Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-05-14
OBITU Ar Z.
N MnMon1AM-F. oLpENDoRFF, aged

In NMEMoRIAM-F. OLDENDORFF, aged
| fifty nine years one month and days
l. Ii has pleased the great Creator of the Uni
| Verse TO take from our midst. one who was res
| pectcd and beloved by all those whose opportr-
nifty it was to Know him. No better. and no
nobler heart ever ceased to beat than that
which made tleI bosom of our departed friend II
sanctuary for thosc sentiments which lead to
the cultivation Of those broad and catholic
feelings that alone embrace the Scripttal iniunc-
ton: Love thy neighbor as thyself''
F.OLDENDORtl was born in Braun
sliewcig, Germany, April lst 1915. In 1S40 he
settled in Orangeburg, and it is lronyllssst time
mp to his death that those who mourn his loss
amongst us, knew him best He was Elder Of
the Lutheran Church ut this place aud one Of
Its most consistent and earnest members. 1t
was his most earnest wish to liyQ to see the new
Lutheran Church at this place finished Alas !
the hand OF an All-wise Providence intcrposcd,
and the respected and loved Elder Oldendorti'
is now shrouded in the cold and icy drapery of
death. That voice we had hoped to- hear Join
with ours, i'll tho rejoicing which must follow
the completion the Church of the followers
of the great and good Luther, is husled forever
to this orld. 1t is only ut intervalsesthat we
hear those death-notcs peaed, which touch and
awaken the chords of sorrow in the sbosom of
those oftwo nations. Oldendorff of Orangeburg,
his death is being uiuuriIcd sadly Io:uny nt
BranmsctIweig Germany, as it is in This own
family circle here. Both were his li6tnes one
his native, the other his adopted Tie loved
them together, their people and his regigion.
Quiet and unassnming in manner he dittnothing
TO offend any one. Z On the contrary, Sthe late
Mr.. Oldcndorlf would rather have suffered him
SELF than by any act or decd of his oNnto have
caused his fellow man to feel aggriesed His
society ai,5 his friendship were alwa,s sought
alter frcqCsntIy have men gathered around
him to reap the benefits to be deriyAa from
his conversational gifts BY his corrfesies and
and associations many are indebted to him. He
is dead and his friends will now make this ac-
knowiedgement i'll all sincerity. a max is never
appreciated in flesh; it is only when he is dead
that we wonder how the blank lie has left can
De De fllled up. lie was pre-emincntlI n man
who attended to his own business. Aid vet he
Is gone! Sorrow'spu sigh has been 3sent up
Tor him, and mourners with heads hged low
in grief and anguish, have swclled tli9 funeral
cry which witnessed the the covering of tLe
face OF our departed friend forever.
Those who knew him on this earth will
know him here no more. lie will newer again
walk among us; never counsel isSyouthful
friends and relatives more in this s5blunarv
world of trouble and ingrattu,lc Th{se. sober
lessons of Wis iom, and experience which he was
wont to irsiil INTO the minds of the yong and
thoushtless will live, but his presence will no
longer bless them with that force of trnthfnl-
ness which his flank face never failed to
inspire.
Mr.. .OLDENDORFF was takcnsill,,n Satur-
day III the forenoon ond died early Monday
morning with that grand elances in God
which ever roobs death OF its sting sand the
grave OF it's victory" He sleeps the slkep that
knows no waking, and that face Which was
always wreathed i'll smiles, now moldeis beneath
the iust i'll the Presbyterian grave yard. and all
that is iclt to us of him lisa kindly r9member-
ance of his many noble virtues.
"Unveil thy bosom, faithful tomb
Take this new Treasure to thy trust;
And give this sacred relic room
To slumber i'll the silent dust"
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