May 11, 2008 Remembrance

Little Blue Spruce... Little blue spruce, grow tall and strong, though you bow at ease to the wind. You will not fall, for your roots are firm and your heart is stout, and you have a zest for living. It glories in struggle for purpose high! It holds your color, and will not change when the earth is hard and the frost is white and the snow lies deep and the winter is harsh around you. You will tower and flourish and wait for the spring. Only the breath of God can subdue you. Only the hand of God can uproot you, and make you lie down as a gallant soul surrends in time to the sweet, full sleep, knowing the breath of Power will say: "Awake," and the quick warm tones of love will say: "Arise," to stand in the deathless garden of your God!" The little blue spruce was dedicated, by affection friends, to the memory of Mrs. Joseph Schmalzl, Sr., on Sunday November 2, 1952.