Bible Review V15: October 1916 - March 1918 - Iapsop.com

1916 'rua PASSING AWAY or-' A NOBLE soUL 139
-18. Emphatic Diaglott.)
Brother Butler was one shepherd, he had but one dock,
for he renounced the pleasures of this world, and laid
down his whole life for those who followed him.
He had
many adversaries to meet. The darker forces oppressed
his constitution like a weight which seemed to hold him
back from physical exertion, though his mind was clear
to the end, yet in his last hours, we could plainly see that
his higher spiritual self had left the body, for there was
a coldness which we knew was a forerunner of death.
He also seemed to have lost that powerful expressicn cf
the will which was ever with him through life and which
enabled him to eliminate all the undesirable features of
his physical nature. We miss him as the head of our
brotherhood, as our instructor in the way of life, for he
was an example to be followed. Our Brother was at all
times worthy of respect. Though we sought to lean upon
the Spirit of God, yet we looked up to him as our second
witness of the truth, and our helper.
For he always
called our attention to our failings, and cautioned us to
correct them or else there would be a separation between
us and the Spirit of God. He taught us that the Holy
Spirit is The Gate to the fountain of life, and that it
hinges on love and mercy for humanity. He also taught
us that if we were passive to the Spirit of God, we should
soon find that love is the real hinge upon which all the
questions of life are turned.
Our Brother recognized God as the fountain of living
waters, and that there would be a time coming in the
progress of every individual soul when he should have
access to those waters that never cease to fiow ard heal
those who use it.
We, at least, have been greatly benefitted both phys~
ically and mentally, and have the assurance within our
souls of the truth of his words. But many may fall by the