Show BundlER did not subscribe to the doctrine doc-trine embodied in the valley of the shadow of death He believed that the death portals would open to him a passage to a future life bright and joyous as well as eternal Therefore he saw no black clouds encompassing his pathway leading from this world The journey was one of delight No dark emblems of I woe were to mark his departure Accordingly Ac-cordingly the Beecher residence after the removal of the remains was lighted and decorated as for an occasion of festivity and triumph rather than as a house of mourning Bright flowers and gay attire were seen everywhere and the impression impres-sion created was that the master of the house had received from the hand of his Master a glorious and longed for reward |