The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-05-04
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CLARlSGroN, MONROE COUNTY. ONO
April 20, 1875. +
How solemn the lesson we learn, as
passing through the country and behold
ing it dotted here and there with GENE
tries, with. the warning voice of death.
Inscribed upon the marble slab we see
the language which speaks in unmistaka.
BILE tones the that sleep of death has been
the visitor Of some heretofore unbroken
family. A father or mother, sister or
brother, or some near and dear friend,
has been the victim of icy fingers that
grapple with all of Gods creatures and
claims them as his own for time
Here we learn a hero has fallen his
victim while IN the heat Of battle, the
statesman, the tall, the wise, the reverend
head, the man of low degree. The father
is snatched from his wife and prattling
ones, the wife from her husband and
companion, the infant rose is snapped in
the morning breeze; all-all-all-must
60 from US at the summons of the King
AS we wend our wav with slackened
pace, e,bearing the remains of loved one,
we seem to hear the voice OF the sleeper
say, GAS you are now 80 once was I /; as
l am now, SO must you be-" Entering
the city of the dead our mind in its busy
thought is arrested and called to answer,
if we can, the question written intelligi-
bly, upon the ,couhtensnces Of the sexton
of old, as he leans upon his earthworn
spade,hi locks it may be tinged with the
frosts Of many winters, ,denoting his con-
fict: "Who'll be the next n How deep
and lasting the impression as he says, 81
gather thempin,; / gather them .in.'''.e-s, y
As You pass, near by, or through the
cemetIy, just above our little village,
your attention is arrested by the slabs
and monuments of marble, denoting the
rapid stride of mortality. Among them
we see a fine Scotch granite marble mon
ument, nt,pointing out the last resting place
of Mrs. Rosa GooDHUE, the much loved
and highly esteemed bosom companion
of A, j. Goodhue, who departed this
life October 4, 1874. being 80 years and
IL days of age. She was afflicted with
thatdread disease, consumption, from
childhood. She bore her ,affiiction with
great fortitude. She has left behind her
a large circle Of friends and relatives to
mourn her loss, and, so far as this life is
concerned, lost to a kind husband, lost
to an aged Christian mother, lost to sis
ters and brothers Lost! no, not lost,
but gone before. She has lain this ia
bernacle of clay down in peace. Elder
H. R. Cash was called to conduct the fu.
neral services, using as foundation for
his remarks the first part of the fifth
chapter of Paul's second letter to the
church at Corinth, being appropriate for
the occasion: "For we know that if our
earthly house of this tabernacle were
we have building OF God, a
house not made with hands eternal in
the heavens. For in this we groan, ear
nestly desiring to be clothed upon with
our house which is from heaven" a
synopsis of the discourse ran as fol
lows: -. tgs
Israels desire, while sojourning in the
wilderness, was to reach the land of
promise, that God had sworn to give
unto them ITO cross the Jordan, beyond
which lay the land flowing with milk and
honey, wherein they should find a7place
of rest from all their wearisome travels,
the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, with
its temple snpplanting the old tabernacle
OF Moses while in the wilderness. which
was moved from place to place at the
bidding of God. To this temple Israel
came to worship So it is with man to-
day-he groans being burdsned with
sin and the conflicts of life, He desires
to depart and go hence Since this ia
bernacle of clay is subject to all the.ils
Of life,g be- desires to reach the land of
eternal rest, not to be unclothed, but to
be clothed, upon with our house which is
from heaven. Paul says while we are at
home with the body we are absent from
the Lord, but when absent from the body
we are present with the Lord. Hence
we look for city which is out Of sight
to mortal vision, but with the eye
of faith through his word, which says,
II 60 to prepare q place for you, that
where ! am there ye may be also. In
my fathers house are many mansions: !:
If i. we're not so-I would have told you"
Seeing this mansion or house of rest is
eternal in the heavens, whose maker and
builder is God, why should we mourn to
drop this, our house Of flesh, and 60 to
dwell eternally there, orsmourn departed
loved ones God, who doeth all things
we'll, is the receiver Of the departed
spirit and will give unto all as he wills
while the body of the loved companion
of our esteemed friend, A. ]. lGoodhue,
is mouldering back to its mother dust,
from whence it came, the spirit has ia,
ken its fight from the sorrows and cares
of this worlds wilderness to the spirit
land, to God who gave it, where no
dread disease shall ever come. Oh, how
good is God in his greatness, and great
in his goodness unto us. Jesus. stands
just beyond the river or Jordan of death,
to stretch forth his hand as to a sinking
Peter, and his loved one welcome. AS
Israel strove to enter the promised land,
so must we. 49,. 6tefiaa
Husband, must be gone,,s -.Cgg
Prepare thou to meet me; st
- Cold the stream but beyond s -. .-t
Stands Jesus to greet thee. 2'''+
'''9 : Mother, the time is come, g saao'
The trump sound to call me,
,l,,fs Be thou faithful now, and then n
io Deaths grasp will not appal thee.
Sister, thy love has ever been srsf
To me most kind and tender; s
But God is love, and we have seen ia
To Him thy service render r.aoss-s &C. .
Brother, what shall I say to you9
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