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OCONOMOWOC– PRIVATE RESORT IN THE HEART OF OCONOMOWOC! Stunning home set on over 5 acres will give you the private resort feeling you have been looking for! The interior spaces have the rustic and modern touches you will fall in love with along with an amazing salt water pool with waterfall and fabulous entertaining spaces. Incredible master suite w/luxury amenities! Full walk-out lower level with a 2nd Kitchen! 35320 Pabst Court | $1,275,000 | pin #34665
HARTLAND–ON THE GOLF COURSE! Captivating 5-bedroom, 4-full and 2-half bath home on the 11th hole of The Legend Clubs of Bristlecone Pines. Dual staircases, crown moldings and beautiful built-ins throughout this masterfully built home! Fantastic master bdrm oasis, 2 walk-in closets, gas fireplace and attached sitting room/study. Exercise room, wet bar, Rec room and full walk-out basement leading to the in-ground pool and hot tub! 1813 E. Bristlecone Drive | $1,249,900 | pin #33974
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ELM GROVE–NESTLED ON OVER ½ ACRE! All stone, 3-BR / 1-BA home is in the perfect location! Living room has large windows letting in tons of natural light, natural fireplace and builtins! Dining space is open to the kitchen!. Three nice sized bedrooms, fenced in backyard. Walk to Elm Grove Village and Village Park where you can enjoy restaurants, shopping, tennis, swimming, or a stroll in the Park! Don’t miss out on this Elm Grove opportunity! 800 Circle Drive | $299,900 | pin #36183
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8 A Sacred Duty Since 1948, The Old Guard has became the Army’s ceremonial unit and official escort to the president. It has marched in inaugural parades, performed ceremonies at the White House and the Pentagon, and provided color guards for events around the capital, among other missions. But one mission takes priority above all else: military-honor funerals in Arlington National Cemetery.
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EVERY HEADSTONE at Arlington tells a story. These are tales of heroes. The stories are told with each headstone. Distinguished Service Cross. Silver Star. Bronze Star. Purple Heart. America’s wars march by. Iraq. Afghanistan. Vietnam. Korea. World War II. World War I. Some soldiers died in very old age; others were teenagers. Crosses, Stars of David, Crescents and Stars. Every religion, every race, every age, every region of America is represented in these fields of stone. There are gravesites of Medal of Honor recipients. The Medal of Honor is the nation’s highest decoration for battlefield valor. By military custom, all soldiers salute Medal of Honor recipients irrespective of their rank, in life and in death.
Since 1948, The Old Guard has became the Army’s ceremonial unit and official escort to the president. It has marched in inaugural parades, performed ceremonies at the White House and the Pentagon, and provided color guards for events around the capital, among other missions. But one mission takes priority above all else: military-honor funerals in Arlington National Cemetery. The Thursday before Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery is known as “Flags In.” The soldiers who place the flags belong to the 3rd United States Infantry Regiment, better known as The Old Guard. The Old Guard is literally the old guard, the oldest active-duty infantry regiment in the Army, dating back to 1784, three years older even than our Constitution. The regiment got its nickname
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in 1847 from Winfield Scott, the longest-serving general in American history. Scott gave the regiment the honor of leading the victory march into Mexico City, where he directed his staff to “take your hats off to The Old Guard of the Army.” Perhaps Scott felt an old kinship with the 3rd Infantry, because he had fought the British alongside them outside Niagara Falls during the War of 1812. Among the few regiments to participate in both of the major campaigns of the Mexican War—Monterrey in 1846 and Mexico City in 1847— The Old Guard made history alongside American military legends. A young lieutenant later wrote that “the loss of the 3rd Infantry in commissioned officers was especially severe” in the brutal streetto-street fighting in Monterrey. That lieutenant’s name was Ulysses S. Grant. The 3rd Infantry was part of the main effort again the next year at the Battle of Cerro Gordo, the last stand on the road to Mexico City by Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna. The Mexicans had a numerically superior force on the high ground on both sides of the only passable road to the capital. But Santa Anna underestimated the Americans’ ingenuity and audacity. With a young captain of engineers blazing the path, the 3rd Infantry hacked through the jungle and crossed ravines to attack the Mexicans from their rear, finishing them off with a bayonet charge. That captain’s name was Robert E. Lee. And to this day, The Old Guard remains the only unit in the Army authorized to march with bayonets fixed to their rifles in honor of their forerunners’ bravery at Cerro Gordo.
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The Old Guard returned to the battlefield in the Civil War, fighting with other “regulars”— the career professional soldiers of the federal government, as opposed to the volunteer soldiers of the state regiments. The Old Guard fought in every major battle in the eastern theater from the First Battle of Bull Run to Gettysburg, where they helped hold off Confederate charges against the weakened salient in Union lines at the Wheatfield. Watching from the nearby Round Top Hills, a state militiaman later wrote, “For two years, the regulars taught us how to fight like soldiers. At the Wheatfield at Gettysburg, they taught us how to die like soldiers.” Though out of the fight, the regiment later served in Grant’s headquarters at Appomattox Court House as he accepted the surrender of their old pathfinder from Cerro Gordo. The Old Guard then went west following the American frontier, and ultimately to the Philippines at the turn of the century, fighting under General John “Black Jack” Pershing against Muslim radicals in Jolo and Mindanao— the very places where al Qaeda and the Islamic State have franchises today. They guarded our
southern border with Mexico against Pancho Villa during World War I, and they trained the vast army of new recruits for World War II before deploying to Europe in the final months of the war. It was after World War II that the Army assigned its oldest unit to its most sacred ground: Arlington National Cemetery, whose seal calls it “Our Nation’s Most Sacred Shrine,” and with good reason. To borrow from Tocqueville in a different context, those rolling hills seem “called by some secret design of Providence” to become our national cemetery. George Washington’s adopted son—his wife Martha’s only surviving son—bought the land that became Arlington in 1778 to be closer to his mother and his stepfather at their beloved Mount Vernon. General Washington advised him on the purchase in correspondence from his winter camp at Valley Forge. But our national triumph three years later at Yorktown shattered the family’s dreams. Their son died of a fever contracted there, leaving behind a six-month-old son of his own. George and Martha raised the boy, who was named George Washington Parke Custis but was known as Wash. When Wash came of age and inherited the land, he
initially christened it Mount Washington, in honor of his revered adoptive father. Though he later renamed it Arlington, Wash used the land as a kind of public memorial in his lifelong mission to honor the great man. From hosting celebrations on Washington’s Birthday to displaying artifacts and memorabilia to building the grand mansion still visible from the Lincoln Memorial today, Arlington got its start as a shrine to the father of our country. A new resident arrived in 1831, when thenLieutenant Robert E. Lee—himself the son of Washington’s trusted cavalry commander during the Revolutionary War—married Wash’s only surviving child, Mary. For 30 years, the Lees made Arlington their home and raised a family there between his military assignments. Because of his ties to Washington and his own military genius, Lee was offered command of a Union army as the Civil War started. But he declined on the spot. His long-time mentor—none other than the 3rd Infantry’s old commander, Winfield Scott, now the Generalin-Chief of the Army—scolded him: “Lee, you have made the greatest mistake of your life, but I feared it would be so.” Resigning his commission, Lee left Arlington for Richmond, never to return. The United States Army
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occupied Arlington on May 24, 1861—and it has held the ground ever since. Arlington at first became a military post, key terrain for the defense of the capital. The Old Guard even camped there for a few days in the summer of 1861. But as the horrific war ground on, casualties mounted and Washington’s cemeteries filled up. Montgomery Meigs, the Quartermaster General, and Edwin Stanton, the Secretary of War, detested Lee as a traitor and saw a double opportunity: by turning Arlington into a Union cemetery, they gained hundreds of acres in new land for graves, while also foreclosing Lee’s return after the war. On May 13, 1864, Private William Christman was the first soldier interred at Arlington. Thousands more would soon join him, fixing Arlington as a new national cemetery. Or so it was thought. Lee’s son inherited the family’s claim to their old farm. Himself a Confederate officer, his name nevertheless reflected the nation’s deep roots at Arlington: George Washington Custis Lee. Known as Custis, he petitioned Congress to no avail, then sued in federal court to evict the Army as trespassers. United States v. Lee worked
its way over the years to the Supreme Court, which upheld the Lee family’s claim. Fortunately for the government, the nation, and the souls at rest in Arlington, Custis was magnanimous in victory, asking only for just compensation. In 1883, he deeded the land back to the government in return for $150,000. The Secretary of War who accepted the deed was Robert Todd Lincoln, the son of Abraham Lincoln. After that final act of reconciliation between the firstborn sons of the great president and his famed rebel antagonist, Arlington’s dead could rest in peace for eternity. Since 1948, when The Old Guard became the Army’s ceremonial unit and official escort to the president, it has marched in inaugural parades, performed ceremonies at the White House and the Pentagon, and provided color guards and a drill team for events around the capital, among other missions. But one mission takes priority above all else: militaryhonor funerals in Arlington National Cemetery. In manning, in training, in operating, funerals always come first, and they are a no-fail, zerodefect mission. While we often performed more than 20 funerals a day, for the fallen and the family—each funeral was a once-in-a-lifetime moment, a lifetime in the making.
No matter how often funerals are conducted—the pressure to achieve perfection for the fallen and their families has never relented. Lieutenant Colonel Allen Kehoe, the battalion commander in charge of Old Guard funerals, has served in the 75th Ranger Regiment and is a five-time combat veteran, has said, “I’ve never experienced pressure like this anywhere else in the Army. I know that sounds crazy.” Perhaps to some, but not to his soldiers. The pressure is felt every day in Arlington, the pressure to perform a sacred duty to honor America’s heroes. Nothing interferes with The Old Guard’s mission in Arlington—not even 9/11. On that beautiful morning, the 9 o’clock funerals were underway when American Airlines Flight 77 slammed into the Pentagon, blasting debris across Washington Boulevard into the cemetery’s southeastern corner. The Old Guard’s Medical Platoon rushed to the scene, becoming the first soldiers to deploy to a battlefield in the War on Terror. Yet those funerals continued. So did the 10 o’clock funerals. And the 11 o’clock funerals. Over the next month, even as hundreds of Old Guard soldiers pulled guard duty at the Pentagon and carried remains from the crash site, funerals
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ROSSING THE BRIDGE from Beggs Mainland to Beggs Isle is taking a step back into a time of glamour and elegance. Some of the charming history of this unique parcel on Lac La Belle in Oconomowoc, still evidenced by the beautiful Egyptian water lilies that still bloom and a birdhouse replica of the state’s capitol that greets owners and guests to this enchanting 6.5 acre private island. Once owned by John Beggs, industrialist and owner of the inter-urban rail line, this property is steeped in history of a bygone era. Beggs, a friend of Thomas Edison and other notables of the time, held lavish parties on the island, while the inter-urban rail brought a boom to Waukesha County. Over time the island was divided into six exceptional lake lots, now this 1+ acre property with 410 feet of prime frontage, at the very tip of the island is available to purchase: the first time in 53 years! The panoramic lake views & sunsets from this vantage point, overlooking the original fountain are stunning. Enjoy the comfort that this 4 bedroom home & all it has to offer. It may not be available again in a lifetime!
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never stopped in Arlington. Last year was no different during the state funeral for President George H.W. Bush. As the nation awoke to news of his passing, The Old Guard had already assembled in the pre-dawn darkness of a Saturday morning. Over the next six days, hundreds of Old Guard soldiers would honor the old aviator in Texas and at Andrews Air Force Base, the Capitol, and the Washington National Cathedral. Yet far from the limelight, funerals in Arlington continued as planned. As one Old Guard soldier said, “Our standards remain the same, whether it’s President Bush or a private first class.” Funerals are prepared in sweltering summer heat, winter blizzards, and driving rain. Even when inclement weather shuts down the cemetery, it does not stop The Old Guard from performing funerals on time and to standard. Each morning, casket teams practiced folding the flag, even though they had folded thousands of them. Firing parties practiced their three-volley salute, seven rifles cracking as one in the parking lot. In the cemetery, key sequences and cues are talked through before each funeral, sometimes conducting the very same talk-through six times in a day. Nothing was taken for granted. For rare or complex funerals, The Old Guard goes to even greater lengths. Once in a group burial for twelve soldiers killed in a helicopter crash in Iraq, the rehearsal went on for several days. Last year, The Old Guard dedicated the newest 27 acres of the cemetery by laying to rest two unknown Civil War soldiers whose remains were recently discovered at the battlefield of the Second Battle of Bull Run. The soldiers involved rehearsed the mission six times. Researchers believe, incidentally, that the two soldiers may have died from wounds suffered during the Union’s failed assault on the third and final day of the battle—an assault in which The Old Guard participated. Arlington is not the only site of The Old Guard’s mission to honor our fallen. Since the earliest days of the Iraq War, The Old Guard has performed the dignified transfer of remains at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, where our nation’s fallen soldiers return home for the last time. Most Americans have seen the iconic photographs of flag-draped cases at Dover; few have stood among them on that windy ramp. But Old Guard soldiers have. They have Continued on page 28
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WHAT WOULD YOU WANT in your dream home? Make a list. Chances are, you will find it all in this beautiful haven on the Gold Coast of Pewaukee Lake. Call this residence a French style treasure. Actually, what it has to offer is priceless: Relaxed luxury and advanced technology at your fingertips. You can run just about everything from the lights, heating, cooling, music, television and more from a keypad or phone app. Seriously, James Bond would fall in love with this home. Set on coveted Rocky Point, overlooking Pewaukee Lake, the property is private yet close to shopping and entertainment. But once you tour the home you will realize that you never have to leave, to be happy.
The grand entrance is your window into a world of refinement. A soaring 20foot ceiling carries into the great room with a wall of windows featuring an elevated deck and gorgeous lake view. The word grandeur comes to mind. Interestingly, so do warmth and intimacy, when you light the fireplace with its twostory, custom hearth. This house is made for a party. Guests can perch at a beautiful bar joining the great room and kitchen. And WHAT a kitchen it is! A large second island anchors the room. Top grade appliances and custom woodwork are a nod to quality, and the lake view is stunning. But let’s go back to your wish list. Does it include a double-sized refrigerator/ freezer, vegetable sink with a built in
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This home is one-of-a-kind; thoughtfully designed, impeccably crafted and meticulously maintained. Best of all, it sits on what is arguably one of the most beautiful pieces of property in Lake Country.
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The master bedroom is on one side, resplendent with a fireplace and sitting area that overlooks the lake. Walk out to a private deck from your sleeping quarters. The en suite master bathroom, with its spa tub and oversized shower, is a true retreat. Get lost in the master closet, the size of a full bedroom itself. Two additional bedrooms on the second floor extend luxury to the rest of your family guests. Each has a full bathroom. Enjoy a whirlpool tub in the first extra bedroom. The second has a fireplace. You will also find a second office or study with a lake view balcony on the second floor. The home’s lower level opens to the backyard and is nothing short of “Entertainment Central”. A Lannon stone fireplace serves as the focal point of a large family room. Whimsical, hand-painted wall murals lead to an in-home theatre with surround sound. There is a climate controlled wine cellar, full kitchen and bar, large spa whirlpool with a lake view, exercise room, two full bathrooms, and a locker room. Outside there is a large boathouse. Enjoy dinner al fresco on an upper deck or beautiful stone, lake level patio. This home is one-of-a-kind; thoughtfully designed, impeccably crafted and meticulously maintained. What’s more, every accoutrement you could possibly dream of is already built in. Best of all, it sits on what is arguably one of the most beautiful pieces of property in Lake Country. Indeed, your dream home awaits, and so does your treasured life on Pewaukee Lake. n E X C L U S I V E LY Y O U R S
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HARTLAND Uncompromising quality paired with character! This custom-built Cape Cod style home sits on a premier 12-acre wooded lot. This 4-bedroom, 4.5-bath design is richly appointed with 4 distinctive fireplaces. Huge main level centers around the showroom-style Kitchen featuring a large center island, cook top with ‘’Minton’’ tile back splash from 1876 and many other tasteful upgrades. Elegant great room, inviting hearth room with a wet bar and a four season sunroom. $1,100,000 pin #35500 Tony Wendorf - 262-719-0676
BROOKFIELD Well appointed home in Weston Hills. Vaulted ceilings, white woodwork and hardwood floors. Kitchen with maple cabinets, granite, stainless steel appliances, pantry and beverage refrigerator which flows to dinette with a patio door to a private backyard. Spacious family room with a gas fireplace and large windows. Convenient 1st floor office. All bedrooms are large and have California Closets. Spectacular lower level with theater room, wine cellar, & wet bar. Also a large exercise room and 1/2 BA. $699,900 pin #35754 DeAnn & Hank Zeni - 262-993-1543 - 414-520-1784
MENOMONEE FALLS Spectacular exposed Ranch in the sought after Taylors Woods subdivision! Quality built Victory home with a spacious and open floor plan. Huge great room with a gas fireplace opens to eat-in kitchen with stainless steel appliances, granite, walk-in pantry, center island, breakfast bar and deck access. Master suite includes his/her closets, jetted tub, tile shower and dual sinks. 3 additional bedrooms, Jack ’N Jill bath plus a 1/2 bath, and a dining room/office with French doors. $639,000 pin # 35467 Sally Prell - 414-313-1203
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MENOMONEE FALLS Meticulous care has been maintained in this home! Refinished hardwood floors throughout the main level as you flow from an open living/great room to the family room with beautiful natural fireplace and woodwork. Gorgeous eat-in kitchen with newer stainless steel appliances, granite and tile backsplash is sure to please! The main level is complete with dining room/den, powder room, and access to a 3.5 car garage. Upstairs you will find a great master suite with an updated bath. $499,900 pin #35420 Sally Prell - 414-313-1203
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these can be easily changed with a coat of paint or minor work. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t make other, more significant changes to enhance your home. These renovation ideas–which include both cosmetic touch-ups and more labor-intensive suggestions–can help boost your home’s value. OPEN SPACE Older homes were often designed with a boxy, formal layout that is less conducive to most modern families’ needs. Today’s open floor plans offer functionality for everything from keeping an eye on the kids while making dinner to entertaining guests. This type of floor plan can also make small rooms feel larger and invite more light into darker parts of the house.
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The most cost-effective way to create an open space is to remove non-load-bearing walls (load bearing walls help support the roof; while they can be removed there’s typically quite a bit more time, labor and expense involved). Removing a wall may not be that complicated unless you encounter plumbing or HVAC ductwork that needs to be relocated. You’ll likely have some electrical outlets to move, and both the floor and ceiling will need attention to remove lingering signs of the former wall. COLOR CHANGE Although paint is one of the easiest ways to personalize your home, it’s also one of the least expensive, simplest ways to improve its value and appearance. A fresh coat of paint, inside or out, can create an appealing illusion of newness no matter the age of your home. For maximum resale value, stick to neutral tones so future buyers can focus on envisioning the place as their own, without the distraction of your own vibrant choices. If you don’t like the thought of boring beige, consider adding accent walls for pops of color that can be easily changed down the road.
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Are you ready for something new? Welcome your family around this rustic French country classic dining table while your dishes and accessories nestle in the nearby antique English pine corner cabinet. Whether you’re looking for traditional, mid-century or modern, you’ll discover the finest in consignment furniture, art and accessories at The Ottoman Society in the heart of Elm Grove. Visit us for that special buying experience or a friendly place to sell your treasures at 13408 Watertown Plank Road, now by appointment. 262-786-1786 or www.theottomansociety. com. Open Monday thru Saturday.
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stood alone in the cargo hold, inspecting flags for the slightest deficiencies. They have strained with a heavy case of a fallen soldier still in full combat gear, packed in ice. They have felt the lightweight cases of the dissociated remains of a soldier killed by an improvised bomb, the enemy’s most deadly weapon in Iraq and Afghanistan. They have saluted from the airplane as the remains were driven away to be prepared for the return to their family. These poignant moments at Dover, like The Old Guard’s unflagging dedication to our fallen at Arlington, tell not only a story about our war dead and the soldiers who honor them, but also a story about the nation on whose behalf they serve. We go to great lengths to recover fallen comrades, we honor them in the most precise and exacting ceremonies, we set aside national holidays to remember and celebrate them. We do these things for them, of course, but also for us, the living. Their stories of heroism, of sacrifice, and of patriotism remind us of what is best in ourselves, and they teach our children what is best in America. In doing so, we assure our fighting men and women around the world that they, too, will be remembered in death and their families will be cared for, a mutual pledge that shaped our identity as soldiers and our willingness to fight—and, if necessary, to die—for our country. “It is well that war is so terrible,” observed Robert E. Lee as he watched his army slaughter Union troops at Fredericksburg, “or we should grow too fond of it.” No one understands that lesson better than the soldiers who have fought our wars on the front lines and the soldiers who have honored the sacrifices of our fallen at places like Arlington and Dover. We know that sometimes our nation must wage war to defend all that we hold dear, but we also know the terrible costs inflicted by war. No one summed up better what The Old Guard of Arlington means for our nation than Sergeant Major of the Army Dan Dailey. He told the story about taking a foreign military leader through Arlington to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Sergeant Major Dailey said, “I was explaining what The Old Guard does and he was looking out the window at all those headstones. After a long pause, still looking at the headstones, he said, ‘Now I know why your soldiers fight so hard. You take better care of your dead than we do our living.’” n Reprinted by permission from Imprimis, a publication of Hillsdale College. E X C L U S I V E LY Y O U R S
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QUALITY AND CUSTOM Ranch-style home, built in 2015 by Aspen Builders, with 60 feet of lake frontage on Lac La Belle. Enjoy the lake views from almost every room in the house! Home features include a well thought out open-concept floor plan with heated floors, 10 foot ceilings and 8 foot doors throughout house. Plus a living room has vaulted ceilings. Heated floors in the 4-car garage with 9 foot garage doors. Never shovel again with a heated stamped concrete driveway and a wrap around stamped concrete patio. Speakers inside and out, power window treatments, sprinkler system, Decra lifetime roof, Pella windows/ doors, outdoor shower, large unfinished space above the garage, dog wash, backup generator and so much more! Pier and powered boat lift included with this sale. Experience more of lake life with this exceptionally low maintenance property. All the heavy lifting has already been done! Spending your time doing the things that matter most. Relax and make memories at this beautiful Lac la Belle home! $1,290,000. n
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THE SKIES HAVE been heavy all day with the weight of dark, moody clouds. The air is dense with shifting fog. The window panes are dripping with raindrops unschooled in anything but slipping and sliding aimlessly along whatever surface they can find. It would seem an entire universe is reflecting the uncertainty of world affairs. And yet—a robin is hopping energetically from one wet spot in the yard to another, a squirrel is sitting bolt upright in the bird feeding station, gaily stuffing himself, and over there, in that corner—see those flecks of yellow? The forsythia bush is in bloom. The birds, the squirrels, the early blooming things aren’t worrying about the state of the nation. They’re going cheerily along, each contributing his small share to making the world a better place in which to live. Henry Van Dyke, beloved American author, once wrote: Four things a man must learn to do If he would make his record true: To think without confusion clearly; To love his fellow-men sincerely; To act from honest motives purely; To trust in God and Heaven securely. Henry Van Dyke loved nature and he learned many lessons from the inhabitants of the woods and streams he knew so well. This brief poem entitled “Four Lines” gives one a simple pattern for living. “To think without confusion clearly” is to take time, perhaps, to commune with God. To listen for God’s voice and get our
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directives straight from Him rather than from well-meaning but equally confused friends. “Be still and know that I am God” (Psalm 46: 10) stops all stupid rushing about, ends a frustrating struggle for money, power prestige. It bids us step aside alone, away from the crowd, and be still—be truly still inside, until we hear what next move God wants us to make. “To love his fellow-men sincerely” is merely another way of saying, “Love thy neighbor as thyself.” Everyone knows that love reflects love, and since John tells us that love is of God, we are bound to derive comfort from putting that directive into practice.“To act from honest motives purely” is nothing more nor less than the Golden Rule. We don’t need to make such a task out of it. All we need do is put ourselves in the other person’s place and behave accordingly. The crux of the whole business of living is climaxed in the last line, “To trust in God and Heaven securely.” Is there anyone else in whom one can trust securely? Is there any other omniscience, omnipotence, or omnipresence than God? Is there any logical reason for doubting God? Hasn’t He, since the world evolved, held securely in His great love all those who claimed the power of that love? The forsythia blooms year in and year out, a bit of sunshine in a grey day. A secluded corner, and she beautifies it. A humble task—and she performs it to the glory of her Creator. Perhaps we should think more about living to the glory of our Creator. n
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