The Washington herald., 1910-12-04

generated world. And what is death
then but the cries of Cod that every enc
OF us shell he brought safely home? None
OF US know what is to come. Perhaps
Swedenborg was right and 1t is to be an
Ideal earth" What we love and have
loved here viii be perfected there. There
Will be no lonely. heartsick. and weary
men and women, and nothing wrong.
Perhaps IL We could fathom tbs mystery
of the future life we would realize that
We have laughed and wept through life
always at the wrong time Death. no less
than life. is q part of Gods plan, and
should not our faith be greater than our
agony? Everything that God does Is
great and beautiful. In the beginning
vas life and the end shall be life. for
God, the soul OF all, is not dead but living.
Il am the resurrection and the life
Death. Gods fingers touched them and
they slept" Just laid down their armor,
bowed their heads at going out and en-
tered straight another golden chamber of
the Kings larger and lovlier-
ITO be called
Like watch-worn and weary sentinel
To put his armor of aud rest in heaven.
ALLIE SHARPE BALCH.
Why all this anxiety, this worry, this
fear. this dread, because to-day one is
not feeling so we'll as yesterday OF the
day before; because something or other
is ailing; because a new symptom has
arisen in an old ailment; because the sun
does not shine to-day as II did yesterday
or the day before? Why this fear of a
long journey either by land or sea. with
all of the wonderful improvements in the
facilities OF modern travel? Why this
dread OF a surgical operation when IL is
a positive fact substantiated by numer-
Gus presidents that If such an operation
is Undergone the result will be the eradi-
cation Of the cause of disease or sickness
and the restoration to good health.
whereas, on the other hand 10 refuse
to undergo such an operation may mean
lifetime affiiCtiOn with the sickness or
disease? IL is that inherent fear that
this life is day by day nearing its term
nation, or that j. will come to an abrupt
ending under any one or a combination
Of several OF these circumstances, that
produces in one such emotions
Death we know is inevitable. Then why
this anxiety. this worry this fear, this
dread lest it overtake Us. When the
time arrives for the departure Of this
life. all the precautions. preyentiyes,
and medioal aid In the universe will avail
nothing nor can riches purchase this
immunity. Probably the sting of death
would. in a measure, be removed. could
We but secure peep into that impene-
trable mystery and uncertainty which
surrounds the state of being commonly
referred to as the hereafter. But this,
too. is denied US Then after all is said
and done why not live each minute, each
hOu, and each day of life with the
thought ever in mind that since death is
enevitable We will make the best Of life |
Why not be eongenial and sOciable and
ever seek to be OF some service for the !
good and welfare OF our fellow beings.
Life on this earth should be so lived |
that when the call comes TO enter tho |
great hereafter our final papers win read !
Character. excellent. services, honest |
and faithful so that in case one should |
come face 10 face with such b PROPOSE |
ton as relncarnation there can be no
possible objection raised.
Il know not whence comes life nor
whittier death.
Know not the power that circumstances
my breath.
But yet ! do not fear, what US men,
What gave US life and love. shall we not
trust again?" JACOB j. FRIEDMAN.
I'VE all do fade as a leaf"
AS the leaves fade and fall, only TO
rise again, so do we. All this golden
shower OF the woods is making the
ground richer. and in the juice and sap
and life OF the tree the leaves will come
, up again. Next May the south wind
viii blow the resurrection trumpet and
they will rise. So We fall in the dust.
only TO rise again. The hour is coming
when all who are in their graves shall
hear His voice and come forth. It
would be an awful consideration 10 think
that our bodies were always 10 lie in the
ground However beautiful the flowers
you plant there we do not want TO make
our everlasting residence in such place
We fall, but we rise; We die. but we live
again. We molder away, but We come
TO higher unfolding! As the leaf
Nm. F. l. BARRINGER.
Death is an event that comes once 10
ALL but IL We have an unfaltering trust
in Jesus the Saviour of men, we have no
fear. but as the end draws nigh. a sol
emn gladness of heart. and are calm and
cheerful in thu hour of death. II is time
that nature shrinks from the physical
pain of dissolution. but We are enabled
10 look beyond all that, 10 1.-THE glory
which shall ne revealed to all those who
love this appearing. Death is the last
enemy TO be conquered and we have the
victory through Jesus Christ our Lord
And 10, when the time arrives there is
no enemy. for he is vanquished What
glory
We come into this life
Without our knowledge or intent;
We go into another
Like little children sent
Dr. Van Dyke says, rs not the best
OF all our hOpes-the hope OF immortal
ity always before US? How can We be
duh or heavy while We have that new
experience TO look forward to? 1t viii
be the most joyful OF all our travels and
adventures. II viii bring US our best
acquaintance and friendships. But there
Is only one way 10 get ready for immor- ,
tally, and that Is. TO love this life. and
live 1t as bravely and cheerfully and
faithfully as we can"
And il we are living in this way We
need not fear to die. II will be a new
creation of ourselves. Ii viii be health
and home and happiness 1t will be
morning. Ms. A. E. NJ. AYERILL-
"In my Fathers house are many man.
sions: were il not SO, l would have told
you. I go to prepare a place for you
This is a most blessed assurance held
out to a Christian people, that death is
but happy transition into a more CON-
plete life.
If we are observing We may see many
evidences upon which TO base this hope
in nature. In her wise economy nothing
dies. Each year We view autumn's gor-
geous panorama-nO artists brush can
reproduee-in her adornment of beaute-
Gus cerements for bush and tree, before
their long sleep; while. In the interim,
Mother Earth prepares delicate and filmy