The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-09-07


sin, and sin alone, which gives to deatf
its sting, and to the grave its Temporary
reign. Sin has entered into the world
and death by sin, so that death has passed
upon all men, for that all have sinned.
We look with sadness on the deep deg.
radiation which tho grave inacts upon the
perishiug remains we had loved and cher.
ished and were it not for tho fact thai
the body, sown in disbonor, will be raised
and recognized hereafter, we might well
lift up deep-toncd vail Of sorrow and
despair but Jesus, himself the Prince Of
Conlforters, said to tho weeping sisters
81 am the resurrection and tho life He
that believing in me, though he were
dead, yet shall he livc.'
We arc summoned to-day to perform a
mournful duty, standing in the presence
of death. We IRE not surprised or star.
tied when the aged pilgrim finishes his
eourso-but to-day VIC consign to her last
long resting place the precious remains of
youthful tenant uf the tomb, cut down
in the morning and bloom of life. To our
short-sigh!cd vision the dispensation seems
to be dark and mysterious, "but what we
know not now, we shall know hereafter"
1t will then be seen that she has been ia
ken away in kindness from the evil to
come, aud saved from the tolls and trials
and discomforts so uniformly encountered
in fighting tue battle Of life. TO the
guardianship OF the grave we commit the
perishng remains as Il sacred and tempo
rary trust, until the last trumpet shall
have sounded. And let the weeping pa
rents bear in mind, on this solemn day,
that their beloved Oleita will rise again
not arrayed in the babiiments of death,
but in the gittering robes Of Immortality.
10 this conclusion we are inevitably led,
by her calm and peaceful view of eterni.
ty, as she approached its brink, and her
unwavering confidence in the Saviour
whom she loved. She had long since oho-
sen the part which Mary chose, which
could "not be taken away from her,
She remembered her Creator in the days
of her youth, and was not ashamed to
profess her love for Jesus, over the en-.
blems Of His body broken and blood shed.
Suddenly she has passed away, but it was
the Master who called her to some higher
department. Of His kingdom. The pleas.
ant flower which fond parents expected
wouiI have Di1SS)m, il the garden of
home, has b!en transferred to more con-
genial soil, in heavenly garden, not WIS.,
tied by storms nor darkened by the set
ting sun.
Had our departed young friend been
appointed length OF days, she promised
fair to become shining light, aud to DO
nobly qualified for leading others to the
foot of the cross. How full of interest
were her departing moments Her kind
messages to absent friends, and her exhor-
tatlons to her little brother, to come to
Jesus, and to come soon, rendered the
death.scene beautiful exhibition of the
hallowed peace in which young follower
Of Christ could die. How full of encour.
agement to surviving frien Is, is the con,
temptation of such death How calcl-
lated is it to pour oil upon the troubled
waters, a. cast sunbeam on the mourn
er'S pathway TO the grave !
In proportion to the painfulness of the
present separation will be the joy of re-
union hereafter, and how full of rapture
will that morning be, when the sunlight
of eternity will burst upon the shadows of
the grave, and the whole family of God be
gathered into one immense congregation,
never to be broken up There no Rachel
vii! mourn for hor children, aud refuse to
be "comtortod because they are not" No
Jacob will llmcut his long lost Joseph
for all tears will be forever wiped away.
To-day, as bereaved aud sorrowing parents,
you think with speechless grief Of the face
you had loved 50 WE'LL but it is your
privilege to think Of that face as radiant
in the sunlight of otornity-your privilege
to anticipate tho hour when your beloved
Oielta, s'andiuE Oh yon "sea of glass;" will
waive you u joyful welcome to tho spirit.
and-welcome Father, mother, grand
mother to the marriage supper of the
Lamb" But turn for moment, from
the dead to the living, We are taught
to-day the solemn lesson that no age, or
sex or condition in life forms the shadow
OF barrier to the approach of death
To the sympathizing and sorrowing
young friends of the deceased, it is les
son that ought not to be soon forgotten-
lesson which should prompt them.
speedily to flee to the shelter of the cross,
and lay hold of the hope that is set be-
fore them. Youthful travellers to the
spirit-land are apt to think that as long as
the aged are spared, there is still barrier
between them and death but in an un.
expected moment they may be called to
pass that feeble barrier, and find grave.
A cloud of witnesses are constantly con.
tributing their testimony to tho startling
fact, that each one of US must die. We
admit the fact, but ae slow to make of it
practical improvement. We regard
death as far in the distance, when it may
be close at hand We recoil from the
grasp Of the king of 'terrors, and shudder
as we think of the dark and noiseless
nj nm hnr pf tha and Il.