Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-07-20
OBITUARIES.

I'fu' hh we wv llS', NJ Nanl. IhpiHhS rent
in Appomoi,ox county, Va, Thomas W ills only son %
b L, aud Emcnr 'l,nsley OF Richmond. Va lod one
year and seven months.
Yes, l,llc Willie sleeps.
How gentle his rrpusc.
The blowing flower has los, it. swoets.
And faded is the rose.
lie only sleeps, sweet child.
And soon he wake. arss,
Ascend unsullIcd. indebted,
An angel 10 The skies.
Gt- The Richmond papers will please copy
-, Of disease Of the heart at The lenco of Mr.
john Ruckcr IN lynchbutg. the 9Th inst Mr. ROB
ERR II. JONES, IN the ooh year OF his aue.
Yesterday, and the roSeale hue OF health uerspread
the cheek Of our departed friend. 4 devoted mother
gn2ed on him with JeG ,and was happy IN his society;
fond and attached associates clasped Inn by the h,nd
and wrrc proud 10 clam hun as their tlend bui neither
the ball lwUd associations of love- the walnus of -
deared relatives could stay eunrelruung hand Of death
and the rising Il anohc. we were summoned L.,
weep over his blcr. Such is The uncertainty oil human
life Like ,omc avune and dellcalc hpwef 10 day we
flourish and caesseI-t0 morrow we may Troop aud
Weeping parent great indeed IS yonr bereavement -
You have lost aduu son. aud l. n cherished conpan
ion. Ia the sunny huuis of chdhpod we have panb1z
ed together and the garland of friendship thai enccled
ns hen, hath united us IN youth and nought but tho
mlldew Of death could have blgted It's freshness
Alta very early age The deceased deprived of a
kind aud plous father by which dsponsllion of provl
dence he was lrh principally To the guardianship Of a
widowed mother, whose care aud attention amply
repaid by the affection he manifested lpi her and hI-
genemanly department.
Possessing MUD vi no ordinary cast. and giving evl,
dcuce oi rare business qualities, he found patron
III one Of our most worthy and respected citizens in
whose employ he was retained for several years. filling
place OFT nus, and emounent. 50 as to ele the com
meudatlOn Of his employer and gam the confidence o
his fellow m"n. Greater pCcunlafy Inducements being
held ont to hm by extensive concern IN the GUY oi
Ri mond. hccunsdrred his duty Ia accept the uiler
and he engaged aud continued IN business, IN line last
named Place until the failure OF the house IN which h.
lived He then returned homewad 10 enJ9y the sweets
ol domestic life. To which ho had 80 long been sfran=
ger In the year ISIS, he proessed the religion of our
Lord Jesus Chns and from that period, up 10 the tlme
Of his death. his walk thar Of n 1eaous and couss
tent Chrlsan-and although sudden and unex pecled was
the call hat hurried him from this another world, We
in heayen--and whilst in our seIfshness we canno,
chech an unavalling tear Of rgrel when remember
how great is loss, conSong is the reflection thai lie
Is happy.
nubIet heart than his never throbbed IN the breast
Of man Ever ready symathHe with the distressed the
tale OF woe passed ut unheedci by hun. In the midst
u Prosperity or in the gloom Of aiyersiy he iogot
the destitute poor who claimed him as their bone,cor.
i nm IN Iendshp aud conspicuous for his integrity, no
one that ever trusted IL hlu was deceived II Is zone
but cen as the fragrance OF a beautiful bouquet, which
fingers with rs long after Its blooms have faded and died
so will the recollection Of the virtues OF Robert b Iune.
survive his death, aud his will ever bo dear IN u
G. W. y.