The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-01-27
THE SCHOOL OF EARTH.
The Mystery Of That We Gall Death.
Rev. Alex w. Bealer in Atlanta Journal.

Faith. with her hand in the pierced
palm of the resurrected Christ, says
there is such land. It's gateway is
the grave, and having passed its por-
tails, We shall then begin to live.
The trouble with US all is that we
take wrong view of this life. We
forget that it is not all of life, only
the beginning, We do not view it in
its relation to eternity. Our human
jty shrinks from the thought of death
but if Gods word be true, it should
be the happiest day On earth. Let
US look upon the clouds of death with
faith that will not shrink. It has
been said that out of the clouds the
deluge came, but on the clouds the
bow OF promise sat; though the gloomy
cloud of death may hover over us, our
Lord braids it with the promise of the
resurrection, and although the clouds
will come, there is sunshine behind
them, aud in due time it will warm
end cheer our dropping hearts. The
first Christians were 80 confident of
the early coming Of Christ, they say,
and of the resurrection that they new
er told their dying friends goodby.
They only bade them good night, be-
lieving that on the glorious morning
OF the resurrection they would bid
them good morrow on the golden
shores of heaven.
And so today as my mind leaps
across the miles that lie between me
and my sister Happy's body. They
called her Happy and her heart was
always light. And we'll did she de-
serve the name, for she made many
hearts rejoice and I know today as her
gloriied spirit stands in the presence
OF the King that she is Happy indeed
to think Of all the joys that shall be
hers throughout the endless years Of
heaven. Happy to think of what her
loved ones will enjoy when they have
bid adieu to earth and gone home to
God.
Believing in The promises Of God
makes us willing to trust ourselves to
His keeping and to wait the fulfill
ment Of his promises. Believing in
the love of God makes us willing to
bear with patience all that He sends
upon US, for He is but training US for
the other life. I know we grieve
with bleeding heart at the offlictions
of life. But I have seen q little girl
weepi in agony Of spirit over broken
doll and when she had grown to be q
woman she looked back and wondered
how she could have grieved SO about q
doll. So I believe it will be with us.
We grieve today because we see
through the glass darkly, because we
have not pnt away childish things,
but ] believe that when the veil has
been removed and we see face to face.
when oil Gods dealings with us are
made plain in the light Of His eternal
day; when we taste the joys Of heaven
our ransomed, blood-bought souls will
thrill with rapture and we will won
der how we ever grieved over the sor-
rows Of earth. I believe th;s for Z
believe the word Of God and there 7
read "the sufferings Of this present
time are not worthy to be compared
TO the glory that shall be revealed in
u.s.
And let us all remember that God's
hand is leading US and soon, yes, it
cannot be long at best, the shades Of
night will fee before the dawning of
eternity's day. Let US then seek to
use the passing moments as they fly,
seek to fit ourselves in the school of
earth for the true and endless life that
is to come.
y