Evening journal., 1917-11-01
MANY At FUNERAL OF MRS. TOWNSEND

counsels at such a time, 'lmmerse F,
yourself in business Seek a change /
OF sceno.' Forget But who that has |
ever loved the touch OF a vanished /
hand or the sound Of voice that IS
stllr would want to forget, even II
they could. In times OF our grief we
are upheld by the hands and hearts
OF true friends, and many. many are
the friends or this bereaved family
A veritable torrent OF prayers, let
ters and kilograms are coming from
every quarter. And who can doubt
the comfort OF friends who have the
insight OF Victor Hugo's good Bishop
Myriel who knew how to sit down
and hold his peace for long hours
beside the man who had lost the wife
of his love. But our friends even can
only watch with us, for a time. Jesus
at Gethsemane found his disciples
sleeping for sorrow. Wearied, broken
hearted because OF their suffering
with the suffering Saviour, they fell
asleep. There is but one cure for the
anguish of hearts broken by grief,
and that Is God. We are accustomed
to accept God theologically, but there
comes a time when we need God ex-
| perimentally. Like Jesus at Gethse-
name. we are driven to seek the
Father for the comfort We crave to
restore the balance to our lives. The
comfort Of His promises pales before
the comfort OF himself.
God becomes the guarantee OF the
safety OF loved ones gone before and
the sure pledge Of reunion with them
in heaven. The words Of Jesus
In my fathers house are many
mansions are OF great consola-
tlon. II helps humanize and locallzC
the place where our loved ones are
gone II they must leave us, it Is com.
forting TO know they are living will
Him in Heavenly mansions prepared b,
His hands.
To-day we remember her whosI
heart and hands have been so busy
Of late preparing and beautlfylng hel
earthly home for her loved ones here
( How anxious she has been to hav'
everything just right 20 make comfort
/ able her home. But now she has beel
moved to her Heavenly home, Just
81 little ahead Of the rest, where through
the years she will be waiting for he
81 family, one by one, to come home
God grant that her wish may be con
!, summated in Gods own time
I. Mrs. Townsend was a good wife an
!, a splendid mother. Her ambition an
! endeavor concentrated in one purposl
+. to make home a place Of comfort an
1 rest for her busy helpmate, and IN
center TO which her sons and daugh
ters would ever rally as the deares
b spot on earth. No man can ever repa
e the debt he owes to a good wife an
mother. Men may tunnel the mOuT
y tains and turn the busy wheel Of trad
y they may discover continents or hgl
u for their country, but our mothers an
our wives who stay at home and kee
= the home fires burning, give themseN'
. as living sacrifices every day on n
y, altar OF love. II there IS anywhere Z
z earth a little bit Of heaven to be four
"A 10 is 70 be at home with our mother
y so allied to godliness Is the glory
m motherhood that u Is we'll said thl
because God wanted TO be everywheI
r. He made mothers TO help Him. Al
,e one OF the reasons why Heaven W
Ne be Heaven is because our mothers W
IS be there.
g. "a concluding word. This sad q
" casion has stunned our communi
he We are so constituted locally, that :
IN live like one big family. What hui
k one, hurts all. II IL were In t
human power OF this community
sp restore the dead to life, there wou