The Newtown bee., 1906-08-10

entered into the work with zeal, en-
dearing himself to the many with
whom he came in contact, to the in
dividual as we'll as the congregation
and we shall not know how many pre-
cious souls he won for his Lord unit
like him we have crossed the rivel
and entered into the City Of God ant
the presence of the King.
A life such as Brother Taylor lived
commands. the respect of all men, Is
rebuke to selfshness and self-seeking
and is ever an inspiration to seek
those things which are above.
"The darkness is past and the true
light now shineth." Sorrow and dis
appointment he knows not, WEAKNESS
and heartache are no more, yet still
he tolls. With sanctitied and gloritied
powers unhampered by the limita.
tions of the flesh, he still serves the
God he loves and with that white-rob.
ed multitude who have come up out OF
great tribulation, he sings the ''song
of Moses and the Lamb" "Mark the
perfect man and behold the upright
for the end of that man is peace"
w. J. Guggenheim.
E. B. Knowles, one of the lay pastors
of the church sent this message which
was read by Mr. Patchin.
Dear Brother Patchin: regret that
1 will be unable to be at Sandy Hook
Sunday to attend Brother Taylor s
funeral service. What Il would like
to have said will write you and If it
seems best you may read it. The re-
port of the death of Brother James
Taylor brought to my mind these
words: "He that loseth his life, for My
sake, shall find it," and / was i'm
pressed with the fact that once more
the force of these words is brought
pertinently before US. The truth en-
bodied in them has once more been
| verified. Once more soul who laid
down his life for the glory of Gods
Kingdom, has seen the pearly gates of
Heaven swing back and has heard the
Hallelujah chorus of the redeemed
burst forth in glad praise. Another
victor of the cross has had the promise
of love fulfilled in his life and the life
laid down has been found according to
the promise. Mary said: Master, my
brother would not have died If thou
hadst been here" Mary did not fully
understand the Master. 1t was plain
to Brother Taylor, however, and those
who knew him will not say, Master,
he would not nave died had Thou been
here," but they will say, "because thou
vert here he has not died, he lives!"
Brother Taylor believed in the power
of the resurrection.
This is the one solace in sorrow.
There are always thoughts that carry
the balm of healing to a sorrowing
mind but deeper than the Borrowing
mind, hidden from every eye but God
is the soul + man. No voice of earth
reaches its depths. God alone speaks
here and says because live, ye shall
live also," and the solace of these
words becomes a great peace in the
soul. Tears may flow but they are only
the white caps of choppy sea, leneath
which there is great calm. The
eternal God has spoken this truth of
life. saw Brother Taylor's genial face
for the first time at Sister Benefits
and had my first chat with him there.
/ could wish that it was within my
power to push back the advance forces
of old age, that 1 might spend an hour
with him in the vigor of his life, SO
interesting and helpful 1 found him.
The atmosphere>he brought into the
room that day was CHEEKY, sweet and
Godlike. knew that I was in the
presence of a man of God. The prayer
at Gods throne before he left for his
will ever be cherished memory in my
life. 1t was an hour spent with a
saint of God.
The command that we seek first the
kingdom Of God was obeyed in Brother
Taylor's life. His conversation was of
the kingdom of God. His first thought
was for the kingdom of God. Gods
work, His church, His people was the
central thought and interest Of his life.
He found these topics so much more
fruitful than any other topic of life, so
pregnant with joy and rich blessing
that they were his meat and drink. II
could not mourn for Brother Taylor.
have the deepest sympathy for those
who are most directly affected by his
death and who will feel most keenly
his loss. But the thought of moving
out of tenement of earth into the
palace of the King is to me too fertile
with the joy of Gods kingdom, to ad-
NIT of mourning. 1t is the consum-
nation of all that the heart could hope
for here and hereafter. 1t is the per-
fecting of all that is good and beauti-
full, the GROWING of faithful life with
joy unspeakable. 1t is the fullest
realization of Gods promise of eternal
life. We receive faint and imperfect
glimpses of that life in the flesh but
when we have finished the work of
earth, we realize it's glory, as no human
mind could possibly do, as we take on
Immortality and become one in Gods
eternal home. l wish l could feel in
my heart, the same security for every
soul have met in my work at Sandy
Hook, that do for Brother !Taylor's
eternal welfare. 1 wish l might know
that you all are seeking as earnestly to
please God as did this good brother.
Shall we not let the memory of sincere