The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-11-29

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a picture of his own Martyrdom OF
the battle field of moral principle
In the split second of bullets fligh
his admirable battle for human right!
and freedom and peace was over
his soul was in the hands of God, but
mercifully that same Provident Goo
has left the noble example of his life
and work in our hands.
He was noble man, this John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, in every sense
of the word-a man of deep hrmani-
tartan drives. Respectful of other
people and their opinions though he
may have had quite opposite convic-
tions, he was personally, intellectual
ly, politically, militarily and spiritual
ly legend and reality at the same
time. He would be the first to deny
that he was beyond fault, yet his
splendid traits of character were so
many that he lowered above the null
titude-he was no ordinary man.
SO the question naturally arises
how could he be taken away so swift
ly from us in the fullness of his man.
hood when he had so much to give
and so many to profit by his wisdom
and understanding. But search where
you might, you will find only one
answer-locked up in the infinite
mind of God and hidden from our
finite minds. Some day when we
reach eternity we will know-as ST.
Paul says 1--WE see now in a glass
darkly. but then we shall see Him
face to face" We know this for
fact (if we are looking for a human
answer) that if anyone is to blame
for this untimely calamity, it is not
Godfather we can lay the fault at
our own doorsteps.
The causes lie deeply embedded
within ourselves-our greeds, our
bigotries, our hatreds, our spites-
If we did not assent to this uneasy
truth about ourselves before, we have
had stark living evidence these past
few days of the horrible reality of
violence and hate and revenge be-
getting their own kind 1t is so very
easy to project the blame for our
own failures upon another man or
another group, or another city, and
in this way we salve our own con-
sciences. But down deep we have to
believe and admit that if we human
beings were better people, we would
not victimize our fellowman-those
who differ from us in color, race,
creed, or political. belief. We would
not wait until we have reaped the |
naked, barren fruits of our follies in
the destruction of greatness for an
examination of conscience. Perhaps
we could have prevented this catastro-
ohe (again God alone knows), but
we could not overcome
our own prejudices.
Yet God works good from the evils
we generate, and let us hope that in
our own attitudes we can
10 a most needed task of reconstruc-
ion on ourselves. Let us pray that ]
,ur so-called enlightened generation
which can so easily devise hydrogen
combs and space vehicles and all
manner of material miracles may yet
evise compelling equipment that will
10 a Job on the human heart and !
nhabit such a great nation should
1eet the demands it makes upon us
that we should cast aside this emo
onal immaturity we possess at the '
Our inner selves should
row apace with our numbers and
ur geography. We must model our
elves after a man whose intelligence
lways dominated his emotions. We 7
annot afford this kind of tragedy f
gain.
And as we bid a sad farewell to a
UT President and profit by his life g
nd example, let us not forget his
fflicted family and particularly his t
evoted wife. All of us knew that v
acqueline Kennedy was a cultured Y
oman of great depth of feeling and ,
tellect. Yet her superficial qualities "
ere more often emphasized than her i
,iding ones. She had an innate dig =
ty, Ia fragile beauty, and sense Fl
fashion that enraptured the people a