The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-10-29

voices of the singers died away, DIR.
Haines stepped to the front of the plat
form and with uplifted hands pro-
nounced the invocation. The congrega-
tion joined fervently in the closing
amen" and the pastor continued the
service by reading number of brief
selections from the New Testament
having reference to immortality and the
reward Of the righteous. The closing
passage Of the last selection was from
the seventh chapter Of Revelations hav-
ing reference to the happiness of the re-
deemed before the throne of God. TAX
this as an appropriate subject for hia
discourse, the divine, In low and tremb-
ling tones, commenced as follows:
Wherefore comfort one another with
these words.n
What comfort IL Is In the presence Of
the sorrow under whose shadow we are
gathered to turn TO these orAcles of God aud
hear Him speaking such words OF tender
consolation and everlasting hope, words
that lift our minds above the earth side Of
this providence and give us glimpses OF
the heavenly realm and OF the blessedness
upon which the redeemed have entered.
We need such comfort, for looked at from
our point Of view providence Is now and
again an iusoiuble mystery.
Goods ways are not our ways We
cannot understand them. Perhaps we
could not understand them IL explanar
as yet too immature to take in the reach
and scope OF Gods plans. We are shut up
to faith, and faith 10 the highest exercise
Of the spirit OF man. Faith 10,
in our weakness and ignorance,
resting upon the eternal Fathers
bosom of wisdom and love. As
solid foundations for such faith we
have unveiled In these scriptures the
great faots OF Fathers providence and
Of Redsemer's grace. These are the two
key thoughts of she Bible. Divine provi-
dence is universal "Affiiction cometh
rot forth OF the dust, neither doth trouble
spring out of the Rround.n The believers
sorrows Are not accidents. They are not
/ Judgments. They are ohastenings per-
mitted 10 wisdom and kindness. The
Lord reigneth over death - well as over
life. So today In this bereavement we
rspeat the words, THE Lord gave and the
Lord hath taken away We say the
duty OF the hour h resignation. But
Christian resignation is not mare enforced
submission TO the inevitable. IL is looking
mp into the face Of the wise and loving
God and saying, Father, Thy will be
done, for Thy will il our well being"
The other principal foundation for faith
| is furnished In the disclosure to sin
stained men OF the redeeming grace Of our
Savior, Jesus Christ, who hath abolished
death and brought life and immortality
TO life. Death Is rightly called the king
| d. terrors. Classic writer's confessed they
| had not language adequate "a expires the
dread IN which the majority of men 70
| garded it. But We live under the light Of
that Savior's gospel by which death is
abolished, not az an experience, but es q
penalty and as . benumbing dread. Over
1t in moments OF faith, we can sing the
song Of lofty triumph Thanks be unto
God who giveth ms the victory through
| our Lord Jesus Christ" BY the grace of
| the worlds Redeemer sin has been atoned
for, and death has been changed into q
beatitude.
blessed are the dead who die in the
| Lord. There, brother men, friends, sorrow
ing ones, are the royal truths of revelation.
/ A Fathers providence over US, Redeemer's 3
grace with us. dare not call your minds
| far to lesser truths in the presence of a
i BOIEOW 90 uGGp dau IcdGuink. luc CIouu
| that is over us is indeed dark, but above
| IL there shines great light and through
| II there CLEANS the stars of precious
memories and unspeakable hopcs. A
| consistent follower of God has been called
4 to her reward.
Think not OF her as dead. Death to
| Gods children Is not wall but gate
way, the entrance upon larger sweeter
life in higher realm. ITO die is gain
Think not of her as lost to her home
and dear ones. to the friends who loved
| her and to the wide circle OF those In this
land who have learned to hold her In such
esteem. A noble life has indeed ended in
it, relation 70 earth and time; but its
memory and influence are with us. They
/ will long abide as . benedictiOn.
What she was In her home only those
fully know who have been its inmates. 1t
| In not for me TO draw aside the curtain
that conceais the sacred privacy OF that
home life. It Is enough to say that she
/ made it the dearest spot on earth to those
| who formed part of its circle. There she
showed self denying devotion that never
faltered. There she never grew weary in
her ministrations of loving service.
~The heart Of her husband did safely
i trust In her. aHer children rise up and
call her blessed And the people OF this
nation bring today their token OF graft
tude to her memory because she did 50
much In her conspicuous station to fur
nish the examples Of an American Chris
tian home, noble and beautiful in its
fidelity, and fragrant with the atmos-
phere of love and truth.
We all mourn her today, but we cannot
forget the family circle where this sorrow
| Is the heaviest, Of which she was the lirht
and the Joy. Ipray you who suffer most
| to remember that you have the heartfelt
sympathies Of your old friends and neigh
bors md fellow citizens. We sorrow with
you In yor sorrow.
i ask you not to forget that the sympa-
th.es OF the people Of this whole land are
yours. They have hushed their stems
with the growing solicitude Of these
weeks and months Of struggle and anxiety.
i And now that In spite Of the skill Of the
physicians and the tender ministrs tions
Of loving hands, the will of heaven has
been made clear, they carry you in their
hearta
And better even than AL the sweetness