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o God, IS like unto Thee? When Moses
comm uned with Thee his face shone.
And there is no joy like this. In fellow
ship it'll God the life will be full Of bright
ness and comfort.
The cross will be lightened by the promise
of waiting crown, and through the
troubled night Of this life below the eye Of
faith beholds the morning glory that falls
forever on the hills OF heaven.
$50 shall my walk be close with God,
Calm and serene my frame;
SO purer Light shall mark the road
HThat leads me TO the Lamb"
Walking with God, the light of His coun-
tenance will rest on US as the rainbow on
the mountain. There will come to US breath
ings of peace. We shall receive the Holy
Spirit, and know that we are the sons and
daughters of God.
''For as many as are led by the Spirit of
God, are the sons of God"
The joy of the Christian here is but as the
drop beforesthe shower.
This life is but the infancy of existence,
the dawn of the eternal day, the first step
on the pathway OF mans endless destiny.
Of Enoch it is said, ''And he was not; for
God took him." This brief statement con-
tains important truths. Thus:
Mans life and times are in Gods hands.
There is a state of existence after this
life for mans soul and body.
The sure way of entrance to the presence
and enjoyment of God hereafter is by walk
ing with God here.
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lowship with iniquity. Enoch testified
against the prevailing wickedness Of his day.
If we honor God He will honor and re-
ward us.
He will not forget single one Of His
faithful servants.
every human tie May perish,
| Friend to friend unfaithfuI prove;
Mothers cease their own to cherish,
Heaven and earth at last remove;
But no changes can attend Jehovah's love-"
Faith is a power through which we rise
above fear and self-interest and live for an
unseen world. 1t is operative, strong and
makes us more than conquerors.
1t is not the death that tells, but the life.
AS life tends to death, so death is to a
Christian the gate to life, life forever with
| God.
"The life that knows no ending,
The fearless life Is there"
He shall be clothed with glory and immor-
tally.
/ OF Christian let it never be said: "He
is dead" but rather, she is not, for God
took him.
The text has been chosen to speak to you
this morning of DR.. Damon. Of him also il
may be said she walked with God" He
was follower and faithful servant of the
Most High, and as we listened to his
prayers we felt that he spoke to God cas- {
man speaketh unto his friend"
AS the river into the ocean flows, so ha
the life here broadened into the higher anC
better life of the hereafter.
"His day has come, not gone,
| His sun has risen, not set,
IL His life is now beyond
e The reach of death or change;
Not ende@, but begnn.'
The Rev. Samuel Chenery Damon wa
born in Holden, Massachusetts, U. S., Feb
ruary Is, 1915. As a youth he listened t.
Gods voice, saying, Remember now tn
Creator," and when fourteen years OF ag
he made public profession of his faith il
the Son of God as his Almighty Savior. II
: all the young I say, follow his example
Link your life and interests to the Lor
Jesus life to Him entrusted, and b
Him directed, must in the highest sense
a success. No cause Of which He is tn
leader can fail of ultimate triumph.
DR.. Damon received part of his educa
: ton for his life work at Amherst College
, Mass. He was a graduate Of the class c
1886. In that class appear the names c
, men illustrious in the professions Of thei
| choice. Among these are the late ex-GoV
ernor Bullock; Judge Chas. Hutchin
Doolittle; DR.. r. D. Hitchcock, of the Unto
Theological Seminary, New York City; Dl
Stuart Robinson of Kentucky, and DR.. I
; n. Palmer, the widely known and celebrate
! preacher of New Orleans, La. In colleg
, with him were also the Rev. DR.. R.
: Storrs and the Rev. Henry Ward Beechel
: both of Brooklyn, N. Y. With these an
2 many other men of reputation DIR. Damo
has had delightful CORE; pondence in afte
I years. He entered upon his theologlci
course at Princeton Seminary, n. j.,
1888, and finished the course at Andove
Mass, in 1871. Speaking of Princeton, it
proper to mention here that all throug
his life DR.. Damon spoke with great enthl
3 siasm of DIR. Addison Alexander.
= Edmund Burke once said that his Ii
/ might be best divided into fits. or mania
, that his soul would launch out into one 1
y and be succeeded by mania for some 9th,
:. thing.
1t was not so with DR.. Damon. He el
i, tered on the career of his llife, not on
with definite aim, but with the highe
possible purpose. AS in different ages Augu
tine and Milton, Calico and Martin Luth'
were called of God to their several tasks,
= was DR.. Damon directed to preach the go
pei of Jesus.
His father, who was a capable busine
man, had designed his son also for bushes
but DR.. Damon on his knees consecrated hir
self to the missionary work, and in aft
years called this his second conversion.
le He was ordained to the Gospel lninistr
n Sept. Is, 1871.
He was married to Julia Sherman Mill
IS Oct. 6, 1s41, his faithful and loving cor
panion till God took him.