The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-11

grass springing out of the earth by clean
shining after RAIN Here lay the secret
source of David's greatness. Here we
have reached the springs which kept the
/ memory of his reign fresh from genera
/ ton to generation.
| Is it possible to find language which
| Will more fifty and more eloquently de-
scribe the reign of Victoria than the i'm
mortal words of David HE that ruleth
over men must be just, ruling in the
fear of Cod From that bright June
morning in 1887. when she was wakened
from her sleep to hear from the lips of
the Primate of All England and the
Prime Minister of the Crown that she
was Queen of England to that dark even
ing of January, 1901, on which the wait
ing angels carried her soul to Paradise.
the fear of God was the guiding principle
of her life. For those sixty-four years
the grace of the amounting oil poured on
her at her coronation sustained her in
her arduous duties and kept the fear of
| God constantly before her eyes. This
lis not the time nor place to speak of all
the progress and advancement that has
marked the Victorian era. The purpose
eof this commemorative funeral service
tis to thank Almighty God, as we have
already thanked Him. for the grace be-
slowed upon the departed Queen which
made her light to her own generation
and to those who shall come after. Not
tine least refulgent of the beams that
blend in the shining glory of her reign
| is the purity of her court, and the ex-
emplary domestic life of the Royal FAM
lily. And along with this what ground
OF thankfulnesS there is for the influence
ever exerted by the departed sovereign
$ to preserve the peace of the world!
Fears have been expressed that the loss
We deplore is the loss also of a great
influence for the maintenance of the
peace of Europe But may we not rarh-
| er hope and believe that that never-to-
be-forgotten scene by the side of her dy-
ing bed, when the future King of Eng
land and the Emperor of Germany VOW
I ed that peace between these countries
should never be broken in their life
time, must tend to cement the friendship
of the nations and to perpetuate Victo-
ria's influence in the interests of peace.
| Let me remind you of that deep pas
tsage-the depths of which 1 do not at
tempt to sound-in the Book of Revela-
tons, describing the Kingdom of Christ
which, having it's beginning in time,
shall endure for ever and ever The
/ words are these: THE kings of the
earth do bring their glory and honor in
Ito il" Now without, entering ON an in
Iquiry as to the perpetuation of earthly
glory in the eternal kingdom, let me
| remind you how at the beginning of the
! Gospel the kings of the earth stood up
and the rulers took counsel together
against the Lord and against His Christ
| But when from the time of Constantine
kings became the nursing fathers and
queens the nursing mothers of the
church, they brought their glory and
honor into it. The greatest glory of the
Ereign now ended is the faith and piety
/ for which the departed sovereign was so
1 conspicuous Rooted and grounded in
1 that faith of which she was the sworn
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Ito lie in unproductive soil. But in
1.-THE holiness of her Hfe, in the Christian
Virtues which she daily practiced, we be-
hold the flower and fruit of the faith
so steadfastly maintained. 1t is written
1 of Samson that those which he slew at
his death were more than they which
he slew in his life. God grant that far
reaching as has been the influence of
Victoria for peace and holiness and pur-
tity during her life, her influence by her
death may be yet wider and more ex-
tensive till every Christian household is
ordered after her example; till wherever
the English tongue is spoken the name
OF Victoria becomes a household word
for all that makes for righteousness OF
life, for uprightness of character, for
purity of social and domestic life. Sc
throughout the world may the heartfelt
prayer ascend; and may all who are
here present be able in their dying hour
to commend their souls to their Crea-
tors hands with the same confidence
that their prayer is heard, that we en-
tertain for the beloved Queen.
Grant to life's day calm unclouded
ending,
An eve untouched by shadows of de-
cay.
The brightness of holy deathbed blend
ing
With dawning glories of the eternal
day.