IS DEATH AN ENEMY?

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 29 March 1934, Page 2

IS DEATH AN ENEMY?

1. One important thing in life Is the certainty of death; ' Ending every earthly strife, When we draw our latest breath. 2. There’s a wonderful relief 111 the prospect of a change, Minch will end 'all earthly grief, Yielding life of wider range. 3. Death is but another birth, And the dawning of a day, When we are not bound to earth. ■Or. to forms which, pass away. 4. If a . person could not die o]i how wretched he would be! Ho would never even try To abate bis vanity. 5. Deatli is man’s deliverer From all burdens of tile flesh. And .who would not much prefer In this respect tc start afresh? C. What if it should prove to he The gateway to a now estate. Where self-made exiles are set free Bv Providence instead of Fate? 7. What 'f We should chance to find 11 1 those vast realms behind the veil Etheric worlds of active mind, And friendships which can never fail? 8. Is death an enemy because It is so reckless in its sweep; And works by universal laws, Which their eternal courses keep? 9. Do not the soils beneath our feet Consist of ground up fossil shells, Which long ago were all replete With living forms, as science tells? 10. Although _ important in their day, Their fruit and roots have passed away. We live because of their decay; And must continue, come what may. JOSEPH TAYLOR. 26th March, 1934.