Richland beacon., 1873-08-02
OBITUARY.
Death Las ann


circle of Curr.earer and dearest relatives. 3at
,asen r,on! hem ;Ae head Of 10 family. !,
Is ,..,h ~ lite degree Of sorry liza, w 20
cc.yc the sad Intelligence Of TIE denise Z.
the husband of Our eldes; sister. Tie !oa-
cooked for departure from earthly pilgrimage
Of F.. Read took place on Sunday, July ooh.
1873, at his. residence twelve miles north
west OF Jacksonville.
The deceased was man'of great energy,
ACTIVITY of mind, and what he has, in days
past, gone through in the way Of fatigue and
exposure would seem almost beyond human
endurance. He was a man Of unusual gen
crosby. His doors were ever thrown open to
the weary traveller. lie never knew what ii
was to deny favor when called on-hence
his desire 10 DO good and assist who asked
for assistance, often placed him y embar-
RAISING circumstances.
At the time tine war broke out he had
very handsome property ofncgro slaves which
he held on 10 until they were emanciv ed
and taken from him,and he was left in his old
age TO work and toll, which he did with
| Chri>tion foriiiude.
| As protested christian, no trial or tempra-
/ ton was so great rs to cause him 20
swerve from the Obligations he owed 10 hi,
! blessed Master and of all the men we ever
knew we never knew one 10 have more
vivid and clear conception of the recpency
Of Divine ia sor andOcccptance than did he
For many long year. he has been n faithful
follower Of the Lord Jesus Christ in what he
considered to be his whole duty. If we mis-
take not, his profession of religion dates back
TO 500, and ever since that date 20 the time
Of his death, be has, as a faithful servant look
ed forward with an eye of faith, and is, We
doubt not far better eli. and is rcaping his
reward. He was member the Missionary
Baptist Church
The subject Of this notice was native OF
North Carolina, but a great many years has
resided in Alabama.
He leaves widow and eight children,
three girls and five boys, but thanks be 10 an
All wise Creator, he lived 10 see them all
nearly grown up.
The deceased was once a planter on Beoui
river some eigh, miles south west of here
and was known by many old settlers here
and also great many Alabamian,.
We tender our sympathy to his bereaved
family, and point them TO Him who has prom
ised TO be a father TO the iatherless.
Beyond the boundary that lies between
the visible and the invisible world, hop,
promises us joyful reunion with those
whom we have dearly loved here, and who
and mysterious transformation that ushers til,
human soul from earth into Immortality
This last hope banishes half of the terrors o
death, and it lightens the gloom and darkness.
of the grave. The eyes lose their lus,er, The
lips cease to speak, and the heart foreve
grows stal while the soul is just beginnin.
to understand the long hidden mystery of tn
intangible world. Who can say that these
things are no, so! The most abandoned soul
instinctivelv feels in its existence, sense o
immortality tina; in its sober moments is eve
striving TO grasp at the unrevealed glories o
eternity. Let us hope on, tina, there shall ye
be a pleasant recognition Of friends in H.,
hereafter. 1t is at least beautiful thought
if it may not be an indispu,able reality.
Weep not as those who have 10 hore. 70
There's a land Of pure delight,
Where saints immortal reign,
Eternal day excludes the night,
And pleasures Danish pain"
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