History of Michigan, / by Charles Moore. [Vol. 3]

1698

HISTORY OF MICHIGAN

So the forces of sweet nature in her sterner forms
And fell disease and human agencies
Take undue toll on human life. The dimpled babe,
And he who stumbles on with feeble step,
Alike pay tribute to that Force-our cause,
And in whose bosom we shall rest at last.
O aching heart, O finite mind,
O sufferer stranded on life's rough uncertain way,
Ask not of God, nor grope in never lifting darkness on
To know why this is so. This world
Will cease to be a world when these things are no more.
While there is birth, and life and hope
And human love, will silence come
To some who wait, to some unwarned,
To some who in the strenuous years of manhood's prime
Have risen to high place by worth and deeds,
Whose path to usefulness, and thus to fame,
Seems but an easy conquest in the fitness of the man
For highest place,-the servant of his fellowmen.
O may it not be richer in the sum of human life
That fondest ties are sundered than that they had never been?
0, will there not be sweeter blending of the souls of earth
Into the great unknown because love cannot die?
And O what riches is the heritage of those
Who, living on till God's good time shall come,
Shall be, at last with them,
His fruitage in the garnered wealth of heaven.
O brother, idolized by those who knew thine eloquence and powerThy breadth of mind and vision clear on questions of the hour,
We saw in thee great things in store as leader in our State,
To help us on the upward way to deeds sublime and great.
O brother, naught else in the world thy highest aim sufficed
Except that first thy home should be an earthly paradise.
As husband, father, faithful friend in all that made life dear,
Thy soul to its profoundest depths was pure and true, sincere.
O brother, idol of us all, who knew thee most and best,
Thy fight for life was victory till came the glorious rest.
And victory then most sweet of all because to thee 'twas given
To teach us how the soul can greet the dawning light of heaven.
LLEWELLYN G. WEDGEWOOD, M. D. For the past fifteen years successfully engaged in the practice of medicine at Grandville, Dr. Wedgewood has represented the highest ability and best personal qualities of
his profession. He is the type of physician whose work has been quietly
performed, whether in the routine of daily calls or in consultation practice, and has been notable for his conscientious, efficient work at all times
and equal to all demands.
Llewellyn G. Wedgewood was born at Byron Center in Kent county,
Michigan, June 27, 1873, a son of Gustavus and Elizabeth (Rice)
Wedgewood. His father, who is a retired farmer and merchant, was
born in Bangor, Maine, and his wife was born December 9, 1851, and
graduated from the Grand Rapids high school in Michigan. The grand