, 1879-06-10

life, her over sixty Years of cllrcl.-iHtn'beFshp
md sls,wrnrcd vel-loitg 10 see y i!ratEln4s
neutrality-suspicious. stand by her cof}ln n,1 Ivy
out tic ground p1an Of 1iscourfe as straight
Wtr t1ttarc M n cicckeEbuard; then butd II up
until It resctnblctl nothing hut u gross Of
matches Of the a1uarc.l''ock variety: each d.
vision exactly like every nicr n1e, nfltl all care
fully nntl s1larcly t;tsit'c from MI .hc others;
the while quito harmless in appearance, INT
kmeItiHg u[ btin1stt,ne, and liable tu get into q
blaze with little friction.
lie did not tell ia that ANYBODY w0ill'1 yet
burned mp forever mil ever; but hE ilid tell -
for ecra', M proved by ais txneriefiet., that all
Christians uir ha;'py.-nrc calm ANIL resigned to
death; a,Hl that n"l'ot|y elsr H.. ns'cr folks
may get up n nrctenso u resgnatinn' bnt ,lern
men. sa:c Chrstlant. die on the stage, nctlng
pnrt for tlit: exuTess pUrpntc of going out lit
E'try Antl drtcivng tllr survivors! Df the pcr-
riirsorirn tl*pluv, he LIFT us 10 understand s'Nt
''frast enid II snoneRt mrslied!"
This wHs 1laytIahlnous.-for she who had de-
prycd herself Ut tllc 1nx1Irns nf ltfc Hfa some
Church. ant! t,: Institutions wlltcl, manufacture
Kind. might we'll &c held up ns vi, example u
inis1!rrcsrd zral: nl"l aiiY one'who Ind dom:
pteachers WHO come out Of Theological shops
Ike hits NJ terracota cUrnIEc, oil lifted II, trjr
laccs. nnly lie thankful TO escape notice of tue
incn they have Injured.
hHE tlHiE15lElE lH tllB lIsa1bB hAu[Ehss !
ttlouElt Of that late funeral In Washington,
when lnyosso1I fr0m n bursting tJeart, pro-
nunncets lIis enltQv over the H,dy nf a !'rntttr;
n,Hs wandered l,Uw much this kind ot talk has
to tlp with producing that kind III men. =.
Ia It arrange TINT tnen should cofclshle ays-
TEN faieE wlllel, is uttrn Supported by folse-
hood! II History calt s.ttl1 anytng, It has de-
ciAttl tfllt sincerity Ia no evidence of cossert.
ness n belief; that all Religious llnye furnished
long list o' tnartyre; and lint Pneans' !3raf-
1nins, 1juddhlsts, Atheists, have INIT death ~
calmly, resignesty, earrcsttv. rs any Christian
possibly can, What Christian lIus ever looked
thai Ilarrict Marttntauf-anA she is but "nr of
thousands who 'aa neser known, or l,ns! re-
uou.lccd, Christianity, anu who hare gone 10
tnke their places
In the chambers Of the silent halls Of Dcath,
/ NJ one who wraps the drapcsy Of hts couch abont
And lscs down 10 pleasant dreams.
| does Christianity really need to he proprea
| lly this old, rutteu falschoDd thnt only uIo
| Christian meets death calmly!
Dues 1t NEED tn keep Ut, tile old Jewish idea OF
an exclusive proprictorthfp In tic Delty' Have
| We got thu Creator Ut thu Universe walled tp III
got aecces 10 Him except through our gateway I
Has sil: i1Hl SheuhErtl ,lo seen olltstc 0f t'a:
Christian foldf Docs not Ills spiritual ns well
| ts Ills physical, sln s1{nt llpon ulit Dn not
pGOp1t in MI lntl.is lift IN their ttlis to Hint
| Ca,, any dungeon Of despair, my clt'ud Of IN.
| hcltet, separate thr earnest. thHuirng soul from
ils Father n,nl It's tiul. >ocs ilc who goeth
mt into the wlcrnss after tho iost sflecp al.
call upon lis to register his returnt Docs lfc
| ever damn truthful, gcutie manly men, who,
Ii;c Christ, have been doing you'd to the race,
comforting thr afflicted, tcschnE tile ignorant,
| feeding tic p00rf
| ti,1uid not like to think That such n thing
could aosstIly be-: and, II 1sol,ert 1ngersol told
The .rnt!,-as doubt not he '1l-nyer thu dead
body oi his brother, ] believe that lio ni'tl my
fhutit A..kt, }F1 oltfi
where there Is work, mud growth, md an ever
| expanding yisinn
l'rnthtnI, gentle, manly men nrc not 30 nlc',-
tffna thaf tfua can nifortf 10 hAilI one al 'ltcm
over to Satan ns tits prnperty. Gool rncn are
not made for the a>te-hnskct os tin: Universe:
n1Hl lie wl0 ordered the fragments uf loayra at'l
fishes 10 hn gathered, - That nothing be lost"
will never suffer this loss of one good impulse,
onn aspiration utter truth.
Nothing good, nr true, or pure ever can go
Into tic place Ut loss: aud, BY the time YUn fakc
NIL thc good ONT Of soul llke lint Of El'o In
grrssfl, there is not enough left 10 bc worth
| continuing III uny hepurutc existence. Nothing
hit tiud'a Grarr cln nuke ativ rnon good
brother, fatl,er. friend, citizen: Md That
grace. wh!cl, nrtngt forth good deeds here, will
l'e sure tn biusso,n Into glory hereafter. And.
through false claims, let her rather rejoice thut
her Gud hns mt left lllIntclf without u witness
III lll lands nnd oil nEes,-u witness which, IN
kpitc of crectls anil combinations. takes thr in
!
unfaltcriny trust with which It steps out into
the grrat unknown to meet Its ofLc!u, Its k!n-
lrcd divinity.
| AZ o1r trcnu anil cousin would hare lad II
larger life niltl mnre lovo With bsoatcr creed !;
~ l,ur life would haze furnished 1naterinl NTH
Which ITO point moral AMI adorn tale u II
sEb Ind RHyed the Income which died With ltcr,
and made bcoucst TO The Church or some
charity, Instead u distributing her gifts and
aims as she went along: lnEcrsolls life might
have left u much brttcr nsnl more enduring lnI-
press II l,s hatl tnken his tdeas oE Christianity
1rnu lie fountattI-tlentt. Mtul not FROM itnsn
muddy Etrealns OF Apostolic succession tllroucll
which II has come down to us. ls'lt Shr, With
the narrow creed. nni lie. with no creed at nlI,
works Of righteousness here, shall be employed
III Ike lnaunsr there, when the txatltliEug hands
OF the soul sliall bo removed, tts clouds uf
Iuubt and darkness llspcllcd, md all fhall walk
III the light Of Guls presence, secA by eyes
from which the earthly scales lIayr falsen.
JANE GEEr SwlssnELM.