Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-02-23
OBITUARY

burnside, aged 20 years
The immortal Salluist once observed
that death was not dissolution, but the
translation OF the soul nom mortal 10 i'm.
mortal existence, where, In the habila-
mcnis OF eternal glory, il assumed and
malntnlned the sublime purity with which
II was invested ut the creation. With
this thought, reference TO the ruynges Of
death is robbed OF its melancholy tcrrors
and The tenderest relation on earth can
allude To a soul departed, not in tones of
anguish, nor yet in syllables ofregrot but
with that confidence in which we refer to
q friend to a haven of rest And life is
nothing more, nothing less than pill"
grimage. Some proceeding steadily,
with staff in hand. moved 10y ambition and
the quest of fortune and fame. Others in
nolsless meekness pursue the even tenor
OF their way, stirred to tears by pity for
the sorrow around them, and impelled to
those noble actions so adorning TO the hu-
man character, lore and charity, by the in
stincts Of naturally pure and sympa4
thetic heart, Aud yet, we weep for the
loss Of those we love, We gild our mem
ories with our tears, and carve in soft e,
motions the epitaphs of our friends. They
are tributes both mild and meek, granted
TO humanity by the mercy of Heaven as
soothing evidences of richer grace reserv-
ed in its more exalted dispensations.-
I They are the evidences of generous ailec
| ton, unheard and unseen by the dead but
the most beautiful examples OF truth and
sincerity in the living. And thus. as we
( bathe the urn with tears, and crown the
bier with the bay and the myrtle, we do
justice to our humanity, honor TO the dead,
and please both Heaven and the world.
: Miss Burnside in q community where
she was so well known and so highly es~
teemed, scarcely needs an obituary TO
perpetuate her memory. She was IA
vorte with all who knew her, admired as
much for her virtues as for those gentle
Qualities of her SEX which give halo to
society, and mark the friendships of the
world with simple and unadultarated sin
cerity. She was Christian, too, Of that
exalted character which can gaze calmly
at death when life assumes its sweetest at
fractions. Her chistian feelings were not
governed by mere theories. She was not
prompted to faith by philosophy, nor in
the abstract teachings OF a mere morality
did she hope for the realization OF hea
ven's reward. For years, conscious that
life was uncertain, !eeling that the most
insiduouS of all diseases, consumption, was
| besieging her existence, she resigned her
self calmly to her fate, and allowed her
soul to bathe in the realities OF that Hope
which first beamed at Gethsemane and
has since lighted the dark portals of ev-
cry christians tomb Nor was it the GER
tainty Of death that moved her to religion
for solace. When life promised to be pro-
llonged, when sickness seemed to cheat its
victim by allowing health 10 paint its
bloom on her cheek, and the love of home
to sparkle in her eve, then the Christian 5
character. was more fully displayed in the
weak woman, passing from duty to duty
with patient cheerfulness sypathising
with those in sickness, weeping with the
distressed, giving aims to the poor, and
Joy and hope, and generous affection to
all around her. Thus she passed her life.
Many of her years were marked 10y pain
and suffering but Congenial love answer
ling love, hovered around her decline, So
laced her suiferings, and gently watched
her passing through that Jordan in whose
waters lie robes of saints and martyrs
have been washed clean and white.
I The death Of 50 young and good wo-
man must have a beneicient influence
Those who know her best must feel that
influence strongest. Those who loved her
must longest cherish that influence. And
even society, cold in its forms, and weak
in its memories, must pause at the an
Inouncment that it has lost one of its
brightest ornaments, whose accomplish
Iments gave it tone, and whose actions
yielded it dignity and character.
THUS star by star declines,
Till all are passed away;
\ As morning high and higher shines,
To pure and perfect day;
Nor sink those stars in empty night,
But hide themselves in Heavens own
p, light" CcHrM Ircss.
i In Decatur tp. near Philirsburg, Feb,
10Th, 1859, Susan, wife of Moses Owen,
aged 33 years and 8 months. ..r
The deceased was a daughter OF Jesse
and Anna Spencer of Lumber City. She
Experienced religion in 1870, joined the
Methodist L. Church, and made one oi
> the number that formed the first class IN
the Grampian Hills. She loved the Glass
room, lived an exemplary life, and died q
triumphant death. She leaves husband
and six children to mourn their loss.
= Ny husband and my children dear,
o, meet me in the skies.
Ny body have lett below,
1t now with Johnny lies.
My father and my mother dear,
Wipe all your tears away;
Your Susan now is dead. and gone
, Her Sayiour's face to see.
Ny brothers and my sister too,
Your hope in Christ hold fast;
That when your earthly race is run,
We all may meet at last. A. S.
In Beccaria tp, on Thursday the l7tb
inst, IsMau II. WoRRcK, aged Ga years.
ON OUR TABLE.