Show 1 BACK FROM THE TOMB IT WAS INDEED A MINISTERS FARnWELL SBRMON rys a low Herd sad 111 r II 000 shot of a tome le teeaa T1e Congeeashlnn lllIrot at 1 jute Appests en N A SIOII of the I 7 mountain at lie t vnllejs cdje la tie I stale of Now llaatp Hhlrp stood the 4 1il liouaoof Ilev lleie fP i Utlrl klfth llawklni lie Utei i was the odor of a 1 I congregation In the r vicinity thnt was composed month 01 farmer from the elghborlwod The reverend gentleman gentle-man tint going to preach hit farewell sermon and WAI preparing for It when ho was taken III Kverythlng done for him but hla condition did not Improve Im-prove and on luod Krlday ho apparest I ly I dle < l and was placed In hU collin nolhcr mlnliler was to occupy the pl1lpll In Iho church Old men and young man mnthtft nbre girl In their teem the old peo hub a with Hint look which solitude sad repression clamp on Iho human plijil gnomy brown furrowed face mark etl I with Incffnceably mournful linn the faces of children mil nost In that 11111 look In their dcept eye the acesof statue nearly In atony Indlfftr nco of look Peering from thtlr uper oldfa hloned hate were the face of tho men A Illtl vaguo curl ally In Iho gaze perhaps and a great pathos In their nenmed and sunburnt faces Thn women were dressed ga rally In ru ty black with hero n4 thtro nn lmpoulbl looking nour spray or n tntnlly Incredible rcprt entalloii of frtill Tho lltttn gala nail y e Jt1fy t f1 1 t i t r art lliTfHNii TO IIIK TO rilCACII A BKRMOV btiyi In homespun and clreiddilly III titling clothe made from garments nrnurly worn by their elders were there silently watchful and there were shoo there tho undo nuld fceblo III step and with marks of time net deep around their lutterlM ayes Kvery hOlly was awaiting the now minister Some ono approached and Hero waa a lutler throughout the entire church Tho minuter stepped to lie I front of ho pulpit nit ever eye was bitch on hIm with n aoteniu expectancy He was an old mono who linn been almost a Ifolong contemporary with Dr Hawk Ire and It was natural ripectnl that cither before or lifter ila I sermon he would offer sonic remarks alKiut tho leparle l brother HenlUM there was Iho announcement of tho fmoral which was to bo made nod altoKulicr It was a momentout occasion for tae llttlo country church There Will n pause much the lint hymn had Ixcn sung and the minuter inking up n roll of polite coughed slightly and advance I Main to tho front of the pulpit At till point nn extraordlmo omurreuco happened At the door of tho meeilnit house and walking up the aisle pauio HIV lime klah llawkliw In portion lit tare dead by I pale but bearing him iwlt wlih calm nesa nnd u dlRiilt nlmoit aupernatuml Hvery taco In tho church Otis Irame JI l III fly tllrne1 toar1 hIm every eye apellboimd with terror There wia no mltlallng that form and I hour the long hair falling bOok It venerable wnte over the allgall looped ahouldrr Ho advanced to the pulpit steep mounted them and turned to the congregation and tho startled people noticed lor the flrnt limo thnt he car rich In his hand n large roll of rlttcn mnmiicrlpt lilcnlly the notes of his farewell sermon Torn few moment nothing amail The people were to stricken with auiaiament and fear thnt they dared not even teat their voices In rxprwilon of wonderment whlln in for their te lovis 1 old 1 mlnlater he sorted trana figured with n alrnnge nurroumllng of almont ghostly aercnlty Suddenly bin powerful anti naturally aonoimu voice wax heard reaching every nook and comer of the building lulling on the listener with cadence not entirely of this world end chilling them Militho deep solemnity of lla tonI ton-I am tho resurrection and the life naltli the 10 nit I ho that licllivolhjnjiie I though ho wera IMI 1 jet tmll Kt jltc and who oev > r Iheth and brlltrt1 ill mo ahall never iile j The beautiful anti muilcal ektnC P t tho wellremcmbrrcj noel cam ciin fortlngly and miurlngly to the hearts at the llatenrra and dlapelM for a moment their fear The mliiUUr pattaert 11 the opening invocttlnn Wit delivered and a rare thing with him smiled It wao quaint untie holding wltliln It mtgietllont of much knowledge inntrlBc forb aranc and awMtnma bringing elurltr with It and much humility The mllo that some of the disciples might have greeted greet-ed the matter with ao fmiidil It was with faith and love overlaying Then he took HP his well bcloved Illble and fixing bibs compelling gaze on the congregation con-gregation he again though alowor than before commenced 1 Impaaalvely 1 am the reaurrectlon and the life Mllh the Ionl ho who bellceth Inoue In-oue though ho wero dead yet hall he IHo mind = At thin Juncture hU hind fell ho tottered and till time beyond be-yond all poMlhlllly of a trance even pant the iiie tlonlng of his Maker the old preacher fell back In the arms of the visiting minister dead |