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In the very presence of God—the Author of life, the Ordainer. of death, the Indweller of every soul, the Companion of every devotee in heavenly bliss—in His holy, serene and awe-inspiring presence, we are met here and now with hearts filled with sadness, with minds puzzled with the mysteries of existence and with souls yearning' for the comfort that comes only from the Unseen. We are come together, with sighs and tears—the marks of human helplessness; with prayers and supplications—the stay and hope of feeling souls. There is the aching heart within, and there is the void world around. Yet the heart would repose in the sweet memory of long association, in the holy sympathy of inspiring company and in the reassuring vision of a love that never faileth. We feel the problems of life creating a most painful agitation in the very depth