The Newtown bee., 1896-11-20
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8TEPNEY AND VICINITY.

GEORGE W. KELLER BY REV k. BAN
 CROFT WuIrrLE
 Text, St John II 20, ''I am the resurrection and the life, saith inc LorI-"
 We are very frequently called together to perform the last sad offices for depart. rd friends and our service to-day seems especially sad as we gather around the last resting place of one so young, so be- loved by his friends, aLd so helpful to his family. One short wet ago he was so .~troI 2 in his healthy boyhuod, Anyone would have prtdiclld long life for him, bu. it was Gods will that it be otherwise and shall we not say, "Thy will not mju', be done 0 LoId." We expect lra1h for the aged. as is natural that we -h, uId. but We do not expect other pee ple to die Although we constantly see death approach people of all ages yet we do not expect death for ourselves nor for our friends. Is there not d lesson for us to learn to day. 1t is not always the old but sometimes the young also are called away. It is not always the sick and fee ] ble, but the well and strong sometimes suddenly, without a word of warning, are called to pass to that invisible shore from V hich no traveller returns. Is il not well for the young and thought l less to heed the lesson God has so fOrci- bly, brought home to our hearts today. But you feel today the strength and health of youth, you feel the blood cours- ing through your veins with such heulthful Il Jw, but 90 did our young brother but one short week ago. The Father, voice has been heard aUd ne has gone beyond the hills of time and We are left and vho among Us all can tell when our turn will come.
 And % l come to-day with the oId- fashioned plcu to make some preparation 5ccau.c know no newer way. We might come up here to Gods courts once l week for worship, and am sure it ~iIl douo harm. and possibly the day may come tu you when God shall reveal to you Ihat this, though very little thing t0 un, vus indeed the nobIc>t savr lice .au cou make for your God and Mas r.r. 5yctusr this is indeed au age of care l.-s iaGIucrence, old landmarks seem to be almost ubliterat,d, the l-tiLutions of Jur God and his Sabbath have become things of the past for hundreds in ali our rommuultjcs and the time has come when there should be general awakening to this f.ct all through the laad, and people should again be glad to fill Gods house ulways on His holy day. Perhaps in this way you may gain the mind of Christ, md the spirit nnd the will to dothe work he Blessed Master gives each and every ,ue, that it may be well with us, though 'uc summons come without any warning and we, too, pass from the health and yigor of comparative youth into the i'm mediate presence of God. Realizing this here is little that I can do, but must be faithful to try to do that litJcthat it may 5c well with me In the dty of Gods vis- jt8tjon.
 cannot let this occasion pass without | plea for Gods church which stands here with open door and invites, Sunday after Sunday. in a very gracious way,t the coilrrs in the workshops of the world to spend au hour each week in the con- -ciuus presence of God to go forth again ,trouger and better to take up the work God gives you to do in the little day of your vi-itaton. do not see at such a time as this how auy can hear this invi- fgtion which Am trying to deliver to- day without sincere determination that by God help he or she will cndeayOr to live nobler lives iu the future than they have in the past and be faithful in the discharge of every duty and obligation while living the lower life of service here below. And to you weighed down with a sorrow that seems to you to-day to be greater than you can bear, 1 would point you to the Lamb of God, who has lived here IS you are living here, and who has suffered the same way that you suffer to- day, who has borne our griefs and car ried our sorrows and who mercedes for us before the throne on high. Would you know His infinite tenderness, read His life in the Gospels. "Greater love has no man than this that man lay down his life for his friends" This is 8 life of service, beyond is the life of rest. The | life of rest will depend upon how we use the life of service. We are here when others are taken who sometimes seeming ! Iy are needed more. But we are spared for this one all important work of making our calling and election sure and the re- ward will be Well done thou good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord"
 Finally, we leave our young brother in the hands of kind Heavenly Father who doeth all things well. If He tenderly cares for His children while they are aliens from their Fathers House, we may expect even more tenderness and love when He brings us home. And so we can trust God to do for him, now that he has passed beyond the reach of our help, far better than we could ever do, for God ia love, and doeth all things well.
 George Coley has sold his horse to El- mer Dayton of Easton..
 Miss May Osborne is visiting in Greens Farms, the guest of Miss Grace E. Jen' nings.
 Dr Huntington of the New York Life