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 yond life. He holds us by the hand and leads us along His path, sheds the blessings of His light on as and awakens in our hearts the faith that so readily perceives what pure happiness it is to believe in Him, to trust in Him, to confide all our secrets unto Him, How shall we forget Him in the day of trial, how can we ignore Him in the day of triumph ? He is the Being unto whom we owe our all ; He is our first quest ; He is our prime confidant; He is our ever-faithful friend; He is our ever-trusted consellor ; He is our ever-reliable guide. Unto Him we turn this day, turn that we may, by His grace, be granted the vision to glimpse light through gloom, to receive comfort through tears, to hear messages of hope through wailings of grief, to taste the sweetness of love amidst the bitterness of parting, and to hold by unshakable faith despite the tearing, convulsive groans of bereavement. Wonderful are the means which He, in His mercy and wisdom, adopts to undeceive us, to disclose unto us the secrets of