The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-07-22

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IN u,., Writ. i1.-s-.~i tis- ,issi whH-h
lie va the Lid iT,'sn ls-p~i.'Th- va -stth Tn.
spirit. that the, may IT,; ir tii'tr tts-Ir> snsi
| their works t.. i,.Ii..a ii,-,n- Rev. Hii-
The occasion which has called Us
together to-day. is one 1T peculiar
sadness to every heart in this vast
assembly. NJ one who has brain
tn think and heart tn feel can stand
| in the presence of the dead without
being profoundly impressed with the
thought that he to- must die. The
thought II death is MIST serious. how
ever contemplated; AMI vet when
one full of honors anil full Of year..
rs was the deceased. is called away.
there is degree of pleasure and
satisfaction that the full measure al
human life AMI usefulness has been
filed.
When one in the morning Of life is
stricken down by the hand If death,
we instinc,ively feel that something
IS wrong. thai whence has been done,
il l may so speak. But not SD in the
case before Us now and this wreath
made from the first ripe wheat and
placed upon this casket by loving
hand, is but the emblem Of the ris
sheaf which is this day gathered into
a heavenly garner.
There is fitness in the nature al
things aUi there is proprietv in
coming int" this sanctuary to day T..
10 honor t. the memory Of tins gssl
man. Fr.m the ren,otes. antiquity i,
has been the custom To pay the
greatest possible respect tn the
menn,ry Of the dead. This is one Oi
the n"bl.st impulses of the heart ana
i, one thing which ,liilereniiaies man
from the lower orders of animal lit,
and ut once Hits him above AMI ls.
yOnd the scnsuous worli in which h,
Hives.
Dbl II ever occur IL you that thu
MIST ancient land transaction OI
record is the purchase "f the cave oI
Machl~lah 10y Abraham ir.'m tn,
descendants III lleIh, f"r II last rest.
IN. I,l,c.. fnr his beloved Sarah. The
Egyptian emls.lmcd the bsly Of his
lead AMI laid it away in the pyramid
IT, await the return of the spirit
,sain where il wm,l! he re- inhabit /.
On the third day after his cruel
fiction the women came with sweet
.pic,.s Ia an'in. the Saviors bsly.
The crus:,,ies under Peter. the Her
init tn the tomb where Christ was
hurried. AMI the pilgrinagss al the
M''hamm,siaI,> Ia the grave of their
prophet. show the high esteem in
which even the last resting place ri
the dead has always been hill. The
rel man ON the We ern plains. places
the lvw AMI the arrow in the grave
with the dead and lamp on the toni,
." light the spiri, tn a better world.
He says Of the deal, they have gone
4" the happier hunting grounds.
Strange rs it may 81 m. even poor
E,'ert j. lngersolI gives way to this
universal impulse If the human heart
and for the time for.eis his infideliiy.
Listen to his words rs he stands over
MS brother as he lay with his pale
hands folded in painless sleep. He
says: Frum the voiceless lips Of the
unreplving dead there comes no word,
but IN the night Of death hope sees o
star. and listening love can hear the
rustic Of a wing. This is tine uncon.
scious utterance Of language which
alone belongs to faith.
1t is we'll amid the busy scenes in
which We are actively and constantly
engaged. to pause and reflect If only
for a moment. The weary mariner
on troubled sea. having been driven
aud tossed by adverse winds for many
days, without seeing the sun, desires
anxioasly to see again the king Of day
in order that he may get his bearing
and take his reckoning, lest he drift
into unknown waters. Ginning down
Oh the train the other night as the
signal was given when we approached
station, occasionally a weary
traveller would rouse up from his
slumber and enquire in a careless way
what station is this ;?
Shall We not one and all today,
as we stand in the presence Of this
affecting Providence, try ut least to
get our bear;r. and see the port to
which We are tending. Let us i'm
prove this hour far the future rs we'll
~ tor the present good. True friend
ship il founded in q community of
suffering it therefore. We improve
the opportunity rs We should. We will
Inc h,und together stranger in the
bonds of love. The Apostle truly
says no man dies To himself. under
stand from this that no one dies
~ISSspus cAVtCtSuS W. suuueuCc OvcI
-on,e "ne and though dead he
NAV vet speak; and how true is this
IT Gen. Smith! lie speaks in his
l"n. aud evcniful life 1T usefulness
and especially in his leeds Of charity
which he dispensed with muniicent
hand.
Gen. Smith was in M sense o
sectional man he was one of the
few men. who ielong u n" town.
county, Congressional district "r State.
hut u the world. lie wa bnrn in
Virginia and educated Mt old George
town College. Ky, under the gifted
Barton w. Stone. Of ble>se,l memory.
The greater part Of his long and U.s..
ful life was spent in this State AMI in
this county. The daily press has
spoken Of his work IS politician and
in developing the material wealth Of
,aus rs1 Nissnnri. II "a mv nnr.~,s1a a.,