If Death should beckon me with outstretched hand and whisper softly of "An Unknown Land"; I shall not be afraid to go. For though the path I do not know, I take Death's Hand without a fear, for He who safely brought me here will also take me safely back. And though in many things I lack, He will not let me go alone into the "Valley That's Unknown"... So I reach out and take Death's Hand and journey to the "Promise Land".
When I am dead / Cry for me a little. / Think of me sometimes / But not too much. / It is not good for you / Or for your wife or your husband / Or your children / To allow your thoughts to dwell / Too long on the Dead. / Think of me now and again / As I was in life / At some moment it is pleasant to recall. / But not for long. / Leave me in peace / As I shall leave / you, too, in peace. / While you live / Let your thoughts be with the Living.
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God hath not promised skies always blue, / Flower-strewn pathways all our lives through; / God hath not promised sun without rain, / Joy without sorrow, peace without pain. / God hath not promised we shall not now / Toil and temptation, trouble and woe; / He hath not told us we shall not bear / many a burden, many a care. / God hath not promised smooth roads and wide, / Swift, easy travel, needing no guide; / Never a mountain rocky and steep, / Never a river turbid and deep / But God hath promised strength for the day, / Rest for the labor, light for the way, / Grace for the trials, help from above, / Unfailing sympathy, undying love
I am home in heaven, dear ones / Oh, so happy and so bright! / There is perfect joy and beauty / in this everlasting light. / All the pain and grief is over, / every restless tossing passed, / I am now at peace forever, / safely home in heaven at last. / There is work still waiting for you, / so you must not idly stand; / Do it now, while life remaineth - / you shall rest in God's own land. / When that work is completed, / He will gently call you Home; / Oh, the rapture of that meeting, / Oh, the joy to see you come.
I am home in Heaven, dear ones; / Oh so happy and so bright! / There is perfect joy and beauty / in this everlasting light. / All the pain and grief is over, / every restless tossing passed, / I am now at peace forever, / Safely home in Heaven at last. / Did you wonder I so calmly Trod / the valley, of the shade? / Oh! But Jesus love illuminated / every dark and fearful glade. / And He came Himself / to meet me in that way so hard to tread; / And with Jesus' arm to lean on / could I have one doubt or dread? / Then you must not grieve so sorely, / for I love you dearly still; / Try to look beyond earth's shadows. / Pray to trust our Father's Will / there is work still waiting for you, / so you must not idly stand; / do it now, while life remaineth - / you shall rest in Jesus' land. / When that work is all completed, / he will gently call you Home; / Oh, the rapture of the meeting, / Oh the joy to see you come.
Some day the silver cord will break / And I no more as now shall sing / But oh, the joy when I shall wake / Within the palace of the King / And I shall see Him face to face / And tell the story Saved by grace / And I shall see Him face to face / And tell the story Saved by grace. / Some day my earthly house will fall / I cannot tell how soon 'twill be / But this I know my All in All / Has now a place in heav'n for me. / Some day, when fades the golden sun / Beneath the rosy tinted west / My blessed Lord will say, Well done / And I shall enter into rest. / Some day till then I'll watch and wait / My lamp all trimmed and burning bright / That when my Savior opes the gate / My soul to Him may take its flight.
Come Lord Jesus, cover me with Thy Precious Blood, and fill me with Thy Holy Spirit, I love Thee Lord Jesus, I praise Thee Lord Jesus, I thank Thee Jesus, I shall follow Thee every day of my life. Amen.
O glorious St. Anthony, safe refuge of the afflicted and distressed, who by miraculous revelation has directed all those who seek aid to come to Thy altar with the promise that whosoever visits it for nine consecutive Tuesdays, and there piously invokes thee, will feel the power of the intercession. I, a poor sinner, encouraged by this promise, come to thee. O powerful Saint, and with a firm hope I implore thy aid, thy protection, thy counsel and thy blessing. Obtain for me, I beseech thee my request in this necessity. But if it should be opposed to the Will of God and the welfare of my soul, obtain for me such other graces as shall be conducive to my salvation.
O Lord, You have said: Unless you become as little children you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven; grant us, we beg You, so to follow, in humility and simplicity of heart, the footsteps of the Virgin blessed Thérèse, that we may attain to an everlasting reward. Amen.
Fear not, for I have redeemed you: I have called you by your name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; When you walk through fire you shall not be burned and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord, your God, The Holy One of Israel, Your Savior. You are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you.
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me besides the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: For thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple. For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord.
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
The Lord is my Pilot; I shall not drift. / He leadeth me across the dark waters / and steereth me in the deep channels. / He keepeth my Log and guideth me / by the star of holiness for His Name's sake. / Yea, though I sail amid the thunders and tempests of life, / I shall dread no danger, For Thou art with me; / Thy love and Thy care, they shelter me. / Thou preparest a harbour before me / in the homeland of eternity; / Thou anointest the waves with oil, / and my ship rideth calmly, / Surely sunlight and starlight shall favor me / all the days of my voyaging, / and I will rest in the port of my Lord forever.
You have heard the tolling of 11 strokes. This is to remind you that with Elks, the hour of 11 has a tender significance. Wherever Elks may roam, whatever their lot in life may be, when this hour tolls upon the dial of night, the great heart of Elkdom swells and throbs. It is the golden hour of recollection, the homecoming of those who wander, the mystic roll call of those who will come no more. Living or dead, an Elk is never forgotten, never forsaken. Morning and noon may pass him by, the light of day sink heedlessly in the West, but ere the shadows of midnight shall fall, the chimes of memory will be pealing forth the friendly message, "To our absent members."
So live, that when thy summons comes to join / The innumerable caravan, which moves / To that mysterious realm, where each shall take / His chamber in the silent halls of death, / Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, / Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed / By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, / Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch / About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
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29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which isthe upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is thefruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; andfrom thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in theearth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shallslay me.
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