, 1873-12-08


Savior, then may wo count tho passing daya as un-
worthy III their griefs to bo compared with Ieay.
ems " Exceeding and etornal weight OF glory"
And this - the only explanation possible to my
ncss here. Out Of 4 Heaven to which tho virt,1-
ot1s shall at Inst oomot out OF a Hoaven which
gives us the idoa Of Father and Savior, comes
tho only explanation Of humanity that Gun give
man any morals for hs ltfe any lofty ideal for
flowers for bis tomb. 10 boliovo in Supreme
Being without believing In mans immortaltt,
scems ustorly impossible, for this makes Goo
the author Of a world which ia nothing olBe than
groat cotnoterr the authorof lovo that must
weep, OF friends that must part, Of little chill.
dron plicked from their mothers bosoma by dis.
easo or by the waves OF tue midnight sea. With.
out q future city, tile idea Of Gud fails. Ths
poet aays:
All that tread
The gloho arc but handful 10 tho tribes
That sumbor in its bosom.
The venerable woods. rivera that move
II ina1e4ty, and the complaining brooks
That Hnke the moadows greel, and poured round ali
Arc but the aoletnn decorations Ill
OF the great tomb of nun.
In order to bolieyo in q Divine Father, 1t 10
necessary that rcnaon deny Him to bo tue owner
Of only a vast tomb, and affirm that the tomb a .
spirit has lied. DEATH il q gateway decorated
with immortal flowers, not on account OF mau.
but on account Of lis Creator.
In order that all may always live in tho tom
dcrneaa Of friendship, anl IN tho ponsiyo hopo
which realization OF death brings, and in tltat
eohosnesB Of reason which springs from this
final so1emnity, q tondor wisdom hoops varying
tho circumstances Of tloso sad hours TINT tho
mind may each day kucol in a deeper conception
Of tile certainty aui nearncsB Of tho mystery.
We cannot SEQ TINT which is far away, As wo
learn Of love only whom re loyo this nature or
this friend, so We learn Of death only wien tho
toasings of timo have cast his cold wayo near
our own foot. And If the grave la
tho destiny Of nan, and tic truo character Of
God, it mny be only divine wisdom that brings
our travels 40 uear the iron gate that no cam
not but look through and beyond. Wo may OK
pect perpetual chango Of tho time md mode
Of death, and ., moving Of othcrs' frionda to
our flionds, until at Inst tho oyor-throatouing
cloud ahnll burst oyor our own ilosl, aud hears,
When the ocean became tho tomb Of tloso whom
wo love, death stood 80 near 1ta that we sooln to
feel bis " freezing Rlss."
It Ia out OF such nu atmosphere ~ these ro-
Elections make for uH, reflections that man aud
God Aro only understood when We assume =
future life, glowing atmosphere worthy Of God
aud man, that wo prefer to look and Heo TINT
it q friend whom hundreds Of you know aud
loved,. aud beautiful children whose Joy and
6milo many Of you have acen. Lot us climb to
such height that those who socm to have sunk
IN tho sea may, like tho setting sun,
i,,+ SoIn hau,aJ Inv ,eELn eEIna - niso ~,
~ c,,t,,:o M, haroro,"u"a % ~ 5 aeienes a
nature OF Mrs. Goodwin, and tho Divine image
upon the facoa Of the group OF children that
1sn, n ~ 10y 70 ~ lun hi4I ~
,ana., ~ nn .n ta; Mss y. ~" nnon 4ttle cu'1
ing that the silent ocean WAS anything oluo
to them than n messenger botween earth
and Heaven, asying, "coue buck, 20 children
,,a,, uGu ";tv 1Ia mnn ~ 1no ~ oReu6 s1'g o
nam e!.y' Mase "o iot ~ eseaPeu lsota 1!a
"uo. @ 80! -! ~" -" % t"to -aas ea
klnd laasn nos 5oS leu us lliy a"ay 1Iom tao
l,omo. meu G vac , "oat ~ ~ e1nhs.g saos 20
asa. Fly oyuu @ .no snds, n1'4 clouu
not vot ts hl;n5TnlJnd fnrv ,,d co,"o mo
Us ~. e1P ra.una, XII ha Goue
a;Son, T. eoro ar ;ao,n ,vi.,so Io"t"aa "noeS
oovo n 20 oono"s a xI,ao ou 10
Mnuse Ia ont Eoo'''os7 *oa "noso io'e 10 tenaereF
~ @ W. ,r1,n11v orna, .,, ,o,,r;, ~ +r
mr., ,,iu1 10 A nt .r'o c H. u Ing 1ro
such moth mother sush triona and send her for
soiio1 Haio III ,'9t n,;t .i'n w " a feeTn
@ nroata th @ ros pni anu eSo atiu eneeh.
% to ovouino rrovcrs o ~ ttnao n1,;i%,o w"
;,,tooann6 ,an - +h"t n,oEaa H., IL ~ ~
t, ~ ~ 49,, ~ a"art u aa euaen tl
tuil, Luz. llnhoh .ae uesors necoIno CITY, II
% iiu1s ~ ~ .ist i"s 9nes.a W. .no cnaneos
NY oagn & " in" H.. n anuJncn .;sh' tuo nuau form
4oI1tuo,oa 4l,,t ,+,,tJ la, 4i,o nn,t.,I. -
stnn5jS nao hv h;a ,1oat, ,va.or II co,nos i,, -,
the ouot homo or in tho monrnful soa. dn
mi Ieiovo in nnv streau tl,at ix decnrcd tn riuo
higllor than its fountain honce / do not be-
love That tile spirit OF man was produced by
something less than itself.
When a grand hunia,, aonl, with its blessed
children prcsscd against the heart, Binlts in md
ocean, it is oaay to fool Tint there was Being
near, grcater than the soul an,l greater tlan
the ocoan. Tho good-byos l.ere, wlion hor rears
foil upon tho faces OF her fronds aud llor heart
fatorod and almost desired to turn back, tue
haste to go. it so sle must, with a group OF
frieuls, tho transfer from q steamer destined to
safety to ono doomed to cross tho sea no moro,
would, III thu days Of claEsio Groeco, have boo,
incident enough to.lnaho tho gcntlo woman tho
confceaed victim Of that dark Power which
know nothing of Justice, but which moved in
mingled character of storm aud Cod but, un'
dor tho more rational light Of tho Christian
tiko so,il. ont Of which tinwotl lonr nco Whit
nfTootion thoro Ia in ti,o huH,nn hoart.
ta ,,onr ,tat ao,,n,,r ti,,;,' th rarnwo,, ,v;tI,