The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-10-25
FUNERAL SERMON.

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FUNERAL SERMON.
PREACHED BY THE REV. w. e. WAL
KER, IN TUE M. r CHURoH. KENO
sHA, SEP. goth, a877, on THE occA-
SION OF THE DEAuu OF SETH, ED
EST Son or CARE. 2@. AND Mrs. P.
w. SYIMONDs.
1.-THE manuscript notes ,of the discourse were
obtained from Mr. Walkerby special request.]
I'VE knolU that all things work together for
good to them that love God ITO them who are the
called according to his purpose"
I'VE knOlO that if cur earthly house Of this tab
9macle were dissolved, we have a building OF
Sod, an house not made with hands, eternal in
the heavens"
What I do thou knoaecat not noe, but thou
@tdH kUO1C hereafter"
Romans 8-28, 2 Cor. 5-t. John 1877.
Very solemn are tire circumstances
which have to-day bRapght us together,
IN that coffin is the fair earthly form
.oe one whom we have all loved, and
who has been endeaased to many of
sour hearts by sWeetata1d sacred ties.
IN e are about to deposit in the grave
a caSket from, which lie precious jewel
Eha3 been extracted ithas been taken
! to bedeck the Saviors crown. Over
IAhat coffin is the wredl1 of cherished
purposes, and the plane,of many years.
iMcst precious thoughts and sweet pro-
Ijects have been abruptly blasted.
}s1 opes that were angels .lra1 heir birth,
ii Fave persisted young, Iikesthings OF earth.
IA this time we are confronted by
! the great U3lk1ocoa- OF Life, in its ma
ItQEe and its origin, our knowledge is
1y4Gs1 rous small. With the signs and
FesaI Of death we are SADLY familiar
butA2 the question B7a2t Is DEATH
we. Gan frame buta feeble and imper-
lf8ct Fsoly. And the flltare,how strange
/ and #cirdly mystical it looms before
!. us! a thousand Questionscare checked
i by the znown impoasibility Of an an.
EaWer
1 <YQtLoW much aoe do 1oa3ee1, which
especial at this time Of SORROW, dis
.EappointE ent and bereavement, comes
with ass othing and strengthening in
! tluenca 1@ on the soul The passages
Eof Seriptgre just read in youz hearing
i tell us, Ofs Known truths ROW needed
Iw5nile inIQze of them we ape also in
| foEned. tAct what is at present to us
mnknoWp Bnall eventually bo.clearly
loomprehan&ed.
4 Let us Ioa1 then at the Kaaaa2l, the
! UNhaoa011, end the to- be-Kf1oe042of this
manifested a1pect Of Divine tpuza and
love.
The frst,9aA sage read declares, Shat
the Divine Father has so disposed his
| proTidential arrangements that ali
occurrences }ineldental to the lives. OF
his lowing, redeemed children, Shall
combine tow0Es out their ultimate al
vantage. This. blessed truth we 6,2aoe9
| Two tl4oughtsIa come to our. aid,
and combine tot3 part this assurance.
1.-THE first is, that al the operations OF
what we .eaEl p1QYGlenoe are tributary
to the interests Qf Christ's Kingdom.
There is nothing sW,ithin the created
universe which istlGt, directly OF indi-
rectly, Voluntarily or by coercion rem
dered tributary thereto. It is Christ
Jesus, the great Author and Finisher
of Redemption, Who.has the preroga-
tive Of presiding over and directing all
things for the welfare. Qf that Spiritual
Kingdom for which he Laid down his
| life. He has the seeptre.of universal
dominion. 'All t4ings ape put under
| his feet" From the first anthem of
the morning stars who sang together
down to the voice Of the .Archangel
and the trump of God, every sound in
the material universe is in unison with
| the inscription "of Him, and through
Him, and to Him, are all THINGS"
The other thought referred to is that
the interest of the individual christian
and the interests Of Christ's Kingdom
are one and the same, 50 that whatever
secures the one advances the other.
They who are justified by His grace,
and renewed by His spirit, are united
to Christ. They are said to be lin
Christ to suffer with him, to be
!" crucifed with him. ? ito die with
him" ito rise with him" to be "glori-
| fed together with him." They are one
in him. So that, on the ground Of this
taseparob7e connection we are war
Eranted in expressing our cherished CON