The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-17
AS A MOTHER COMFORTETH.

MacLennan this week Rev. Bernard
Kelly, who had known her and the
family for about forty years, said:
II want to read a psalm that was a
favorite of Mrs. MacLennan's that
read in her home more than twenty
years ago. 1t is an index of her char
acter:
The Lord is my shepherd shall not
want.
pastures; He leadeth me beside the still
waters.
He restoreth nv soul: He leadeth me
in the paths of righteousness for His
names sake.
Yea. though I walk through the val
ley OF the shadow of death, will rear no
evil for Thou art with me; Thy rod and
Thy staff they comfort me.
" Thou preparest a table before me in
the presence of mine enemies: Thou an
nointeth my head with oil; my cup run
meth over
Surely, goodness and mercy shall fol,
low low, me al the days of my life: and
ever
part of that beautiful saying of our
Master, so full of comfort to every
one:
Let not your heart be troubled: We
believe in God, believe also in
I'm my Fathers house many man
sions: if 1t were not so j would have told
you. 1 go to prepare place for you
And If 1 go and prepare a place for
you, 1 will come again and receive you
unto myself; that there L am, there We be
also.
"'And whittier 1 go We know, and the
way We know.
Thomas sayeth unto Him. Lord we
know not whittier Thou goeth; and how
can we know the way?
Jesus sayeth. unto him, l am the way,
the truth and the life: no man cometh unto
the Father, but by me-
This is read to you as it is Gods
holy word and that is above price to
all of us.
Our Father. we rejoice in a great
privilege, made possible through the
coming of your dear Son into the
world for us, suffering for us, dying
for us, passing through the cham
bers of darkness in order that he might
lead us into a life of immortality
We are glad that he arose from the
dead; that he assembled into heaven
and there watches and guides the
destiny of mankind. We are thank
full for all the gifts and blessings that
come to us through the resurrection
of your dear Son. We are glad that
there is another Hfe-a higher life-a
sweeter and more pious life than the
life we lead here. We are glad for
Thy blessings, dear Father, although
we cannot always understand Thy
ways, ana sometimes Iny pain leduS
us into sorrow and trouble, and once
in a while we have to stand still and
wait for the salvation of our God. But
we knoweth that Thou knOweth all
things that are good for Thy children
in this life.
1--WE pray, therefore, that you may
be with us in this home, with these
dear friends that are about US, and
give us strength to bear the sorrow
which is in our hearts and we realize
that it is not really a time of sorrow
but a time of a joyful going unto God.
What friendships, what joys, what
have come from this life
that mas just been passed into the
higher and better life above. We
think of the heart that beat so in
tensely with love and that was so rich
in Gods good gifts. We thank Thee
for all the history of the past and with
those who stand around us we would
rejoice in the knowledge that she has
passed into the presence of the Master
she loved and loved so well. We thank
Thee for the hand that has guided
us amid the troubles and battle of life
and we pray that a tender and rich
of this household this afternoon. We
ask it in Jesus name. Amen.
I'm the midst of busy times after
the announcement that 1 was needed
here this afternoon, l said to myself:
What can 1 say? What message can
1 bring of hope? I stood in this same
% years ago in the time of
a great sorrow What message can
the dear ones? All at once it came to
me, it seems like an inspiration, this
passage of Scripture out of which I
want to draw just little lesson.
AS mother comforteth her child,
so 1 comfort you, saith the Lord
Il want to trace at this time the
expressed by this passage
of scripture. 1t is a relationship
by the closest intimacy.
Everything that guides the child may
erly devotion and unSelfishneSS. How
fortunate we are that when God pro-
vided for our coming he sent us into
the arms that love us.
$50 1 want to give you this lesson
this afternoon; thus intimate is our
to God. We are His off
spring. We are partakers of the di-
vine nature. This should be the abid-
ing thought in the lives of all of us at
this time. / haven't time this after
noon to go into all the details of it.
1t is a relationship linked by intense
individualism. l want you to think of
it. Those who have not thought of it
in this way have overlooked some of
these precious truths. Every one of
us is individual to God Through
Jesus we learn how the Good Shep-
herd knows everyone of us; knows US
with a knowledge that never errs;
with a knowledge that never forgets.
Jesus we learn that He has
feelings for our infirmities. We may
love our friends alike, but our God
we love individually. His eyes are
upon us; His guiding hand over us,
and sometimes the path may look
little dark and sometimes it may look
a little crooked as we cannot under
stand His ways.
ut seems a little strange that this
dear one should pass away out of this
world from those
who loved her so intensely. We car
not always fathom His ways. but
there is an eye that never slumbers
and there is a hand that guides the
destiny of every man and every wom-
an. I would like to have you enlarge