The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-06-27

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Extract Of Sermon Preached at the
Congregational Church. in Tip
ton, June 23, ~, by Rev. g: 8.
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| Chapter and - vexse> 49,
i The apostle in the text, strikes the
key note to.which our hearts are often
attnned. @Skillfllly he touches one of
the most sensitive chords Of our being,
| which thrills with melody which sa-
v0Fs Of Heaven. When our hearts arc
In union with Christ, and we live on the
margin of the river, patiently waiting,
these words awaken all the echoes and
choruses of our being. Yes, better to
depart and to be with Christ than to lin
ger IN this world of sin at such remove
enter that beautiful land where the in
habitant will no more say, II ann sick"
where God wipes away all tears, where
the former things have passed away,
than to linger on couch of suffering
through the weary months. There is a
Heaven. The evidence of its existence
is found in our nngings for 1t, and in
that adaptation Of supply to wantwhich
we find in the whole economy of Gods
providence. Our heavenly father could
not disappoint us; the Saviour could not
deceive US; and those holy men who
stood on the golden shores could not
give q false representation Ofthose beau
tiful visions which inspiration unveiled
before them. Often, to, Gods diving
children seem to stand on the Threshold
of the exceeding glory. 1 haveseen the
leaden eye kindle with an unearthly
brightnes, and the emaciated frame thrill
with strange and potent impulse as the
soul drew near its home. Our departed
sister longed for Heaven, and hef day
dreams and night visions were tinged
with the mellow light which floats over
the jasper walls. 1t was the desire of
Paul that he might depart to be with
Christ. Christ embodies all that is love-
ly or desirable. He is the Alpha and
Omega-the sunrise and the evening of
our joys. Our hopes have their birth il
Him, toward Him all our aspirations
lean, to Him all our longings rise. He
brought us divine brotherhood yelled
in mortal flesh. Upon the cross He
brought the amazing reality of infinite
love down to our comprehension. He
has been the unseen and potent friend
ofour pilgrimage. In the light of His
favor, every earth born hope, or wish,
or joy vanishes like mist before the NOR
ming. We cannot conceive of a sancti-
fed enjoyment, or q spiritual delight
independent of Him. The brightness of
His countenance is the light of Heaven;
He is the sun and the summer in whose
genial warmth we are to thrive forever.
How delightful for the soul to stand in
His presence: to look for the first time
upon His countenance, and to see that
"rainbow round about His throne" q
sure promise that the floods of earthly
sorrow will no more engulf us, and that
we 'shall go no more out forever" Be-
fore Him now is our departed sister.
Those who love her Savior will meet her
again. Friends will know each other
there. Amid the wondrous changes
which transform the soul, there will be
something about them by which they
can easily he distinguished. The social
joys Of Heaven will not be the least of
its delights, and those who have labored,
and prayed, and sung together OH earth
will meet again in heaven.
The deceased was born in Ohio, near
Elyria, June 18th, 1886. She experience
ed religion at Oberlin, about the year
1858, and soon after united with the
church at that place. She graduated
from Oberlin college in 1856, and was
married the following year. The exalt-
Ell tribute which her husband gives to
her memory is, that she always lived a
beautiful christian life. Living in TEN
Hessee at the commencement of the war,
the family We're compelled to leave on
account Of union sentiments. TO escape
when the country was in arms was very
periious. The journey, performed by an
OK team, was long and tiresome; and the
incidents and adventures connected with
it, as she related them, were of thrilling
ir,t hi. 1<p~.
she was blessed with most lovely and
beautiful daughter, named Mary, now
living with Mary the mother of Jesus.
Then followed long season Of intense
suffering, arising from partial and then
total blindness, SO that while her hus-
band Was in the army, that sweet child
was her constant companion; and when
at the age of three years she was carried
to the bosom Of Jesus, the mother divid-
ed her affections between heaven and
earth. Her eyesight having been re-
stored, about year ago she removed
With her husband to this place, and soon
after both united with this church.
Those of us who had become acquainted
with her, felt that we had found friend
III 10 common person. Gifted in music,
educated, refined, and whole-hcarted,
she soon became one of the pillars ofour
society. Her interest in the welfare of
the church was deep and earnest. Her
heart was wholly given to Christ and
his cause, and we fear that her earnest
wish to do all that she could for her
Master impelled her to go beyond her
strength and was the cause of her death.
Frail by nature, and with constitution
impaired by suffering, she could not bear
the burden she willingly took upon her
self. We well remember with what a
weary look she sat leaning upon the in
strument the last time she was permit
ted to sing and play for lis. She was
very weary and needed rest, and me-
thinks that down from the shining
gates her voice floats earthward as seat
cd beside her redcemer, with her darling
Mary in her arms as OF yore, She says,
"this is far BETTER" and an echo is awak-
ened in our own hearts, Eyes, better, far
better" We could not invite her to lay
aside that golden harp from which her
fingers have already learned to draw the
harmonies of heaven to awake again
sweet notes from our silent organ; we
would not take that beautiful crown
from her forehead to have her brow
adorned again with the pearl drops of
death. She leaves us in early prime,
and vat hor lifn hoe ha.,,t;r,u,, l. I