The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-12-14
On the Death Of Sarah Emma, Leona
and Carrie Davis.


death of Sarah Emma, Carrie and
LeOra Davis. daughters Of II. o. and
Mrs. Davis, of Tionesta, Pa.
care they not all ministering spirits
sent forth to minister 20 them who
shall be heirs of sSlvationg' Our
earthly sight oftentimss beholds to-day
what appears to be pfomise blighted.
But is there real blight Have pa
rental devotion, fillial fidelity, personal
obligation well met? has culture, and
development been wasted Has God
no fields of usefulness no career Of
triumph but for those which are known
but in part Has he no use for such
as our dear young friends, whom God
gave to parents and friends, who now
mourn, "but not without hope ~ or
such who are to-day embodied in NOR
tality; or those dear young girls,
whose bodies slumber in the dust, but
whose spirits doubtless to-day have
their triumphs among the blessedf
Are these souls who pant for conhic /;
these spirits which courted heroic ac-
tivity; these youthful hearts that
famed with holy ambition, made over
merely into the passive, when they
have thrown off the clay garment? or
are they not made over into a higher
order of being to be acted upon, and
to receive greater powers, to perform
work which they were incapable Of
performing while weighed down with
the clay? Has not God suitable en-
ployment no achievements to make
no conditions of affinity fer the brill
liant young man or maiden, when he
takes them to himself; answer
yes; an Eternal yes" Educate,
nurture, cultivate, young men and
ladies, for the grace merely, or for
work beyond the relms of the grave?
] answer: for glorious work beyond
the grave, as well as for these narrow
fields which we behold.
Let them go from the midst Of adj
miring friends; let them go, although
we love them much, when the Master
calls them; let them go with our
Hallelujahs, as they arise on their
Heavenward flight to other spheres,
and achievements.
How has God honored parents and
children. He had innumerable
angels, all the Prophets, all the Apos-
ties, and an innum cradle company of
Saints, but none of these can do the
appropriate work Of these three dear
young friends. No, but God has a
special work-a special mission for
them to ell, or errand to send them
upon. He wanted those who were
brought up from infancy under relig-
ious influence, and moral excellency,
and advanced to the point reached by
Iu6Lus O6dI dLn6E duQ ulObuGE, NIOu
wanted your precious children, and
you, years ago, laid them upon Gods
Alter; and your children are not per-
mitted to come down from the hallowed
mount of God to dwell with you on
earth. No, they have gene beyond
earth, to fairer climes and brighter
skies, and from skies serene and fair
voice is heard, crying: "higher higher !
and higher still !" To this real watch-
word of life they give more triumph
ant shout-not wasted, not lost, but
gone up to do the more glorious work
of the Master. The contents Of no
Alabaster box of Ointment poured
forth on the head Of Jesus, has been
wasted or lost. Work still for Christ,
and in that work be forever glorifed
Not wasted no, the Master had need
. of them.
, Coolidge, Hamilton Co., Kan.