The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-02-26


less glory and the soul filled with
heavenly light and serenity.
When these eyes open again 1t Will
not bt. upon the things OF time, HOr
will they any longer see "in part,
for then the miIts which beclOud our
ewes will have rolled away in splen-
dor and he shall behold the King OF
Beauty face TO face. Awakening with
his likeness he shall be infinitely
satisfied. As the poet laureate said
Goods finger touched him and be
slept" That same finger will agaiu
touch him in loving kindness and
awaken him changed into the simill-
tud- of the holy and glorious felicity
Of the Lord OF hosts. This well eX-
plains why no three words have
been inscribed on more tonbs or Oh
more hearts than these Asleep III
Jesus"
Asleep i'm Jesus, Oh, how sweet
To be for such 4 slumOer meet!
With holy confidence LO sing
That death has lost its veuomod sting.
Asleep in Jesus! far from thee
TINY Kindred and their graves may be;
But thine is still 4 blessed sleep
From which none ever wake 10 weep.
He met death as one who "wrap,
the drapery of his couch about him
and lies down to pleasant dreams
How apt is the analogy between sleep
and death the death OF the believ-
ing. Poets have exhausted their
powers OF language Ia eulO8 Zing
sleep. COIerIdge wrote
$50 sleep! it il Il gentle thing
Beloved from pole To pole"
And Young in his might
Thoughts" beautifully expresses it
Tired Natures sweet re-tOrer, balmy
sleep" Yet mott beautiful Of ali
is that passage OF sacred writ-"Hr
giveth his beloved sleep" 'Peac--
full repose is Gods peculiar gift
How common is the expression in
Jewish Scriptures He slept with his
fathers"
Sleep denoting repOse and refresh
ment the Holy Spirit uses TO symbol
ize that rest" which "remaineth to
the people of God"
How appropriate then the design
which rests upon his cOt1iu's lid-the
auchOr--the symbol OF his hop
which hope he had las an anchor
both sure and steadfast." | say how
peculiarly fitting that TO this anchor
II flowers Of spOtless white should
ne couinintd a cross-emblem OF his
theme through Iile-and that. upon
this cross interviewer in heaven >
own blue we read that sweet and
sacred word Rest"
"Rest for the toiling hand,
Rest for the anxious brow,
Rest for the weary wty-wOrn feet.
Rest from all labor now"
Is not even death a gain to those
whose life to God was given!
"GIadIy to earth their eyes they close,
To open them in heaven"
Now my friends, before we deposit
the dust OF our departed brother in
the grave, in the sure and certain
hope of joyful resurrection, permit
me to appeal to you who have been
under his ministry. This dispense
ton of Gods providence speaks vol
uues OF admonitiOn aud instruction
to YOU. Think not that a single one
OF all his sermons shall be lost,
nor that mis- faithful testimony shall
fall to the ground a. respects any
one of you. They will all be Il
''savor of life unto life" or a "savor
of death unto DEATH" God forbid
that any of you shall feel the lat
ter. As dying man addressing
you all dying ABOUT me, L charge
you this day before God and before
him "who shall judge the quick and
the dead at his appearing" that you
ponder on the things which belong to
YOUR everlasting peace, before they
are forever hid from your eyes. ln
speaking OF your pastor and friend L
fear on the one hand lest the full ut
terauce of our sentiments shou ID
seem like panegyrlc, ana on the ON
er lest eulog too much chastened
should do Injustice to the memory OF
the dead. But / feel confident that
we all agree in pronouncing him u
/ !. AfnHIAn
snow himself approved unto God, a
workman that needed not to be
ashamed, rightly dividing the word
OF Truth" He was mau ar splendid
talents and of vast and varied acquire
ments. Nature did much for him
but grace did more. The intellectual
greatness of bis mind was tran
scended by the moral qualities OF his
heart, by his ardent devotion OF
his faculties to God. He often eX-
pressed his desire to "die in the har-
ness" After his voice failed him he
was offered an editors chair or con-
siderable remuneration, but he de-
clined, saying he had but one pur-
pose in life aud that to declare the
uusearchabie riches of Gods word
His victory was the triumph OF the
desire. He died "iu the harness.
The cross of Christ has been hi:
theme with which lie advanced aid
triumpned. Under the hailowed in
fIuei.e of the cross he lived aud died
in the height OF well earned cele-
brity, and "nOw that cross is the
theme of his Civilizations and the bur
den of his songs in EeaYen." He haC
a strong, intelligent attachment to the
truth Of God. Aud by the concurre nj
testimony of all those who sat under
the inspiration OF his words, Gas eX-
pressed in private and in public-) lie
WAS a man of eminent inteilec.u al
endowment5 aud scholarly tastes, an
orator Of no mean fame but of classic
eIouuence. When declaring the un-
searchabIe riches of Christ, his mind
would kindle, his counteuauce en-
liven and behind aud through hi;
accurate, reflective, kernly discrimI
Mating mind glowed the fire of elo
| quence. But our chief JOY Is no
ceutered in his talents, nor the pro
ductiOn of his intellect, nor i'll his
oratorical fame, but in the fact tina
| he lived u glority God, and that hl'
CONTROLLING purpose was 20 90 gool'
/ We rejoice in the confidence tnAL IL
| the great ends which he set before
! him he was an obedieut follower o
| the Saviour, endeavoring to DO M
/ W III ana HuiuDlN Il uNNAAiS ~ -
| mercy for his salvation. Aud the
source of satisfaction with which VIZ
review his life is the fact that he wa
employed by the Redeem'.r as an in
strument of turning multitude L
righteousness. 1t is writteu-"rheN
that be wise shall shine as the bright
ness OF ornament, and they tina
turn many to righteousness as tn,
stars forever and ever" Amid pray
ers and praises, with the tears and tn,
love of many, We lay his body in thu
grave of the righteous, among the
sepulchres of many houOred ant
sainted dead To await 1.-The re=urrec
ton OF the just" With you who ar
united in feelings of sympathy ant
regard for the consolation OF tn
bereaved, l unite my voice in tina
which my heart would dictate bu
my faltering tongue may not express
"Sarvant of I'd, we'll done,
Rest from thy loved employ;
The battle fought, the victory won,
Enter thy Masters ioY."