| Show the th funeral sermon raon the avide interest taken in the question of recognition in eternity was illustrated by the extraordinary sale of the sermon preached at landringham sandringham Sand ringham hamon on the tha decease of the duke of clarence and le the eldest conof son of the prince and princess of wales the profits during the short period of ox ix months montha amounted to no less than 1300 I 1 of which the sura of was given b by y the princess Princ essof of wales to the gordon boya do T home hom 0 and 0 O to the british home for incurables over 50 copies were sold in that time a sale bale cea certainly unprecedented in the annals of profit from a single sermon of a few p pages ag e s the preacher has been heard to say that tha this sale was not due to his bis slender mimori but to touching anecdote told by the tha princess forming the prefatory note and which she eha gave bermis sion to be printed the substance of the story is ia that in 1883 all the five children dr of th aba princess were with her at bam hdm and they all partook of doiy communion together 1 I gave edd eddy y a little book said the bereaved other mother and wrote in it nothing in ia my hand I 1 brinz brine simply to thy cross I 1 cling fand also I 1 just us as I 1 am without vit hout one plea but that thy blood was waa shed tor for me ine 0 lamb of god I 1 come camf when he was rone gone and lay like one ile bow sleeping continued the tha princess we e laid a cross of flowers on his breast and after we had done so I 1 turned to the table at his hia bedside and saw the little book in which were written these words and I 1 could not help feeling that he did cling to the cross and that it had au all come true leisure hour |
