The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27
BY REV. MIR. BROWN
Close Friend of Rev. MT. Haynes Breaches Bril-
 liant Sermon.
1.-THE MIRROR OF LIFE"
Reference Made to Funeral at Har- wich, Which Was Attended by
 the Speaker.

At Pilgrim church yesterday morn ing Rev Robert E. Brown preached on "The Mirror of Life,' MT. Brown was a personal friend of the late Rev. Ar temas J, Haynes of this city and took part in the funeral services at liar wich, Mass, the past week In refer ring to the funeral, Mir, Brown said:
 You know the sorrowful mission that we had to perform this week. But there shot through the gloom n ray of light and hope when we found that he whom we laid away had caught the weaving of our suffering and had put into words the following;
 Have We changed under the yoke of some aflllctlon that we did not un- derstand? Have we wondered why pain Is here and why sorrow is here? DO we count ourselves unfortunate because we are passing through changes that bring us into deep places of loneliness and trial? Let us be wiser. These changes which we call the misfortunes of life are but the rounds of the lad der by which We climb unto God. The greatest of all misfortunes in life is no other than the missing of experiences whatever they may be which turn the soul from self 10 the Eternal. This is the conclusion of the Psalmist in the plalntive and beautiful utterance. Cast your burden on the Lord and He Shall sustain thee. He shall never suf- fer the righteous 10 be moved.
 Mir. Brown said further: Finally we strain with eager eyes. looking unto the mirror life, in the hope that some thing may be read concerning destiny. Are we simply meteors crossing our endless sky, coming from realms of darkness, flashing for one short mos ment, then disappearing into that dark ness forever? Are we of no more ac- count than the coral that comes forth from It's watery depths, works for few hours and then expires on an ocean reef?
 Turning again to the words of him already referred to 1 find this convic- ton perfectly expressed:
 "The only immortality the human heart can sincerely and passlonately | long for is an immortality that assures the personality of ourselves and those we love. To seek to comfort the sou | with any other hope. is to give stone when the cry Is for bread. The immor- ' tallty that binds you through all eter- nity in companlonship with those you have known and loved No vague shadowy teaching of universal absorp. ton or of spiritual communion through an immortality of influence can satis fy the heart of the man or women whC silently commits some loved one to th' waiting earth"
 In concluding his sermon MT. Browi said. Knowledge must be a consisten whole. As consistent at very least ai the image Is with the face. The un known must be all of piece with th' known. The thing of which we ar' most certain In this world Is the per sonallty of ourselves and our loved ones When the whole truth shall burs In upon us 1t must recognize our per sonality as an eternal fact, otherwise knowledge Is a deluslon and existenct a dream Into the depths of the mirroi we gaze raising with plalntive CT, the questions of the ages? Whence What? Why? Whlther? And througt our tears there is borne into our souls the inner conviction that holds against all opposition. We come from God. Wt are here for growth We shall return In victory to Him who called us forth.