Putnam patriot., 1916-01-07

Advent Christian Church

Prayer meeting Thursday evening al
7.svj.
~. wr. stones subject for Sunday
morning will Dc "a Double Vision and
It's Effect q pom Our Lives"
In the es enlng sHow 10 Have Our
Prayers Answered" will be his sub
ject.
o BERTHA FULLER
We are told by the "Wise Nam that
il is better TO go to the house Of mourn
ing than to 90 to the house of feast
ing. The Adventist chapel WAS in
deed for a time, house of mourning,
while the pastor, Rev. q. II. Stone, on
Monday afternoon ofIiciated attthe fu.
neral service Of Miss Bertha Fuller. Al
this service Miss Gladys Farmer rem
dered very sweeliy two hymns selected
by the deceased Jesus Refuge Of My
SOUP and "Roek Of Ages" The elass
OF 1916 of the Putnam High school, Of
which our young, friend was mem
Der, were present together with many
relatives and friends. Berlin, bad
been member Of our Sunday school
since early childhood, but for several
months past, sickness bad prevented
her from attending ilsIsessions. After
many weeks of illness from typhoid
fever, which later developed into tu-
bercoiosis, she gradually grew weaker
and weaker, until she entered into that
peaceful slumber which knows no
awakening until the resurrection
morning. After reading words of
comfort and exhortation from the
Scriptures, Mr. Stone spoke from the
text chosen by the deceased, Matt.
IL: IS 30, "Come unto me, tall ye that
labor and are heavy laden, and | will
give you rest. Take my yoke upon
you, and learn of me; for | am meek
and lowly in heart and ye shall find
rest unto your souls, for my yoke is
easy and my burden is light.
From this text, Mr.. Stone spoke very
earnestly, first, on the reality of Life;
and then on the equal reality of
Death; and lastly, on the reality of a
future, and Eternal Life to be obtained
through faith in Jesus Christ, and by
resurrection from the dead. While
his reasoning from the scriptures, his
own convictions anu experiences, must
have had their weight. Yet when he
told OF the last days In the life of that
young girl lying there before them in
her casket of her happy experience,
and her last message-the hearts of
his hearers must have been still more
deeply moved.
In his remarks he told OF Bertha
When he came into the room she said
To him, "Oh Mr.. Stone | am going TO
die. y Then she told him that she was
ready to 90, that il was all right be-
tween her and her Lord. Calling her
family around her, she earnestly
prayed for them talked, seriously with
them and begged them not to weep
for her. Calmly she made arrange
ments for her funeral, naming the
little Chapel, MS the place for the last
sad rites, choosing the text for her pas
tor to use and the hymns she would
like to have sung. This was the mes
sage she left for the young peope of
Putnam. "rell them 10 attend church
and give their hearts TO the Lord" 1t
was one of her regrets that she had not
been more faithful in church attend
ance.
There were few dry eyes in the little
church while the story was being told,
of the peaceful, happy ending of this
sweet young lite; . life that doubtless
would have been gladly and willingly
given to the service of her pLaster, had
1t pleased Him TO raise her from her
sick bed TO health and strength.
Knowing that she was TO Dire, her
great desire was, that although her
own lips must be silent in death, she
still might bear witness through the
lips of others, To her faith and hope in
Jesus Christ. And so she arranged the
service with this one thought in mind,
having n desire to glorify her Lord
and Influence others, especially her
young companions, TO seek and serve
the Saviour she had found so precious.
We learn that u short time before
her death she requested to be taken TO
the little Church one Sunday, that she
might witness for her Master, and tell
how richly she had been blessed. When
told she was too weak TO go, she an
swered, "rhe Lord will give me
strength"
While she will be sorely missed from
home and church and school, yet we
who mourn, "sorrow not as others who
have no hope for we know that she
twill come again from the land OF the
enemy" "She rs not dead but Sleep
eth
Sleep on, beloved sleep, and take thy
rest,
Lay down thine head upon the Saw
tours breast;
We love thee well, but Jesus loves thee
best
Good night, good night.
Calm be thy slumber as an infants