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Show I RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT. m o I-lfe Is like, n fotdctl (lower. And what It holds wo know not I Till unwinding leaf by leaf, 5 Jt shows dud's secret hidden In Its fole; And bears Its frnmant heart to visions brief, 1 For when Its beauty aud klKiilllenneo 2 Upon our oarth dull senses break nt lott, 9 Itaok to Its dust tho flower turns 0 'Ere. perehnnco wo hiu'o learned its meaning; 2 Lire Is past. :In tho Infinite wisdom of ourl)cncflclent Father, tho Kcccr of our souls hat cen 111 to enll ujon our beloved brother and councilor, 5 Thomas. B. Uoyluiicc, to mount Ilia loss of Jllluvi'd ,i011l tfiJ.,jL . Ucrfdlfi. nysuehloliols!cjirlvnlof n lovtfigilijiiudjn, fffiUtftnjr' wlfo nnd n pillar of fclrriiKth. Your brethren of the Council No. .fi(r g Z ileeply mourn with you In this pent trial and your sad hcteovoiiiHiil 9 mi'l ny unto you, ohecr up. for It Is not within our jowur to retory to you your loss, hut remind ynu of the fact that lit the mliUt of lift Uiuro J Is death. And as the poet has said; J 2 There Is no (lock, however well protected, Ilutsoino dead lamb Is there! Thero Is no llresldc, however well guarded, Z Hut what hnx Its vacant chnlr. I Now, dear brother, cheer up and look on tho bright sldi of llfo. . 1 You have tho good will nnd fellowship ot all your brothers. Life Is a f bright licforo you. And In your hours of meditation and thought 9 S think of those wordsi " 2 ffho one renmlus. the many chnnfc'w and pais 2 5 . Heaven's light forever shines , a f garth's shadows lly, J I.lfc, like n dome of mnny coloret glass, 2 v Htnlns the whlto rmllniieo of eternity, 2 Until dentil tramples It In fragments. 2 2 Hero the poet looves It like u broken voo. It wns as far n his 2 eyes could see. Hut the God who gave llfoto tho poet nnd ovorv HvtriK " thing will again gather up the broken frngamcnts aud remold tlicin e 2 Into a vessel of honor, a fitting rcsceptanlo for the Immortal flower Hint 2 once tilled It nnd wns only transplanted for n rrnxon to pnrtidlrel and 5 now restore tho self snmo flower In thesclf snmo vnsc to bloom therein e 2 lmuty nnd shed forth Its frngranco lorever. Tills Is life, This Is 2 2 death. And this Is tho resurrection. 2 2 HB IT IIHHOIA'KD, Hint n copy of thoso resolutions of respect bo 2 spread upon the minutes of our council nnd n copy bo scut to our be- 2 loved brother, Hespectfully, 2 A. II. DoLON'O. 3 f YVM.J.BTAIlTln', 2 Committee. 2 a M(ttiSMilfaiistaAi n |