Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-07-22
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Ny dear friends, my hear
goes up to the throne of God in pray
er and sympathy for you in this you
great bereavement. May Cod
great love and boundless grace b.
your comfort and strength in THU
great affection.
And let US not weep too much fol
our dear boy who has just departed
this life. OF course we can not help
but weep, and that is not wrong, for
Jesus stood by the grave of Lazarus
and wept. And we loved him SO
dearly and will miss him so sadly,
that know it is hard. We have
bowed beneath such sorrow, but we
know that God makes no mistakes
but worketh all things together for
good to those who love him.
And though it is so hard to think
it best, for we cannot understand
Gods ways, we must have perfect
love and mistaken trust enough to
make Gods ways our ways-'tis then
the burden is lifted and comfort
comes to a broken heart. When in
the very darkest trials we can look
right up into the very face of our
Heavenly Father and say, Let thy
will, O God, not mine, be done. And
his love is too strong an his wisdom
too great to do anything except
that which is for our good.
And we must remember that our
loss is the eternal gain of our dear
boy, for his immortal spirit has TAX
en- its flight home to heaven and God.
where burning fevers are unknown
and pain nor death can ever enter.
Still, | know we can not help but
mourn his untimely death, he was
always so bright and happy. He had
gained wide circle Of fond friends
whose hearts can not help being sad
when we realize that death has sew
cred him from us forever here, but
in memory's hall he can never die.
for we will always think Of hiE: as
such high, noble minded boy.
Death is always sad but especially
so for one so young-just in the
prime of life, not yet entering into
manhood, but such a useful promis-
ing boy just in the bloom of youth
to be snatched from our hearts but
we know that God has transplanteC
his young life in a better and perfec
world above. Still, l know it seems
hard, for we are so prone to wisl
him with US here, but we do no
know what his future might hav
been and God, who can foresee al
things, knew and perhaps has takel
him from some great sorrow ant
trouble that would have uvershad
owed his dear young life.
We should not look at death as W,
are 50 prone to do. 1t was not {
cruel monster that stole him from
US but the tender hand of the still
white Angel of Death that gave cas-
to his aching body and waited hi
{ soul to its immortal home arount
2 the great white throne of God.
/ know that when we looked at hi
9 dear young form cold in death, hi
e young, noble heart forever stille
Q and his voice we loved so we'll hush
Y ed forever with the silent dead, {
= it seemed too much, and we almo,
/ walled unto God to give him back I
@ us but All! no, for we are only he'll
of sorrow, for It's here we suff,
grief and pain, tbs here we meet
part again; but, glorious though
when we meet at Jesus feet there
be no parting there.
And now, dear broken-heart
mother, while we know that it seer
: almost too much for you to bear,
, us remember that God has promis
not to give US more than we C
bear and never to leave US alor
And now may his boundless gra
to and tender love be sufficient in Il
Sc deep sorrow. We must not thi
he God cruel or unjust in taking O
t. loved ones from US for in his gre
'e' wisdom and infinite love he kno
on best, and though it seems hard to
NJ and we cannot understand, we mi
g g be submissive to his will.
Is And, mother and father and de
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