Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-05-15
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Enl the .anii-SlarsrY BugLe.
ENTERED INTO PERPETUAL LIFE.

wish TO saw, that our dear eldest daughter,
| RUTH w. NICHOLSON, has taken the step of
progression in life usually called death. Her
lireless remains are now lying by our side,
" Beautiful even n Death. " The calm, smil-
| inc countenance bears a record not t. be mis-
taken, that this was recently the abode of
| one of the kindest and most tenderly alice
| tionate immorfGs her three remaining SIS
tcrs are frequently with soft and gentle steps
| approaching the bedside, and quietly raising
the thin white covering from the face, gazing
for a moment, then with fearful eyes, turning
away to mourn afresh the loss Of SO good a
sister. And, although nature seems to de-
mand that such early departures Of the young
and the lovely, shall cost som weeping to
those who linger behind, yet We mourn " not
as those who have no hope" For, though
to the outward eye, Ruth will henceforth ap-
pear to be missing from among us, yet, we
think, twill not be SO in the sight of the
spiritual observer. We feel a confidence
that her presence will be forever realized
among those who abide in the permanent
realms of spiritual or perpetual life. We do
not for a moment suppose Heaven and Earth to
be so far apart, as that the guardian influence
of pure minds in the former, will be lost or
unfelt by those remaining here. Ruth has
been a counsellor and adviser, like unto a
guardian angel toward us, while she lived in
the body, and we expect her to be the same,
now that she has entered the presence Of no.
ly Angels, where her own pure mind will be
renewed and strengthened by finding a%ssoci-
ates and instructors more suited to its capa-
city than she found on Earth.
Those of you who were acquainted with
her life and conversation, have no need to
hear it spoken of or repeated, because you
know what manner Of life she lived. But as
this brief tribute, made by fond parents, may
reach the eye of many a stranger, permit US
to say that she was our first born, the offspring
ganization the elements Of gentleness. kind
ness, and pure affection in a remarkable de-
gree. She, being organized superior to Ell
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Their Of us, was early enabled to be both a
| counsellor and instructor, even to us, her pa
rents. Long shall we remember the soft and
tender looks, the gently spoken rebukes,
which, in her kindness, she has extended to
us, when SOM trying circumstance or unex-
pected disappointment has rufied the tran
guilty of either Of our feelings or DISPOSE
ton. In her earliest childhood, she had a
mind apparently many years in advance of
the age of her natural or physical body. AT
an early age she almost intuitively became
an excellent and correct reader, a beautiful
and plain writer. She searched with avidity
the annals of history, to learn what she might
of the past and present condition of mankind
And, as we all know full well, they who
seek shall find enough suffering and wo to
cost conscientious mind many pangs, it is nc
marvel that so pure a spirit should, at an ear
ly day, fly away beyond such scenes of cru.
city and confusion.
She was a %"native born" Abolitionist
and, for a life so transient, her pen and tongue
had both been much engaged in pleading the
cause Of the afflicted among the children o.
men. She was very remarkable in her love o.
n%eatness and order. We have just now beer
looking into one Of her drawers, where she
kept her papers and selections and there arr
so many beautiful things, all SO ~tastefully
and neatly arranged, as to make it almost ap
pear like sacrilege to ruGle and derange them
Being an exquisite admirer Of all that wa
soft and lovely in nature, spring was Away
a time for refreshment and Joy. She cam
into life on the Goth Of the 10th month, 1881
add passed on TO the next state Of ~existenc
ON the eth Of the 4th month, 1916. Whel
we cast a glance at the greenness of tn
spring scenery which now surrounds GU
dwelling, and behold the beautiful flower
which are in full blossom, and then loo
upon the quiet body so lately active with life
, SO full of hope and gladness, we can but le
cur TO one of her earliest compositions, emit
tied Reflections on the beauties of Spring,
which is descriptive of her feelings, and tn
delight with which she ever welcomed III
approach b. Of this season. 1t was written whe
she was not quite twelve years Of age, an
this morning when she bid farewell to earti
! ly things she was over fourteen. She wroI
very many good articles on the subject of Ell
shaving human beings.
Very sweet TO us will remain her memor,
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