Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-08-24

rang again, because when tncy loss
Josephine they lost their last earthly
| friend Oh, who would not rather
have such obsequies than 1.-THE tears
that were ever poured in the lach-
rymals that have been exhumed from
ancient cities? There may be no mass
for the dead; there may be no costly
| sarcophagus; there may be no elab-
crate mausoleum, but In the damp cell
lars of the city and through the lonely
huts of the mountain glen there will
be mourning, mourning, mourning, be-
cause Doreas is dead: "Blessed are
the dead who die in the Lord; they
rest from their labors, and their
works do follow them"
speak to you of Dorcas the resur-
rected. The apostle came to where
she was and said: "Arise, and she
sat up!" In what short compass
the great writer put that "She sat up"
Oh, what time there must have been
around that town when the apostle
brought her out among her old
friends! How the tears Of joy must
have started! What a clapping of
hands there must have been! What
singing! What laughter! Sound it
all through that lane! Shout it down
that dark alley! Let all Joppa hear
it! Dorcas is resurrected! 's
You and l have seen the same thing
many time; nos,a dead body re-
suscitated, but the deceased coming
up again after death in the good ac-
complished If a man labors up to so
years of age, serving God, and then
dies,~we are apt to think that his
earthly work is done. No. His in
fuence on earth will continue till the
world ceases. Services rendered for
Christ never stop. A Christian wom-
an tolls for the upbuilding of a church
through many anxieties, through
many self-denials, with prayers and
tears, and then she dies. It is IS
years since she went away. Now the
spirit of God descends upon: that
church, hundreds Of souls stand up
and confess the faith of Christ. Has
that Christian woman, who went away
Is years ago, nothing to do with these
things? / see the Towering out Of
her noble heart, hear the echo Of
her footsteps in all the songs over sins
forgiven, in all the prosperity of the
church. The good that seemed to be
buried has come up again. Dorcas is
resurrected!
After awhile these womanly friends
of Christ will put down their needle
forever. After making garments for
others, some one will make garment
for them; the last robe we ever wear
the robe for the grave. You will have
heard the last cry of pain, You will
have witnessed the last orphanage.
You will have come in worn out from
your last round of mercy. I do not
know where you will sleep, nor what
your epitaph will be, but there will be
lamp burning at that tomb, and an
angel Of God guarding IL, and through
all the long night no rude foot will dis.
turb the dust. Sleep on, sleep on
Soft bed, pleasant shadows, undis.
turbed repose! Sleep on!
Asleep in Jesusl Blessed sleep
From which none ever wake to weep!
Then one day there will be sky
rending and whirr of wheels and the
flash of pageant, armies marching
chains clanking, banners waving, thun.
ders booming. and that Christian WON.
an will rise from the dust, and she will
be suddenly surroundec-surrounded
by the wanderers of the street whom
she reclaimed, surrounded by the
wounded souls to whom she had ad.
ministered. Daughter of God, SC
strangely surrounded, what means
this? 1t means that reward has come
that the victory is won, that the crown
is ready, that the banquet Is spread
Shout it through all the crumbine
earth. Sing it through all the flying
Heavens. Dorcas is resurrected.
In 1855. when some Of the soldier!
came back from the Crimean war tc
London, the queen of England distrib
ute6 among them beautiful medal!
called Crimean medals. Galleries wer,
erected for the two houses of parlia
ment and the royal family to sit in
There was great audience to witness
the distribution of the medals. A
colonel who had lost both feet in tn,
battle of lnkermann was pulled in oil
wheel chair; others came in limpins
, on their crutches. Then the queen O
England arose before them in the nam,
, Of her government and uttered words
, Of commendation to the officers anC
men and distributed those medals. in
scribed with the four great battlefield
Alma. Balaklaya, Inkermann and Sc
vastopol AS the queen gave these tt
the wounded officers the bands of musi
!, struck up the national air, and TIL
, people, With streaming eyes, Joined il
, the song
God save our gracious queen!
i. Long live our noble queen!
e God save the queen!
l And then they shouted: "Huzza
: huzza!" Oh, it was proud day TO
! those returned warriors! But bright
E er, better and gladder day will com
!, when Christ shall gather those VIII
S have toled in His service, good soldier
8 of Jesus Christ He shall rise befor
them, and in the presence of all the glo
e rifed of Heaven he will say: "Wel
done, good and faithful servant" ant
E then He will distribute the medals o
: eternal victory, not inscribed wit,
a works of righteousness which we hav
e done, but with those four great battle
e fields d+ar 20 earth and dear to Heayel
Y --Bethlehcm, Nazareth, Gethsemsns
e Calvary .., ..s ,t..pt .d
}, young man who declines to be indus
I trious, because his father has been indus
trlous enough to accumulate fortune, cor
dennis himself bv such n course tn nprne