Waterman has expressed this thought in his homespun way so much better than I can that I wish to conclude with a few lines written by this advocate of the good-neighbor policy among men: If I knew you and you knew me- If I knew you and you knew me, So many thorns for every rose; The "why" of things our hearts would see, If I knew you and you knew me. Charles Barnes, master sergeant, United States Army, sounded taps. The Chaplain pronounced the following benediction: The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you; the Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace, both now and evermore. Amen. The relatives and friends of the deceased Members were escorted from the Chamber. The SPEAKER. Pursuant to the provisions of House Resolution 604, and as a further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased Members, the House will stand adjourned until 11 o'clock tomorrow. Accordingly (at 1 o'clock and 15 minutes p. m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until tomorrow, Wednesday, May 29, 1946, at 11 o'clock a. m. Memorial Exercises in the Senate WEDNESDAY, April 21, 1948. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the terms of Senate Resolution 212, the hour has arrived for holding memorial services for deceased Senators. Rev. Bernard Braskamp, D. D., pastor, Gunton-Temple Memorial Presbyterian Church, Washington, D. C., offered the following invocation: Almighty God, with a humble spirit and a contrite heart we call upon Thy great and holy name. In the life of each of us there are times when all our feelings seem to impose silence. Grant that in this hour of sacred memory we may enter into a blessed communion with Thy Spirit, and the spirit of all upon whom Thou hast bestowed the glorious benediction, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of Thy Lord." Hear us for the sake of the Christ, our Saviour. Amen. Solo, There Is No Death-O'Hara-by Robert C. Nicholson, baritone, Wesley Methodist Church, Washington, D. C., accompanied on the piano by William Watkins, organist, New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. THERE IS NO DEATH I tell you they have not died, They live and breathe with you, Why dream of poppied sod When you can feel their breath, When flower and soul and God Know there is no death? I tell you they have not died, Their hands clasp yours and mine, They have become divine. They live, they know, they see! They shout with every breath: "All is eternal life; "There is no death." Dr. BRASKAMP. The Scripture readings are taken from the Old and New Testaments. Psalm 85: "I will hear what God the Lord will say, for He will speak peace unto His people and to His saints." Psalm 90: "Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. "Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever Thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God. "So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom." Then from the New Testament these gracious words which were spoken by our blessed Lord: John 14: "Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in me. "In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto Myself, that where I am there ye may be also. "Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you; not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." In St. Paul's great chapter on the resurrection, the fifteenth of First Corinthians, we find these words: "Now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept. "For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. |