The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-09-17
MEMORIAL CARD,

Young, joyous her loving spirit sinless as infancy
passed to the Better Land September last at B. u
A. NJ, at Algers, where she has resided snce early
! childhood CARRIE j., wife of our fellow-cti
Col w +. LOAN. She was of English birth, born in
London, on the 9th February 1851; she approached
the twenty fifth niversary of her birth when GALES
home. Let all who suffer bereave ment in her depart
ure be mindful that there is no death.
Let the harps of the angels now newly be strung;
There is mirh to be made there songs be- sung
For Just now has our loved one put angel hes on,
And just now to the Realm Of the Beautiful gone;
just now has that exquisite vision of years
Been dissoved-and a rainbow is shed from our tears
Though the azure OF Heaven splendor- clad, doth ehe
Glide,
Serene in Life's oyousness the.e to abide
Till her loved ones come, one by one up to her side
When the tired pilgrim from the care-land of ear th
first fuds himself Heavenly SOIL 6rs6 walks on
the green lawns and treads the polished floors of the
homf of spirits he beholds the Heavens above him
starry with the magniticence of those rescued by
death from the wreck strewn of earth-troa
bles and griefs sailing through the Heavenly empy-
rean and rejoicing in their deliverance.
80, what offerings Love-spirit, there dost thou
To blend wi the rapture Death where is Thy
sting p
The entertainments of spirit-Iife are not Arabian
fiction They are real, and await all who qualify
Themselves for their enjoyment Our dear and bean
titul departed has left the JOY of knowing that
her pure spirit is unsulied with the dross with which
earth encumb'rs so may of us. Her light breaks
III,
ance flow out from TIE night into dawn, when morn
ing comes to US, and all who loved her deeply and
were chastened by the serenity and trustfulness she
inspired, can almost and feel it's glory
Carrie of those exhalations from loves home
which seem alw,ys lent for r,ef sea on only. In
her twenty-ff year of earth she has passed to the
cared for and unimpaired by or event. every
thing she had loved while here every heart "gone
before, whom she cared to meet watching for her
coming; every once mOurnful memory restored to
her in its freshness. but Ceansed of its grief her
chlldhoods joys garnored in Loves keey ing-ev.n
her childnoods toys, stored in Loves cabinet secure
against rot rust-with all the in ages they
in earths young dream brought back to her with
Infinitely multiplied delights.
"God of the granite and the rose
Soul of the sparrow and the bee
The mighty tide OF being flows
Through all thy creatures back TO Thee
Thus round and round the circle runs,
mighty wi hOut shHre
While men and angels stars and suns
Unite to praise Thee evermofe"
The earth partner in your joys ard troubles speaks
to you in these though and hopes to keep his
spirit clean of impurities. and worthy to greet YOU
in your earthly home whenever YOU come to it be-
loved one; worthy to be greeted by YOU when he
shall exchange it for yours In b s care you have
left the child OF your affections whose radiance shed
from yours, will be permitted he trusts 20 light the
house, now dark in the shadow of your going Year
by year will bring ITS offerings of treasure-gf fits of
new worship where we shal bend as be ore TO Won
with daily incense now purified because poured from
St lcken hearts, We shall strive to preserve he pre-
clous vase knowing, however that if it break all its
riches Will be garnered ia sunbeams and gathered in
our Heavenly house with the mother-loye to await
US too, and be watchful over
20, grave where is thy victory?"
But we are too human to ignore what to our senses
seems we lind IN fiction or at play, mournfal in
cident and recognizing the earth heir of the Reality
with our teaIs do hrma 90 to the ppar IT. Thus our
hearts arts. bow to It's sovereignty ., our darling
stalW art shadow in our world of sense To our
senses thou seem'st da just at the ne gianing of
life; thou seems parted from us lust when we can
part no more; thou seemst lost u.s. Just when it is
made sure we can nsver lose thee
We are lifted seemingly by our thonphts and
sloriors spaces which make tho spi it homes of
Earth enfranchised children, who, by millions sing
heir songs OF deliy rance while endless tides of de-
light flow over and al Ound then. Hatpy beauteous /
arrie, ave laiu your ovely earl Inform with iIs
kindred dust not with ut tears not thout unutter
be sorrow and outbreaks of lamentation because we
Owed T.. BY many endearments, of which il was |
he appointed means, had become over fond of |
Is pres nee and its charms. Yet we know it was |
,ut Your raiment and tbs now you much bet |
er clad rs lnnnity is better than time; that it il
leeded no more. With less JOY in YOUR true self
or our love of the perishabe we pass our greeting
ver the friendly types and hail you the serene
heights of your Heavenly home where if we so live
IS 10 enable you to come and mngle with our lives
We shall hereafter Join you.
Our Fatner, we thank Thee for Carrie on EARTH pour
ut our gratitude TO Thee for her gifts and her gra
lousness IN which We shared but more we thank
Thee for Carrie in Heaven made safe fr storm and
old wnere her stream f life has burst a. crystal
iver from rock TO water the declivities and plains
here we dwell, and up which we are TO climb.
Down in the dark without thee
In the world of fish men,
How shall hear thy whisper
When thou com st to n e again.
VIII the touch of thy fingers thrill me
When my soul leans its bars
Tn delicious music fill me
Which thine hath caught from the starsf
Or can thv soul in the stiffness
Drop INFO mine spark
From the home where thou hast ascendsd
Leaving me down in the dark
In the dark thy s,ul will reach me
| shall feel the touch of thy hand
When the Nj might ri emily marches
over he suiieR land
And Thy spirit sha i lead my spirit
Its loving and trusted guide
To the steps of the golden portal
Where may not yet abide
Up where the stars singing,
Where neve sang the lark
Where graldIy thou hast assembled,