We're gathered together this afternoon and the presence of
God to do three things. Firstly we want to remember
God's sovereignty and death as in life.
Job, the patriarch said, the lord giveth and the lord taketh
away. Blessed, be the name of the
Lord. Yes, we're here.
And we're sorrowful. Were heartbroken in a real sense
at Elsie's death. But with submissive Hearts, we
do acknowledge. The day that I gave us, Lord,
has ended. The second reason we gather
together here. Is to seek God's word of comfort
for our hearts. The Lord Jesus said, I am the
resurrection and the life. He that believeth in me, though.
He were dead yet, shall he live and whosoever liveth and
believeth in me shall never die. Believe as though, this he added
blessed. Are they that mourn for they
shall be comforted? It was a sigh of the prophet.
Who said that he was appoint unto them that mourn in Zion
beautiful, ashes. The oil of joy for mourning, the
Garment of priya's for the spirit of heaviness that they
might be clove dork. All the Trees of Righteousness.
The planting of the Lord that he might be glorified.
The third reason we have come together, this afternoon is of
course to give thanks to the Lord for the life and testimony
affiliate Elsie, Scott. L see, as many of, you know, I
know passed away peaceably in the hospital on Friday morning,
the 31st of May about 5:43 or their bites.
She spent 11 weeks in the hospital.
Under behalf of the carried off, free Presbyterian Church here,
the Kirk session, and the congregation.
I know that you would want to join with me in extending our
sympathy to this Scott. The Huddle's and Family Circle
out this time of bereavement today were especially thinking
of Elsie's, nephews and nieces we think of Hubert.
And we think of our own, who can't be here today.
She did phone me yesterday. Wish to be remembered.
We think of Samuel Del C, and Alan.
And their families. We think of the stepsons, Paul,
David, and Philip, and the Scott family.
And I want you to be assured of our prayerful support at this
time. And I say to you, you on behalf
of the family, A big. Thank you for coming.
Your presence here means so much to them today.
I would also like and behalf of the family to say a big thank
you to the staff of the Ulster Hospital of the various Wards in
which else he was looked. After during those 11 weeks in
the hospital. We appreciate their
professionalism and their devotion and care and the family
would also like to thank the Undertaker's today for assisting
in the funeral arrangements and we appreciate their
professionalism. Elsie was a wife.
She was a stepmom. She was a mount.
And she was a great aunt. And the Bible tells us that the
memory of the just is blessed. And you who knew Elsie best even
more than I did, you that she was a good Godly genuine
gracious. Christian letting And she will
be sorely missed. And the sense that our seat will
be outing. It'll be empty.
In this church. It'll be empty at home.
Can I just point out before we go any further that there is a
basket at the door of the church and that is for anyone that
wants to give a donation in lieu of flowers.
The money that's gathered will go in its entirety to the
Revival movement has started. Of course, by the lead attorney
Alan doing better as the every hunk associate and outs.
He had a great love for the distribution of the word of God
and wanted to support the cause of the distribution of the word
of God and it was her desire that any donations in lieu of
flowers would go to the Revival movement now there.
Basket as I've said, if you haven't come prepared to worry
about it. If you want to contact me
personally and write on it in lieu of flowers for L.
Say we will make sure that that goes to the appropriate Place.
Could I just also mention at this stage that when we do go to
ballet, gayane Park in the car, parked just directly opposite
the church, and the get to the cemetery would be open and that
will make ease of access for those who are going to the
burial. Could I also Ask you to bring
your sheet with you, for if you're ready, look down at,
you'll notice that the third hem, at least a few verses will
be sung at the gravesite. There was all these people
Emery's that are necessary. We're going to Worship the Lord
together and thank you to stand with me.
We think of this lovely hem, the king of love.
My shepherd is whose goodness feel it.
Never and nothing like, if I am his and he is mine forever.
And these Hemsworth, of course, were picked by L.
Say how impact. And she loved to sing.
Songs of Zion. So let's Stand Together As We
Worship the Lord Place. Let's just unite together in
prayer. Almighty.
God and loving Heavenly Father. We gathering this house this
afternoon and we're conscious that it is to us a house of
mourning. We know that it's better to go
to the house of mourning and in the house of feasting and we're
conscious that even as we draw nigh unto thee in the name of
our Lord and Savior. Jesus Christ approaching by fear
than the grind of Fez precious shared blood were conscious, the
dart the living and the true God.
And besides the either is none. Other the high, our God.
Alone, we're conscious that Arnie, we move and live and of
being and that were at the God who gives us breath to breathe
and strength to. And Joy are very Mobility is of
thee. We thank you for every temporal
material blessing. We acknowledge that these of all
come from thy good hand. We do acknowledge that thou art,
Sovereign not only in life, but also in death, and Lord with a
ready even men. Mentioned the fact that the day
that thou has given to else, a has ended and we thank thee for
the day of her birth. We thank thee for her long life.
We thank thee. O God for the many happy
memories that, she enjoyed as she journeyed through life and
we know that her greatest and most treasured memory was the
time on the occasion when she put her faith and trust in the
Lord. Jesus Christ, and we want to
give the thanks. Not only that they were Aaron
Baker that the our Sovereign that they were to Triune God,
but we also worship thee this afternoon as the God and Father
of the Lord Jesus Christ. And we thank thee for Manny who
can speak of him like Thomas and say my Lord and my God who can
also exclude him. I know like job that my redeemer
liveth like else say this is my beloved and this is my friend.
We thank thee that Christ indeed was her Redeemer.
He was Lord and Savior that he was her best and most treasured
friend. We thank thee indeed that she
was amongst us as a Godly genuine gracious.
Good Christian lady and we know that our family here, her
nephew's and niece's can rise up and call her blessed and the
Lord. And we know that each one in
particular have special memories that they Treasure of the time
that they spent with her and her company.
Having conversation. And we know that many of those
conversations did indeed Center in a round, the preciousness of
Christ and they wonder of the word of God and Lord, we're
conscious and life's journey, Elsie new, many trials, and
troubles. We think of the passing of her
late husband, David, we think of the death of her brother,
Johnny. We think of the death of her
nephew's, John and Robert and particular.
The passing of her sisters, Margaret Andrew Bay.
I mean, you're either these all took a toll, but we're thankful
that the word of God who came and said even unto her.
My Greece has sufficient with thee.
And we thank thee for all the trials and temptations of life,
and that LC learned, and prove to thrust.
And the reality of him who said, I will never, leave thee, nor
forsake thee, and, oh, God, we thank thee even for her dear
family. Today, we think of her nephew's
under nieces. Remember, Hubert remember?
I'm who can't be with us and, you know, about her own illness
and we pray your blaster and be with her.
Do you remember Samuel? Remember L.
See herself? We think of Alan here.
We think of LC stepsons, Paul, and David and fellowship, what
we think of their extended families.
Lord. Remember them all at the stain?
We thank thee. That thou Hearst I said, blessed
are they that mourn for they shall be comforted?
And we ask thee that even at this time of morning when a
family has lost a loved one to death that you'll draw alongside
and you'll help them or God to remember the great.
Hope that Elsie had in Christ and that for her even and Friday
morning after that 11 week in the hospital.
We're glad Lord when she closed her eyes and death and breathed
her last. It was absurd.
The body and present with the Lord, we're thankful that she
was gone and to the nearer presence of the Lord.
Her eyes have seen the king for Elsie and Friday.
It was sweeping through the needs of the New Jerusalem,
washed in the blood of the lamb. And oh God, we know that her
passing is not the end of Health.
Say we know that her death was not goodbye, but a mere good
night. I'll make you in the morning and
we look forward to that day that day of Resurrection.
Direction. Well when Christ will return and
the people of God will be with Christ Body and Soul, and Spirit
forever and ever, and we pray that will Comfort ourselves even
without grit truth out this time, and we asked the, in the
midst of all the change in the midst of all the tears and the
memories that will spring up and the need for strength, Andre is
that you'll imparted, even unto the Deer family at this time.
And they love Her age and the be at Hope of the Gospel to look
forward to meeting their dear loved ones.
Once again, do you remember us now as we've gathered in this
house as have sought thee for Comfort?
We also seek me for counsel if there's any amongst us, a
stranger to LCC. If you're, we call unto thee to
open their eyes, their ears, their hearts and bring them to a
sea of acknowledge of, Jesus Christ out this time.
And in these days, we commit this whole service nigh unto
thee we Crave thy presence shutters and Wealthy blesses
help us come and minister to us and do us good in our hearts
for. We ask it in Jesus name.
Amen. How man it during those 11 weeks
that Elsie was in the hospital, she had a number of visitors,
not only myself but some from this church also visited her and
she heard of course, her dear family and she always looked
forward to two islands. Visit and Gigi told me, you
know, he always reach the word of God to me.
And that's such a blessing. And with asked, Alan this
afternoon to come and read to us the word of God.
Him. And I were with Elsie and
Thursday night, and the hospital, and I invited him as a
family, member to read from the scriptures, and he's going to
come and read those two. Portions of scriptures to us.
And I thank you all. So, Psalm 23, I'm going to read.
I like to think that the if it had bought the Sheep through
some danger and they're resting calmly on the grass.
Lush. Green grass, freshwater in the
Hillside and David thought themselves who looks after me.
And he says, the Lord is my shepherd.
I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in Green
Pastures. He leads me beside Still Waters.
He restores my soul. He leads me in the paths of
righteousness for his namesake. Yea though, I walk through the
valley of the shadow of death. I will fear no evil for thou art
with me, thy rod, and thy staff. They Comfort Me by preparest a
table before me in the presence of mine enemies, thou anointest
my head with oil. My cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my
life. And I will dwell in the house of
the Lord. Forever.
Different saying this time and John trouble on the streets of
Jerusalem. Jesus has healed lepers in the
blind, to see the lame to work, raise the dead to life, and the
Jews are plotting to kill him. And Jesus Comforts his disciples
and John chapter 14. He says, let not your heart be
troubled. Ye believe in God believe.
Also in me and my father's house are many mansions.
If it were not. So I would have told you I go to
prepare a place for you and if I go and prepare a place for you,
I will come again and receive you unto myself.
That where I am, there you may be also.
On further, I go, you know, and the way you know, Thomas says to
him, Lord hike on Lord. We know not whither, thou goest
and how can we know the way Jesus said unto him?
I am the way, the truth and the life.
No man. Cometh to the father.
But by me and verse 27 says, peace, I leave with you.
My peace. I give unto you not as the world
giveth give I unto you, let not your heart, be troubled.
Neither Let It Be Afraid. This is the Living Word of the
Living God. Do you think?
Holland very much for reading from the scriptures.
I appreciate his help. I just want to read one other
passage in 1st Thessalonians, 4:13 the Apostle Paul says, but
I would not have you to be ignorant Brethren concerning
them, which are asleep that you sorrow, not even as others which
have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus
died and rose again, even so them also, which sleep in Jesus,
will God bring with him. For this, we say unto you by the
word of the Lord. That we which are alive and
remain unto the coming of the Lord, shall not prevent them,
which are asleep. For the Lord.
Himself shall descend from heaven with a shite.
With the voice of the Archangel with the Trump of God, the dead
in Christ shall rise first, then we which are alive and remain
shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the
Lord in the air. So shall we ever be with the
Lord? Wherefore Comfort.
One, another, with these words and we do pray, as I wanna say,
it's the Living Word of God that the Lord will bless his word to
her hearts. I have behalf of the family.
It is my honor today. No need to conduct this funeral
service for The Departed, Elizabeth Scott, but it's also
my privilege to be able to bring a short tribute in memory of
her. Elizabeth Scott was born in the
8th of November 1924. He was born into the Huddleston
family. Elsie is she was affectionately.
Called was the third child born to William and Mary Ann.
He'll say had two sisters and a brother, the eldest sister birds
called Margaret followed by Johnny and her youngest sister
was rubbing their oldest a Stan. You're familiar with that else.
He's the last of a generation. So this is This is an end of an
era in that sense. The family lived in Colombia.
Callie and I have no doubt that life was hard.
And remember, it wasn't long after World War 1.
What about ten years or so. And I remember LC telling me
that one Christmas. She got a lovely new door and
she treasured that doll. And as a girl, she she loved
playing with it as a young girl. She also learned to Raider,
basica number, there was less cars and the road, And she did a
10 count the Kelley school. She proved to be a bright
intelligent pupil. She was always kind.
She was considerate and her aim was to please and help other
people. Nobody else.
He was about 12. Tragedy struck.
Her mother date. And I could identify with Elsie
and not because of that young person.
My mother date as well. When I was about five and the
death of a, mother was a big blow to Al say she adored her
mother and Tamar, father remarried.
And else he struggled with the impact of that, the session and
she ended up living with her older sister Margaret, took it
upon herself to help rare the siblings and only last year
during a visit and Egger boy court.
And the we I'll call it the flat.
She called it the apartment and she told me that her stepbrother
wailmer had passed away. That was the first time she'd
ever mentioned them. After lesions School else.
He started working and Bale art. She was making children's
clothes else. He was skilled in the use of a
Singer sewing machine. And I'm told that she worked
there a long time and she became a supervisor and Elsie, of
course, in those days love to make things a skill.
Perhaps maybe she inherited from her mother and maybe a skill of
course that was inherited as well through herself.
Start because I'm told at home Margaret and heard love to make
lots of things to me, addresses and curtains, and throws for
beds and blankets for babies and cushion covers, and you name it.
If it could fit in the Singer sewing machine.
It was me it. And I'm also told that when else
he was a child and the attended carried off Presbyterian church
and the Sunday school that all the Huddleston girls.
They had a new dresses for children's day.
No doubt made by Mom and no doubt me and on the Singer
sewing machine. So else he put that talent to to
good use and bail art and later on.
She went to work in the sewing Department of the Belfast City
hospital and I have no doubt if a record was to be known and
maybe someone was to stand up and share it with a word that
else he was probably one of the best Machinist.
She had many friends growing up. and she had loads of sitters and
I used to say to her L say That nobody ever Hass t-80 the dead.
He'll say, no, we're never proposed to you.
Be getting married and he says no, I was far too fussy.
Mr. McLaughlin. Many suitors, but very fussy.
I don't know exactly when L say could see it.
But it's widely believed that she got saved and trusted Christ
as our Lord and savior and Hurley attains in the early
years else. He rode her bicycle all over the
place to work, friends family. I'm told you even ruled over to
clench a to else, sees Alexander's, father's house in
clenching. And of course, you got a ride
home in the back of the car. And the bicycle was in the boot
for many years LC lodged and the home of a mrs.
Patterson and carried off. I'm not sure if a many years, it
could be as many as 20 could even be near 30.
During this time. Elsie was a Sunday school
teacher along with mrs. Patterson and carried off.
Baptist Church, and she was very fearful and not rule and she
loved teaching the children. And of course, our dear sister
here Barbara who played the organ.
When she was a young Barbara doorknob was taught by Juliet L.
See Scott and Sunday school, maybe somewhere you were here.
You were also taught by her and Sunday school and after leaving.
Mrs. Patterson's homes. He moved end here.
We flat and baver. I talk about a flat and Elsie
talked a bit an apartment at Ended like something that wasn't
were abroad and she learned to drive so that basically was
ditched. And she got a wee, green money,
and she gained their independence.
Now, you who knew else, a better than I did knew.
She loved her and dependents. And I remember what I said about
suitors, 40 years ago when her nephew Alan and Denise got
married. She is reported to have said
that her last nephew is now you married.
And she was still single and, but this time She's about 54 or
are 55. But you know what romance was in
the air? Going to tell you what happened,
and the way flat and Devar. There was a problem with the
glass-fronted fire and I'm told that there was a man across the
road by the name of David Scott, who was a plumber, and he got
the job of fixing the fire. No, a, I had the pleasure of
meeting the late, David Scott. He was a lovely man.
Good gracious Godly Man. Very kind and considered has
wavered dead sometime before. He was probably a bit lonely.
Probably. Get a bit hard to coat.
Well, you know what? He got the fire going on romance
blossomed in the flames. Because he was encouraged along
with L. Say I Believe by another
relative to start dealing and David and Elsie was eventually
married and ebrill 1982 in done Donald Darkness.
It was a quiet where she's told me just a few friends, but it
was evident. If you've been ever in the home
that they loved and adored each other.
Now, I have to say here and I'm sure that the stepsons are not
made me saying this that else he was very very well.
Received treated with the utmost respect by David's family, and
they know that I have first-hand witness of that.
And the boys will tell you that after the death of their mother.
The father was like a lost soul. He's like me couldn't boil water
or an egg, and, and the sense meeting L.
Say, was like, at sort of restored and revived and, and
they loved each other and they were married, of course, for
About 21, 22 years. Did we bomb?
Blew their of Church Road? And at that time, they were
attending melatonin Baptist. And then eventually, they joined
the martyrs Memorial. And I remember one of the first
visits to the home. Dr. P is Leo.
I just come to carried off and he sent the around the area to
do Pastor work on his behalf. And I remember, knocking on the
door and I'll see you tonight. Run This Way dog, and the dog
was called. I'll bite your nails with Bobby
Bobby. Well, it was wet, Bobby.
He decided to have a we run around the garden.
And you know what? That was like a flu flower beds
and on the bed of dirt and whatever.
And then I thought, well, Bobby's going to grate the gate
and I was certain Bobby Bobby and the next thing that we do
crown with a gun, jumped up all over me, and the paws were dirty
and the treasures were dirty, and it just didn't happen once
because it happened that one Christmas.
When I was also visiting the home at when the stepsons were
there. And remember Elsie said, I don't
worry about It must have gotten have a brush you off.
It's not, it went to the dry cleaners.
All right, L? See, you know, used to take
Bobby for a walk somewhere. You seen her in the round
carried off and she said to me one time, you know.
I was reported. For the dog fold the pavement.
The cheek of them. She says, imagine reporting me
for what the dog had done. And it always stuck on her head.
L say, and David long teach others have said they love life
to the full of many lasting memories.
How they had happy times. They laughed and they had bumped
her with each other and Elsie, of course was in her element.
It was we trips to Crown Fade to the static caravan else.
He said the worst would go in the crown field was packing up
and leaving it and they had trips abroad to Europe.
Elsie told me about her trips to Vanna's with Paul and David and
David they'd also trips to Scotland.
You know, what 110 they went to Scotland and David's plumber's
van and they spent the night in the van.
I'm not sure where they partners is the else ever.
Heard you sleep. Sit in the back of the farm.
This is what all just even-handed in Madras.
The back of the van. That was Helsing.
Of course. She was fiercely loyal to David
and hope the boys don't make me mention in this here.
But David at one time got away TP and else had told me, don't
you ever mention that to him? Of course, she told the see in
the gym, Alexander when he was coming down to Korean failed to
see them and don't mention it. Jim, don't look at it.
Don't stare at them. Of course.
What a gem do the very opposite. But but that was L saying
there's a story told that David had a lovely wait Merc, you know
and in the middle of LC and Gem Alexander's yard, there was a
clothesline one of them worldly things and it was left it out.
There was a bit of a poll stacking up in the yard David
didn't see it. He drove over the top of it and
the white Mark he then reversed back over it and you know, I
don't think they ever told them. I'm talented nigh.
Whenever David Dade. At head Elsie heart.
Her late shorter, one date. She was a widow to all these
years. She moved to Edgar Boyd Court,
lovely apartment. She called it.
I called it the flat, we had many cozy chats.
We at a used to say to me come on a Thursday or a Friday, 4:00
p.m. To 5:30.
And then you go home for have to listen to the news.
And during that time. Of course, she sold the we green
money and she got a Volkswagen Lupo and she has to come up to
the church here and the old building and first gear.
And we could hear it almost from coming out of up, the Kelly
narrowed and seriously great the gear in first gear.
And I used to say to her. I'll see you know, we have to
stop. Look, right.
And then look laughs dancing. Yes.
Mr. McLaughlin. First gear out the gate and down
the road. Neither.
Look NAFTA, right? We warned her of the danger of
the Sith failed Road, of course, it was busy as you know, but she
loved to get the Marks and Spencers and managed to tame.
The Volkswagen Lupo went down the road.
It was the highlight of her week to get her hair done.
She loved a better Victoria sponge and even when she had no
car. She looked forward to Elsie,
Alexander her, niece common, and taking her out to be wrong and
don't know Marks and Spencers. Of course, they went.
And she really appreciated that and we talked on the phone.
She always would have said or what else here think it was
usually on a Friday. Sometimes it wasn't chasing, and
I just want to let you all know that she was adored by all her
nephews and nieces and their children and she talked fondly
of your soul. Junu uranium's.
I'm like, I'll tell you something else, she prayed for
you. And she talked about her
stepsons here, Paul and fell upon David, and about their ways
Heller. And Jonathan, as I've said, I
believe he'll see, was saved as a teenager.
She told taught Sunday school as I've said and carried off
Baptist. Many years, he attended Murphy's
Law from the meetings were all with her dear friend, Pearl
Shanks else. He loved the Lord and she loved
the word of God. She loved hearing it.
She loved reading it. She loved talking about it, you
know, whenever she was sending a family card to someone maybe at
Christmas, or a birthday, or some other event.
And this was especially true your for Nissan.
And when she was writing to her card.
She always inserted the taxed proverbs.
You five and six trust in the Lord, with all thine heart, and
lean not unto thine own understanding in all, thy ways
acknowledge. Him and He Shall direct thy
path. She told me about the Christmas
dinner and or the Boxing Day dinner, Diner at Philip and
howlers, and she just appreciate the very fact that she was asked
to give a word of thanks for the food.
And she always felt that that was important and getting a wee
word. And for the Lord, as I've said
LC cope with Ella Health, perhaps, you didn't know that.
In her early life, she did recover from a very serious
stroke. And we're thankful to God,
giving her grease to cope with illness.
Not only our own, but the illness of loved ones have
talked about, the death of her husband, the death of her
sisters, the death of her brother, the death of her
nephew, John, Robert, and many others had in the midst of the
mold. You know what?
She learned to trust Christ at all times.
She was not a murmur and you knew that she was not a
complainer. But she was a fiercely
independent woman. She was a gracious suffer.
But she was also a woman of Prayer.
And her prayers will be mess than I knew.
She prayed. I knew she was a Praying Woman
and sadly, only a few months ago her health seemed to
deteriorate. She was admitted to the
hospital. I confess.
I didn't think that you'd be into long wasn't serious.
You'll be out again, but that wasn't to be slowly.
Elsie went down and down every day.
We went a visitor. She was doing a wee bit further.
And in the last few days. She found it difficult.
Her family and friends were often with her.
As I've said, I was with her and the Tuesday.
So was her brother Sammy. Weird on the Thursday night.
I'll know me spent some time with her.
And then on the Friday morning, it but 543 or their bites.
She breathed her last. She went home to be with the
Lord. Her eyes have seen the king.
She was reunited with her family and friends.
And the Bible says, as I've already quoted the memory of the
just is blessed and the memory of the liat.
Elizabeth Scott has blessed amongst us.
Could I just leave a short message with you?
In the Book of Proverbs may have put it in the order of Sir, our
book of Psalms. We have it, put it in the order
of service and Psalm 116 verse 15.
We read precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his
Saints. There's three things.
I want to leave with you. I want you to think of the
description of God's people here in the text has since God's
people are described in a variety of ways using different
metaphors. In the Bible.
Where were called, Christians followers disciples even jewels.
And here's another precious one has sins.
The word science is a reference to Holiness of life.
Pez, holy ones. Has speaks of someone in a
relationship with him? The Bible tells us about a zig
and Rebecca. She became Hess and that was
true in the day that David and Elsie get married, but it was
also true of the day that LC trusted Christ as Lord and
Savior. She became his because she could
talk about my redeemer. She could talk about my beloved.
This is my friend. She could talk about my Lord and
my God. It has since also as someone who
has a regard for God who believes that God is, and of
course, the Bible tells us the full of sadness, heart.
There is no God. It's important that we recognize
that God is that he's the true and the Living God has revealed
himself in the pages of Holy Scripture, and Elsie, leaned
hard on the fact that God has because the Bible tells us God
is our refuge and strength, a very present help and The day of
trouble. How and when your we World falls
apart and crashes and round you. Who do you turn to for help?
What will L say, always turn to the Lord reference to his scenes
as a reference to someone who's a reference for God.
The Bible tells us be though in the fear of the Lord, all the
days of thy life. The Bible tells us there in the
Book of Proverbs and Proverbs chapter 9 and in the verse 10
that they fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and
knowledge of the Holy as Understanding and Elsie had such
a reverence for God that she knew and discovered that she was
a sinner and that she had a soul and that she knew she needed a
savior in the Lord. Jesus was the only savior.
Neither. Is there salvation in any other?
For there is no other name under Heaven, given among men whereby
we must perceive and she knew she needed to be cleansed in the
precious blood of Christ by trusting him and by fear of
having application in that blood were by She was washed by faith
and therefore she came to Christ and she cried out to him and and
and and and she confessed him. Elsa was not only Washed by the
blood of Christ, but she was walking by the Faith of Christ.
I've already made reference at Elsie was a machinist a
dressmaker and you know, the Bible is loads to say about
garments in fact 170 references to the word garments.
I'm one of those references of Song of Solomon, chapter 4 verse
11. And this is what it says.
And this is the bridegroom. Speaking of us prayed.
Thy lips, all my spouse drop as the honeycomb.
Honey and milk are under thy tongue and the smell of thy
garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
You see L say like the bride and the bridegroom had such a
relationship with Christ that she Not only was washed in the
blood of Christ. But she walked by the Faith of
Christ. She could say like Paul to
Timothy I know in whom I have believed and am persuaded that
he is able to keep that which I've committed unto him against
that day. And how do I know that Elsa was
a good? Genuine Godly Christian woman.
When I went under her home. She always was reading the Bible
or Other Christian literature, whatever.
I went to read a portion before I left the home L, say always
got her own Babel and she said, I'll, I'll read it along with
you. Mr. McLaughlin.
She's, you couldn't hear at the end, the best.
And in fact, one day, when I was in visitor, was there for about
40 minutes and I was shouting, you could a heard me at, they
bought a man to killing her and LC caps.
An account here. You must have looked locked, and
I can't hear you. And I'm showing them.
Almost horse. You know what they end.
She took the two bits of cotton wool out of her ears.
She had got olive oil, and, and that was the reason why she
couldn't hear me, but she did love reading her, baby.
She always talked about the Lord Jesus, to everybody, that would
lessen. She could say, this is my
redeemer. This is my friend.
This is my Lord. She proved her testimony by the
life that she lived. When Trials and troubles come,
the death of her husband, her sisters, John A Hurley at
nephews. John and Robert and have
mentioned, she didn't give up. She didn't pack in her life of
faith. She trusted in the Lord to give
her Greece to see her through Elsie Worship.
The Lord of mentioned carried of Baptist.
Donald Baptist Beltran about this they the martyrs Memorial
and then she transferred membership here to carried off a
description of God's people has since and we could talk
literally that else say was a living sinned and of course if
you're not a sin before you die, you'll never be one.
We Believe and we totally reject that.
You can become a saint after you die else.
He was a scent before she died. Listen to the scripture.
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his sins
thing. No need a description of the
people of God. We think about the death of the
people of God. You know, else.
He left her life and such a way that she knew that almost died.
She knew that old people die. She knew that the young may die.
An LLC lived, her life and later that you see even a good genuine
Godly sincere, Christian days. Abraham Dade.
David Esther, Hannah Moses Samuel, the New Testament
apostles CLC. Knew that death was an
appointment, not to be messed with the Bible tells us in
Hebrews chapter 9 and 27 hours is appointed unto man once to
die. And after this, the Judgment
Elsie knew that God has set a boundary for her.
Listen to what the Bible says in Acts 17 and hath made of one
blood, all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the
Earth, and have determined the times before appointed and the
bounds of their habitation. You see, there's a time a place
away for all men must die. Elsie, not only had a birthday.
But you had a death day and maybe you're here, and you never
think about that and you haven't realized it and it doesn't make
any impact upon you. Who cares?
You shrug it off with a shrug. Your shoulders head remains me.
If the story that's told in The Chronicles of Narnia written by
c.s. Lewis and one of the volumes.
I think it was the Silver Chair or the silver throne, and it was
a picture of a prince that have been captured by a wicked witch
and held in the dungeon. And for almost 24 hours, he had
access to food and all the Delicacies that you could think
of and rest and relaxation. But at a time, Five Minutes to
Midnight, the Wicked Witch's followers came and tied him to a
silver chair and 45 minutes that Prince screamed out every moment
of that. Five minutes.
I'm a prisoner. Someone get me out of here.
Despite having all of life's best the famous of clothes,
Delicacies and fun, and happiness, 45 minutes of every
day. He realized I'm a prisoner.
I need someone to get me out of here.
And you see everyone should know way we get a reality check and I
believe coming into the house of mourning like this.
We get a reality. Check that man is a prisoner to
send that man is a fallen creature.
And that death is not natural to man, and it's death was never
intended to be part of God's world, but death has been in
there just because of sin, Romans, 5 and 12.
Wherefore, as by one man, sin entered into the world and death
by sin and so death passed upon all men and All have sinned
death occurs because of sin and God's judgment on sin and a
funeral like this even at the death of a sinned, it can be a
wake-up call to what is really going on.
Because one day, death will come for you and come for me.
There is life after death. Jesus said what shall it?
Profit? A man, if he shall gain the
whole world and lose his own soul, or what, shall a man give
in exchange for his soul and there's two ways to die.
You can die in Christ. And if you die in Christ, will
be absent from the body and present with the Lord, and
you'll enter into paradise, and you'll be with King Jesus.
And you'll know the bless of half her.
But if you die without Christ, this was the worst death of all.
To die in your sins. Jesus said, if you die, in your
sins, three times where I am, you cannot be and that should
make you tremble and that should make you think on the Bible,
urges us flee from the Wrath to come death is an anime death as
unnatural. And yes, it's hard and yes,
there's tears and yes, there's real grief and Pines and this
family sorrow, but, but they don't sorrow without hope.
because, What we're really doing.
This afternoon is declaring the death of a cent.
Listen to the taxed precious in the sight of the Lord is the
death of his Saints. Don't need a description here of
the people of God, and the death of the people of God, but a
declaration about the people of God, precious in the sight of
the Lord, is the death of his sins.
Clc's death is precious because the price was already paid the
price of the precious shed blood of the Lord Jesus shall see.
Knew she was Redeemed by the precious blood of Christ.
It was precious because of the police that God had prepared for
her. And the island had already read
that to you as the Lord. Jesus said in my father's house
are many mansions. If it were not.
So I would have told you, I go to prepare a place for you.
And if I go, well, prepare, please feel come again.
And receive you unto myself that where I am there you may be else
and it was all so precious because of the prospect that are
we at at her? Listen to these words, as we
close from John's gospel. The Lord Jesus said in his
prayer, father, I will that they also him now, I was given me be
with me where I am that, they may behold my glory which thou
Hast given me for thou lovest me before the foundation of the
world. Elsie.
Scott's Earthly day has ended. Her physical life is over all
her sorrows and all her suffering suffering is over.
Remember what the Bible tells us in the Book of Revelation and
God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes and there shall
be no more death. Neither sorrow nor crying.
Neither. Shall there be any more Pian for
the former things are passed away.
Elsie, Scott has gone to a better please L.
See Scott soon have him. And how do we know that was?
Because she was a good woman because she was gracious,
because she was Godly the answers not Elsie.
Scott is in a better place because of her faith in the
finished work of Jesus Christ, and Alan, read for us.
Those words in John 14. Jesus said, I am the way, the
truth, the life, no man comes unto the father. but by me, By
Christ and resting on his finished work.
And that's the grind and Elsie rested on, and put all her hope
for eternity. And because of that growing, and
God can say precious in the sight of the Lord, as the death
of his sins and Earth, we mourn. But in heaven, there's
Jubilation on almost like a party saying.
Because another Soul has entered in to their Eternal reward on
Eternal rest. Let me just ask this and
closing. Will your death be precious?
Or will it be perilous? And what you do with Jesus
Christ and life's journey. If you reject him, refuse them,
it'll be perilous. But if you receive him and rest
and him alone. It'll be precious.
I will you die. And Christ over Theta, precious
in the sight of the Lord, is the death of has, since we're going
to sing our closing, hymn or turning to the order of service
face-to-face with Christ, my savior.
Could I just ask that you remain standing, and we'll have a short
prayer and benediction and then they found Ali will make their
way out of the church along with the Earthly remains, as we had
two polygons. As I've said to bring your
coming to polygon. Do you bring your hem sheet
with? You will have a very short
service there and I'll be preaching very long.
You'll be glad to hear that, and then it's into polygons Church
hall for Refreshments on, you're all invited to come and we would
love to have as many as possible.
Let's Stand Together As we sing? It's just close in prayer.
Lord. We thank thee for the sense of a
presence with us. We thank you for these all.
Hems of Zion were by, with praised and worshiped thee hems
that he'll see. Loft and O God.
We ask the noise, particularly from the house of God, and make
her way to the final resting place down in ballet.
Gayane afraid. I will give Journey Mercies
remembers, ramit around the Open Grave.
Braille be favorable as far as the weather is concerned.
And for the short service they are we prayed Lord to undertake
forests, especially undertake for this deer from these nephews
and nieces else sees as stepsons under their family Circle and we
know lord, they're all affected one way in another and we just
pray Lord that you will grant grevious out this time, and we
pray, Lord now is particularly from the house of God, that the
grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love.
Love of myself and the communion of the holy spirit will be upon
us. Both not I and Evermore.
Amen. Amen.