Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-08-24


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OBITUARY.
~ I'm Memoriam. - su'-5
DIED, atElmwood, the residence . Of ms ~,
father. on the 9th inst, JAMES ADAMS D! NJ
NICHOLSON, eldest son OF MI. ). w.
and the late Mrs. SUSAN A. NICHOLSON,
in the 32d wear of his age. So i,
But little more than one year ago ne
stood by. and ministered to the suHerings
of his dyinp mother. She who had guided
his childhood steps to- the Saviour sne
served, and who lighted.herp path through
the dark valley of the shadow OF deatn;
His dispositionS was of that amiable and
quiet cast that made fast friends OF those
who were attracted to him. He was Rno
to all, was loved by many. From MS
earliest to his mature manhood. ne never
made an enemy. Instead of del1ghtlng
in saving things calculated to inJure ms
fellow creatures, which is so abhorent 10
God, of taking pleasurein that detestaole
love of scandal that would malign his ac-
quaintances, he followed the example OF
his beloved mother, in never speaking
slightingly of others. and OF such is
Heaven composed He had been Tor
wears member of the Church, and ne
exemplified his Christian character by
the patienta1d resigned manner IN whlch
he bore the long and tedious illness OF
three wears: for it was that fell and lnsa-
table disease, Consumption, thatcut him
down in the summer Of life. He at last
fell asleep In death as gently and calmly
as q babe soothedin its mothers arms.
He has left sorrowing father-who
had looked forward to the time when ne
should be prop and support to him in
the autumn of his years-seveFal loVln!g
sisters, and anionly brother to mourn his
loss. Peace be to his memory.
He fell ere the meridian sun
Of manhood g splendor shed its rays;
When life mall its varied joys,
Should make him wish for length OF
days.
Butph there is home on high, ~
Where pain or sickness never come;
Where endless pleasures never die,
And flowers perennial ever bloom.
There Jesus lives and reigns supreme,
And gathers all his loved ones near;
No age shall dim their shining brows,
But crowns of youth they all shall wear.
;S.A. L.
DIED, on the 18th of July, in Fernan-
dina, Fla, CHARLIE HAYWARD
SWEARENGIN, aged q.
A wife and two children, under the
will of Him who holds the '.keys of life
and death,' have thus been bereaved Of
a beloved husband and father. He did
his duty in that state of life, in which
| it had pleased God to call him, with dill
gence and faithfulness.
Though it is a high thing-a solemn
thing to die,-a special coming out OF the
sphere of ordinary Law into the Depart
ment of Divine Perogative, yet, when
the summons came, he was not unpre-
pared for the wonderful event. He had
devoted no little time, no few days, to
the higher interest of his soul. He was
resigned to the will of his Lord and Sa-
viour. He died in the faith of Christ
crucified, having the testimony Of good
conscience; in the confidence of a GER
tain faith; in the comfort of areasonable,
religious and holy hope. j.
DIED, on the 9th May, at the residence
of her sister, Miss SUSAN A. DE-
LAUGHTER, aged, Al years.
She was for twenty years member Of
the Baptist Church at Sweetwater.
She leaves a large family and circle OF
friends, to mourn her loss, and to admire
the principles of truth which adorned
her life.
In her protracted illness, her deep and
enlightened knowledge of Christ, her
Lord, cast ray of cheerfulneSS over her
sufferings. So when death came, he
found her waiting for her Lord. Hc
himself trod the dark avenue Of death !;
He himself passed through into the
realms of the unseen. There are his
footsteps, all along the path, even where
the shadows gather thicllest round it,
US there were the footsteps of the priests
jail along the deepest bed of Jordan.
Said her faith: Ellis footstcps,-nay
Himself, is there" Is it not. written,
/" Though walk through the valley OF
the shadow Of death, will fear no evil,
for thou art with me-" j.