The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-04
righteousness, as the stars for ever and
ever"
So be it, ofor thou shalt rest, and stand
in thy lot at the end of the days"


ever"
So be it, "for thou shalt rest land stand
in thy lot at the end of the days"
She passed away so gently, so quietly, that,
Like a shadow thrown
Softly and lightly from passing cloud,
Death fell upon her"
Did she ever die?
Not so with Gods jewels,
For them,
"There is no death; what seems so is transit
ton:
This life of mortal breath
Is but suburb of the life elysian,
Whose portal we call death. -
But ali! We are left alone, weeping,
watching, waiting. As the ivy climbs
and creeps to the object above, so our
affections ascend to our loved ones, gone
before, and naturally arises the thought,
which clothed in language, asks, "where
is my beloved and what constitutes
life's engagements in country so unlike
this in which we dwell?"
Not too much is revealed to us in the
scriptures on this subject, but there is
enough to comfort US greatly. The
general faith of christians drawn from
Gods word, has ever been, that after
death the souls of the faithful live in
the world unseen, in a state of rest and
joy-in Paradise the bosom of Abra-
ham-with Christ-in the blessed com
pany Of the Just made perfect.
That it should have even been doubted,
whether the inhabi ants of the spiritual
world recognize each other in that above,
is but an example of the unbelief, in
what may be not explicitly stated in the
scriptures; forgetting that to speak some
things were needless. Why should not
the departed recognize and be recog-
nized2 How could there be "a general
assembly" "a church, ia society@'
without recognition?
Not step can we proceed; not con-
conception can we form mot statement of
divine revelation can we clearly embrace,
in our contemplations of the future life,
without admitting or involving the ne
cessity Of mutual recognition, as well as
mutual remembrance and affection.
Were Moses and Elias unknown to each
other2
Was Abraham a stranger to Lazarus,
or was Lazarus seen and known by the
rich men alone?
Could those who watch for souls rem
der account for them with JOY and not
with grief, and yet not know their
doom?
Gould Christian converts be "the
glory and JOY of an postle at the coming
of the Lord if he knew them not?"
It is 50 probable, inde ed, that the hU-
man soul must always clothe itself with
form, even in the separate state; and
such form would bear the same impress
which had been given to the mortal
body.
Is there any extravaganza in the wish
of DIR. Randolph to know Cowper from
his picture, or in the same thought as
expressed in the verses of Southey, on
the portrait Of HebeI?
True our feelings may ask how can we
be happy, if some loved one be absent at
last.
such a suggestion should be met with
a simple, humble faith, 10 that all per-
vading wisdom which can enable the
human soul to forget all which it might
be distressed to remember, can fill il
with all holy and joyous meditations,
and can, in thousand Ways preserve
the flower of memory without its thorns.
s'The dead are like the stars by day,
Withdrawn from mortal eye,
But not extinct, they hold their way
In glory through the sky.
"Then farewell, loved one,
Thou art not alone on either side
The portal, friends stand guard.