The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-07-30
COUDERSPORT, PA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 80 1873

who have died, the following introduc-
tory remarks and response to the name
| OF LUCRETIA E. LYMAN, deceased,
were read by L. D. Estes:
1t is the usage Of the Order of the
Eastern Star that one day in each
year be observed SIS day of sorrow
and mourning in memory of members
of our Society who have passed away
from earth, that we may by solemn
ceremonies and appropriate demon
strations express our feelings Of re.
gret and sorrow for the loss to us and
for the places in our Society made
vacant by death; and that something
eulogistic may be said commemora-
tive of their lives and character dur
ing the short period allotted to them
in this world of joys and sorrows
Of pleasures and Affections.
We meet to-day in obedience to the
custom Of our Order, and with plea
sure, though solemn and sorrowful,
we contribute these heartfelt offerings
in memory of the dead.
We are pleased to find with US
friends who are not members of our
Society, but were friends of our de-
ceased sisters and brother. We give
you a cordial welcome, believing that
you. too, mourn with those who mourn
for the loss of some of our best citi-
zens.
Lucretia T. Lyman was born in
Washington county, n. Y. She was
reared by kind and affecIionate pa
rents and under the influence of their
gentle admonitions the twig was bent;
and in this case we have an illustra-
ton that as the twig is bent the tree
inclines, for her life was ever charac-
teristic of those good qualities that
society is better for the presence of
such as she in our midst.
She was baptized in her infancy in
the Episcopal church, of which her
father and his family were members;
she adhered to its faith and teach
ings to the last, but was always in
terested in the advancement of Chris
tianity wherever it was found and
was ever active in the cause of cduca-
tion, temperance, and all reforms that
tend to make mankind better and
happier here on earth and better pre-
pared to cross the river of death to
a brighter and better world than this.
In the year 1855 sister Lyman, with
her parents, sisters and brothers,
came to Oswayo. Since that time we
have known her well; she has mingled
with US at onr social gatherings; was
a constant attendant and attentive
listener at church; has been a teach
er of our children in our schools
Oh. that all her scholars would take
heed and follow her excellent exam
pies. Her life was one devoted to
doing good to all around her. How
fitting, then, these floral offerings,
this tribute of esteem, of love and of
respect to the memory of her many
good deeds, her excellent examples,
her kind and genial department to-
wards all.
Sister Lyman was member of
Electa Chapter, No. 4. of the Order
of the Eastern Star, at Oswayo-
hence we mourn her loss, not only
as a respectable citizen, but also as
sister in our Society of Adaptive Ma
sonry, and although sickness came
on apace and she was prostrated by
disease so that she could not attend
our meetings. still we knew her heart
was with us as it was in each and
everything designed to improve and
benefit society.
Sister LYMAN departed this life on
the 10th of December, 1872, at the
age of twenty-eight years. She died
with blessed hope of immortality
beyond the grave, hoping and believ-
that ere long the family circle would
again be united, never to be severed
while countless ages roll their rounds.
There is an ancient infantile bap-
tismal ceremony that contains the
following beautiful sentence:
Little one, when thou came into this
world all around were smiling. May
YOU so live that when you leave this
world all around will be weeping.
Verify, our beloved sister did so
live that when she passed away all
around were weeping. Though stout
hearts might suppress the rising sob,
the flowing tear, there was sorrow in
every heart as we laid her away in
the cold. silent tomb. All, Death