The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1894-09-27
MEMORIAL.
Continued from first page.

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which we have in Christ, we have
blessed assurance that il death must
come. and if we must be buried
from our friends, there will be a
blessed raising up, and a reunion
and recognition.
There is another thing. You
will remember that Martha said, elf
thou hasdst been here, my brother
had not died." then Immediately
added, 81 know that he shall rise
at the resurrection at the last day,
Jesus said, 81 am the resurrection
and the life" The fact is whatever
takes place Oh that last day, the day
of the resurrection of the dead, your
faith ought to be such that it would
lead you to believe that Jesus Christ
if it were necessary, it would do the
sarre thing for you to-day. If there
is to be a resurrection at the last
dav. there can be a resurrection now
if it is necessary. Because there
could be a resurrection at the last
day, it was possible. there could
be resurrection at Bethany.
And so say that the faith which
leads YOU to depend upon Christ as
the resurrection at the last day,
must be the faith that will lead you
to depend upon him for that resur-
rection to-day, and with that faith
we ought to be able to bury our
dead resignedly--hopefully.
1 am merely outlining these
thoughts and this is the last: From
the scripture which was read we
learn that after Jesus had consoled
Martha, that Martha hurried to the
house where Mary was, and she
said, s.The Master has come, and
calleth for thee" How gladly then
Mary arose to meet the Master, and
he consoled her with the truth that
he was the resurrection and the life
Now, friends, We say that God has
come and has called our dear young
brother away from these temporal
scenes to heavenly glory. We say
what a sudden calling was that. Yet
it was Gods calling. We have 10
let God alone here Oh such occasions
| As Jesus told Peter, "What l do,
thou kpowest not now, but thou
shalt know hereafter" So We are
simply to bow to that which is done
and wait, and as God works fol
eternity, so We believe that what we
take to be an unfinished work here
God has simply taken the worker tt
another sphere, where that work l.
being perfected.
But we say God has called him
and what l want to impress upon al
to. day is. that through that calm!
of him, God is calling you and me
The Master has come in the death o
our dear beloved brother, and ha
called for You and me. He ha
called for this dear, devoted mother
who to day knows that she is draw
nearer to God on high than ever sh'
was before. No matter what tie
she may have had binding heaven ant
earth. to-day she has another, fiest
of her flesh, life of her life, an
heart of her heart, and the two beat
ing together, she is drawn nearer t
God.
And, SO that dear wife, in dis
tant home, SCALED. Courageous b'
cause of the faith VIII ich God CAV
her, she said to me, "i know tn:
Merit is not dead; he is alive i
heaven" And, Christians, throug
this calling, God calls us. Io
talk to-day about the devotion q
this deceased brother, and how his Lii
was given to Gods work. But VIII
are not our lives given toGod's work
You talk about the purity of h
" life, and the zeal of his life. b
why are not we so pure, and WI
are not we SO Jealous? God calls yc
. as christians to-day to a mo
Jealous life. If he was an examp
in such devotion, let us follow h
example. If he found a great wol
to do, we can find great work
do. If he found in a sorrowll
u or an impenitent one. a person WI
y needed his help, we can find Ju
d. such ones. feel that this call b
IL come to me as a minister. 1t is ca
'e ing me to a more devoted life, to
" larger hope. So as minister,
W dedicate myself anew above his
- mains, and in memory of his life,
IL more devoted and larger wo
~ for Christ. My impenitent heare
'h the call comes to you. Was MI
at Smith right in what he though
id Was he right, as minister, in WI
We he did? Was his faith in God righ
ne Vas his devotion to Christ rigl
Ky Then, why are you so different
IS your life? If to-day you are here
I'm do this little, by you: presence,