St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-02-07
Wellto hesafa aister E!iz4beth Btea1na, who
was awav, at sah1oi - and ofed1feSftsd 1Marrv

unVN6cnOOftndtc8S Su0uu VlSlC IL 6OmctlMeS,
andhowlieh they Eaw the nad6vw2eirs,' ad6vwers grow 81
'iemembersAHt She was hapPy in lea heaven, H.
,andc rsolve:io' meet iacf' 'thsaree!: Twice
she asked 1sr"F4eady" Mrs: Bftdttts; 1babe,,
kissed him and bade him farewell,' with
azdepth ofemotion gfeaterttas II tl1at,H t;Hs even;
with which she r4rted 'troMU troM l'jear} 1mbother'
He4xaso then ilit Of diptheerial,' addi H. tx0
weeks :aftcrrjoihed Fer in :thS Kingdom
abote., His' death waso thus *anhdounced!: I:
u:At'&the' residence Of his. parents, 1t It the
Stearns House. St. Clo4d, onitbe morning Of
the 24th: fKEREklGK !i kls ;r,tM ,YRtoMAN An RRQrT,
Il: He was laughing; aarigee@@e:yeed large d child Of
great PROMISE; and his stricken parents
laRejjust one left. Theylaa Carrie Under
thcsnow, with "a curl Of his hair, and the
only violet in town lying b,nl her breast;
laid her beside Clinty,' just one week after
bis: grave had beepcloscdjand left Freddy
there iu twoweeks more. -: .>@ji72n1?i Il
Once again sheaskedtobc sung to sleep;
and attempted, to sing but could not, and
whispered.:: ~. .!?-;,m 81. :o7;24H :.s:.: ":
"1cannet sing here anymore, bpt'I will
soon sing i & up there &orcyer!"''w e,,.:. -:
AtMteF ter her voice was 50. goa: a:ithat:it was
difficult to understand her, her Sabbath
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School % teacher, Mrs. Phillips,wife of Eld.
Philips, p, came zane in: She recognized her,
shook hands, H issed ar'd bade hqfr f farewell!
Then asked her to pray, vhjch! she ;t' did. Z;
.'''|s 'W'e we're s'lp 2orting, her, and knew she
was 'nur1nuring, prayers and praises; when
some one remarked that she was wandering
ahd vas no>ongercohseiiouss.. Us. Vi: REMARK: Il
ed*that she WAS conscious that there 4 \ vas
no reason why' she should n9tt : 81: e. Her.
brain was clear; for the disease was i IS Below
Sheturntd her' head .qdistly aid inquired:
~, "Who said that ?''' u s'''.i-!N 0''::
'*~ Oh beih< told, she assented ana said:
."7"Yes;:I know you an; ana knnobvw; Very
we'll what t am db;ng'!' 1':"z .'7o" 81 :
'shetben reqdtested Mr.: Philips to 81 s:i!g;
,-rii'oh FORA thousand tongues tossing ~
!: ..s.: NV great KedeemNr's praise ;12%o<"I
The glories Of my God and King, ,:...,,,
:,i.' Thetriumphs IF his graccee,,'' "'.'''>
repeating the whole verse SO that We could
understand her perfectly J.: on:: '''' -
81 This was sung by as many is could sup,
press their sobs SO as to- find voice She
keeping time with her hand and trying to
sing; Afterwards she asked them to sing,
-. II m going home, I'm going home,:' ';,:;
I'm going home TO- die no more,"''. .:~I
Then !, aaga again she Whispered; q d.
''Sing me to sleep,!'' -..<;,:ry ...:~....
And with her dark dlaayr eurls hanging on our
cheek We sang her last lullaby. ). .:,v Z .
"A few moments before her last breath
she signi6ed that she knew her mother and
died with her handin hers. .......:..:
In the many, death beds We have seen,
We have 'avo never seen any like this, We
have seen young children 80 unconsciously
out into the Great Unknown; and old
christians descending into the Valley and
Shadow: Of Death, cleaning upon the arm
of tho Beloved" full Of blesscdness and
peace. but young. joyous girl, fully con-
scious Of alltle dread mysteries of Death,
to turn, when her path Of. life was: thus
suddenly barred, and throw herself into
the arms Of the Great Father, without a
doubt or hesitation, is the most beautiful
sight We have Hcver seen. - -. ,..',.
i, There were no terrors of tho law-no
horrors Of damnation-no whip Of ecorpi.
ons to drive her to Christ; no propitia.
ting God for fear Of tho Devil. Ittwas
simply the Bepedcent Father giving dying
grace when it was, wanted; as He had al
ready crowded her life with innocent aad
natural ',.. epjoymcnts. She had lived near
to Him in obcying Ills commandments,
especially the the first ht with II promise, obedience
to her ~ parents; a'97 and in inn m@ipisterins mini to the
va wants Is g; of all according 70 her means seat
tering kind words and pleasant smiles all
along her path in life; attending ! eliS:
iou@ teschin.,s in an ,1hdhsert tet and::ordi.
nary naner and; like. Mar y keep,ng s'all
these things ia her, heart = sd notson.t the
end Of her tongue, torii exhibition. ,0t .!,,os
We felt during all our attendance on her
that she was one Of those who might have
said with liamiartino =: .N:AI rIlGt.l
IS Father, upon lips Of nipe. u. .;;;,a5yds4.I
Eeldom rests that name Of Thine! -,.,
g Deep Within ny iiila6st breast. c ssoe44"
Doth its dread idea rest. ,*srt S%AI ait
flushed md holy dwella IL there's