memory that once they lived and la
bored and loved.
The age-old query of Job, If a
man dis shall he live again?' finds
it's counterpart in the question III a
man die shall he live again. hnds
The fear of sinking forever into ob-
livion has it's foundation in the fact
that the departure even of the great
leaves hardly a ripple on the ocean
of time. The grave is banked with
flowers, soon to fade and crumble into
dust; the mourners and friends turn
awav and return to the old paths OF
life. the world moves on-and for
gets. True, in the fond heart of par
ent or child there will linger for years
memory of face and form, but ere
long that heart too will be stilled and
who remembers then?
This longing for earthly mortality
finds expression in many ways. Each
of us would be remembered for the
virtues we possessed and for the good
we may have done. The polished shaft
or simple slab in every cemetery at
tests this fact. Over faults and frail-
ties the mantle of charity gently falls
while virtues are carved in the rock.
A world conqueror desires to be re-
membered, not for the blood he shed,
but for the good he did, and so with
means gathered at the point OF the
sword he builds a city and gives 1t
his name. A Carnegie carves his
name in stone over the doors of the
many libraries his wealth makes pos
sible. A Lawson pays florist S5o,-
600 to name a carnation for his wife,
and whenever Mrs. Thos. w. Lawson
mink decorates bride or bier, It's
marvellous beauty recalls her TOR
whom if was named. Lord Raglan
would long ago have been memory
as evanescent as the cloud that hoat-
in last years sky were it not for the
garment that bears his name. VINO
could have told in a years time the
name OF the hero, for hero ne Was'
who gave his life that the Atlantic
might be welded to the Pacific, If our
president had not changed the name
of Culebra to Gaillard cut? And thus
it goes, man longing for his name to
live and striving to find some way in
which to perpetuate it.
Another desire Of the human heart
is that the good which a man does
shall live after he is gone. Of course
it is known in a general way that iD~
fluence never dies, but the mind
yearns for something tangible with
which continue that influence. IN
order to crafty this commendable de-
sire men have endowed charitable and
other institutions so that their money
will continue to work after they have
passed to the great beyond.
The gratifying of both these desires
is within the range of possibility for
some of the citizens of Bamberg. Your
name or the names of your loved
ones need never be forgotten and un-
told thousands will rise up and call
you blessed for the good you will do
even to the end of time. The educa-
tion movement gives you the oppor-
tunity of erecting memorial at Car
Isle school that will keep green the
memory of loved ones and also make
an investment in the character of the
young men who will be the leaders of
tomorrow.
The new auditorium to be erected
ought to bear the name of some fami-
ly or person The rooms in the new
dormitory should bear the names Of
those whose memory we would like to
perpetuate. If you are desirous OF
having a part in this worthy enter
prise ask for an intedview with Rev.
W. J. Snyder and he will gladly fur
nish the information in regard to the
details.
. Carlisle Rife Team in Columbia.