Show On Human Life By By the Late King Kinge Oscar of sweden One e Now owa Departed On a n. beautiful autumn morning when th the sun had just raised its glowing disc above the horizon and when h n Its rays had not yet heated the coM cold air all I saw near the road a few birch trees whoso whose leaves had already turned yel yel- low ow And AnI time was nearing Its end their active life liCe although short hallI had hall I been a fL beautiful life Ute a life spent in inthe the tho glorious nature of or the North Nonh When tho the rays of or the spring melted the snow and ice when the unchained brooks started on their course couise and tho the meadow larks were singing under tho the blue sky then thon tiny buds appeared on the tho naked branches these buds became leaves which unfolded themselves In the time warm spring air Tho rho birch woo woods s sJ J dressed them themselves solves In tho the green grcen colors of hope As long as summer the fair fair- j i haired god ruled in the North they an en enjoyed en- en r joyed their beauty Innocently an and 11 1 simply they caressed each other and V gave cooling shade to tho the wanderer who it l was tired from the burning rays raya o of the rt f Gun un Now when the summer which summer which Is la far tar f 4 p iii ji f t kl l too short In northern countries lids countries fled Jell they humbly submit to their fate and allow the tho beautiful leaves le to lo fall tall to time the ground At tho the time of their bereavement and their lr sorrow they stand thero there In this beautiful morning morning- wondering at nt the laws laws' of or nature mature As AsIf AsIf AsIt If It they were speaking to lo time the wanderer wander r who hurries by to his dally ally work after hl his SUn Sunday rest th they y arouse In him him thoughts which rise o aboto the earth earthan an and what belongs 9 to the earth earthMan Man fan fan also has haa his springs his summer summer summer sum sum- mer and his autumn The spring Is his youth the summer his ma hood the tho autumn his old age But Hut it is true that it may be autumn in the midst of the spring of man and signs of spring may appt appear ll In the tho very midst st of or his hla autumn Summer may change chango morning morningto to night spring to autumn It IK is difficult difficult dif dif- to the tree of or life which has been struck by lightning to straighten up again and at al all events it takes lakes time timeto to do so 80 It may even be impossible to do it if Ir there are arc no charitable men who will A 1 t Jl j. j i 1 il 1 assist and support the trembling tree rho Tho lonesome palm In ht the th desert esert Is attacked attacked at- at tacked so long long- by hy the Ule sirocco until it falls Calls no ao matter how strong and slen slender er erIt it t may bo be But thank Go God Cod it may may also bo be spring In the midst of ot au autumn lumn Look at the at-the Iho birch trees in tho wood wool Thc They too can sleep leep d during dining the long winter t III night ht happy happy hap hap- P py and anel satisfied to have havo lived tho the summer sung sum Rummer mer In hr the hope that lint when the fury of winter is spent a balmier air A t moro more radiant sun a more moro b beautiful song than the howling of or tho the autumn storms will call rail them back to new life life- to new en enjoyments enjoyments en- en And Anil this is their thelt life this life this Incessant change o of at birth and destruction destination of ot life lIro and anel death leath And AntI wo wo wo-wo wo who are uc often orten ungrateful ful rul because fate futo places ob obstruction In our path pith we who blame the ways of fit Pro l Providence enco and struggle against ag them and antI often endeavor to lo create a a. world orIel which we wo think would bo be bolter what better what thoughts arise In inn us Is not the lie of or resurrection and spring which Is In our hearts tho the promise that we shall arse arise again out of oC the autumn of ot life lICo and the thu winter of tho tIme grave Kra far ar hett better t and far Car greater grenter than the promise given to r an ny other creature in the world For Tor we e h have ve been hi-cn given n the tho ability to live 11 to together ether like the birch trees In the woods and tho the of life In lovo love wander alon along path and fd friendship An And Is this gift girt not worth far tar more moro than any other ether gifts which worldly people consider 1 i i. i j y l J r 4 t- t N 1 n rG able Why do wo vo then lien despair Tho Spring Spring- which Is awaiting us after tho lie winter of or the grave ra o c cannot bo be taken talen from us 18 and it is eternal ete and Indes- Indes It II Is 1101 more moro glorious than any spring on n earth In that spring God vis the tho sun and we wo are the angels Should we then not hell believe vo that the thc friendships which wo we have formed Inthis in Jim inthis this world will follow us liS in the lie next Should wo we then not believe that they will be stronger there than they thoy havo have been here The Tho friendships which bound hound men together to durin during their theiL lives JIves end nd during luring tue lIlO e time when they were struggling tru towards the th same goal along different paths ph will continue to assist when the goal tins lias been reached an and It will follow Collow into Juto a better spring morning morn Ing into the eternal spring and It will be tine the hest best memory which we Wl JIO possess S of or the short time we WI spent Inthis in inthis inthis this little world worl |