Show scarcely a day but what we read or hear of the passing of someone sOl neOne we know either in public or private life from the most high in position or prominence in world aff affairs airs to the lesser known among friends of the past and present our own own closer circle of is being depleted as well and we aie grieved as we learn of the passing of some well known or lesser known friend grieved because of the afie sadness it blengs to th se who arc unable to understand the so called death as we do and be because causia so many consider the separation separation from loved one as final or when they long to hold in life one who must go forward in the other realms for a time in order to make the feces tary kanj adjustments which cannot be made in their present state of being when the last act of love that can be performed for those who must depart for a time from this life is completed we should try to live for those who are left to us we have worthy examples of this in the words of jesus to the little girl who left futi ereal cortege of her mother to help a wounded bird in sore distress when asked why she did so her he reply ws this lifeless body needs need no help from me but I 1 can help while yet life is my mother taught me this jesus blessed the little child and said out of the mouths of babes hast thou ordained strength im sure the blessings of my father god will rest upon you child tor for 11 evermore even nore to a weeping mother who was grieving for her son he said good woman dry yr your tears you weep because your son is dead death is a cruel word your son can never die now if you harbor grief and give your sorrows vent they will grow greater every day go bury deep your your woes boes and smile at grief and lose yourself in helping others dry their tears these references ait taken from our aquarian gospel and are worthy of consideration consider tation and thought during hours of grief whether it be occasioned by the loss of loved ones or thru some other cause we hear much abut the power of thought and the results of thought and we know that thought is the forerunner of words and deeds and that as we think so are we the following lines by wm win walker atkinson should carry weight if one is desirous desir cu of building character worthy of mention when we understand der stand how one is constantly building up charac character tee adding a little every lay day and that our thoughts of if the day are the materials materia 3 which are going into our character structure it will be seen that it is a matter of the greatest importance what kind of thoughts we think emerson added another truth when he said great men are they who see that sri spiritual ritual is stronger than any material force that thoughts rule the world we agree with henry V morgan who wrote these lines sly my sou soul has seen the coming of a race from sorl sorrow b v free an age of faith and justice truth and love and liberty and I 1 sing of loves great triumph in that year of jubilee gods truth is marching on i I 1 have bave teen seen the free born woman standing side by side with man I 1 have seen the nations broaden till there is no tribe clan and the war clouds all have van aed in the love of roan man for man gods truth is marching on sir gibson and son with their new john deere tractor returned to mesa arizona last week ile he should have waited and aad found nut it that we do sometimes have i ani iani rain here |