into battle, "Now then for a victory or a tomb in Westminster
Abbey." We know not what the future has in store for us, but .
we know that we are going the way of all the earth, that "Be-
yond the dim unknown standeth God within the shadow, keep-
ing watch above his own."
    When we think of the so-called "death" of our great and
good, we have a counsciousness that men like these never die;
death to them is but a circumstance in their existence. We have
a consciousness of their immortality that they are still with us
in spirit; they revisit the scenes of their earthly activity and
commune With kindred spirits. We believe that in a brighter
and better world we shall meet and know them; that they will
all live again; yes, that they do now live, for there is no death.

           "There is no death, but Angel forms
             Walk o'er the earth with silent tread;
           They bear our best loved things away,
             And then we call them dead.
           But ever near us though unseen
             Their dear immortal spirits tread,
           For all the boundless universe
             Is life.-there are no dead."
                                        -The Author.



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PREFACE