Daily Republican., 1882-12-05
In M0mOFIMm.


Another arrow, out from death dark
mysterious quiver, hath sped Its way
with we'll directed aim, and another
loving wife, and iord affectionate
mother, q tried and truSty friend and
sister, hath fallen beneath his crael
shaft. But there's comfort in the preci-
GUS thought, that against such loving
victims, he dare not poise an arrow
barbed or dipped In the POISONOUS sting
Of sin. He cannot kill such as these
beyond the natural law. They are
shielded, covered over, hidden away,
found refugein "the law Of the spirit
Of life In Christ Jesus" and are free
from the law Of sin aud death" How
ever, "She is not dead, but sleepeth."
We may weep over her (Apparently)
untimely fall; we may mourn the loss
of her cheering ard cheerful presence
amongst US, but We must hot do this,
"as those who have no hope" An
other meeting, in another circle looms
up before US, as the roseate hues of re-
surrection power shall light up and
quicken into life and immortality those
"who sleep in Jesus" Then those
sleepers thus awakened shall most
surely triumph over death, and shout
in harmonious concert, 30 death,
where Is thy sting? o grave, where
is thy victory p" "ThankS be unto
God, which giveth US the victory,
through our Lord Jesus Christ"
/ With this glorious destiny now ami.
mating us, and filling US with hope and
comfort, we look beyond the narrow
confines Of death, and our waiting time
for deliverance from "ths dust of the
EARTH" and joy in the fact, that we
shall yet, after little while, "rejoice
with Joy" (now) "unspeakable and
, full Of glory" 1t will be the Chris
t tian's first impulse In the resurrection,
: TO shout victory over death and the
grave" His first born utterance on the
plains Of Immortality. And we'll they
t may, because they rejoice over the 6na'
and eternal destruction of their "lasl
enemy" But TO rejoice over an enemy
while under his power, or in his prisoI
; house, would be very uDseemly. AnC
God knowing this to be 80, He hath de-
, clared for our comfort and hope. ~
!, will redeem them from death. viii
: ransom them from the power Of th'
8 grave. o, death, l will be thy plaques
;IO, grave, will be thy destruction.
!, j ust 40 certainly as we now live deatl
3 does something which it Is necessary
!, for God himself to undo, and tha
y something 10 the total destruction o
o both death and the grave. Then VI
: cannot disguise the fact that death 1
u an enemy, and the grave Is his prisol
q house, or their destruction would b
i unnecessary. And dark indeed woul'
It be the doings OF death, had not on
= blessed Lord and Saviour rolled bacl
! y the sable curtain of thei charnel house
!: and drought life and immortality
., light through the gospel" And sine
his brilliant victory over this king
y terrors, We may ask in confident exPeC
i AZ tation of his final end, "How Ion
shall death the tyrant reign, And tr
q umph over the just ?"
r. Let us then not "look at the thing
p which are seen, but at the things whtc
w are unseen, for the things which al
seen are temporal, but the things whlc
are unseen are eternal" This devote
wife, this atfectionat0, indulgel
IN mother, this tender, loving sister, an
D. daughter, this highly esteemed, an
q q kindly and lovingly remembered frien
~ shall live again" And in that da
when the dear loving Father in Heavt
"makes up his Jewels" she will not
forgotten nor left out; yes, we ma
y w weep now, but then He shall wipe a
w tears from our eyes, and sorrow an
Sc sighing shall flee away. Shall we me
on her in that day? May He who wei
q D. over the grave of Lazarus, Wtan OF
III n affections away from mortal scene
h and by His boundless, matchless 10,
Of to US, bring this deeply bersaved faml
lie AID friends into UlIat exalted cond1tlC
IL In of spiritual light that we may be ful
r. prepared to hear him say at last, "Con
ad We blessed of my Father, inherit u
kingdom prepared for you from Il
,ss foundation of the world" Amen.