St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-03-22
ALBERT i1AYFORD HEATH.
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ing and uses OF sorrow.
Among other things, DR.. Buckham sad,
"Not to sorrow is not to have loved. II
any can say that no sorrow is like my
sorrow, then that means that no love IS
like my love. The gospel says. weep
with those that weep and lie VINO
stood at the open grave Of his friend SAID,
Weep on Let affection, memory, rever-
ence have their natural outflow. All this
is human; all this is wholesome; all this
is christian because it is human. When
a friend of the public, a pastor OF a
church and an influential factor in the
community passes away IT is natural
that we should show our loss by our
sorrow.
at is in your hearts to say, Tell us
how much we have lost. That, friends,
] cannot estimate. | did not know him
as YOU did. He will be remembered in
his own home for long years to come, he
will be talked OF in your homes; these
flowers which sometimes mean so little
and sometimes mean so much, these
friends from abroad, these traternitles,
these members OF the Christian church,
these friends from other churches. all
know their loss. His death is our loss,
and each and every one il asked to say
what is in their hearts today would say,
He helped me.
"They sorrow as those who have hope.
a hopeless sorro " is too sad to contem'
plate. while sorrow with hope is Chris
tan. 1t is better for those who remain
to rest in such hope. We are interested
in the life to come because so many OF
our friends are there. Every time one OF
our friends passes through the vale there
is a bond of union between our souls
and theirs and from them comes down
and from us goes up many precious
thoughts. You sorrow with hope. There
fore comfort one another in these words.
After the prayer by DR.. Buckham, Rev.
Thomas lyric, pastor of Grace Meth.
odist church, read in a most beautiful
manner the poem, "a Dream written
by DR.. Heath about a year ago and
which is printed elsewhere. A quartctte
consisting of Mrs. Hazen, Messrs. Tyler,
Silsby and Brooks then sang Crossing
the Bar" Rev. DR.. Edward T. Fair
banks, pastor of the South church, fol-
lowed with an address which is given in
full:
No moaning of the bar, and no elab-
GRATED words. The one whose voice is
stilled would not wish them; the one
who speaks is not equal to them. In
deed we Just now had 1t from the Holy
Book-"Be still and know that | am
Cod" And truly we feel as dumb men.
Yet with hushed breath we have been
SAYING TO ourselves or to one another,
why did this have to be? so suddenly
and so sooG. And we are not the hrst to
face such difficulties. How often the
psalmists and Bible men were perplexed
at what seemed to be wrong issue OF
things. And the mystery repeats itself
in every generation.
Somewhere in that deeply spiritual
record entitled, Memorials of Quiet
Lite" reference is made to the sudden
removal OF DR.. Arnold from the Rugby
school. The tidings had just reached
instantaneous rectory, and if | remem-
Der rightly it was the sanity Maria
Hare (somc one at any rate of the family
who could not help saying on the impulse
of the moment, rs it indeed a law of
Providence that just when a great good
is to be done the person to do it
is taken away OF course, with the
next breath some truer word would get
utterance, some confidently spoken trust
in God. Rarely hasit ever been more finely
spoken than by Charles Kingsley, robust
OF body and brain, but in the grip of the
last struggle steadily repeating the low
refrain, ut is right all as it should be
right-all under rule-all right-all as it
should bel know it must be right be-
cause it is so strange-and painful"
The very mystery and painfulness OF his
situation made the dying man sure that
a Divine wisdom and love must be in it
all. Because it is so hard it must be all
right. This that have read of Kingsley
came to mind at once when the words Of
our dear Brother Heath were reported
to me. 1t was decided that he must &C
through painful and serious crisis. He
simply said, at all right whatever hap
pens-my trust is in the Lord-I can lool
God in the face-he knows my life ha:
been spent in his service" With thes
words of his, as it were a last message tC
us all, mine might now well come to al
end.
On the life calendar OF this church wha
memories you have for the 18th OF March
A gray day, clouds on the zenith, but
day trimmed with golden light on the ia
horizon-March II, 1888, March II
1899. day when the knightly an
noble soul who all his years had builde
strength and beauty into his life las int
this sanctuary was caught up from tn
city by the sea to the City that hat
foundations whose builder and maker
God. A day when the loving and lovab
minister leading his flock with the ardc
and JOY OF Christian fellowship in gree
pastures, beside still waters, was lfte
up to be led unto living fountains
waters by the hand OF his Redeeme
How quickly he went from his la
ministry with you at this commune
table to sit down with Abraham al
Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom
heaven, at the marriage supper OF t
Lamb.
Not yet five years had he been yo
minister, but it was long enough
endear himself to you and TO all OF |
We did not guess what was coming wi
speedy tulhlment when he remarked
the midst of his first DAYS here, ~
come to live and die in St. Johnsbury
But we can now truly say it was
happy day for St. Johnsbury when
came; and every day since the place h
felt the influence of goodly presen
enriching its life, frightening its atm
phere. We say OF our town as I
traveller sang OF the old world city VIII
Albrecht Durer lived and died
Farer seems the ancient city, and
the sunshine seems more fair,
THAT he once has trod its pavcments, 4
he once has breathed it's air!'