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subject may sleep in the grave for a little, but death cannot hold him
there very long. The day of deliverance draws near. Soon the trumpet
will sound, and, thank the Lord, we shall see Sister White again.
“I say to the family and friends, I am a mourner with you today;
but there is something about a righteous life in Christ which robs death
of its terrors, and the grave of all its woe. Jesus has been there, and
we may safely walk the path which Jesus trod. So, brethren, let us
look up. Let us look beyond this present vale of tears and sorrow to a
brighter and an eternal hope and life, for Jesus’ sake, amen.”
With the singing of one of the hymns best loved by Mrs. White,
“We shall meet beyond the river,” and the pronouncement of a bene-
diction by Elder S. T. Hare, the service closed.
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