The Globe-republican., 1899-11-30
OBITUARY.

Chas. derZer OF ford City, died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. A.
Russell, at Z o'clock last Saturday
evening. Her health had been poorly
for some time, and she Was brought
to Dodge City that she might have
the help of her daughters. Madames
Russell and Lawrence, and the coz
slant care of her physician.
Mrs. Herzer was born in Rhein,
Bavaria, Germany, on the 22nd day
of August, 1884. Her surroundings
from early youth were such rs to
foster piety and strengthen faith in
Christ and Christianity. She joined
the Lutheran church, in which he had
been brought up, at the early age Of
fourteen. This faith brought much
strength and comfort in the many
hours of suffering, which was her lot
to endure in this life.
The funeral services were held on
Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, in
the Presbyterian church, Rev. VIM.
Westwood, pastor of the church con-
Quoted the services. The choir sang
the four hymns which are best loved
by the bereaved family.
Mr.. Westwood preached from the
text found in lisa. 1872: "When
thou passest through the waters I
will be with thee and through the
rivers, they shall not overflow thee,
and when thou walkest through the
fire thou shall not be burned, neither
shall the fame kindle upon thee."
His remarks were specially fitted
to comfort the sorrowing. He said
in part:
The Bible is pre-eminently the book
of life, it is in no sense the book of
death. There is no room upon its
sacred pages for obituary notices, the
only death spoken of at length is the
death of Him who, by His death
brought life, and Immortality to light.
Neither is the Bible to be considered
the book of sorrow, for joy is found
everywhere within its folds. It is an
honest book and makes no effort to
conceal the fact that life is full of
troubles; but its optimism is seen
when it shows that the Christian life
is full of victories over these troubles.
If the clouds that overhang mans
experience are often black and fore
boding, the Bible throws across the
darkest parts of these clouds the
bright and cheerful bow of hope.
The Bible is not slow to capitalize
life's woes, neither does it hesitate to
speak of life's defeats and life's pains,
but after it has done so more fully
than any other book, then it draws
aside the curtain and shows us that
these troubles are not life's dark
spots, but life's bright spots.
For the sorrow that comes to us
today, God gives sustaining COM
fort in the fact that He is with us.
"When thou passest thro the waters
I will be with thee" God does not
keep His chilren from the water and
the fire. We might have expected
the text to run thus, 'sThou shalt
never pass through the water, but so
far is this from Gods plan, that it ID
taken for granted that we must all
pass through the overlooking floods
of sorrow and the fire of suffering.
Gods people are not saved from these
things any more than those who have
never espoused the cause. But the
promise is, that they will be saved in
them.
"When thou passest through the
waters they shall not Overflow thee"
Our infallible guide knows where the
fords through the food are and where
the paths through the fire are to be
found. 81
We are in the midst Of that food
today. Let Us put our trust in God,
for he alone can bring Is safely
through. Our beloved dead has
passed through the stream success
fully. she has always BEEN able to
realize that invisible. yet real pres
ence OF her Saviour when the "water''
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