White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-08
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY
At M'EW|NC FUNERAL

Inc IuneTdl Oh the ldle WlllidlD
MeEwing was held from the Wilson
Bates mortuary last Wednesday aft
ernoon at 2 O'Clock under the aus
pieces of the Benevolent and Protect
i've Order of Elks, of which the de-
ceased was an honored member OF
many years standing.
Rev. Upton Partridge, pastor of the
Methodist church in Ely, read the
burial service and preached an able
sermon, which brought much consol-
alton to the relatives and friends of
the departed.
Mrs. Anthony ZURICH and Mrs.
, Frank w. Willard sang solos, which
! were not only appropriately selected
but were rendered in a most beau
tiful manner
Counsellor II. w. Edwards deliv-
. cred the eulogy as the last tribute
on the part of the Elks, and not only
were his remarks exceptionally we'll
] chosen but delivered in such an iri.
pressiye manner as to bring a tear
to every eye and suppressed sobs
> could be heard amidst the otherwise
| dead silence which pervaded the NOR
tuary as he spoke in such eloquent
terms of his departed. friend and
T brother until almost completely over
come by emotion, his eyes swelled
l with tears and he vas forced 20 COLI
clude. He said:
"Once again the Winged Messenger
has called, and once again that call
has been answered, as it ever mus, be.
, For whether in Naishpur or Baby
lon.
4 Whether the Cup, with sweet or bit
ter run,
{ The Wine of Life keeps oozing drop
' Ivy drop,
TIE Leaves of Life keep falling m
by one
l Once again we foregather to bid
goodty to the voyager upon the un-
! charted seas and in our feeble man.
ner attempt 10 console hearts bowed
h down by sorrows heavy hand.
9 For this purpose words are all We
, can employ, and words are such fu-
y tile things to attain this particular
yend. But if a word of consolation,
la sigh of sincere sympathy. yelling
up from the hearts within us, can
!, bring a CLEAN of hope into the shad-
tows to soothe the spirit and ease the
i burden of his loved ones, l know that
it will make the journey brighter for
our brother who treads the pathway
that leads out from the valley of
darkness and into the bright land to
(which he has gone.
Would you have had him live for
lever? The answer m eagerly
rushing to our lips. 'Yesi' But upon
mature consideration and due retiec-
'tion the answer must be No for If
those who press and strain against
our breasts could never die. maybe
love would wlther from the heart so q
wise Providence has decreed that the
shall dissolve itself into the
elements of which 1t is composed, that
love shall eve die
Love is the most sacred word ever
uttered by human lips. 1t embraces
all that is holy in life. It is a CLEAN
of supernal glory, radiatino from the
throne of the Infinite. Love is the
supreme law. 1t is the fairest flower
that blossoms in the human heart.
Of 1t was born every grace, every as
ipiration. every hope of Immortality. |
nit is the law of life, the harmony OF
sheaven. the breath of which the uni
was born. 1t Is moro than that;
'dt is the essence of that nobler faith
that teaches us that death is but re-
rbirth-the dawn of the morning after
che dark of the night. To die is but
leave an old, stale, wear work
wand begin a new and better one.
|. Fear not for his welfare. All Is
we'll. Fear is but the spawn of the
eOoze and slime of ignorance which
r~Contravenes the supreme law of
I nave spoken. God is the en-
| bodiment of mercv. You tell a little
that II she does not do certain
VIKINGS God will punish her. and she
dwill turn her baby face up toward
l.yours and her innocent lips will SAT,
mo, oGd doesn't hurt little girls.
seladdy.'
OF Il know you will not misunder-
IS stand me when I say we are here to
him a Happy New Year, May
chall the glory of the new world to
(Which he has gone be his. May every
@iay for him be bright and fair, and
we 'Strays' from the nam herd send
but into the great silence a prayer
hat the Grand Exalted Fuller IF all
he Universe will look down upon the
lear ones he has temporarily left be-
hind and so fill them with His divine
trace and may lead them likewise
o His fold"
The Elks marching in q body pre-
(eded the hearse bearing the remains
Il the reYered man to the last rest
ng place, and following came what
appeared 10 be an almost endless
rain of automobiles filled with the
elatives and friends. At the grave
he last rollcall was made by Sheriff
|. c Nicholson and as the members
# the order sang AUD Lang Svne"
L.