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Show 1FATHERVVISESPEAKS ON SUBJECT OF DEATH Ai miKsion services held at the Cathedral Ca-thedral of the Madeleine last night Father Albert A. Wise, H. J.. spoke on the subject of death. In part he aatd: "There nothing more certain than death. The furt that t must die Is an-solute. an-solute. No individual can hav any grounds for supposing that he will be an exception to the universal teaching of experleni-e. AH nnture declares this fact. Wherever there Is life, there is death. We witness the birth of the seasons sea-sons and. the death of thtlr harvests. We experience the death of friends and relutlves; they cease to be with i us here and pass into eternity. What J reason have we for supposing that we j shall be an" exception? Xeithep our j Importance nor our Insignificance gives us grounds for such a conclu-i conclu-i slon. , j "Stand wllhin th quiet i emetery and j observe the headstones. What avail J Is It now to the Klcpinp dedd, that I they were wealthy, that they anjoyed great honor, that they lived lives of constant pleasure? One thing alone Is j important. Were they in the state of (rrai" were they Gods friends when they died 7 Th.s is the all Important thing. Is It so to us?" |