Stowmarket Post Thursday 3rd August 1916 pg5

Stowmarket Post Thursday 3rd August 1916 pg5

known 3rd August 1916

THE LATE CORPL S. THEOBALD The sad news of the death of Acting-Corporal Stanley Theobald, Rifle brigade, cast a shadow over the town. The deceased manifested a deep interest in the Boys’ Brigade, and was for a long period the YMCA assistant secretary. In sport and recreation he did well, and was a regular player in both the cricket and hockey teams. It was thought appropriate to hold a memorial service in the Congregational Church on Sunday evening, where he always worshipped, and of which church he was a consistent member. The Stowmarket Boys’ Brigade, under Capt. T.A. Harwood, came over and united with the local Boys’ Brigade. The service was conducted by the Rev. T. Simon (of Stowmarket, a personal friend of the deceased). The sermon was based upon II, Timothy, i, 10. The rev., gentleman said that the text contained great and illuminating words. Two questions might be asked: (1) What had Christ done in relation to death and immortality? (2) How was it accomplished? Many beliefs had passed away, and were now enshrined in the history of the past. Jewish customs and sacrifices, and much that was considered sacred, were abolished by Christ. Many changes have been made in religious life. Superstition had given place to right thinking. Death today is very rampant, and one fears to read the casualty lists. Hardly a home has not a vacant chair. The ancients look upon death as a final extinction, but Christ explained that it was but a translation to a happier and more progressive and expansive sphere. The creation of immortality was not performed by Jesus. He simply was the revealer, shedding light by the Gospel (good news) into the minds of men. Christ’s resurrection was sufficient evidence that man would exist, after his body had been consigned to the grave. He would pass away from the mortal tent, ragged and subject to decay, to a grand immortal stationary Temple of incorruption.

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