The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-19

Dr. WnlAn 8 Marquis
literally thousands Of young people
came under the influence Of his
genial Christian character and in
struction. @H !.
Go where you will in the United
States today, you will find men and
women who remember DR.. Stewart
and speak of him with genuine re-
spect and esteem because of what
he did for them in the Sunday
school. Like the palm tree, he
brought forth fruit down to his old
age. because his life was rooted
deep in divine life and truth.
xBlessed Are Dead,
Zone Of the passages which DR..
Stewart greatly loved and which
fed his own soul with the bread of
comfort In the hour when loved
ones were taken from his own
household was Revelations IA: 10,
Blessed are the dead who die in
the Lord. from henceforth; yea,
saith the Spirit, that they may rest
from their labors; and their works
do follow them
What better comfort can bring
today to the children and grand
children, both present and absent.
than to give them some Of the
truths which this beloved father
dwelt upon in the hour Of sorrow?
First Of all, he dwelt upon the
fact that while the passage speaks
Of death, the burden Of its message
is life after death. Death is a fact !;
We can not escape It.; it is supreme
folly to blink at it. But life after
death-eternal life triumphant
over death-that is. the mighty
truth which the passage empha-
sizes. ess4s-
A Voice From Heaven.
"A voice from heaven says
write 1t down for the men OF all
generation-'Death does not end
ALL That is the one thing we want
to know, the one thing which will
comfort those who are bidding fare
,, well TO the earthly form of their
loved ones.
THE second word Of comfort in
this passage is that for those who
die in the Lord his life beyond will
be blessed To the vast majority
of men death means dismay,, dis
truction and decay. the end Of plans
and loves and happiness. Many Of
us who cali ourselves Christians
believe our. faith by fear Of death
and by uncomfortable grief. 1t dis
honors the teaching Of the scrip.
lures and the redemption and
resurrection Of our Lord.
| 1t was not so with him whom We
| mourn today. He seized this word
blessed and pressed it. for. the
richness Of its meaning. II
means life, conscious life. happy
life. life full of action and intel
iigent appreciation Of the universe
Of God. It says with Longfellow:
There Ii no death;
What seems 50 is transition.
This life OF mortal breath
F, Is but the suburb Of the life
Elysian
Whose portal we call death
I'm the third place, this passage
reveals the nature of that blessed.
ness here promised. 1t consists
to begin with. Of rest While eartf
is the place of wearisome toll
heavens the place of unweariet
work. The fullness Of life, -th'
absence of all uncertainty ant
failure. mistakes and disappoint
ments, rob the work of that lif'
beyond of all drudgery.
Then again, the 'blessedness' o
that life consists in the reward
! which it enjoys. Their works d.
| follow them. It is the harves
time OF this earthly life. Our deal
friend Ia, now entering into the re
ward Of his patient, self-sacriictnl
labors. The work he has wrough
4 through q Cody life will follow
him, and many who have bsen let
| to Christ by that quiet life viii
follow him into the heavenly life.
NatioA's Strength. -.
"The work which his Christian
home has accomplished will fol
ilow him. His family altar ha
kindied the FIRE on other family al
tars. The beautiful life he live
with wife and children, the simple
lily and purity and love that rsigne'
there. have helped to make th
church, city, and country better
Such homes are the strength Q
our nation. x s
j, His work in the Sunday schoc
and church; his work rs . citixel
Z in business; his work IN the Unite
Charities; his work with his Pc
seuding cheer and friendahip to !
great many who had been receive
i into. tho broad fellowship Of b
life; ali theee will follow him int
the life beyond. and he will ,
u smased ct the amOunt OF 18th
, far reaching power Of 1.-THE Chris
like uplift Of IT,
ii How such . fact - this rob
J death Of its sting! How It encoul
| ages ~ o. live the Christian III
earnestly and patiently. How grss
. thing II IL to b rich unto eterni
These we're the truths which D
: Stewart leaned upon In his scrre'
] and Ted, upon for strength 70 ~
the life " oheribh and lovA
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