West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-12-09
IN MEMORIAM.

HOHehVeT 20, 1914 ht bsJDenSfi
/ Church.
Text: Isaiah 9th chapter and part
| of the 9th verse. "And we all do fade
az a leaf" There is one thing certain,
IL anyone is saved IL is child, for man
is liable 10 be led astray and mis-, the
Kingdom Of God. But Christ says,
suffer little children TO come unto
! Me and forbid thslu Not, for of such
), tho Kingdom of Heaven" There
fore, we believe that If there is God
To glorify, and a Heaven at all, and il
there be any glory in Heaven, that the
children are the heirs OF this glory and
worshipers of tho God OF our salvation.
So 1--WE all do fade rs leaf" 1t was
not istended for man TO live always in
this world OF tolls, for the leaves
teaches us as Isaiah says, we do fade
away" In springtime when the cold
frost OF the winter has passed by and
the sun begins TO glorify this old
mother earth Of ours, the little buds
begin TO burst forth and as the spring
time passes by, the leaves come To a
full maturity. After while the sum
mer has passed and the cold wind be-
! gins To sweep across the continent and
the chilling frost comes as "a thief in
the night and lays its hands upon
those tender boughs and after n while
thoy fall AMI return to the mother
earth. So is it with little Prudy; bud
ded on earth to bloom in Heaven. The
frost OF death has come and severed
the branch OF this mortal life and has
fell into the arms Of death, for we all
DO fade as leaf. Even the sun tea ches
us that we will fade away. The sun
rises on beautiful May morning and
as she bursts forth the darkness fades
away and she crosses the horizon,
speeding her way towards the west,
leaving the rays OF beauty behind her,
and as she crosses the MONDAY line
and goes down the western slope, the
silent shades of evening fall around
our lonely homes, and darkness comes
on; 90 is it with little Prudy; she came
forth into the home of brother Gross
and frightened the home; but now she
has crossed the line of death and has
sped her way Heavenward, leaving the
rays of hope of meeting her again, for
we all do fade as leaf. Even the
stars teach us tina. we all do fade; but
If we live for Christ, when the night of
death has passed away. we shall shine
with Jesus.
The body is Eot only fading away
but the memory also. But there is two
days in our lives that shall never fade
away. The day we buried that child
OF yours or il might have been IA
father or mother, or perhaps brother
or sister; this day we will never forget.
You may not rememb Der the day of the
month, or year, but the occurrence
VIII never fade away. Look back over
your past life this morning and see
Perhaps you have stood by the dying
bed of Il hundred people, but the one
most fresh to your memory is that
child or some dear friend that has left
the shores OF time. Look at the thous-
ands that have gone. but how many of
their histories are on record today ?
For we all do fade as "A leaf But the
day we gave our hearts to Jesus shall
idbe away anu WuGH we got
home to Heaven we will still rememb Der
the day. Show me the most beautiful
person in the world and l will show
you person whose beauty will fade
away. 1t is not necessary for me TO
bring any more sadness upon you, for
we know that you miss her; we know
you loved her; but God gave her to
you and has taken her away you will
miss her at the Preside, you will miss
her sweet voice though she is gone
from your home, but you can meet her
IN brighter country than this
Little Prudy NJ. Gross was born De
cember 10. 1883, died November 20,
1897, aged years, IL months and 16
days. u might be that some OF her
brothers are not ready to meet her;
il might be that GOD has called her
away to cause you to serve Christ
May we all meet with her in Heaven,
for we ali do fade as leaf