Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1870-09-17
IN MEMORIAn.

Tu may know whence the shaGew
Ger Is now
We have strewn -ks last Dc ths sElay
braw-
We hl~. rgsn the loved one 10 aarths
emara2e,
He hath taken the s0blest Of an hon
cred rare.
y I'd a 5eanlI1Es ere and , vietars crD-l
re has gone from lmo1g us, In silence
L0Eu.f
Il becomes aar a1d tuty 70 chronicle
-he death If Ms WALTER p. MCRRAY.
ruL- sar u Ns- T. and sarah Ngrray.
FTe vas born in Caroline cuantg, Va.
A7-il n, Is-- Reared and ef+aeatet By
th- Mother - Pres ie1ts,' b. wa dis
-nrgisaed For hose high-toned chival-
-Bas --1i-s * character 80 remarkable Of
m4ag " Vfrxiail's noble saas He came
20 y! ~. .a A4 aia4-eeath year. ard made
Bis h''B@ here antl the beg aaing Of
h0zt.l.-ias hes cen The North au-l south.
n .1r spring u lS6z be enlisted in the
igt. " ~. Cavalry. Co. z With which he
remained during the war. sharing the
lIErsls n rle+aFy, a. veil ~ the hamili-
atioa VI defeat. Whether engaged In
deadly conflict, with segTlsd hosts, OF
aulid the calm rensssn Of the hyou1c, the
SAME brave yet HnassHming m~aEuaHimi-
= 9f spirit markell his carer. To shis,
many Of that gallant hand Of herues who
surviye hlm Will fHlly attest. Suyrend-
arlnZ With biz comrades az Selma. he re-
tarued 70 his adopted State, and was
after united in marriage 50 Miss
Henrietta Pitts, whom he now leaves,
with a bright, interesting little girl,
with many other relatives and friends,
20 weep bis uHtimely fate. Mav the Col
sf the widow aad orphan e~neirele them
with His Almighty arms Of lave and
arercy! Not long after MIA marriage. his
health became seriously impaired By
pro,raeEed ehills and continued prscari-
Gus HHtil attacked by that relentless d.
sease, consumption, which has. in so
brief a perin.l terminated his life. He
%ioinetl the Baptist Church when quite
vcung. The fFailty Of human nature.
however. caused him to Yield 10 tsnpsa-
tion aud he became indifferent for 4 time
70 hIs religious daries. Still, be was
enabled By The goodness aud mercy 81
God 4" who takes no pleasure in the death
Ola sinner. TO rejoice in his pEptraetetl
-aftsriugs an't thanked the Lord that he
had sanctifesi thela to his eternal vel
fare, In bringing him 70 repentance. His
only hope Vas eeutered IN Jesus, and his
parting wish was that all his friends
might 40 1--we % to meet hiM in heaven.
He proved. by his calm resignation, that
for him death had no sting--over him
the grave had no victory. As the eve-
ming of the I'D. Ang drew to its close.
after delivering this last message to the
friends Of his parental home, WHITTIER
he had gone in the vain hope of recove-
r. his purified spirit babe q long fare.
well TO earth and winged its way to
heaven.
All Of him hat WAS mortal, now rests
ssneath the eonsecrated soil of his ma
tive State. The sun. as it sinks in the
vest, plays his departing beams on his
grave, bnt tley re-animate him not The |
cold sod presses on his bosom. His
hands hang down in weakness. Tie
bird Of evening shouts . melancholy air
IN the tree above him. but her voice is
Stiffness to bis ears. While his ~inagina- I
tioa was picturing scenes VI iutaFe felic-
ny. while his soul huttered IN She gay
hFeezes Of hope, an unseen HI nd let drop
curtain aud shut him froll our view
her in tHis world Of grief and pain
We t ON our friends must sever,
II sweet to look beyond this scene
Where we shall meet & re- ser.
ALT time and absence may eskpanga
ihe hearts once knit together,
It severed hiead shall meet again
10 part nc more f0reveF.n dan.