Presidents Message from 1930 " We all do lark
Human life, like nalUrc, has its
aJ
a luif" IJfliah 64:6
sea
Think of the body as the leaf-the
sonS; springtime, summer and autumn.
soul as rhe: rcal tree. The tree is nor dead
After
m
aturity has been reached decay ,
in rhe winter rime-it only appears ro be
has been
dead. Irs roo� arc in the soil, full of life
reached, the path rums downward; after the leaf falls, the tree stands naked and
in God. The (rcc throws off the leaves
sers in: after rhe summit
awaits [he blasts of winter. No power (an keep the foliage on the tree.
A
.
res
be clothed again. The vitality
01
. tree continues after the leaves f'III.
rhe
The soul of the Christian. like the
(Ippoinled unto mtlll ONce " . . "All Jkth is tik.i gnlSS.
Throwing off the leaf is but a srage in
istless law of dec:!.y has swept
growth.
Likewise,"iI
to die"
10
J i
away all generations. The leaf (3des by a gradual
proct!SS.
stripped
by
The
trCC, wiJl be dressed again in :I. new garb.
The theme of this year's Saga deals
are
not
in
one
sist us throw aside unreasoning indiffer
shower. Death s i normally a gradual
ence co eu:rnal life . . . and intellectual
one blast,
trees nor
process, except in famine. pestilence
.
war, or accident. Take a leaf imo your hand. Nmc its
with nature. Let this grear thought a as
slOicism regarding the grave . . . and give:: to us a new understanding about property, houses, friendships and the
symmcrriol form, ilS lovely hue. its ex
need' of a prepararion for life beyond the
quisite structure, ils delicate fibers, its
grave. May we have increased a Chris
fine lin� . . . how infinitely its Structure
tian composure, with aim and Hanq ui l
tr:mscends all human inventions. Buf
heans
tbt ItaliJ only organiztd dUll.' So is man's body. The leaf fades in prep:tr:l.Iion for a
.
Oh! l...ct the leaf fall, " For u't klloUJ
the" if ollr rarthly /x}lIg .oj /hi! labtmad� u¥" diSJohwl. u ... � hnt¥ a buildillg 0 1God, a
new life. The new life. rising from the
houiP
toOts. pushcs olT the dead Ie-J\'es. New
htatltm" (Cor.
1101
made uitb hands, eurnal ill the
):1)
lc-JVCS appear, as lovely as ever before. Hum1n life is like a forest-it does nOt die with the bves. We die. but others rake our places. The human mce wilJ carry on io (he children. This destroys pride :l.nd creates humility.
no
DCfXm men IS
Dr. S.c. Easrvold