The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1883-03-01
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The little daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. n. N
Murdoch died on Sunday last ut ten o'clock
ljust one week from the day she was taker
sick. The Sunday before. she attended Sab
bath school. Sock after she got home sh'
was taken sick; so violently SO that hardly !
her recovery. She had been ailing for some
weeks before, and Sunday morning her faith
er said to us, with q sad voice. that he feared
he could not keep her long; she was losing
he said, the brightness and yivacity which
she had always possessed SO much OF. Hei
disease was spinal meningitis, and the week
preceding her demise was one OF terrible
suffering. This, probably more than heI
death, wrung the hearts Of her parents fol-
we believe they have an abiding faith thai
their little daughter sprang from their srmi
into angelic arms In her own personality and
in her own human form, because the true
form belongs to the soul and not TO the body
Her material garments have been laid away
never again to be used, for never again will
they become necessary. This little child ID
| not dead it is more than ever alive, instinct
with the fullncss Of life and that more per-
feet life has its more perfect form. There Is
| no lfe-there can be aOne-separate from
form, and the spiritual body is the real and
true and only human form. Heaven Is with
in, and not afar of in some remote sphere.
| 1t only requires the opening OF the spiritual
| sight TO see its glores all around us. There
| is no such n thing as death-there Is only
change OF form. When the butterfly emerges
| from its grub state, the chick from its shell,
the child from its mothers womb, there Is q
| change OF form /; laying aside OF garments
| never to be needed again; and, analOgously.
| this Is just what occurs in death, so-called.
There is no cessation OF life in its substance
and in its form. When man is in natural
| sleep, the outer world Is to him rs IL it were
not, Dut when he wakes II seems to be the
most substantial OF all things. When man
| awakes from intellectual sleep he sees new
forces, power, beauties; he awakes to the
| fact OF the existence Of an universe. whereas
before he saw only his own valley or hamlet.
The child in this life Is continually, as it
grows older, opening its real eyes upon new
worlds, more substantial and more glorious
| than its young mind before dreamed of or
| conceived possible. The grub sees its fellow
grub dying, writing in pain and anguish ;
| but the butterfly sees its fellow-being born.
| more beautiful life. So, while We stand
| around the bed Of pain, and death, and APP
parent humiliation. with tear-ladened hearts,
the angel men and women stand around the
cradle Of the higher lite. Our sad evening
time IL, to them, the glorious dawn pressg-
ing the full day.
God is the only source and fountain Of lite.
Life streams from Him a. the rays from the
sun, as the rivulets from the fountain. There
is coEstant influx from Him into all recipient
forms. In Heaven. in He'll and OH earth
rms stream may De, ana Is: perverted, put
u can never stop moving; IL eau never De
cut of Tor one moment. The very existence
Of God depends upon its flowing aud Its re-
ceptlon. The life of God yalidates the life
OF all creation. God 10 life, and life cannot
create death, therefore there is no death
BE not. therefore. cat down, for "verily
their angels do behold the face OF My Father
"T ms t ,s .n .u,,;
idence. MANY friends were present to par
ticipate IN the last parting and to express
their deep sympathy win tne sorrowing
see her little class and schoalmates messing
around the bier. to take a last loving look ut
the dear one who had passed away from
d ne,, s,s ne cn soo, yi,h ae!ya nau
There were MANY affecting incidents con-
nected with her sickness. She recalled fire.
qeenuy, WIN start,ng vnianess' lnciuens
neal with accuracy lessons and verses that
she had learned long before. What was
wonderful for child OF her age, she seemed
az A. Zee, "a piessn.n' .na' Sne ~; w
il sick the babv il sick and FIN sick. One
Of us will have to die. don't want mamma
to DIE, nor the baby TO aye: expect must
hw' anu ,a .m.m .nd r.n. anu sis,.rs ana
brother, she instinctively drew back from
the bright angel OF death, for surely the
MESSENGER Is plign. 'ha' co'nes 'or s"cn 'n'
We desire only to add to the aboy hopeful
words a brief sentence, conveying a full
sense of our appreciation OF the tender acts
of other kind friends. 1t seemed as II every
body understood our sorrow and felt our
loss. And, after all, the hopes and the loves
of the human heart are universal, and tina