The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-09-29
THE RELIGIOUS SERVICES.

THE RELIGIOUS SERVICES.
PRAYING OVER THE DEAD-BRIEF
AND SIMPLE CEREMONIES.
Precisely at 8 o'clock the religious
services began. The ceremonies were
opened with the hymn, "Asleep in
jesus beautifully rendered by the
volunteer choir. Rev. DR.. Rankin
then ascended the raised platform at
the head of the catafalque and read
in Il clear, distinct voice the following
Scriptural selection:
The Lord reigneth. The floods
dave lifted UP tlfefr voice. The Lord
on high is mightier than the voice of
many waters. Clouds and darkness
are round about Him; Righteousness
and judgment are the habitation of
His throne. BY Him kings reign and
princes Ttecree justice. He ehangeth
the time and the seasons. He re.
moveth kings and setteth up kings.
For there is no power but of God.
The powers that be are ordained of
God. Whosoever, therefore, resisteth
the power resisteth the ordinance of
God, and they that resist shall receive
to themselves damnation. Cease We
from man. whose breath is in his nos
trils; for wherein is he to he accounted
of? For behold, the Lord, the Lord
of hosts, doth take away from Jerusa-
lem and Judea the mighty man, the
man of war, the honorable man, and
the counselor, and the eloquent orator.
There is no man that hath power over
! the Spirit to retain the Spirit; neither
hath he power in the day of death;
and there is no discharge in that war.
Then shall he be at rest with kings
and counselOrs of the earth, which
built desolate places for themselves.
The clOds of the valley shall he sweet
] unto him, and every man shall draw
after him as there are innumerable
before him. There the wicked cease
from troubling, and there the weary
be at rest. Then answered Jesus unto
them: Verify, verify, 1 say unto
you, he that heafeth my word aid be-
lieveth on Him that sent me hath
everlasting life, and shall not come
into condemnation, but hath passed
from death unto life. Unto him
that overcometh will I grant to sit
with me on my Throne; even as l also
overcome and sit down with my
Father on His Throne. Blessed are
they that do His commandments, that
they have right to the Tree of Life,
and may enter fn through the gates
into the City, and they shall see His
face and His name shall be in their
foreheads." And He went little
further and fell on His face and
prayed, saying, 20 my Father! if it
be possible let this cup pass from me.
Nevertheless, not as will but as Thou
wilt" 1t became Him for whom are
all things and by whom are all things,
in bringing. many souls to glory, to
make the Captain of their salvation
perfect through suffering. The disci-
pie is not above his Master nor the
servant above his Lord. 1t is enough
for the disciple that he be as his Mas
ter and the servafitt as his Lord. Let
not your hearts be troubled; We be-
lieve in God, believe also in me, 1 will
not leave you cOmfOrtless; l will come
to you. Leave Thy fatheriess children;
will preserve them alive. And let
thy widow trust in me-" And it came
to pass When they came to Bethlehem
that all the city was moved about
them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
and she said Unto Them, f'Cali me not
Naomi. Call me Mara; for the Lord
hath dealt very bitterly with ME. /
went out full and the Lord hath
brought me home again empty"
"For small moment have / forsaken
thee; but with great mercies will
gather thee. hid my face from thee
for o moment; but with everlasting
kindness will l have mercy on thee, "
saith the Lord, the Redeemer. And
Jacob died and was gathered unto his
people, and Joseph went up to bury
his father, and there went up with
them both chariOts and horsemen,
and IL was a very great company.
And When the inhabitants of the
lands saw the mourning they said,
This is a grievous warning to thee.
And they did unto him according as he
had commanded them. For they car
ried him into the land of Canaan and
buried him in the field of Macphelah,
which Abraham bought for a posses
sion as burying place, And heard
a voice from heaven saying unto me,
Write, blessed are the dead which die
in the Lord from henceforth;' yea,
saith the Spirit, that they may rest
from their labors and their works do
follow themr would not have you
be ignorant concerning Which are
asleep, that we sorrow not even as
others which have no hope. For if
we believe that jesus died aiid rose
again, even so them also that sleep in
Jesus will God bring with Him.
Wherefore, comfort one another with
these words: Faithful is he that
caHeth you, who also will do it. The
lord gave, the Lord hath taken away.
Blessed be the name of the Lord"