The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-07-15
MEMORIAL ADDRESS,
OF
Rev. f. L. Priest,
Pastor OF Jasper N. {. ceureh sttne
Funeral Services of Clement Doane,
Sunday July1O, 1904.

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s his name before my Father and before his angels
In the building Of the temple two things were sought aef
was strength and other beauty Strength came
first and beauty afterwards for upon the top Of the pillars was
lilly work The qualities strength and beauty are worship
ned BY mankind the world These qualities which
the Lord delights the character OF men, Ihe ola ooc
pe that the good needs be weak and the righteous
man urcom.v is false Some bad may be strong in
sense This is not they bad but because OF some
,urs endowment which they possess The Lod teaches
that onv those who are right really strong and only those
who are good are really beautiful The world leaving 'ne
old doctrine ''mght makes right, and coming more anu
more to see that, "Rght makes might.
Ou text embodies the ideas of strength and beauty II re-
ours strength to and the overcoming produces
beauty
I'm, brother whose body lies before whose spirit has
the home beyond and whose remains we pay the
last tribute Of respsct strong in character
snV,b of his character in the fact that he
was man Of strong convictions He was positive cnaiac
, He did not deal negative moods What he believed to
h 0bt that he affirmed with all his power This was espec
ill., s IN notics And when variance with other leaders
Of bis party uncompromisng IN his views Oh .he Pn
;n.s Of right He had iron will and this made him strong
in matters of church we'll IN secular anairs ne was
positiye in his faith believing that Jesus Christ was the M
mscuae SON God and that through him we have eternal me-
h snph Of bis cE in his fidelity de was
faithful to his He no rover or sni'er playing last
and oose with duty but earnest man IN whatever ne und
ook After having found the truth as 1t Is IN Christ Jesus
h planted himself on ii with hrmness invncibe The
h 90 his character was in his sincerity Brother
n.ns was a sincere man. He had no love for sham he
did not even try hide bis own iausno not even rom DIS
,eacbeno one had any trouble to find Just where ne $1,000
r - r,onoson But the strength Of his character
cbsian was most perhaps IN his sympathy ana sacr
c. CA cannot very well use a who has not sympa
,h,;o ba.,t Neither can selfish individual Chris
t;aniv is built upon life OF sympathy and sacrhce That
who DOES nothing his fellow and for Chss cause
can not please God Brother Doane was man OF sesacrhce
Co. the caus Of Christ No knows better than the pastor
49, ho make sacrifices church and for the Of
christ This church wherein stand is monument in part,
70 the work Of Doane for the masters cause Brother
nrs was one Of the chief men in promoting the building OF
and has been Of its most ardent supporters
u has had an The thought OF 1t bis
- - the very last He sacrificed for the Masters
ra was not only strength in his character but there
h.u,v also This fact noted in his cheerulness.
in his in his voice, and was In thu
,s,ctv of his movement He believed mirth to be
- % opr moral nature and OF its genial ministers
, Sunday while sat his bedside he told that th
.;c;ans had informed him the chances against hi
recovery Then with smile he added III 1t be Gods will
am ready knet beside his bed and asked the Lord tina
~. swaet and haowed influence OF the Holy Spirit might b
constant comforter and that he might have peaceful
,a into the land The beauty OF his character
,hsr seen in his appreciation Of everything natural
broad enough give due value to the condition OF thing
that grew Of the natural surroundings lie informed me
on our first acquaintance, that methods which would prove
tous elsewhere would not be likely to succeed in Jasper
broad enough and charitable enoughto overlook som
81 The discrepancies which, because OF natural conditions al
near in theives Of christians We may condone the faults
a,b,rs And far individually concerned we ms
their short comngs but cannot atone for their sin
ov Christ can do that He has done it, And all that acce
tI; IN faith believing have their sins washed away in
blood
To these precious who mourn the loss OF their earth
father let look at him Nho Alone aoe 70 comfort
i -. otbsreaveuent Trust him who is able Acce
ch, and live for him in strength and beauty OF oharac
Nav . all live so the sweet by and by we shall str
III -. our loxed dones who have gone before