Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-04-03
THE FUNERAL OF MRS. ODELL.
Public Services at the NJ. Z. Church
Largely Attended.

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noble woman. They were iher,
as fellow Christians and fellow
mourners of one w1Dm all loved.
The pail bearers were:
Hon. Ex-Governor u. +. Moody
Hon. A Bush,
Hon. w. II. Byars,
Mr.. Fabritus Smith.
Prof. Starr,
Mr.. John Hughes.
The funeral cortege entered the
right door Of the church, led by Rev.
Rollins, reading the passage OF
Scripture beginning. II am the res
direction and the liie." The organ
poured out IA solemn accompani-
ment.
The choir opened the services by
singing the hymn No. go, the sing
ing led by Prot. Parvin Of Villa.
mette university.
Rev Newell offered a prayer in
voking the divine blessings upon
the gTieved hearts of husband, rela-
tives aud friends OF the departed ,as
sembIed In honor Of the sweet aud
noble life now closed. The choir
sang "Rest Spirit Rest" Miss Willis
taking the solo part.
Rev. Doane then read part Of
the 4th chapter of Thess., and also
aportion from 9TH Rev, 9th verse.
Rev. VIM. Rollins then read his
text from Job xiv, verse IA, "Ifam man
die shall he live again?" The ser
mon was a topical and argumenta-
tive discussion of immortality from
all views Of the subject. Death
looked like the end, like the last of
us. But there was much obscurty
about this question. Primary truths
always have n good deal of dinness
aud uncertainty around them.
Secondary truths are always easier
to grasp. The universal desire of
man for life beyond IL one of the
arguments for Immortality. The
stream of this human tendency
had ever set strongly in that direc-
tion, as the bird has tendency to
wing its way to other spheres.
There was no analogy however, be-
tween events In the physical world
and this transformation to a life In
another world. There Is nothing
In the material world that can be
honestly compared to death. The
strongest arguments of the material
ist consists In the assumed co-rela-
tion between the physical and
the spiritual natures of man.
Both grow, decline, decay, die,
he says. This was an Illicit infer
ence. II we cannot prove lmmor-
tslity by analogy, neither can we
dlsprove 1t by that process. The
non-completion Of our development
is better argument. Like the
flower coming to perfection, the
petals OF our moral natures are but
just beginning to open when we are
brought To the grave. The posslbll-
tiles of our natures are just budding
into blossom when the future IL be-
fore us. Mans intuitions toward
immortality are strong In the ratio
OF his purity, his disposition for self
sacrifice. The men and women who
have done most for humanity, have
had the strongest intultions aud the
most vivid conceptions Of future.
In the moments Of the highest
flights OF their noble souls, their In
tuitions of immortality are the keen
est. We need another sphere IN
which to rectify the anomalies of
thislife. Rewards aud punlshments
are not accorded In the most perfect
exactness aud with absolute equity
In this world. The most perfect char |
acter OF hfty years building was
ofton cast down by the injustice uf
an hour. The moral valLe Of the
doctrine OF Immortality could not
be overesilmated. Eliminate this
from our lives and the motor nerve
Of human morality Is pamlyzed.
The man who lives for this life alone
will extract all there Is out of II, ne
gardlesa Of the rest, or the most sa-
cred interests Of mankind.
Christ never argued with men to
prove Immortality, but he always
spoke Of death as u sleep, from
which all must one day awake, and
We believe He will call his own
rom theIrplaces OF reposein his own
good time. This sister before them
lad no doubts upon this score.
Her mind was clear OF all material !
'apom. She lived In 30 close com.
nunion with her God that she was
Incapable OF doubt. Her constant
estimony was, "Christ lives, aud !
herfore live.n No murmur of v