The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-07-27
JULY "a, 1865

| gOdsiness from jacob
These promises reach beyond time to
the spirit world. Christ is Lord both
Of the dead and of the living
Wherein God, willing more aDundantly
to show unto the heirs of promise-the
| Jews first, and then the Gentiles-the
jmmutability of His counsel, confirmed
| it by an oath This is that hidden will
OF God, spoken of by the Apostle, Eph.
I:8: 2a1 laq o. -
"Wherein He hath abounded toward
us in all wisdom and prudence; having
made known unto US the mystery Of His
will. according to His good pleasures
which He hath purposed in Himself,
that in the dispens sation of times he
! might gather together in one all things
| in Christ G aEe- aE1
THAT by two immutahle things-His
promise and His oath-in which it is
| impossible for God to lie, we might
have strong consolation We, who2
Every one, whether he believes an d
obeys or not? Not so.
'We might have strong consolation,
who have fed for refuge to lay hold on
| the hope set befo,e 9 u.s. t4.E f-
we, who believe, do enter into rest
we, who are of faith, are blessed with
faithful Abraham
(which hope we have as an anchor of
the soul, both sure and steadfast, and
that which entereth into that within the
VEIL
We, then, who believe ami keep faith
| alive by works, as we sail over the bois>
ferrous sea Of life, rocked by its billows,
as storms and tempests sweep over it,
have cast our anchor. not among the
shifting sands of time and the uncer-
tainties of human life, but in the Royal
dock, among the promises and oaths of
the Almighty God, where it can never
draw; and while we keep the cable
faith-strong, we can ride above the
storms and clouds with our heads in the
sunlight of Gods unchanging love,
singing always in our hearts, o
zone sweet solemn thought zst
Comes to me Ger and DER;
I'm nearer home to-day ,tr+
~ Than lever have been BEFORE" +.
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"Let Cares, like wild deluge, come,
And storms of sorrow fall;
So hut safely reach my home,
Ny God, my heaven, my all.'
Shall this wife, these children and
these friends have any doubts, then, as
to the destiny of the husband, the faith
er and the friend No AS sure as the
oath and promise of God shall stand,
and the mission of the Son of His
| love be accomplished, so sure shall they
meet him at last, amidst the ineffable
glories of the land of the hereafter,
where, at last, s4as #8
gst - Goods love shall be
In its unmeasured music sung
By all humanity
come now to speak more particu-
larly of David S. Evans, NJ. D., in ref
erence to whose life and death these SER
vices are held. Brother Evans was, in
man, and deserves more than passing
notice. The very large number of peo-
pie who attended his burial, and the
large number here to day, attest the
high esteem in which he was and is held
by his neighbors. f9.a - .f4
He was born in Lancaster Co. Penn,
May 10, 1912, and died here November
Goth, 1868, aged Sc years, 6 months and
l6 days. d 95stS kE-s 5-s
He studied medicine in Ohio, and
commenced practice in this village in
1886. consequently had practiced thir-
ty two years, at his death. In 1887, he
married Miss Nancy A. Davenport, Of
this county, who still survives him, and
is here present, mourning the less Of
loving and faithful husband. a
In 1849, when the cholera depopnla-
ted your village, DR.. Evans remained
at his post faithfully doing his duty,
amid the perils Of that dreadful scourge.
Being u patriot, he entered his coun>
trys service in 1862, and was commits
stoned surgeon of the Goth Reg Indiana
Vol. During the siege at Vicksburg,
the exposure brought on him the dis
ease, pneumonia, which finally carried
him off. DR.. Evans was a philanthro-
pist, lover of mankind, the special
friend of the poor It is said of him,
greatly to his honor, and marking the
nobility Of his nature, that he never en-
tered u charge against orphans com
PEELED to labor for living, or against
widows With families to support.
: He was Rationalist, and up to near
his death Materialis:. He firmly be.
lieved in God, the great first cause; but |
his organization and the course of his !
Investigations with doubtless a false