Eulogy For The Children Of The Capitol Hill Massacre
"These children were the victims of one of the most vicious, heinous crimes ever perpetuated against humanity."
"Yet they died nobly." Jason, Jeremy, Sushi, Deacon, Suzanne, and Melissa lived the love of Jesus-they took in a stranger-Kyle Huff, and as soon as he killed them they immediately went into the presence of the highest form of love known to man-Jesus Christ.
"Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed cloths and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'
"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing cloths and cloth you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'
"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'" Matthew25
"So they have something to say to us in their death"-love and serve. Yet if we are to honor their memory we must speak the truth and if they were alive today I know they would say: "Dare to resist drugs, alcohol, and immoral behavior because if we had we would be alive today and we don't want anymore children to die, including the Kyle Huffs." "They have something to say to every..." parent: if you want your children to resist drugs, alcohol, and immoral behavior love and serve them. "They have something to say to every minister of the gospel who has remained silent behind the safe security of stained-glass windows..." while our children are being sacrificed on the alter of greed with the flames being fueled by illicit drugs and alcohol. "They have something to say to every politician..." whose campaigns and pet projects are financed by drug laundered money. "They have something to say to a federal government..." that lets billions of dollars of drugs come into this country everyyear and compromises with the drug exporting countries. "They have something to say to every..." citizen of this country "...who passively accepts the evil system..." of drugs, alcohol, and immorality taking the lives of our children "...and stands on the sidelines in the midst of a mighty struggle..." to save our children. "They say to each of us that we must substitute..." service and love for our children for greed. "They say to us that we must be concerned not about who murdered them but about the system, the way of life and the philosophy which..." produces the deaths of our children. "Their death says to us that we must work passionately and unrelentingly to make the American dream a reality..." and not be despised by the rest of the world as a nation of greed and violence.
"So they did not die in vain. God has a way of wringing good out of evil. History has proven over and over again that ... suffering is redemptive. The ...blood of these..." children "...may well serve as the redemptive force that will bring new light to this dark city. The holy scripture says, "a little child shall lead them." The death of these ...children may lead..." the whole Pacific Northwest "...from the low road of man's..." greed and violence "...to the high road of..." service and love. "These tragic deaths may lead our nation to substitute an aristocracy of..." greed and violence "...for an aristocracy of..." love and service toward our children. "The spilt blood of these..." children "...may cause the whole citizenry of ..." Seattle "...to transform the negative of a dark past into the positive extremes of a bright future. Indeed, this unforgettable tragic event may cause the..." clergy, community leaders, mayor, police chief, city council, and media of Seattle "...to come to terms with their concious."
"So inspite of the darkness of the hour we must not despair. We must not become bitter, nor must we harbor the desire to retaliate with violence."... against the memory of Kyle Huff. "We must not loose faith in our..." fellowman. "Somehow we must believe that the most misguided among them can learn to ..." serve and love not only our children but their fellowman as taught by Jesus in Matthew 25-the heart of the Gospel.
May I now close with a letter left as a memorial at the Capitol Hill massacre site. I found this letter rainsoaked and in a garbage can and ripped apart because someone read it and didn't like the truth but the truth always survives and enough survived to help us understand in a non-judgemental way why this terrible tragedy happened. God forgive Seattle, God forgive America.
"An injured,...or dead child is a price that none of us can afford to pay."
U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy
...allowed anger, bitterness, judgement,
...get in the way of properly mourning
...deaths. As a young adult, I "raved."
...ages of 18-21, I took ectasy, mushrooms,
...mescaline and sometimes smoked marijauna.
...all night parties at NAFT, the ...
...plant. I took drugs to fit in and
...night long to DJ's like Christopher
...Donald Glaude. I came to love
...and then Drum and Ball. This
...me on trips to San Francisco where
...a two week party. It took me to
...where I went to clubs with artists entertaining
...Roni Size, Goldie and Brakbeat Era with
...Laus and DJ Die. It was so much fun,
but along the way I got confused in my mind
and dropped out of society. Two people I knew
died of drugs-one heroin overdose and one
suicide because he believed the devil had taken
his soul. (He had been doing cocaine for months
straight). The murder of you and the suicide
remind me of my youth and I get angry. I want
something to blame. "It's the rave scene! It's the
drugs! It's the environment." I am turning into
...adults whom I was rebelling against. There is
such fear in my heart. What happened has
...to do with my past. It may or may not be
...raving or drugs. Regardless, you were probably
...the party because of this desire we
...a need actually-to connect with
...A need to feel loved and accepted.
A need to be together. I am ...
you and I feel so sad and lost ...
and helpless. Please forgive me for being...
May you rest in peace and may your...
hearts, your friends' hearts, the com...
hearts heal from such a senseless t...
Light, Peace and Love
*What we need right now is each...
Quotations are from the sermon delivered by the Reverend Dr. King at the funeral of the little girls who were killed on September 15, 1963 by a bomb as they attended Sunday school at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
Eulogy For The Children Of The Capitol Hill Massacre is what I believe the Reverend Dr. King would have preached based on the above quotations had he held the funeral service for Jason, Jeremy, Sushi, Deacon, Suzanne and Melissa who died March 25, 2 006, Seattle, Washington.
The author of the letter is unknown.
"Yet they died nobly." Jason, Jeremy, Sushi, Deacon, Suzanne, and Melissa lived the love of Jesus-they took in a stranger-Kyle Huff, and as soon as he killed them they immediately went into the presence of the highest form of love known to man-Jesus Christ.
"Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed cloths and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'
"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing cloths and cloth you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'
"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'" Matthew25
"So they have something to say to us in their death"-love and serve. Yet if we are to honor their memory we must speak the truth and if they were alive today I know they would say: "Dare to resist drugs, alcohol, and immoral behavior because if we had we would be alive today and we don't want anymore children to die, including the Kyle Huffs." "They have something to say to every..." parent: if you want your children to resist drugs, alcohol, and immoral behavior love and serve them. "They have something to say to every minister of the gospel who has remained silent behind the safe security of stained-glass windows..." while our children are being sacrificed on the alter of greed with the flames being fueled by illicit drugs and alcohol. "They have something to say to every politician..." whose campaigns and pet projects are financed by drug laundered money. "They have something to say to a federal government..." that lets billions of dollars of drugs come into this country everyyear and compromises with the drug exporting countries. "They have something to say to every..." citizen of this country "...who passively accepts the evil system..." of drugs, alcohol, and immorality taking the lives of our children "...and stands on the sidelines in the midst of a mighty struggle..." to save our children. "They say to each of us that we must substitute..." service and love for our children for greed. "They say to us that we must be concerned not about who murdered them but about the system, the way of life and the philosophy which..." produces the deaths of our children. "Their death says to us that we must work passionately and unrelentingly to make the American dream a reality..." and not be despised by the rest of the world as a nation of greed and violence.
"So they did not die in vain. God has a way of wringing good out of evil. History has proven over and over again that ... suffering is redemptive. The ...blood of these..." children "...may well serve as the redemptive force that will bring new light to this dark city. The holy scripture says, "a little child shall lead them." The death of these ...children may lead..." the whole Pacific Northwest "...from the low road of man's..." greed and violence "...to the high road of..." service and love. "These tragic deaths may lead our nation to substitute an aristocracy of..." greed and violence "...for an aristocracy of..." love and service toward our children. "The spilt blood of these..." children "...may cause the whole citizenry of ..." Seattle "...to transform the negative of a dark past into the positive extremes of a bright future. Indeed, this unforgettable tragic event may cause the..." clergy, community leaders, mayor, police chief, city council, and media of Seattle "...to come to terms with their concious."
"So inspite of the darkness of the hour we must not despair. We must not become bitter, nor must we harbor the desire to retaliate with violence."... against the memory of Kyle Huff. "We must not loose faith in our..." fellowman. "Somehow we must believe that the most misguided among them can learn to ..." serve and love not only our children but their fellowman as taught by Jesus in Matthew 25-the heart of the Gospel.
May I now close with a letter left as a memorial at the Capitol Hill massacre site. I found this letter rainsoaked and in a garbage can and ripped apart because someone read it and didn't like the truth but the truth always survives and enough survived to help us understand in a non-judgemental way why this terrible tragedy happened. God forgive Seattle, God forgive America.
"An injured,...or dead child is a price that none of us can afford to pay."
U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy
...allowed anger, bitterness, judgement,
...get in the way of properly mourning
...deaths. As a young adult, I "raved."
...ages of 18-21, I took ectasy, mushrooms,
...mescaline and sometimes smoked marijauna.
...all night parties at NAFT, the ...
...plant. I took drugs to fit in and
...night long to DJ's like Christopher
...Donald Glaude. I came to love
...and then Drum and Ball. This
...me on trips to San Francisco where
...a two week party. It took me to
...where I went to clubs with artists entertaining
...Roni Size, Goldie and Brakbeat Era with
...Laus and DJ Die. It was so much fun,
but along the way I got confused in my mind
and dropped out of society. Two people I knew
died of drugs-one heroin overdose and one
suicide because he believed the devil had taken
his soul. (He had been doing cocaine for months
straight). The murder of you and the suicide
remind me of my youth and I get angry. I want
something to blame. "It's the rave scene! It's the
drugs! It's the environment." I am turning into
...adults whom I was rebelling against. There is
such fear in my heart. What happened has
...to do with my past. It may or may not be
...raving or drugs. Regardless, you were probably
...the party because of this desire we
...a need actually-to connect with
...A need to feel loved and accepted.
A need to be together. I am ...
you and I feel so sad and lost ...
and helpless. Please forgive me for being...
May you rest in peace and may your...
hearts, your friends' hearts, the com...
hearts heal from such a senseless t...
Light, Peace and Love
*What we need right now is each...
Quotations are from the sermon delivered by the Reverend Dr. King at the funeral of the little girls who were killed on September 15, 1963 by a bomb as they attended Sunday school at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
Eulogy For The Children Of The Capitol Hill Massacre is what I believe the Reverend Dr. King would have preached based on the above quotations had he held the funeral service for Jason, Jeremy, Sushi, Deacon, Suzanne and Melissa who died March 25, 2 006, Seattle, Washington.
The author of the letter is unknown.
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