The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-12-19

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Sample, Ex- Mayor Leighton, Gems.
Bruce, Hills and PARROT, Col. RAM
kin, Captains Bridges and Sample, be.
slider many other prominent working
German and American Republicans.
Am. BoNNIEIELD.
Tho funeral services Of. Mr.. a.. n:
BoSsDfrLD took place Oh Sunday.
Hast. sRhe relatives.and frishds Of
sheadeesased .aysemblsd At. his late
residence At 10sa. m. and 1t lol !. M,
Ottumwa Lodge, No. ls, A. F.& "a.
H., Of whom deceased was . worthy
member, arrived, and escorted the
corpse to the ME- Church, where
: vast au3iecs were assembled, TO
pay the last tribute Of respect to the
departed. The funeral sermon was
preached by Rev. E. H. War;ng, who
spoke, in substance, as follows; q
.For ,we know that il our earthly
house 6ffbis tabernaele wero dis
solved, we have q building Of God.
an house not made with hands, eter-
nal in tho heavens. 80 Cor. s l.
The glorious hope Of Immortality
which comes to ne in the gospel, 10
the christians support nnder the af.
f1ictions Of life. This hope is design
ed to accomplish a two-fold object
to reconcile us to the loss OF orr fol-
low. believers, who die in the Lord,
and to sustain us in the prospect Of
approaching dissolution. BY this
hope the early apostles and disciples
were upheld, while preaching, in the
face Of death ITSELF Jesus and the
resurrection. Under its inspiration
they could ssy, "For our light aflic.
ton, which 10 bnt for moment, wor
keith for no = far more exceeding and
eternal weight OF glory; while we
look not at the thirgs which are
1-scen, but at the thing which arc not
seen; for the things which are seen
are,tenporal; but the things which
arsarot sssn ars eternal. s.For we
know that if ourearthly house Of this
tabernacle were dissolved, wo have d
building Of God, an house not made
with hands, eternal in the heavens. /"
/: BY the earthly house Of this
tabernacle, which>is to be dissolved,
the apostle means tho present per.
ishing human body, and the descrip.
ton is appropriate and beautiful.
! The body is a house. A house
is, literally speaking, the residence Of
. person, where be finds prot cotton
and rest. Here, in the figurative Ian
guagc Of the apostle. it refers to the
fact that the body il the dwelling
place Of the sonl. There is q spir,
il in man." Materislists deny this
but scripture and reason affirm it,
We all distinguish in speech between
the two; and how clearly the dis
! tinction i brought ont in tho pas
sage of the wise man; ''then shall the
dust return to the earth 40 II was:
and the spirit shall rotdrn unto God
who gave it." It is the soul that
vitalises and dignihes the body.
Withest 1.-THE nero form is an in.
sensste clay. The body is material
and mortal; the soul i imn atsrial
and immortal. -.ss'
l'The soul ID but : spark Of are,
f. A transient meteor in the sky;
The sun, immorta' a. ito sire,
| Will never die.
2. The body is ~ earthly hsnse. -
There il probably m al!uaion hero TO
the hossas constructed bf eArth, com
mon in the East. To these Job re-
iers when he spsa9ss ioi those who
"dwellin houses Of clay, whose foun-
dAtion is the dust, who are Crushed
before the moth" Such buildings are
Of course. extremely pcrishable; sasi-
y destroyed by, tempssts, affected
By frosts, or thrown down by assaults
And 20 the body 10 al earthly house
made from the dust OF the ground, 10
its elements differing not from the
Garth on which we stand, and des.
tined to. return unto dnst again
For God hath said "dust thou art and
unto dust shalt thou return" Pain
dis ase, labor, the force Of years, the
accidents Of life, all conspirs for it,
speedy overthrow.
8. tits an earthly house Of tAis
tabernacle.
A tabernacle il, literally . tent OF
booth, designed only - temporary
abode. The body 10. not to be our
permanent abode. It possesses no prin
ciple ofeL durance. It can be held
together but fora short time. "For
what isyour lifs2 It's even vapor
that appearcth for q little time, and