The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-10
Funeral OF Deputy Sheriff Allen
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SandcrsOu.
A large number of friends assembled at
the Baptist church yesterday afternoon to
participate in the last sad rites and to |
show the esteem in which the deceased had |
been held by all portions of the com
munity.
The exercises at the church were opened
with chanting by the choir "With fearful
eyes look around" followed by reading of
a portion of the nth chapter of John by
Rcy. +. Mills, who then took for the sub
iect of his discourse the words
"For the thing which greatly feared is
come upon me, and that which ! was
afraid of is come unto me. job, 3 chap.
2j verse-these words being selected at the
request of the widow of the deceased
! Mr.. Mills commenced by speaking
of the uncertainty of human life and its
worldly possessions, for no matter what
they are or how strongly we hold them,
they are held by an uncertain tenure
| therefore, we are often subdued when,
under other circumstances, we would feel
proud of them, for we know not what may
be our position tomorrow. Yet we can
not resist the apprehension that they may
he taken from us, and that " the thing
which we greatly feared is come upon us
He spoke quite fully of the sickness of the
deceased and Of the fears often expressed
by his family since they discovered the
disease that had come upon him during the
past five years, and which had finally ac-
cnmplished its purpose; and the great fear
that had been long in the heart of her,
whom for twcniy-thrce years had been his
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and had taken from her her husband her
support and prop, the father of her children
and the surrounding of her life by widow
hood and her expression to-day was, ''The
thing which | greatly feared has come
upon me- and that which was afraid Of
has come unto me- am alone in the
world, and the one have looked up to is
gone away from me. lie spoke of the OBJ
iects taught by ahliction and sorrow to the
heart, which have come III divine provi-
dcncc, but in which there can be divine
consolation to the stricken ones. lie spoke
OF the ancient prophet who frequently.
even in his sunlight and blessings, looked
forward with apprehension 70 the end, but
who could say, 1.-THE Lord gave and the
! Lord hath taken away blessed be the
, name Of the Lord, and, Though he Stay
me, yet will trust in him y; and while
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rs widow and children have the consolatio
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.e consolation in the words Come unto m
l. all yc that labor and heavy laden and
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