Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-03-29
OBITUARY.
From the Christian Observer.
TEIBITE 10 THE MEMORY OF MIS- ~
LA HARPER DANFORTH,

Tribute 70 THE MEMORY OF MIS- ~.
LA HARPER DANFORTH
Daughter Of Rcv. j. y. Danfor'h who did d,
New Cs>n". D.aw4rc. february ?th, 1919, ~ tbe
18th wear ., ner aga.
po,-, .eliop, asst. je-rcr III 4dor, than uhen
ser cold form r.s wrapped N his embrace. he
,ra Sentl: a. .ho breath ~ sprr, her ~er7 rirure
"a: laec:i,n. + har .'r:Ie vas the lnT Il and
nc,, N hor hgs-t nc .reetness nf Lore 10 all She
looked indeed m humanity nth Icing smile.
for che belicrcd her orr rss created dad 'cnt n
rejoice with the happT and - relieTs the m'sera
bic. A. All angel Of mercy, chr oousht the bedside
If tho sick aud suffering poor, aud ministcrcd to
their wants. oh woman not in the saloons OF
Measure io.t thou most brightly shine, but amid
the durkuet. and sorrow ot the house Of affection.
4 gem Of .pur..t ray serene on the very bosom
of curth's night,
This j. doing the work of Heaven upon earth; it.
aumaing spirit is of heaven and leads to heaven.
Thou art gone. therefore, loved one, To c"ngenlal
sphere. Art thou q father, and hast thou known "A
daughter true love; There is nothing like it: no
thing like il tor depth and sweetness Such was it
in the heart Of Julia; the light of his eyes. the JOY
of his heart, the solacc Of his age. all extiuguished
in night by the frost of death, Art thou moth
er with mother. love awakening congcnal
love in the bosom of thy beautiful one! Humanity
does not know deeper devotion. And such was
the devotion of the departed one. As we can have
but me mother, so Julia lived rs if she was the
only daughter, rs if the affections of the whole
family were concentrated in her own heart so gen
tie ruilcl.-s loving. and constant. Think of that
mothers loss. and raise a prayer to heaven, for
otis the Saviour dies" Be faithful. oh mothers,
while YOU have your loved ones with you. Let not
the iiolatry Of maternal affection absorb the sense
of duty-of your obligation to he literally faithful
to the sodls of your children. They were born to
you, that they might he born again to God. So
shall they enter the kingdom Of heaven.
Julia was child of faith. child the covenant,
sealed with the waters of baptism. amid praying
people, md accepted we trust unto eternal life; for
Heaven lay about her in her infancy" rs if early
sanctifcation va. her happy lot She bore the
name of one, Mrs. Julia Harpcr,) who might be
said t. have gone to heaven "in q chariot OF tire,
for her clothes took fire while on her knees IN
PRAYER. and death soon came TO her relief. She
learned how beautiful is HOPE. bending her arch
ami shedding her rays. (the Iris of the heart,
over the death pillow Of the Christian Hertather
had himself consecrated her to God in baptism
with his own hand, and with the voice of prayer.
In her last sickness. on her tenderly expressing
her firm faith in Christ as her Saviour, with an
uucl.udrd mind and an untroubed heart, ~ II
mo terror was there" the same father in prayer
dr,iicard anew his dying daughter to God, rs she
was about 10 take her last baptism in the cold wa
tcrs Of Jordan. All was peace, all was heavenly,
the rilnph Of grace immortal OIcr the last enemy,
which the Son of God came 10 destroy.
.See mercy from her golden urn.
p,,nr. rich stream To- them that mourn:
Behold she binds with tender care
TIL. bleeding bosom Of despair"
On the 2Sth instant, Mrs. BRIDGET DAVIS.
in the Goth year Of her age, corsort oi the late
jaime. Davis. n,;~ crfrends AMI acquaintances
are Invited to attend her funeral on Tuesday, this
day,l from her late residence IN Alfred between
Franklin and Gihbon streets.
Richmond Wing, please copy.
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