The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-10-30
THE LAST.
SAD RITES.

largely ATTENDED, among :hoss present be-
ing representatives Of many lodges ofwhich
deceased was member. Several fora!
emhlems from admiring friends were re-
ceived. 4. b. Short, pastor Of Epworth
NJ. Il. Church, IN old friend of the deceas-
Cd, conducted the service.
Among oaher things Mr.. Short said:"My
denr friends how very mysterious and in-
terosting Is life. 1t matters not whether
it DO studied In the blooming flowers of
the garden, the grass Of the meadow tho
bird that sings in the forest or In Gods
highest mnnlstes,taio Of life. mankind, 1t
Is real interesting. What II privilege 1t Is
to live If in the living some one is benefited
by our lives, and yet how varied Is
the story Of life. may b, In the hum
drum and toilsome duties which cause 1t
to be weHrisome prose;it may have some
of the poetic touches here and there but
lacking in rythm.
1t was here the charm OF romance was
to DO strangely brought face to face with
tho difficulties which must be settled up
on the field Of tragedy. But it matters
not where the lifo is lived one thing Of 1t
is sure-every life is a story which Is read
daily, not only by men, but by angels and
G ID.
The Psalmist referred to the story OF
life when he said I'VE spond our years as
tale that is told" The story of life?
how important that it be we'll written
so that its influence he for gond. As every
story has a beginning so also has every
life and what mysteries there are conferred
about it's origin. II with the evolutionist
Darwin, we stand viewing the very low
est condition OF life and shall watch 1t
during the centuries until man is finally
evolved, great will DO tho terry we be-
hold. AS II we we accept, II we do, the
plain Biblical statement that God made
mans body OF the dust OF the ground and
brsaihed into his n,strils the bre,. Of
life, greater still and more interesting is
the beginning of lle's story
This beginning leads to development.
What charm there is studying oven the
growth or development Of the rose. See
ing it day after day. from early springas
IL stands naked and void Of beauty until
midsummer when clothed in natures green
frock and adorned with her choicest ilow-
crs' How infinitely more interesting is
the developement OF human life, since
greater are us duties, possibilities and re-
sponsibilities. We are here for purpose,
namely, to honor God by service which wo
rendor to our fellow men. This purpose
was found in the life of David Of whom il
was said, after having served his own gen-
Grafton we'll by the will of God no fell
asleep
We are each part Of QUO great whole
and must perform our individual paris
VOL or the story of life will bs more or
less imperfect Perfection is law of ma
ture and development is The requisite for
! this perfection. What charm and what
| interest in beholding development of u
good lifey How many kind W ords aud
thoughtful deeds spring thercfrom and
these to hungry breasts and needy souls
are as precious as was tho ointment pour
ed upon our blessed Lord and Master.
This world is hungry for kind words and
deeds
The sad part OF the story of good life Is
that 1t has an cnd. Some act well their
part and receive tho VOL done OF mon, and
angels, and arc God, AMI received into tho
company Of the first born in the paradise
beyond. But those who do not act we'll
their part are Kissed from the sage
and driven from the presence of the noolo
aud the true. Each of us is in the develop
ing period of our lives are writing the
try and it is being road daily. - ~,
What about the nillencc: Is 1t good or
evil and how shall the story end. Shall
wu b, remembered By tho good We have
done: These questions merit our most
consideration.
We arc to-day reminded of tho above
| facts that human life has its beginning its
development and Its end Forty years
o last August began the life of Charles
Russell jokes. 10 him tho end came sud.
denly and unexpectedly to us all. To-
d,v we mourn his loss for no WAS our
ri nd tn Q ana stt adtaSt. would not
have you for one moment believe or ever
think that his lifo wa perfectly developed
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h,ro ro,,
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frat ston, Mana ,s.bo,s k,.,v tho In
nor heart or Dir J,lss Iva, far th,,I prt
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dis,,ait,o, of his gr,,t bo,rt AVID If h,n,
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tina f,uI,s of his ,iso 6,a,,o,r T., a.,
mind r,th,r,b, =, IN tbo ho,rt
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