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tivity. And it is not " good-bye" save for just a little 

 while. You shall see him again. Maybe you whose 

 hearts are throbbing so with grief today will find some 

 time that his going before has meant more for you than 

 you can now realize. Shall I try to tell you what I mean? 

 Jesus says, "In my Father's house are many man- 

 sions, if it were not so I would have told you. I go to 

 prepare a place for you." And again in another place 

 He says : ' ' The works that I do shall ye do also. ' ' May- 

 be it is the privilege of those who are first called, to aid 

 the Master as He prepares the mansions in "that house 

 not made with hands." Jesus' words would seem to 

 imply that it is. I often think of the husband and father, 

 whose constant thought and care has been to make a 

 home — a happy home for his loved ones here. If he be 

 the first one called, maybe he, like the pioneer in a new 

 country, goes to prepare a place. Maybe the Master ap- 

 points him that labor of love to do — to plan, to build, to 

 furnish, to make ready and to wait till his own shall come. 

 Then in the Master's presence, with the old fond look and 

 word, he shall greet and welcome them home — to that 

 home which he with the Lord Jesus has prepared, ' ' eter- 

 nal in the heavens." I like to think that this is so — 

 that it will be so for you who mourn today — that he who 

 went from you so quickly did not go a stranger into a 

 strange land; but that well remembered faces met him, 

 and well remembered voices greeted him and made him 

 welcome ; as he and others you remember will greet and 

 welcome you. 



