He spoke of death, and, with an eloquence affecting in its pure simplicity, he alluded to the loss of those we love.

"Wherefore should I say loss, my brethren ?" he said, in conclusion.

"They have but departed to mansions of undying joy: to earth they may be lost, but not to us.

Oh, no, God cursed the ground for man's sake--it is fading, perishable! There will be a new heaven and a new earth, but the spirit which God breathed within us shall not see corruption.

Released from this earthly shell, we shall again behold those who have departed first; they will meet us rejoicing, singing aloud the praises of that unutterable love that redeemed and saved us, removing the curse pronounced on man, even as on earth, making us heirs of eternal life, of everlasting glory! My brethren, Death has been amongst us, but how clothed?
to us who remain, perhaps for a time in sadness; but to those who have triumphantly departed, even as an angel of light, guiding them to the portals of heaven.