The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-02-20

Ivy VI oeTuSdleIl, WHeTe at tne expl
ration of the ten-day prayer meeting
the Holy Spirit comes with miracu.
lous manifestations. Their souls are
filled with peace and joy unutterable
After the divine amounting Of Penre.
cost, the disciples see a new depth and
breadth of meaning in the mission ot
the Christ. Through the Spirits op.
Grafton, Christ is formed in them the
hope of glory. Henceforth the mys.
teries and glories Of the Kingdom of
God are in the possession of men. Is
it any wonder that John, in very &C.
stacy of soul exclaimed, Beloved, now
are we the sons of God, and it doth
not yet appear what we shall be;
but we know that when Christ shall
appear we shall be like Him. For we
shall see Him as He is" And that
Peter thus begins his epistle: "Bless-
ed be the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, which according to His
abundant mercy hath begotten US
again into living hope by the res
direction of Jesus Christ from the
dead, to an inheritance incorruptible
and undefiled, and that fadeth not
away" Peters hope had been dead,
but now by virtue of his Lords tri-
umph over sin and death, he has a
living hope. | am glad this vital doc
trine of the resurrection of Christ is
so firmly established. The worlds
greatest jurists have told us that no
facts of history are more thoroughly
authenticated than the life, death and
resurrection of Jesus Christ. To these
external proofs the devout disciple
adds the testimony of his own exper-
lence. He knows that he worships a
living Christ for he, too, has received
the Earnest of the Holy Ghost. and
reJoices in hope of the glory of God"
Every believer in Christ Jesus be-
comes a sharer in His victories over
sin and death. "The sting of death
is sin; the strength of sin is the law,
but thanks be to God which giveth us
the victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ" "Now is Christ risen from
the dead and become the first fruits
OF them that slept" afterwards
they that are Christ's at His coming"
Our Lord in His conversation with
Martha when her brother died, said:
Il am the resurrection and the life.
lie that believeth in me, though he
were dead, yet shall he live. And
whosoever be lieveth in me shall never
die" Thus ignoring the incident of
physical death. u go to prepare a
place for you" an my Fathers
house are many mansions" In the
Hebrew epistle this hope is called an
anchor. (Which hope we have as an
anchor to the soul, both sure and
steadfast and which entereth into that
within the veil whittier the forerun-
ner is for us entered, even Jesus"
While we may not enter the sacred
precincts of the soul and determine
its relationship to God, there was
much in the life Of Mr.. Long to indi-
cate that his heart was touhced and
guided by the Spirit of the Christ.
While not a church member he was
the friend and supporter of churches
ana the promoter of every good cause.
Ills sympathetic interest in men es-
pecially confirms this view. He loved
his fellow-m2n and his philanthropies
were of the broadest type. Men do
not expend large sums of money in the
interest of strangers unless controlled
by the higher values of life.
So today we look up with conti-
ience to Him who said that, "Not ev-
en- cup of cold water shall fail in it's
reward" And that, "Inasmuch as We
lid it to one of the least of these, nv
brethren, yet did it unto me-" We
commend to the sister and brother
present today the sweet consultations
and glorious hopes of this blessed re-
igion.
And | am sure that all of our hearts
90 out in sympathy and prayer for
he absent sister, left alone in her dis
ant home, and now deprived of the
counsel and fellowship of the brother.
Only three of this large family re-
main, and sunset draws near, not |
.lone for them but for all of US.
Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the |
bar
When put out to sea.
For tho from out our bourne of
Time and Place
The flood may bear US far,
We hope to see our Pilot face to face
When we have crossed the bar"
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