Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-23

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But !. who love them NO viii never see.
And neyermore for earthly things
will care"
AZ the summit Of the majestic palm
tree Il q single Towering bud. Under
the great plan OF lie transmission The
flower falls. the fruit swells. the seed
drops. The flower IN hut brief Incl.
dent Of life. The tree itself In the sac.
rifice ~ the flower the tree ly propa.
cation goes on forever.
The incident 81 mans presence
among W. for the allotted span OF life
may close hut his memory and his
deeds 40 on forever. when we have
our bravest and best. when we how
DER the inanimate clay that was once
fun OF life and hope. we yearn to
search beyond the impenetrable cur.
tains Of time, and cropping blIndiv for
the unattainable. our heart keeps beat.
Ing out the love.gram. why" "whyf"
When reason returns and sits en-.
throned again. a still small voice tells
us TINT he IN not dead. that God will con.
tinue richly endowed soul whose
building he must have found no diff.
cult.
We want our loved ones. our friends.
hack again. The future looks desc.
late. and faith waivers as n fllckering
light. We miss that voice. whose sound
To us II sweetest music. We miss that
form NO confident and appealing, that
handclasp 10 fun OF life and meaning.
Sitting In our office. tilted backward In
a chair. watching. Idly watching TIA.
vana's incense melt In air. the waves
Of fancy hear us backward DER the
stream OF time. and We fall deep IN
reverie. thinking Of friend. a good
old pal OF mine.
It's only n step from the present 10
the past. and a gllttering horseshoe OF
memory links between. He comes hack.
Tie IN here. We nee his face, every
familiary line OF his form. and he
speaks TO us with eyes Of love.
Environed by all that makes life n
great program OF endeavor OF ambl.
ton. Of the enjoyment OF home. OF love
and laughter. n cloud obscured the
MONDAY sun OF life: the agency OF death
entered and claimed n harvest. and our
beloved past president. l.. q. Wagon.
er. gave back to Its Maker. the soul Of
"a mortal man. This flower OF manhood
was transplan,ed In the perennial gar.
den OF Paradise. there 10 bloom for.
evermore. The radiant vibrant hone
Of life well spent on earth IL now
nurtured under the imperishable sun.
iight OF never. ending day az Gods
eternal love. He hung his take Of
10" on the hook when the season of
the sowing OF influence and good deeds
was In Its fullness.
Our brother stood for a few brief
years In the vale % life before the
gilded peak IL one eternity. He came
to the end Of the Trail. crossed IN,
Great divide and rode out West into
the EMBEDDING doors 81 time. the nor
tn dark that lies ahead and opens on
the mysteries OF life.
The footprint OF Death IL plainly
marked by what we call grave.
new fresh mound Of earth. yet We are
told that yet not TO thine eternal rest.
Ing place shalt thou retire alone. nor
could thou wish couch more magnifi.
cent. Thou shalt lie down with m.
triarchs OF the infant world. with Kings.
the powerful Of the earth--the wise. the
good. fair forms and hoary seers of
ages past. all IN one mighty sepulcher."
While Death claims a harvest and
leaves q footprint. yet heavenly mcs.
sengcrs are ever on the wing ready 10
retrieve the soul. They leave no trail.
no teli'tale marks They noiselessiy
cross threshold and act as convoy
TO the newborn soul winging Its way
TO the land immortal.
And for our departed President We
mold this simple memorial. He has
i,assed beyond the end OF the trail. hut
the memory Of his good deeds remains
nntarnished by the destroying process
OF time. beacon light TO a greater broth. |
er hood. Then let us so live that when
my summons comes TO Join that I'm. |
Vulnerable caravan which moves 10
mat mysterious realm where each shall |
take his place In the silent halls of |
death. thou 40 not like the quarry
slave at night. scourge 20 his dungeon. |
hut sustained and soothed bs an I'm.
faitering trust. approach thy couch like
one who wraps the drapery OF his
couch about him and lies down 10
pleasant dreams"
The tendrils OF love. like the tender
Wy chnging TO the massive oak. have