Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-03-26
Lall to Rest.

e,'' >, her residence in this city. A
,'autiful ceremony was arranged tor
.' ac,asion and large company OF
s'ands assembled to pay honored tri-
En- the deceased. DIR. fenry
p.oun preached the funeral DISCOURSE
~ eloquent and touching sermon
~ ,;.b ~ request. we publish in full.
nr Brown spoke AS follows:
r,tr EVER PRESENT CHRIST.
r.o,, the loving daughter who is
,an, today. comes the request that
.oxt to be used on this sad and
Ian, occasion shall be the words
savior a. recorded in the closing
.ant.nce of the gospel 10y st. Matthew
uIoIam with you Away, even unit"
the end of the world."
rbese significant words were uttered
hv our Lord when he was about to
ITO, from the earthly footstooi to the
celestial throne.
The neriod of his humiliation had
oo,e by. The lowly birth, the years
If humble toll in an obscure village,
the brief public ministry. the arrest,
trial and crucifixion, and last of all
his marvellous resurre ctiOn-the be-
o;,niup of his exaltation-h had. all
passed into history.
The despair and sorrow that had
swept like destroying tempest over
the hearts of his faithful followers at
the time of his death, had been sue
eeeded bv "A boundless faith and
ouenchless joy, on the reappearance of
their risen Lord
But now again they are sad, for he
has plainly Informed them Of his in
tended departure.
They expect him TO go, and vet
even as the gates of pearl are swinging
open for the reception of this match
less Jesus the king of glory-he
cheers them with the blessed assurance
conveyed in the text: "Lo / am with
vou Away
He will go away from them, and
vet remain with them. What mystery
Of heology is this' How can he be
absent from them? L need hardly
pause to answer the question, for the
disciples quickly learned it, and cry
genuine believer from that day to this
has known that the Holy Spirit is
Chiist's continued presence with his
people.
To get the full meaning of these
words to us, we must know Christ.
Who and what is he? Listen for few
moments to the testimony of others.
Even the Christian scholarship
of modern times comedies the superior
ity of Jesus Christ over all other his
torc characters. Emerson says of him:
He saw with open eye the mystery
of the soul. Alone in all history, he
estimated the greatness of man"
Spihoza spoke OF Christ as "the tru-
est symbol of heavenly wisdom"
Strauss said, "He is the highest model
OF religion within the reach of our
thought
Schelling, "He is the turning point
in the worlds history
Fichte, "His followers are nations
and generatious.n
Richter, "He is one who with his
pierced hands raised empires from their
foundations and turned the stream of
histo,ytom its old channels
Aud Renan says matchless man,
50 grand that, although here all must
beJudged from purely scientific point
OF view, ] would not gainsay those
VINO, struck with the exceptional char
aeter OF his work, call him God"
Again, Even today rationalism does
not leok at him closely except on its
knees"
And Rousseau exclaims, aft the life
and death of Socrates were those of a
sage the life and death Of Jesus are
those of Il Cod
j., But turning away from these Justly
distinguished scholars aud phii0soph- |
ers, who, while acknowledging the ex.
aited character of Christ, still refuse to
give him theiE hearts, let us listen to
'he words OF one of Americas greatest
Statesmen, words which, by his dlrec-
.'oll We're chiseled upon Webster's |
tombstone:
Ihllos'phical argument, has often
snakeh my reason for the faith that is |
~ me- but my heart has assured and
n1yiassureo me that the gospel of Jesus |
Wrist must be a divine reality.n
:. Ahd one of the worlds greatest war
''"fs' Napoleon has said:
: alexander, Cesar, Charlemagna and |
la nsse'i, have FUNDED great empires;
w. upon wha! did these creations of
'ouT genius depend? Upon force.
Jesus alone founded his empire upon
a "ee, and to this very day millions
"o1ld die for him
mink | understand something of !
m na,hah nature, and l tell you all these
"sIe heili and am y man.
no "ther is like him: Jesus Christ |
, ""s more than man.. have inspired |
d a'.1.e with such an enthusiastic |
f a.'o'ioi', that they would have died !
i ~, ne: but to do this, it was necessary
, ,ha. ! should he yisibly present with |
w we ele2tric influence of my looks. ofmy
words, of my voice.
tha mheh l saw men, and spoke with |
vn,; i lighted up the flame of self.de-
y t, III their hearts. /
70 Sniisl alone has succeeded in so !
,,n' the mind of man toward the
t uhasteh' that it becomes insensiple to /
s an narflers of time and space.
vans oss chasm of eighteen hund red /