Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-07-25
OBITUARY.

Died. at the residence Of b-r father, Col. John
=. Dent In this county. on Moadav, the 18th
Instant KATE, wife Of Josrph Deaf. ESQ, Of
Ne~uaa, Ga, aged about - ye.rs-
On Saturday last, at the residence or his pa
rents. after q short illness r. T. BsAuRK-
GARD, youngest child Of Col. John y. and l..
D. Deaf, aged 10 years and months.
Amid the woes and sorrows which beset man
kind. there are none SO acutely agonising To
she human heart a. the severance of the ties Of
cioss relationship by the Affecting hand ofdeati.
And, whether this shall occnr In the Palace OF
the Cottage-amid the intelligent aud the re-
fined. or the ignorant and the lowiy-uature as
serts her SWAY with that innate force and pow
o. which admonish even the infidei Of the exis-
tenor Of Divinity. II 10 then that the crushed
aud bruised spirit ssad in the garh of Christi
snity. wraps the maatle Of Faith and Hope more
closely around IL. sad 6nds solase and consola-
ZION in the assurance Of q renewed ard purer aud
boiler life. beyond the 6ni te compass OF our tenn
posal existence. Ii IL then that the beauties Of
faith blossom out in the beati6c spiendors OF .
supernatural light: and. with a subdued hope
fulness. the sorrowing heart looks upward, up
ward, for consolation and relief.
IL would be impossible for pen to picture q
sadder example for illustration than the one be-
fore rs. A few short weeks only have elapsed
SINCE Mrs. Dent retu: ned TO the home OF he: pa
rents. somewhat Frustrated and enfceeied. but
with well assured hopes that change of climate
would not fail 10 restore her TO her usual health.
How sadly mournful the sequel Death has
claimed its victim. and the loving and beloved
wife the fond and iuii:nl daughter; the Young
and trusting and doing mother is now no more
The FOND devotion and care of her parents thc
skill ard assiduous attention Of her physicians
the PRAYERS and tears OF inconsolable hus
band all proved futile. and her earthly remains
have been laid beside tie friends II her e.rly
youth, in the old church ward near her naiiv,
, home. The nat had gone forth the portals o
Heaven had been opened the dread trumpet
had been sounded and she has been gathered
| home.
Rut another. and II possible sadier pictur,
. before us. A week had not passed ere the
| hand Of death had again b~en laid upon the be
reaved household. snd the youngest, fnirest, am
! brightest Of his race has been called away -
| Truly, IL rsay be said that troubles come MOI
s'nglv upon US. The one sore grief by whsci
| the spirit NAV he tried is sufsicieu, test, i
has been said, Of 'Chi isaisa f,rtitude M pirn
resignation II 10 essential that We be full,
taught the taeekness Of HUMILITY, that We ma,
devcu,iy bow 20 the Divine win. The pleasrr
able Anticipation Of terrestrial hope. and its con
conrtar' aspirations are shroudrd in the mcs
feries " hica Christianity reveals. our world
| ~ sorrows are proper and becoming but al III
er. far higher. DESTINY awaits u.s. We may no
leave thsoe behind us to perpeiua'e the farn
and glory Of their ancestry but dearvr scene
are born 10 US BY the Books Of Revelations. -
! The virtues and talents Of those who have pas
scd swav hare not been buried 'ainid the dus
Of ages. but let rs trust, that they still !iv
among us. as exemplars leading us to that loft
| shrine around which Christina virtues ever elm
ard cins,er-bright and undving monuments q
the pas,-living lights to guide MS to perpssus
| rest.