The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-25
IN arEsroRIAs1
OF John Chalmers, Who Died From Neu-
ralgia of the Heart. Sunday Morning,
December 80. 1891. Aped3i

4 T.,
OF John Chalmers, Who Died From Neu
ralgia of the Heart. Sunday Morning
December 80, 1891, Aged 81.
| However sure we may be that "all is well.r We,
rs the mortal remains of one we have intimatcl,
associated with, and learned to love, is buried
ron our sight, and our cars arc stricken by tho
heart rcnding words, "dust to dust" we rcaliz,
the bittcrncps OF what mon call death
| we had known him long; we knew him we'll
lie was one of the few heart cherished as a
real friend, with whom we couuselcd and to
whom in time of trouble VIC turned for sympathy
and never turned in vain.
The Intimate knowledge thus obtained OF his
character and motives OF action, justihcs the AS
surcd hope that from labor and suffering on
earth he has been translated to another higher
sphere OF being, where through painless, happy
and eternal life, he will rejoice to do the will and
promote the glory of his Lord and Savior.
Though our hearts comfortcd by such
knowledge, yet the sad and aching hearts OF each
ono who knew him well, aud, knowing, loved
| this manly nidn-fccls the gloom of a personal
bereavement realize that the grave has
| separated lis from all the remainder OF life on
/ earth.
What is the nature Of eternal life beyond the
grave? We think, and wonder, aud while lost in
whisper. Tho friend whose loss you mourn &C
ccptcd the Lord Jesus Christ as his Savior, and
thus became son of God; to all such the promise
is sure. 1T doth not yet appear what we shall be-,
but we know that when he shall appear we will
be like Him..
Grand thought, glorious hope. "The corrupt
BILE has put on interruption" "Tho' mortal
has put on Immortality While as we write
the clods fall lightly on his coffin the ransomcd
FOUL Is with his Savior, "likc Him." and now in
Stry truth "a son OF Cod" as we realize this
glorious fact should not each of his friends ex-
claim :'''u H9.
TThou art gone to the gravel
-r.' but we will not deplorc hcc;
Since God was thy ransom.
thy guardian and guide
He gave thee-IIo took thee,
and lie will restore thee;
And death has no sting,
since thy Savior hath died.
May this thought be rs oil upon the troubled
waters to the many hearts now bafflcd by the
surging waves OF grief, for the one taken from
earth in the prime OF his manhood.
God knows best-and his promise is "All things
work together for good to them that love Cod
So mote il be. II. Is. NJ
WHEREAS the Roanoke Savings Bank, OF
Roanoke, Virginia, has sustained an official loss
in the death OF John Chalmers, who was vice
president ana one OF the directors OF said bank,
and whereas we are deeply sensitive that in his
death we have lost an able efficient officer, a
kind hearted genial companion and an honest,
faithful FRIEND whose wise and conservative coun-
sells will be sadly missed in the deliberations of
our board, and whereas we desire to make some
expire. sion of our sorrow; therefore, be it
Resotred, That we tender to the family and
friends OF the deceased our heartfelt sympathy in
their bereavement; that believing that the Chris
tian virtues Of the deceased have won for him
the plaudits OF the Master: "Wcll DONE thou
good and faithful servant" we bow in humble
submission to the divine will, fully assured that
our loss is his gain
Resoired further, That these resolutions be
spread upon the records of this bank, and that n
copy be cent to the family of the deceased, and
aeo furnished to the daily papers of this city for
publication. c. r. EVANS,
December %, 1891. Secretary.