We remember George Toh Zheng Xuan, who was a student in PHS from 2004 - 2008. He was a student councillor.
George was in a coma for 3 days before succumbing to his injuries, as a result of a car accident. He passed away on 1st May.
Our thoughts and prayers are with his family in these times of bereavement.
The trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed (1 Cor 15:52)
Is death the absolute end of human existence? Not according to Benjamin Franklin. While scholars differ as to what he believed, there is no dispute that he believed firmly in the resurrection of the body.
This epitaph he composed of himself :
The body of
B. Franklin, printer,
(like the cover of an old book,
its contents torn out and
stripped of its lettering and gilding)
lies here, food for worms.
But the work shall not be lost,
for it will (as he believed)
appear once more,
in a new and more elegant edition,
revised and corrected
by the Author.
Franklin's epitaph is a picturesque restatement of Paul's affirmation in Phil 3: 20-21 that the risen Lord will transform our corruptible bodies, making them like His own glorious body.
What a comfort this truth is when someone we love dies in the Lord! What a comfort it is for ourselves as we move on moment by moment toward death! But this comfort can be ours only if we believe the good news of the atoning death of Jesus Christ on the cross with its glorious sequel of the empty tomb.
(Vernon C Grounds)
Soar we now where Christ has led,
Following our exalted Head,
Made like Him, like Him we rise -
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies.
Hallelujah!
(C Wesley)
The resurrection assures what Calvary secures.
From "Our Daily Bread" (30th Sep, 1994)
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