The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-10-19
8pnrehiial.
Obitua1u.
From the Ne,vlsrry Arald.
Of ..duss to dust p but half its tale untold.
The theme is old


The theme is old:
OF ..dust to dust :" but half its tale untold.
EMMA J. GOGGANS, daughter of Daniel and
Emily Goggans, Ncwberry District, diea at inc .he
r.s;dence of her father on the 18th inst, OF Con-
restiye Fever in the twenty third year of her age.
When the King bcheld the handwriting upon the
vail his terror arose. not from. what he saw, but
rom what he could not see: for he unable TO
discern the body to which the hand belonged 1t
is so in death. Our fears arise, not from what we
know but from what we do not know Io the
Christian oil things are reyealed: the grave Is ol
Sesiad of. it's tcrrors and .Ueath is swallowed up
in victory"
Several wears previous to her death the deceased
connected herself with the Methodist Episcopal
Church She was ever assiouous in promoting the
welfare of others constant III the discharge OF
both spiritual and temporal duties, ana trueto her
God whom she protested and loved. In her. last.
illness she was resigned and submissive. Gather;
inr all her strength few hours before the cold
hand of death was laid upon her, she sang g Rest
for tic. weary and to o friead who stood weep
inc Nv her side, she spoke words of comfort and
soid sIt is. not hard to die" Of her approaching
d;ssolnfion she seemed assured and met her destiny
with Christian fortitude; for amidst her suffer-
incs- and the struggle beteeen life and death, u
seiri presided that prompted her in all things to
>say lsThy will be done: even SO Father Tor so 1t
seems good in thy sight"
AS q daughter, she was ditiful and ieving; as q
sister cenfidng aud affcctonatc; as friend, Gifa-
BILE and constant. Possessed of rare intelligence
and rnuch arniabity she was the centre. Of many
hopes and the pride of m any friends. In -few
weeks she would have gone to the hymeniai altar,
there TO assume tho duties and responsibilities OF
life for which she was SO well qualiheu oy nature
and education. But man, like pendulum, ever
yibrntes between smile and q tear. II was other
wise determined in the high courts of Heaven, and
she was summoned from the uncertainties and
fraities of life, to join in the marrago supper OF
the Lamb.
With the family SO deeply afflicted many have
shed affections tear, and in their bereavement
have felt an honest sympathyi for, when the
Young and the gifted, the beautiful and the good
mass away. sorrows gather the heart us srnk the
dews alone the flower A loving daughter an af-
fectionate sister, q constant friend she is gone;
her body to its cotincd home, her spirit TO man
sions prepared where the weary arc ct rest.
Friend after friend departs.
Who has not lost friend
There is no union here of hearts
That finds not here an end;
We're this srail world our final rest,
Living or dying none were biest
septer,ber 9th, 1865. F.
DIED. at the residence of Col. Hammond, in
Anderson. S. C., Sept 29th, 1865. ELLA VIOLA,
infanssdaughtcr of w. Baylis and l.. a. Gaines,
AGED one year and nearly five months
Four w weeks of. patient Suffering with Pnuemo-
MIA, at last freed the struggling spirit from the
nncndinr.. blissful rcpose on the bosom OF our
F Father, who has said, of such is the Kingdom
Of Heaven While The parents sadly miss their
sneak of her with fond regret, and the house
hold hold sigh to greet again their litte " sunbeam
with her winning ways and sunny smiles her her Ia Ia
cIpber that she is fur more blessed than their a
ton could render her. her in noi this ssd dark ars.gn s1e of
S:.noS ond the trials and the cares incident to
ionaer life in this poor world, should reconcile the
hersayed Snes to the Divine decree which called
Sui ft.gas to see her bright, Violet eyes closed,
Of the little Gns ssn nsa hsS hsis
loreSs Searts for those eyes are beholding glo-
ries those lips chanting praises, whi.h only the
redeemed I experience in mansions OF eternal nap
pinesss 70 ,oes