Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-10-10

DEPARTED thislife, OH the morning OF
the first October inst, MARY EVA,
only child of II. {. and NJ. M. ADAMS,
aged two years. The little one lives in
paradise, where here is no more SICK
ness, no more pain, no more death.
With glorious accents now she Sings
A golden harp o her is given;
The dome above With triumph rings
"A soul unstaihel returns tohcaven.
Our cherub daughter now has flown,
TO be with Chris, the dear Redeemer,-
And livesi in Heavln, ourhoped-fo home
Farewell! our tarling, MARY EVA.
DIED, on the th September, PAU
LINE SMYLY, laughter OF NJ. G. and
J. c. SMYLY, agel eighteen years, ono
month and twent.. three days.
DIED, OH the Sth September, J. G..
SMYLY, in the tity-second year OF his
age.
Day after day d, we notice the death of
some friend; sonp family has been be.
reft; some homo made desolatc; but
never in the annas Of history, or in the
deepest fictions of.omance, have we ever
seen any home SO completely stripped,
so dark, so drearA so comfortlesS! Go
there when the SUI sets his last evening
rays watch the twilight as it approaches,
with its awful sihnce. Where is that
fond mother, that)nce sung her evening
lullaby? Where are those darling little
ones? Where is tat father whose foot
steps wereso eagery listened for? Where
are those servant. who ministercd to
them? Gone! all gone! And nothing
but that awful Stiffness pcrvades those
walls All nature is lulled. serene and
still. The mother many years since had
been called home. Tho children had MI
grown to maturity but just as the rose
was fnll-blown, the eldest was pluckcd
For this the fathe was prepared, and
yielded her wlthou murmu-,' satis1e cd
TO see her free frCn pains. Ills mind
was enSrossed will the remaining ones.
Day by day did hesee disease approach
ing, yet dreaded % confess it. AT lust
wien forced to acknowledge It's presence,
lie called in tho bet talent of the Stare,
and bade them do dl that skill could Go.
He laid tho case beore his child, told her
of the danger, of tie slender hope that
was left, and awaitel her decision. "Pa,"
she said, II cahnotlive as am. Life Is
no comfort. 1 williubmis to the opera
ton, though it may cost my life. 1 am
willing to go, if 1t Il Gods will, or stay
If He SO d"rtdes." With perfect firm
ness, entire cheerfuness, she witnessed
the preparations, AMI when all was ready,
and her physician sked her if she was
willing, her reply was, "Give me the
ohloroform." So perfect was her conf
dence that she nger doubted, never
feared, and when a1 was over she was
still cheerful, still'bpeful, and bade her
father hope. On tn evening OF the sec
ond day, when sherelt her life waning,
she said II have bit one wish-to see
my father and broter. I shall soon be
with my mother ant sister," Thus she
passed away, having proved to the world
her innocence and s,otless purity.
The stricken fatler could no longer
bear up under his hrdens, but sought
to drown his grief. Mistaken one, think
not to find medicinefor q troubled heart.
Wan grief will haurt you wherever you
so. He sought solitude; be eraved rest.
He sleeps-the love. one Is with him;
he talks to her of diease; she says her
pain is over; she reads around with
healthful glee. He lwakes-he shrinks
-he calls aloud.-Nt loved one there to
wait upon Papa. ,Tlsn with desperate,
frenzied look, he SEXES his antidote for
grief, and bids his friends leave him
alone, that he may oce more enjoy the
scene that solitude and sleep alone can
bring. Thus he passed away. with no
one near but her, wh,, in her spirit form,
came to watt him to int better land, and
with him stand befor the throne.
To the lone and terIler branch that is
left, we can only say box up! The seepa-
ration Is not eternal There is o time
for reunion with tie loved ones who
have cheered us here; To that time let
US all look .'7i,e 55l'''' ~ ANXIOUS.