The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-05-03

La that hour, when cunningly devised
birds at sunset, be leaned hard upon the
everlasting arms and they were sufficient.
They were enough. They were able to
gain for him once moro the Apostles
eulogy Thanks be to God, who
giveth us the victory through our Lord,
Jesus Christ. The HIDDEN Torch IN
THE DARK VALLEY OF DEATH SHoNE
Our ! Clear, steady, dlaminati,ag, trl-
atmpAans My hearers, ask you in the
name of all wisdom, IL it would not be
wise for every one present to accept to-
day that grace of Christ which, at the
hour of death, will bring to your helpless
soul the support and comfort of the ever
lasting arms
Another lesson THE BLEssEDNEss OF
A LIFE OF DoINo Coon. How consoling
the reflection, to-day, that this life was
not given to frivolity, or sin, or tho con-
tamination of other lives, but that this
beloved physician was wont to go about
in that lofty ministry of mercy which, you
will remember, was no small part of the
Holy Redeemer's earthly work, who was
moved with compassion toward the multi
tude and healed their sick. 1t is no
slight consolation to all who appreciate
the true dignity of life, that our friend
belonged to that profession whose true
activities are always humane, and which,
IL consecrated to the service of Him who
is called the Great Physician, rises to the
dignity of being, next to the ministry of
grace, life's most useful and Christ-like
occupation. The hold which this physi-
clans memory has upon the affection of
proof that he was benefactor
to his fellowmen. Aud | should not do
my own heart justice, did I not bear my
own personal testimony to repeated acts
of a physicians kindness which he per-
formed for me and mine. My hearers,
upon this platform, before all phases of
the Christian faith, / will emphasize that
duty about which we all agree in theory,
but which SO many forget in practice, the
duty of life of doing good. Ambition,
wealth, honor, power, these dwindle into
pitiful insignifcance in the presence of
tho life whose motto is that of the Hea-
venly Master, " came not to be minis
tered unto, but to minister | implore
all, in the presence of our dead, with an
impending Judgment bar cleaning in the
path of every one, to begin this very hour
that life of which you can say at the
closing day of an earthly career, ~ have
glorfed Thee upon the earth. / have
finished the work Thou gayest me to do y
And there is lastly, the impressive
lesson Of our otcn need Of immediate pre-
paratioa. In this presence does any one
doubt the truth of Dayid's words as a
literal fact, There Is brit = step betwfsn
me aud DEATH Are they not theoretc-
ally true? Are they not actually proven
every day before our eyes ? How lovingly
Christ again and again pleads the sudden
ness of His coming to the individual soul,
as spur to personal preparation.
" Watch, therefore, for ye know not
what hour your Lord doth come" Jus.
tice holds the axe at the very roots Of
fruitless lives. Mercy pleads, "Let it
alone this year Also Why9 That we
may take the stained fragments and lay
them ut the feet of Jesus Christ, our
Lord, in faith aud conservation.
And now to those who mourn their
unutterable loss, turn to say one word
of comfort, yet realizing in the presence
Of your anguish, the impotency of human
sympathy. We, your friends, stand here
upon the shore striving to convey to you
At the storms centre, our heartfelt feeling
for you. But our voices are drowned and
roll high about your heads. But remem-
Der there is Divine One who can come
not only to the shore, but walk out upon
the waters to your inmost hearts and say
to soul tempests, efiectually and forever,
:" Peace, be still.o And while He may
not literally quell the outward storm, He
shall teach you, rs He does the sea- BIRDS
to turn storm pillows into a cradle of
rest, keeping the heart In perfect peace
which is stayed on him. But Que who
stands only upon the shore would say,
"The rational ground of resignation and
peace to-day, must be this; An all-wise,
ALLOWING, all-controlling Heavenly Faith
or hath ordered this event" May we not
say with our Lord, "The cup that my
Father giyoth, shall / not drink it?
And this, the beloved husband and father
who had such measureless happiness in
that home life of which he was the centre
and stay, is not dead, though his body is,
but he, the man, the character the i'm
perishable personality still and forever
lives, now the more abundantly.
"For he hath taken
The one grand step beyond tho stars o God,
Into the splendor shadowless and broad
Into the everlasting joy and light;
The zenith OF his earthly day Is come"
Let this be your infinite comfort,
mourning ones, to whom time of separa-
ton may now seem unendurably long,
that his citizenship is in Heaven your
citizenship is in Heaven, and you shall be,
soon at tho longest, forever with the
Lord and forever with each other.
Here In the body pent,
| Absent from him roam
| Yet nightly pitch my moving tent
| days march nearer home.
One by one the children of those vener-
able parents, SO long esteemed in this
community in which they were such mea-
sureless moral forces, are being called
away. The broken Christian family on
earth, shall soon become the united,
glorified family in Heaven. May Soyer-
eign Grace make it true that he who has
been SO recently Joined to his sanity
parents in the abiding place above, shall
one day receive through the pearly gates,