Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-03-12
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FERREN.-On Wednesday morning, March
1lth, 1874, Miss Laura ]. Ferren, aged "a years
and % days.
GI IFFIN.-On March Sd, 1874 after short ILL
ness of Typhoid Fever. Mr.. David Gifin, in
the 5ith year of his age. Deceased was a
resident of Pease township.
WORLEY.-At the residence OF her father, Jan
S0th, 1871, OF consumption, Mrs. Rebecca j.,
wife Of ]. o. Worley and daughter OF 1. and
NJ. j. McCann, aged 20 years, 9 months and 26
days.
AS she neared the vale of death she spoke of its
certainty and exhorted her friends on the SUBJ
ject and the time of preparation. She was the
fair y9ung bride of the bereayed but q few days
over ten 10 onths, when the time of separation
came. In early youth she made public con-
fession of Christ and united with the Belmont
U. +. Church, where she remained a faithful
and constant member till after her marriage
when she went with her husband 10 the Pl es-
ny,erlan Church OF Eock HUI. During her
spoke to her husband and each of the family
privately, and then to the friends present on
= he subjectof death and how they should live
TO be in readiness for the gr eat change, for "No
ono knoweth wherein the son OF man cometh."
Alter she had thus spoken to all, she requested
in her presence, and asked them all 10 meet
her IN Heaven. She requested her friends to
sing the 23d Psalm while she was passing from
life temporal to life eternal. During her great
est weakness she retained her memory per-
fectly and had sense of her true condition up
to the final moment; She would frequently
iaith in Christ. AS she neared the shores Of
time, her mother asked her IL she had any
Home;" thus giving the blessful assurance
that all was well, and that she expected soon
to be at rest on the ever green shore. She was
the first called to break the family circle, and
she rejoicsd in the pleasure OF being at her
Heavenly Home to welcome her friends
they crossed h the Jordan Of Death Her last
calm, peaceful and triumphant faith she tell
asleepis Jesus. w. T. NJ.
As the wild tempest sweepeth the forest,
So do we bend, before Deaths storm, in awe |;
For he claims both the agea and fairest-
Leaving behind him, hearts wounded and
There's grief in thy home-Ah. Death has been
there:
Where is thy dear one,-the gentle and kind?
As snow drops. which round her brow ye do
bind.
But let no tears fall above her still form;
Her spirit is DER the river SO dark
She has gained the Heaven, and iife's storm,
oh! never again shall toss her frail bark.
Then weep ye no more with rending cries!
Only her body shall molder to dust,
Her soul is in Heaven-'bove the blue skies.
Where thieves break not in. nor treasures
do rust
In Eden, where Lifes River is flowing
She's there, she's there. with the holy and
Wandering fields where flowers are blowing,
There from earth'ssorrow, she ever shall rest
THE following was written by an old
friend and neighbor after being pres
ent during the last moments of the life
Mrs. Jane Hughes, who died on the
25th ult.:
sit is better to go the house of mourn
ing than to the house of feasting."
never understood the true meaning o
these words until a few days ago.
was told that one of my old neighbour
was dying. She was al aged woman
perhaps seventy. l was not at all sur
prised to hear that she was ill, nor t.
hear it said that she was dying, for a
long as had known her, l had neve
known her to be entirely well. As
reached the door of my neighbor'
house, heard the death-rattle i'm he
throat, and on coming nearer 1 say
that her eyes were set. Her friend
sat in solemn silence; the stiffness j
, only broken by the heavy breathing G
the dying woman. A few moment
of dread silence and we all knelt il
prayer; and as the deep voice of tn
minister rose in supplication to tn
! Throne of Grace, the hard breathing {
, the dying woman ceased. We all tho
, the spirit had fed; but as we aros
/ from our knees in the awful stiffness {
! the moment, these blessed words cam
n from her parted lips: "Hallelujaf
( hallelujah to the Lamb! Glory! glor
4 to God! Jesus can make dying be
8 feel soft as s>downy pillows are! Conn
8 thou Lamb of God! Come, o, Come!
h Deep Joy took the place of gloom in m
q heart, and l too was ready shout, 'gl,
q ry, glory!'-and her affectionate daugl
/ ter showed, by the radiance of her fac
though bathed tears, that she could N
o but rejoice that her loss was that de.
q mothers eternal gain.
r. And now, as she is laid in the grav
=: and her work on earth is done, let
Ie who were present at the closing seer
of her life, take fresh courage, remer
r. bering that "it is not all of life to liv
n nor all ofdeath to die" Let us rene
d our VOWS unto God that we may lii
t. better lives, knowing that no matt
,e how humble our position, we each ms
to exert more or less influence on Il
Id lives and conduct of those around I
rd For my own part feel that it was go'
n; for me to be there.
m A great source of comfort to Mrs. T
M during her long years of confinement
an the house, was derived from readi
nt Sabbath School books, which her gran
Mt children brought in. Little do yC
at who hand out these books from 81
he bath to Sabbath, know of the vast go
,el they are doing. They are never-er
ing source of comfort to many who CO
N not get to the heuse Of God; and frC
m the Bible stories contained in them
no reader is often led to search the Scr
nj: lures more fully. From the little sc
nj sown in this way rich harvest Is
nd ling gathered unto the Lord. These
nd few thoughts that came into my mi
ad after leaving the house of death.
N. EDNA