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In Memoriam.
But , happdy , as Masons Ave believe in something higher , and better , and truer than anything of that most mournful nonsense AA'hich perverts and distresses the minds of many at the present hour . We lose friends , as all do ; but we do not lose them for ever . We part from friends , as all here must do ; but AA ' e hope to meet them again . Life comes , and life goes , and death draws near us all hour by hour ; but we have
learned to look for death as the gate to a better country , the portal of an Eternal Life . And so , though we mourn for friends and bewail their loss to us , they still come " In Memoriam " every moment of the day , in that , to us , they are not dead ; but still live on , behind and AA'ithin the veil . As LongfelloAV so beautifully puts it : —
There is no Death , what seems so is transition . This life of mortal breath Is bnt a suburb of the life Elysian , Whose portal Ave call death . In that great cloister ' s stillness and seclusion , By guardian angels led , Safe from temptation , safe from sin ' s pollution ,
' They live' Avhom Ave call dead I " And just as the poet adds so let us also say in each hour of mortal sorrow : — " Let us be patient I These severe afflictions Npt from the ground arise , But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise . "
Yes , the " In Memoriam " of to-day Avill change , in a brighter and better hour , for the " In Visum" of gratified and beatified affection , and the temporal loss of time Avdl be exchanged for the eternal gain of immortality . Some of us may remember Lord Derby ' s beautiful translation of some very touching Latin verses , which Ave will give both in the original and the translation , as alike true and suggestive , full of soothing memories , and better , because eternal hopes for us all alike .
" Cara vale I ingenio prtostans pietate pudore , Et plusquam nata ? nomine cara vale I Cara vale ! donee veniat felicius Eovum , Quando iterum tecum sim modo dignus ero . Cara redi I Iteta tunc dicam voce paternos Eia age in amplexus . Cara Maria redi ! "
" Dear child fareAvell ! Thou didst in Avorth , Wit , piety , so far excel ; By closer ties than those of birth Knit to my heart—dear child fareAvell I Dear child , fareAvell ! Till time bring round Those blessed ages yet in store , When Iif haply Avorthy
found-, , Shall meet thee face to face once more . Dear child , oh come I No more to part , Shall I exclaim in rapture then , — To bless a father ' s arms and heart , My child , my Mary , come again !" w
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
In Memoriam.
But , happdy , as Masons Ave believe in something higher , and better , and truer than anything of that most mournful nonsense AA'hich perverts and distresses the minds of many at the present hour . We lose friends , as all do ; but we do not lose them for ever . We part from friends , as all here must do ; but AA ' e hope to meet them again . Life comes , and life goes , and death draws near us all hour by hour ; but we have
learned to look for death as the gate to a better country , the portal of an Eternal Life . And so , though we mourn for friends and bewail their loss to us , they still come " In Memoriam " every moment of the day , in that , to us , they are not dead ; but still live on , behind and AA'ithin the veil . As LongfelloAV so beautifully puts it : —
There is no Death , what seems so is transition . This life of mortal breath Is bnt a suburb of the life Elysian , Whose portal Ave call death . In that great cloister ' s stillness and seclusion , By guardian angels led , Safe from temptation , safe from sin ' s pollution ,
' They live' Avhom Ave call dead I " And just as the poet adds so let us also say in each hour of mortal sorrow : — " Let us be patient I These severe afflictions Npt from the ground arise , But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise . "
Yes , the " In Memoriam " of to-day Avill change , in a brighter and better hour , for the " In Visum" of gratified and beatified affection , and the temporal loss of time Avdl be exchanged for the eternal gain of immortality . Some of us may remember Lord Derby ' s beautiful translation of some very touching Latin verses , which Ave will give both in the original and the translation , as alike true and suggestive , full of soothing memories , and better , because eternal hopes for us all alike .
" Cara vale I ingenio prtostans pietate pudore , Et plusquam nata ? nomine cara vale I Cara vale ! donee veniat felicius Eovum , Quando iterum tecum sim modo dignus ero . Cara redi I Iteta tunc dicam voce paternos Eia age in amplexus . Cara Maria redi ! "
" Dear child fareAvell ! Thou didst in Avorth , Wit , piety , so far excel ; By closer ties than those of birth Knit to my heart—dear child fareAvell I Dear child , fareAvell ! Till time bring round Those blessed ages yet in store , When Iif haply Avorthy
found-, , Shall meet thee face to face once more . Dear child , oh come I No more to part , Shall I exclaim in rapture then , — To bless a father ' s arms and heart , My child , my Mary , come again !" w