Excerpt from Mrs. Elizabeth D. Ballantine: A Memorial Sermon It is the custom at a funeral to relate some things that have occurred during the life of the departed one. This is very appropriate. For what is the force of the verse in the Bible which says, It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting? We go to the house where one has died, and take to our selves the lessons we should, in thinking over the good and the evil done by the departed one, and thus we prepare for our own death. It is for just this reason that going to the house of mourning is considered good. Therefore listen attentively now, while some events that occurred in the life of Mrs. Ballantine are related to you. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.