The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-03
OBITUARY..

HENRY LESTER NORTH, second son
OF Rial and Mary S. North, died i'll Colum-
bia. S. c.. November 10, 1866, aged eight
years, seven months and twenty-onc days.
His lnmcnted father had gone only seven
days before him to the tomb and both
bodies rest in the samo grave.
''Phc Lord reigneth;' 'God is love-"
Jesus and the resurrection;" ''immor-
ta!ity;" Heaven" What else, but thoughts
like these, can sustain the fainting hearts
of the bercaved mother Of four helpless
little children, and her afflicted sorrowing
parent, herself, only few months before,
left in lonely and disabled widowhood? The
husband and son-in-law. the only manly
arm on which they leaned for support and
comfort, and the dear little boy, the dar-
ling and the pet OF the once so happy cir
Gle, both removed so suddenly, no more,
no more to return!
Little LESTER was sprightly. intelli-
gent, obedient, affectionate, handsome
child. He was gifted with an uncommon
talent for music, and he sang great deal,
and admirably well. He WAS of an exceed
ingly obliging and accom,n odating dispo-
sition, snd he wss loving, tender and sym
pathetic in his nature, to o degree
remarkable and extreme. When he saw
any of the family very sick, or suffering
severely, his feelings would become so
intensely enlisted as to affect his own
physical health. His little sister had con-
His attachment to his father, rs also that
OF his father to him, was ine1prossibly
ardent, and the death OF the parent is very
confidently assigned as the exciting cause
of the fatal disease of The child. It is
noticeable that, so closely bound together
here, they should 80 nearly together pass
away to tho spirit land. We cannot doubt
that the pious father and the harmless
child, sancti6ed and redeemed by the same
atoning blood, are together now-united
beyond the boundaries of deaths dark
domaiI-united, no moro to part!
Darling little LESTER! His shining face
his childish sports-the countless ques-
tions OF his waking curiosity-his siIvery
volce-the tire-side prattle-thc merry
laugh-thc cheerful song-all these will be
remembered still.
Let the little shoes be put away now, for
the feet that once filled them are now walk
ing the streets of the Heavenly Jerusalem!
Tie ball, the marbles, the top, tho knife
go lay them aside, and remember that the
dear little hands which used to hold them
are now holding golden harp, and are
sweeping its harmonious strings in songs
of everlasting deliverance. That bed. on
which he used to sleep, and on which he
he will not need any more, for he is gone
now, to occupy a glorious throne of light
and love and joy! The mother need no
more visit his little couch, through the
cold winter night, to see that he is we'll
covered, ana to take notice of his breath
ing. for he now rests sweotly in the bosom
of Jesus. forever safe from all harm and
danger! Neither need there now be any
more solicitude about his moral and intel
lec1ual training, or anxious fears INDUCED
for his prospective youth and manhood; he
is secure now from all temptation and sin:
ho is an nhabitant Of that land where
knowledge, holiness and happiness arc en-
Joyed in unobstructed fuilncss and forever.
Ma" and grandma look no more for
his bright face to meet You at the door,
after your hours absence, with eager
tongue to tell you what has happened in
the house and yard during your short stay,
but look for him with his fond father and
with the porter-anSel, to meet you at the
gateway OF the celestial city, to introduce
You to the abode of never-ending union,
purity. love and happiness.
A. II. LESTER.
SPAETANBURG, S. c., December %, 1866