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see I start with the first verse of the Bible. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth, and He saw that it was good. In the beginning God!" His face blanched, he fell straight forward into my arms. He came forward as straight as falls a tree. No sinking of the joints or muscles. That sentient being, that brilliant intellect with a message that he was to deliver to his brothers and sisters on his lips, was silenced forever by the Grim Reaper.<br>      Tenderly was he lifted by his friends who sprang to his relief and medical aid summoned, but that loving heart had ceased to beat, and he had passed to the "Great Beyond!"<br>      Twere sad that one so gifted, so loved by all, so esteemed for his genial good nature and gentlemanly demeanor should be selected at such a time by the swift messenger and taken from us in an instant of time.<br><br>