Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-07-19

The sermon was preached by Rev. G..
Lowther, and was followed with inter
csting "reminiscences by Rev A. p. George
who assisted in the services The ser
mon was from the text.
Il have fought a good fight have fin
ished my course, have kept the faith.
Hencefor,h there is laid up for me a
crown of glory" Tim. W..
Life is struggle from its very begin
ming. We scarcely begin to live until
we begin to die. Death is inherent in
our being. Every movement of the
body, every effort of the mind produces
waste of the tissues of life, until every
particle of the body dies and passes away
in seven years. To supply this waste
with new particles and powers is an Ell
fort But this was not the idea in the
apostles mind, and it is only used IN this
place because it illustrates it. The idea
is one of spiritual and moral conflict. a
conflict upon which every intelligent per-
son enters soon after he enters upon life.
Very soon he finds outside of himself
things that appear lovely yet in which
he is not to indulge because they injure
him. Then he discovers others that may
be INDUCED within certain bounds, but
then he finds within himself dispositions
that are to be restrained, and made sub
servient to reason. 1t is common for
children and unframed persons to indulge
in present pleasures or to give free scope
to the fiercest passions regardless of flu
ture consequences or good; While he
whose powers are disciplined will show
himself man. capeble of self control.
This to a person of naturally strong pas
sion is one Of the most difficult tasks of
life. 1t was in view Of this that Solomon
said Greater is he that ruleth his own
spirit than he that taketh a city Diff
cult as it may seem to obtain the mastery
of self. this is one of the victories that
P. G. Reynolds had won. A man of nat
ural strong dispositions he had so far
tempered, and moderated them with rea
son rs to appear conservative in the
midst of contention, cool under excite
ment and calm in the storm.
This is victory worthy of a king, and
is one of the conditions upon which we
are made kings and PRIESTS unto God.
1t implies conquest with spiritual forces.
1t was the same apostle who said 1--WE
wrestle not with flesh and blood, but
against principalities and powers against
spiritual wickedness in high places
He has met the forces of evil, and in
the name and through the power of
Jesus of Nazareth hath triumphed.
L HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE
This implies decipline. Generally it
means discipline by affection The time
may come when we will praise
God for his chastisements as we are now
greatful to our parents because they cor
rect us in our youth. But certainly he
had his share of aflliction or of discipline
He has seen his friends die and has fol-
lowed them to the grave. He has seen
property swept away by floods, destroy
ed by war and rendered yalueless by adj
verse circumstances. He has been like
the marble statue under the sculptors
chisel; like the gold through the retiners
fire; but believed with the poet:
THE flames shall not hurt thee, only
design thy dross to consume. thy gold to
refine
In the midst of the most excruciating
pain he would believe that "All things
work together for good to them that love
God
/ HAVE KEPT THE FAITH
He was brought up by christian par
ents Of the Presbyterian family of
churches. Since his marriage he has
been thrown largely into the association
of Methodists with which church he unit
ed a little more than year ago. He
has been largely on the frontier where
his business relations would throw him
into the toughest elements of society.
great temptations and where, under like
circumstances, thousands of men have
denied the faith and gone down in the
vortex of sin, but amidst all this he has
kept the faith, and died trusting in the
God of his father and mother: the God of |
the bible; the God of the redeemed in |
Heaven.
For such an one, there is laid up a |
crown of glory For such an one, we
mortals weep because we miss him. |
But were we on the other side of |
the river where they see face to face, and |
know as they are known we would JON |
this day in the song of the angels, and |
would cry as his redeemed spirit ascends |
the skies. Lift up your heads oh We
gates, even lift them up We everlasting |
doors and let a child of glory in
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT.
Hall of Corona Lodge No. 49,, l. CO.
Dodge City Kansas, July 10th, 1888.