The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1860-10-26
OBITUARY.

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The sudden md unexpected death of JOHN
WESLEY COCHRAN has spread n pa,l Of
gloom aud me lanchOl yuver the entire coDmuni
~ oi CokeshnrY. lie was horn Nov Iith 1S33
and died Oct. 18th. 1850. aged about o7 wears
few days ago he moved among us, hale yir
orons and athletic the picture of health and
animation to-day he lies cold aud motioul.ss
in th. grave. cut down by the scythe of the
race destroyer. II Ii q moia;iruly ;;,rct aclc r.,
see n yrung man. his locks still wet with tho
dews of the morning of life. active, vi:orous
and hm"yant. wasted by disease, and in the
brief lapse of few days shorn of his strcp,,,h
mud laid low in the grave. What lesson of
the frai!ty of maus best estate! What q
mockerv Of ambitions hopes and expectations I
No one in our community woull have siuul.d
out John Wesley Cochran a. the next victim
for Deaths :c"Sorahle grasp This bloom
ing heath. md vigorous frame, aud buoy,nt
step all Indicated n long career Of useful and
happy Years. But The sleeps his last sleep" in
:hc lanI of silence. fprcveriliore from iha
nois. and stir of car.h's chnn:,irr scenes. 4
n.eIrb"r OF the Mcthodi,t ILrisc:rral C;urcb
t"r ihe last year or more h: seemed to ya, Lcr
renewed strength. in his religious cxrerierce
for the Christian li.ht, and tn he walked up To-
n proper appreciation of his individual resu0p
shiii,v as II believer His scat was nlwnys-nc-
cnl'icd III the Church Of Cod md h3 listened
t" the preaching, of til. word ffi1sa, es, and
- light s'nnrt n,'on his face. & nr was ho 4
i"rg,t:':. h"arer Of til: word SSTt II ,clocr let
ting his religious ligat Ilinf: .hvfors. men, nnJ
proving to those who knew kFnn- Mst the sin
cerl,y Of his Christian sXpcriUf7s, by II ri"us
walk and holy conversation JIe was efficient
ns teacher in the Sa!.bitl, Sc,uu,, md lad
been recently employed Ny the Faculty u. nu
assistant in til" Eyk"shti'v Conffrr,ice School
All WHO knew hlL -cahscDstil to the-reuer1
nl'd gushing 4 *6ipAt'''cs oi-hia nature. Polite,
kind md o.lt|;"g. lie wsS ever ready with his
attcnti y the bed si'fe, and Wiling to le
an'an* G,w"tsEcrs i" the e!'"nI'rr oi death
This moral exit cr'a,ss "A vachur in ih. circle
OF biz relatives and friends HAT cannot he III.
csksf- 3his sun has set Will" yc, it is noon,
Sf1 suddenly AMI my,icriou,iv has he been
! 0iailchawny from a sphere of active and manly
L-Iisciun"ss:
Eut neath did rot fnd him unrr.pare,l.-
lie Was cal:n, collected, sighed. peaceful
lhr"n2'icnt his hort sI"kness. not afraid TO 20
Il WI t" ;!,e grave; nor, tho"gh this subterrn
! mean passage TO the skies. Ln enter uuon The
realities of the Eternal State.
The wIi'cr u lis obituary saw hi, c.ce l;.lt
cd ur with an uncarihiy smile. as cuuscio,,.
that he MAS dying, he talked to his friends n
Jes,is, and the cr"ss, an, nome, sweet hom. in
heaven. What convincing argument of the
| reality and ruth Of the Christian religion. the
death-h:d oT lnis soldier Of the Gross, SO tul
| OF Religious faith, aud hoy triumph and cx.
uiting hope OF Immortality
His brother aud sisters aud Christian friends
who saw him die, 'lav" promised to meet hin,
lIr heaven. Oh that this solemn hspelsation
may ring lik.' ii trumpet of warning to 'prc
| pare :" meet God" upon the young men u
:E:S con.:nnn!ty!
''Fhor art gone to the grave, but we will no,
lrr!orr thee,
Whose God was thy ransom, thy guardian and
guide;
lie CAV. thee he took thee and he will res
tore thee;
And Death has no sting. for the Saviour ha:
died"
J. W. w.
Cokrshury, s. C.
DEPARTED this life of Cnnsumpton, i,
Hsun!idre. Pike County, Alabama, Mrs. MA
| KY j. REEVES. consprt Of Mr. IL. n. Reeves
| aged 90 years. & mouths. IL days.
| The decrasrd, born March 4ih, 1910, in Alb
hcv'!l- - strict. :. e. was IL daughter Of Mai
j. D. Scott She was in v"n'h CONNECTED to th
Presbyterian Chrrci. in Abkeviile; thence sl
moved 20 L.wndes Co., Alabsina, where. she cnn
| nected herself with the II. l.. Church; thence t
this place. Although comparative strange b.
her long suffering and nfilcton and by her Ia
tient endurance she enlisted the symphthies Il
| all who knew her. She leaves an atfrctionat
| husband to mourn her l"ss. But he mnurns nu
/ ns those who have no h"pe. Blessed are til,
! dead that die III the Lord. W.
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