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Saturday, February 7, 1931. THE SALEMITE Page Five. BELOVED BISHOP RONDTHALER CALLED TO FINAL REST (Continued From Page One) bilia, prepared each year, are typi cal to the close study and detailed care exercised in the preparation of each writing. He was a keen stu dent and delighted in reading. “He found great men to be profitable companions. He thought their tlioughts after them. He became conversant with the best in litera ture. He loved the classical and found recreation and joy in reading his favorite books again and again. Characters lived before him. They took on flesh and blood, and he en tered into their experiences of joy and sorrow as though they were his His great love for children was referred to by Dr. Pfohl. “If he •'ould win a child for the Lord, he had gained a life of service for Christ and he worked with that end always in view. He developed a pastorate around that idea, exert ing himself to make the church at tractive to children.” The memoir continued “The chil dren’s Christmas love feast, the service for little folk on the last afternoon of the old year, the serv ice connected with the Children’s Covenant Day were, under his di rection and friendly and happy per sonality, made occasions of great blessing which in some manner seemed to have c4ug)ht the very spirit of the Saviour’s words ‘Suf fer little children to come unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven’.” But the chief secret of Bishop Rondthaler’s life lay in the fact that lie was a man of prayer and of painstaking Christian living, en deavoring to adorn the Gospel of Jesus Christ which he preached, de clared Dr. Pfohl. “He was one of the kindest and most considerate of men in dealing with his co-laborers.” “It had long been the desire of our beloved Bishop and of his co laborers in the work that he might continue in his service until tlie Lord should call him home. And this our Saviour most gi-aciously granted him,” said Dr. Pfohl. The service at the church con cluded, the body was started on its final journey. From the church it was taken back up Church street, past the home where the Bishop had known so many happy years. Past the very steps from which he had greeted and said “Good-bye” to countless thousands of friends who all through the years knew that a cordial welcome awaited them at the Bishop’s house. The cortege moved slowly and in deep reverence. It was similiar to the processions that have moved along Church street so many Easter i. Bishop Rondthaler has ai led those happy and worship ful throngs. It was the Bishop who the lead of this procession, but only the earthly remains rested in that beautiful casket. His spirit had gone to the Heavenly Kingdom, from which it will watch with joy the continuation, by his fellowmen, of the great work he carried lile on earth. There was not a vehicle in Tlie body was born by of the Southern Province, the bishop’s co-workers. They took carry the casket, each deep ly grateful for the privilege of hav- this opportunity of sup porting their beloved leader, even as they have found joy in serving with him while he was with them person. Through the entrance to historic Cedar avenue, that has known the footsteps of Bishop Rondthaler each Easter Sunday, as well as on count less other occasions when he walked to “God’s Acre,” the procession When the Morarian griaveyard was ariginally laid out, there was only one entrance. It was beauti fully significant that it was through this old gflte that Bishop Rond thaler’s body was borne Monday aft- trnoon. His last resting place is just inside the gate, occupying the corner space of the square. In the row in which his body rests are the remains of two other Mora vian bishops. A short distance away is the abode of Bishop George Frederic Bahnson, who passed awayi September II, 1869. At the other' end of the square rests Bishop Emil A. DeSchweinitz who has been there since November 3, 1879. Just a few spaces away, and the same row as Bishop Rondthaler, lies John Henry Boner, one of the country’s best known poets; “that gentlest of ministrels who caught his music from the whispering pini He passed away March 6, 1903. The rites at the graveyard v very brief and were conducted by Bishop Hamilton, Bishop^ Greider and Dr. Pfohl. Slowly and quietly, the body was lowered, benediction was pronounced and the huge cc gregation dissolved. The bishop TELEGRAM TO DR. RONDTHALER FROM GOVERNOR GARDNER Raleigh, North Carolina. “I have always regarded your father among the noblemen of North Carolina stop His splendid life has been a benediction and blessing to our people stop I was always happy to call him my friend stop My family joins in deepest sympathy. O. Max Gardner.” DEAD BUT LIVING Bishop Edward Rondthaler was e sort of man his fellow citizens would have had live always. It is difficult indeed to write as if he really dead. It seems as if the words that go down in the lines telling forth something that must prove to be an illusion, a dream that vanish when the dreamer wakens. And it will be many a day before the reality of his death dis pels this feeling that it all must be rumor, an unfounded report. Of course those immediately as- ciated with him in his home where his great age kept him closely will first to understand that death taken him. And then those in community near-by will begin to 5C the reality of his absence. Again in a few weeks thousands will listen in vain for his voice on Easter morning. And then a few weeks later a graduating class will pass 1 Memorial Hall, the first in many years not to have had the venerable bishop’s benediction. Sooner or later some epochal event signalizing progress in the Southern Moravian Province will be held, but Bishop Rondthaler will not be there —as he was just a week ago Calvary Moravian Church. It going to take a long time for his! world to know that he is dead. But there is another side to shield. Neither family, community church nor world will ever forget' that he lived. Objects of the cient craftsman’s skill are every now and again recovered from ob livion. Bishop Rondthaler has left a spiritual work that will nevei hidden by any kind of debris, will not only survive the ruins progressive changes but will be of the brightest treasurs to be used in the adornment of growing and widening civilization. February 1, 1931, My dear President Rondthaler: Our beloved Bishop, your dear and honored father, and the friend of all men and women, has gone his eternal rest, passing from life to more life and from peace to greater peace. While here, he dispensed the Lord’s Bounty to countless souls. Where he is, he drinks “The new wine of the Father’s Kingdom.” We know your deep sense of loss. But we also know your triumphant sense of gain. You will be encom passed by our prayers during these days of separation. Our sympathy will flow toward you and your like a river. But above and beyond these manifestations is the strong a; ance that the soul of this righteous servant is in the keeping of his God, and that you and all of yours shall meet him again. Ever yours, S. Parkes Cadman. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY The Star of “Billy The Kid” John Mack Brown “The Great Meadow” The Most Thrilling Adventure Picture of Them Alll MONDAY AND TUESDAY Feb. 9th and 10th THE CHIN AND GRIN MAN The Chin and Grin Man JACK OAKIE In “The Gang Buster” With Jean Arthur, Win. Boyd WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY The Big Laugh Hit! Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Anita Page In “The Little Accident” Win Cash! Win Prizes! 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