News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-11-09
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from the foundation of the world; for
| was an hungered and We gave me
meat; l was thirsty and We gave me
drink; | was a stranger and We took
me in. Verify l say unto you, mas
much rs We have done it unto the
least, We did it unto me-"
"And one Of the elders said to
me, These are they which came out Of
great tribulation, and they have puri-
fed their minds and made their life
blessing through the love and patience
and grace of Christ. Therefore are
they before the throne of God; and
they serve him day and night in his
temple; and he that sits on the
throne shall spread his tabernacle over
them, they shall hunger no more, nei-
Their thirst any more; for the Lamb
which is in the midst Of the throne
shall be their Shepherd and shall
guide them unto fountains Of living
waters and God shall wipe away ev-
cry tear from their eyes.-When we
stand in the presence of the death of
our friends, we want to know what is
signifed in these words, we long to
know, we yearn for the knowledge, and
the question will not be put down
Can it oh can it all be true? Hope
says yes. But hope is shadow. 1t
may be so, yet it is better for rs than
Heaven would be, if it were given to
us all at once according to our deep
est lOngings aud most ardent anticipa-
tions. suppose young man just 60
ing out from his fathers house to seek
his fortune He is poor and anx-
ious, but he finds his place, gets
hold, and succeeds over all his fears
and in few years becomes one of our
most useful and successful men. While
he struggles on and up, his hope is en-
larging all the time and Is better to
him than a million of dollars would be |
put into his hands at first. lie is q no.
bier and happier man than he could |
have been, if a vast fortune had been !
given to him without the hope and the |
struggle. Here is a young woman III
Il factory, 4 few years ago she began
to work there with little hone, in |
very lowly place, and often at night wet
her pillow with her tears at her hard
lot, but she did faithful work in the |
low place, and her hope was steady as
an anchor that holds the great ship
on the broad ocean. She goes up |
step by step until she stands with the |
treasurers pen in her hand, with large
hope that is no longer selfish, but EN-
braces the welfare and success of the
whole establishment. Her growing
hope and struggle and position are
vastly higher and better than the
office of President Of this great coun-
try. Now, may it not be reasonable
to suppose that this principle of hope
may expand and 60 over unto the world
Of TACT and reality, and be better for
US than the demonstrations of absolute
knowledge, while our faces are sincere
ly set that way and our steps steadily
90 that way? SO it is that Paul says,
1--WE are saved by hope, and so it is
that the great teacher so teuderly
speaks to us: sin my fathers honse are
many mansions, l go and prepare
place for you, [ will come again and
receive you unto myself, that where
am there ye may be also. And be-
cause live We shall live also. Kind
and sorrowing friends, sitting around
this bier of your dear good mother in
this familiar room, with these emblems
Of affection and sorrow, beautifully ar
ranged by your hands, to her sacred
memory, see in these words of the
sympathizing Elder Brother, the pro
mise of the great hope which is all yours.
! ''Because ! live We shall live alsJ'.
L think that this blessed hope cheer
ed the life of your beloved mother and |
made it pleasant and radiant with the
grace and glory of goodness. We look
at her life and say with Whittier -
"Oh friendi If thought and sense avail not
no know thee hencelorth as thou art.
That all Is well with thee forever
l trust the Instincts Of my heart.
"Thine be the quiet habitations,
Thine the green pastures, blossom GOWN,
And smiles OF sanity recognition
AS sweet and tender as thy own.
Thou com'st not from the hush and shadow
To meet US; but to thee come
With thee we never can be strangers,
And where thou art must still be homs."
Very often will you hear the gen
tie voice calling tie loved names she
gave you when, at first, she folded
you in her arms in the old days, when
light and love and JOY were in her
home, and you were happy circle OF
brothers and sisters together end
very often, as these years 90 by, lntil
your own call comes will you see the
grace and loneliness that looked out
from her face to you with the very
benediction of Heaven. And the mem
DRY of the old days will come to you
more, and, as is pictured in Longlel-
lows beautiful lines -
When the hours of day are numbered,
And the voices of the night
Wake the better soul that slumbered,
To holy, calm delight.
"Then the forms of the departed
Enter at the open door:
The beloved, the true-hearted,
Come to visit me once more
"And with them the Being Beauteous,
Who unto my youth given,
More than all things else to love me,
And Is now a saint in Heaven.
with slow and noiseess foo.step
Comes that messenger divine,
Takes the vacant char beside me,
Lays her gentle hand in mine.
90 though oft depressed and lonely,
All my fears are laid aside
If but remember only
such rs these have lived and died" Z
"And such was our friend and moth
er. She served others. Herself she
lid not serve. Her pure life, is it at "
an end now? Is it nothing? | hope
not. And hope says with emphasis,
she is gone up higher. She has heard
The voice of Him who opens deaf ears,
who is the Way and the Truth and
,he Life saying sweetly to her soul,
Friend go up higher
"And you shall see her again, in
l land that is fairer than day, in the
I'LL possession of those graces which
nave been the charm and admiration
If home, shall you see her. The
cheerful life from G Cd which YOU have
Known as mother, is endued with tue
power of All endless life, and very
everently we say, beloved woman,
incere Christian, dear noble mother,
arewell, till we Meet Beyond the a
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