Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1879-03-13
Pheasant, MT.
March 18th, 1870.

RhIcn lltn, lotV,
Dear BAnSEn,
We have been called upon 10 perform the
painted duty 70 barry = second grand ION.
WALTRH ELMO. sen Of Frank n. and lille
Austip; disd Msrch 900, aged one mont0, S
days. Please give this notice with some re-
marks OF Bro. butcher. Your. truly.
ID. h. AUsfrN. :
JoHS lath'cHArTER.
Friends, I reed this scripture, not because
Il is fully adapted to the occasion; bu, be-
causs Il IL one Of such great importance,
s'The Advice Creator hath said, not even A
sparrow drops . dying wing or an infant
draws a neeting breath without His notice.
30 we are led 10 believe that He has paused
70 consider the infant form Of the deceased
one that u 81 our midst to-day. And, whilst
u 10 almost like seyssing our heart-stsinss ~
give Up those little onss. we should remem-
Dor that Christ said while among men. ''Suf.
Ter little children and forbid them not to
come unto me; for OF such IL the kingdom
Of heeyeni'-Math. 10. IL. Parent, from
this golden declaration you hSye,a hope that
reaohes beyond the grsye Though you cam
lot hope 70 meet your little one on earth
again; you may wonder over this tamperal
Hniyerse, yet you can never meet your dear
one agsipi In the ae&h; for Christ IL still call.
ling the lsssic ones to Aim Then iet's freely
else them up. knowing they are going "a
dwell with Christ &C home. Chri.s
phen going to thu place Of Hts execution
exclaimed: Daughters weep not Tor me,
but Tor your esives and chiIdren.n Christ
who knew not sin, who. alter His death wal
70 d&eli with Hh Father In the courts Of
eternal rest, and turning 70 those who had
sinned exolaimsd, sweep for your selves and
children" So when one Of these little ones
are called home In all of lis innocence and
purity, who has never known am nor bafled
with The triEls and soFrows OF this life, let us
NOS weep for them but for ourselves, and til,
living ones that are yet on this aide OF death.
for God hath appointed it unto man once to
die, then judgement, then according 70 the
appointment OF God, tho rich and poor, the
old add young, the small snd great, musG
die. "Yes! Paul and Nero alike 20 10 the
grave, For as in Adam all die, even so 10
Carist shall all be made alive, but everv man
N ha own order."-ist, Cor. Is, 9a-23.
then as the physical death has passed upoD
all and We must all die, and De raised IL our
owe order, let " strive to be raised in the
order OF the blest Of God. For "where sin
abouuded grace did much more abound"
According 10 tie appointment OF God va die
= temporal death upvoleniarIly, blessed be
God, grace did much more abound. Grace
did : not only redeem or give VI a resurrection
nom the grave but chArges us ffom our in-
dIvidnAl aims, all the terrors Of destructlot
cannot prohibit our retufection. oh, blepsed
hope that ] esus will cone, and the dead abaii
be raised; and we shall be transformed Into
,hs glorious Iibsrty OF the chilli Of light.
Yes The little form that rests before usto-day
will DO transformed, and this mortal shall
put on immortality. Thea shall he. brought
70 pasp the aayinks therlkre Ntitten. "deatb
IL rNAilowed M iIrFtctcfy; 6Li death where
IL Ihy stipRi, o! grave where ii, thy victory!'
Then parents 1--we with she blesAed assurance
that your darling, tbAt has been called in the
mOtnihg a life, shall cweli In glory. May
God olsss you and help you 10 i've and lead
such lives that when you are called you can
mest.heyond the skofe OF tine with the dehr
oue Of your hsart. that has bloomed and
faded ~ the flower.
Go TO shy rest fair child
Go TO thg dreamlets bed,
While yet " gentle, unoeaed,
X{th hiaHainCa On thv head