Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1877 — Mr. Moody’s Dead Brother. [ARTICLE]

Mr. Moody’s Dead Brother.

I Have just returned from my native town. W« h*d a very dear broihw. He was born a few weeks after my father’s death, and hb was the Benjamin, of the family. When he was seventeen years old he had a severe sickness, And* that made him doubly near so us all. J prayed for him long and often that God would receive him into Hto kingdom, and finally he accepted Christ. 1 then went away, and he was to follow me. It didn’t seem so far from him when be was a Christian. When I was in Europe I was afraid that every mail would tell me that he was gone. When I left for Chicago, I thought I should see him again: bukat last one day I got a dispatch telling me that my dear brother was gone I started to Northfield to bury him, and we Itfid him away in the little cemetery them, and'these last days that I have been there has reminded me of it. I thought with sorrow of the many sweet hours that we had passed together. . And I sat under the trees, where we used to sit and discourse upon the Holy Word, and I went all over the farm, and everything reminded, me of him. And I said, “Shall I see him again?” He had a stronger held upon my love than any man that ever lived. The cemetery was only about 300 yantofrom the station, and as 1 was leaving the little birds were sinking over the grave, add it seemed to m< nat I got a new view of the resurrection morning. I shall see that brother again, the darkness will be driven away, and then I shall be with that Idvely brother. And then those words of Paul came to my mind: " But I would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep.” Thank God for that verse. We have hope that we shall see those dear friends again. It is a blessed hope that we shall be with them together before God. Bless God for these dear words, and may they sink down deep into our hearts, and may God give us a sure hope —a hope like an anchor to bind our souls to Him who sits at the right hand of God.