The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1867-04-11
For the Neao Era.
GONE HOME,
a Saiberk AGED tWeIVe wears.

Ida Seibera aged twelve years.
Another soul has gone to it's last
dwelling place, another angel sings
.sHesanna to God" Mourning friends
here put on the sable habiliinents Of
Woe--up yondar, in that "sunbright
cline, y angels throw wide open the
.sgates Of pearl'' and lead the glorifed
spirit through the golden streets Of the
Now Jerusalem.
How strange t. rs IS life. We mourn
over the transition o. a troubled spirit
into iaessQesi, forgetting the good Christ
has promised II. Forgetting His pro-
noa}eel blessing upon all who die in
the Lord
II this instance 1t was not aecrepit age
that WIS relieved Of the weary burden
Of life, nor manhood satisfied that all
| below Is vanity and nothing but vanity;
htff Il was q fair YOUNG girl not vet
grown 70 wonanhood who was called
he0ae to Wear the crown angeical
t4ifs,= sHas So promising in the future to
her that f would have been supposed
death possessed nan@ht but terfofs; in
stead she was perfectly willing 10 go
'shome.n
Her SUFFERING was intense. The eye
Of affection eBa'9 scarce bear the sight.
20 her al was fairin the land Of which
she VS. catching faint glimpses as her
eye ef faith penetrated the promised
lind beyond fhe valley Of the shadow Of
death AMI the river Of Jordan. Thus
Ida's spirit, triea Oh the bed ofatfliction,
passed. from the h9tlv gem pure and
@, in Ghrists kingdom, who through the
ransom Of His blood lets little children
go to Him in the bright land of heaven.
On " pnaay We buried her body away
from sight. Fae Amonrning mother
stood By the grave pot refusing to be
comforted and not thinking her child
Was not.
That day had been said to her in the
words of Christ ssLat not your heart be
troubled, IF We believe in God believe
also in me- AMI Christ had promised
heavenly rest to such as the spirit which
had wendell its way heaVenward. We
all remember the eXhortation on the oc-
ea4ien Of the baFial. II the Christian
friends went away comforted did not
some who were not such 60 to their
homes sorfowing? Verify, a word spolS
en- in season is n good thing.
Ida has gone before-has been called
from among us, who will be taken
nexto We do not know; but there is One
the One whom Ida's widening vision
saw as her soul drew near the Esprit
land" who has appointed time for
each one of us-may He lead us, as he
led Ida, straight through the narrow
path into the kingdom. Can any one
say this little life did no good work
here because it had not attained maturer
yearse Hers was special mission, |
think. Her brief life was lesson how
to live, aud her death was Gods seal
set to it. This was her mission-that
we might live so we need not fear to
die. The end is not yet. 1t will infuse
itself in our being and we will be taught
of her how we too may attain a place in
the kingdom. Mourning mother! how
not your head in grief, your child is inn
morfalized and taken s'home!"
Friends and schoolmates, of her who
has gone from us, raise your dropping
spirits; she waits for you in heaven,
where, she has told you, good children
will h We a joyous Christmas time. You
know aot what your mission may be,
but be you like Ida, willing to die but
if God be willing desiring to live, that
by your further works you might glori
fly Him.
Hedgesville, Berkeley Co., W. Va.
FROM THE MOTTNTATN,S