The Topeka state journal., 1922-05-06

The following sermon was de-
| livered by DR.. s s Estey, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church OF
Topeka, at the funeral services OF
the late Mrs. Frank P. MacLennan,
Monday, May 1. The comforting
words as expressed by DR.. Estey
are printed herewith that they may
| find their way into other homes of
| sorrow:
I am the resurrection and the life; he
that believeth in me, though be were dead
And whatsoever iveth and believeth in
me shall never die.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not
want
lures: he ieadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul; he leadeth me In
the paths of righteousness for his name s
Yea. though walk through the valley
of the shadow Of death, will fear no evil
for thou art with me; thy rod and thy
Thou preparest a table before me in the
presence of mine enemies: thou anointest
surely goodness and mercy shall follow
me ali the days OF my life: and 1 will dwell
in the house Of the Lord forever
Let not your heart be troubled: ye be-
lieve in good. believe also in me-
.dn. In my Z Il Eers hS9 hS9Hs So ~oad
told you. 1 go to prepare place Tor you
And I saw a new heaven and a new
earth for the first heaven and the first
earth were passed away and there was no
lS And / John saw the Holy City. new
Jerusalem. coming down from God out OIL
heaven, prepared az bride adorned Tor
And I heard great voice out of heaven
saying. BEHOLD the tabernacle Of God Is
and they shall be his people, and God
himself shall be with them and be their
God.
And there shall be no night there. and
they need no candle, neither light OF the
and they shall reign for ever and ever
What a wonderful beautiful, mys-
terious thing our human life isl Child
hood with its Joys and care-free laugh
ter: youth with its high day-dreams
and lofty ambitions; maturity with its
achievements and its successes-oh. II
is marvellous thing, this life OF ours.
How could even Gods dream Imagine
and evolve such a wonderful thing as
thisl But the greatest marvel OF all
is that this that we see in this world
is only the beginning of the life story.
1t moves ON to something olgger anu
more beautiful beyond death-that is
what Christ taught. Life i9 like
river that flows on through earth
meadows. then passes under the dark
bridge of death; but always 1t comes
deeper and broader than in its mead
ow flow. This is the truth the Bible
teaches and reteaches. again and
again. now under one figure of speech,
now under another. But to my think
ing one of the most beautiful descrip-
tions of the better life that awaits
Gods children beyond death is found
in those Revelation words, There
shall be no night there"
Let us try to comfort our hearts
by trying to realize all that is implied
in these beautiful words
Night and darknesS-how often
they mean fear and helpiessness- IT
cannot bear TO be left alone at night"
timid ones often say. 1t is because
they cannot see what is about them
that they are afraid. They are af-
frighted at the possible enemies that
hide in the dark. Nor dare they ven
ture forth upon street or road lest
they stumble over unseen obstacles
The counterpart Of this fear of the
darkness of tie physical world is
found in life. Human lives know the
night OF fear and helplessness. We
cannot see ahead a single step in life.
We walk in the dark. We do not
understand what is happening around
us we cannot see where we are goings