The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-08-24

yOnd and such a heaven, such an
abode of beauty and peace. Aye, it
must be so, for, if not, why should our
immorta ity DER sweep all tears, and
why should We hear like the eternal
thunder of the deep Thou Invest for
ever" God and eternity are the
Alpha and the Omega of all our
thoughts. 1t were impossible for God
to create man in his own image, to
endOw him with intellect, to fill his
mind and soul with spirit, to give him
inspiration, to crown him with pro-
gresS and with ambition and thoughts
the grandest, and cut him off like an
empty spear of grain or destroy him
like a fabric which has lost its useful
ness. No! no. Can the husband look
into the lovely eyes of the one who
has been as the heart Of his heart, as
the shadows of death are slowly creep
ing, can the aren't behold the child
fading from sight, the friend going
out of life and not believe that in a
better country they shall meet part
no more, and that God shall wipe all
tears from our eyes +? This
is our belief Everything teach.
es it. Mans capacity for enjoy
ment, his longings, his desires. even
nature with her perennial change of
seasons, the transformation of the
withered leaves, all convince us that
death is no death, and that which We
call death is hut a pathway to 8
broader sphere and a better light.
An eminent philosopher, who, when
standing by the bier of one whom he
loved, acknowledged that in all his
philosophy he could find DO comfort
until he turned to the prayer of Christ
where He lifted up his eyes to heaven
and said ''Father. the hour is come;
glorify Thy son that Thy son may also
glority Thee, as Thou hast given Him
power over ali flesh, that He should
give eternal life.
The Lord gave and the Lord taketh
away. All, yes, believe me and be
cOmforted that in Christ, the all
conquering, We have an assurance of
life beyond the grave. Before His
coming it was mystery, but Christ
robbed the grave of It's terrors, even
as he spoke unto Jairus, weeping over
his dead daughter: "The maid is not
dead she sleepeth h. and again, when
talking to his disciples, He said of
Lazarus, "Our friend sleepeth.' 1t
will be seen that he spoke of him as
still alive, when He said of Lazarus
"he sleepeth."
St. Peter and St. Paul both spoke
of the dead as those b>ing asleep.
The early Christians spoke IF death,
but manifested their faith in the reser-
rection by many beautiful thought
and symbol of their loved ones "sleep-
ing in Jesus" Even so now, my
friends. these loved ones sleep in
Jesus and oh! how pleasant will be
the awakening Take comfort and
remember the music of these dear ones
in their homes, the little chill
dren they taught to pray, The
cheer and comfort they brought, the
impress they left upOu the social cir
Gle of their strong exalted characters
and take comfort that all these graces
still live and will live forever. PRAY
God that He will bless this dispense
ton to your eternal good and be COM
forted that your dead will rise again.
Martha and Mary mOurned their dead
and refused TO be cOmfOTted, until
Christ said to them, BE cOmforted,
your brother will rise again" And
he did rise again aud your loved ones
will, too, rise again. They woult have
known what it is to be weary here;
they would have grown old and feeble
and the brow would have been marked
be care, but there, chaugeless as the
stars are changeless, deathlesS as God
is deathless, they stand by the gate
of Paradise, waiting to welcome faith