The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-07-03

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are not to think. then, of death as a
disaster, but blessing; not as an en-
emy but as friend; not, it is true,
friend whose coming we would has
ten. but one whom in Gods own good
time we would welcome.
We speak of death often as untime-
ly, and to our blinded way of seeing,
there could be no more untimely TAX
ing away than the dear one, whose
body we are today in the act of bear
ing to the grave; but if we knew Gods
plans for our lives better, His method
of life embodiment, we would not SO
speak.
| ask you, then, to think today, and
in the days to come of life. not Of
death. | want you to think Of the
larger world to which. we are all
journeying, with its freedom and I'M
hindered opportunities of soul expan-
sion, not of earth with its narrow
confines and limitations. We bury
the body and mourn: we forget in our
tears and the shock of severed ties
that the soul has not been entOmbed:
that it has entered upon a larger.
! grander sphere. We forget that nov
we see through glass darkly. but
then, we shall see face to face" and
clearly understand.
| want you to think, not Of death
and loss, but Of life and gain. This
world has many weary souls in. it. 1t
is a busy world for all who are always
ready to do what their hands find to
! do. When we are full-blooded and
vigorous by reason Of the youthful
ness of life and good health, living in
the sunshine and smile of friends and
loved ones we may not understand the
craving of, some souls for rest. But,
when the wells run low, when worn
with care and trial, then it is not
strange that there should be the long
ing 30 when shall 1 fly away and be
at rest
want you to think not CT death
and the plans and prospects of earth
unfultilled, but Of life and life's
work completed. Life in the flesh is
at best partial. There are always so
many ideals and purposes unrealized.
No prophet ever uttered all his dreams.
No philanthropist ever carried to
completion all his reforms: no states
men ever realized all all his ambitions;
no patriot ever enjoyed all the re-
wards he deserved. Every soul goes
down to the grave with the desire to
achieve more and better things. Life
can be completed only when all worthy
hopes and ambitions are fulfilled and
it's work and sacrifice are compensated.
The joys that charm us most are
not temporal, they are eternal. There
are moments when a peculiar JOY
steals into our lives and we say,
:'would that this could be forever"
But not so is it to be with earthly
joys. AS you have stood upon a great
cliff in the mountain regions you felt
sense of absolute security and you
have said This cannot fail me-"
And while you uttered the words the
rock beneath your feet was wasting
away. But if hopes house rests upon
the Rock Eternal the rain may de-
scend and the flood may sweep in in
all its fury and it remains, for Gods
throne is forever and ever.
We all feel deeply today the shock
of this bereavement, for she was not
only your loved one, who will miss
her as of course we cannot, but she
was our loved one, too, and we shall
miss her.
This profusion of flowers speaks as
words cannot of the large place which
she had in the affection of all who
knew her: they are the token Of the
circumference of the circle that her
life's influence, which was always for
good, touched. They are beautiful,
not so much because in design and
color they are Gods handiwork in
perfection, but because they typify so
we'll the divine love in human hearts
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