The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-08-17

pride how he did the janitor work in one of the earlier edifices occupied by this congregation, and well it is known that in every step of the development and the work of this church, his hand has been upon it for good, and his wisdom available for it's guidance into the largest fields of usefulness.
 Tt is not many days since that he sat right here in the sanctuary and with his usual delight in the old, familiar hymns of the church, was noted singing with deep piety and genuine spirit of worship, 70, Happy Day, that fixed my
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 Lessen To Learn
 One of the lessons which younger men could learn from this mans life can be found in the fact that it was at the age of thirty he ap- preached the altar and publicly ac- knowledge his acceptance of Je- sus as his Savior and determined to follow the principles and teach ings of that same Christ. He was a strong man, of marked integrity, broad sympathy and deep piety.
 But how do you account for the fact that he was such man? What is the primary lesson to be learned from this life? I believe it was in this, that he had the wisdom and courage to fortify his life with the things that challenged him to be better man, surrounded him. self with things that made for char acter and gave himself entirely to the constructive factors in life.
 Had Cody Helpmate
 T will briefly name three of these factors: One was that he had the wisdom, and in the providence of God, he was given the oppor- tunity and good fortune, to take unto himself Godly woman as his helpmate, the mother of his chill dren and the queen of his home. The extent to which this strong man leaned upon this good help mate may be illustrated in this, that after her departure a few months ago, he said, There was never a decision of importance in the store or in the bank when I didn't ask myself, What would Mrs. Behrends do?' and whenever I did what I thought she would do, I never made a mistake We realize that this is MT. Behrends' service, out we cannot separate those two lives either in time or now through out eternity. ,.,,..
 Masonic rraternttyj
 He also associated himself with the Masonic fraternity and through fifty years he took into his life it's light, it's teachings, it's understand ing; and I, who am not of that Order, nevertheless know somewhat of his interest in it and of the value he placed upon it, W
 The third factor, and upon which we cannot lay too much emphasis, is his relation to the church of Jesus Christ. At the age of thirty, A years ago, he united with the Northern Light Presbyterian church of this city. Surely, it should be said here today that he contributed much through the years to this church, in time, in service and in means and yet should it also truly be said that this church contribut- ed much to the making of B. M. Behrends. So, it is that, not of course because of these three fac tors alone, but the fact that he had the courage and wisdow to for tify himself with the constructive things of life that made him the man he became.
 Happy Immortality
 You say he is dead? No. he is not dead! His faith in Jesus Christ assures him a happy per- sonal immortality. Furthermore. he has achieved an immortality of in fluence, because of which he lives on in you and in me and in every life he touched.
 He was strong man, of marked integrity, of broad sympathy. and of deep piety, because he surround ed himself with that which made for character and for usefulness