The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-09-08
OaszTuIARv.

Mrs. Nancy South, coasort OF Eli
jah South, departed this life on sun
day, August 10, 1877, at her resi-
dence in Taylortown, Greene county,
Pa, in the nth year Of her age, and
was inferred in the Baptist Necropo-
lis, at 3 o'clock ON the following Tues
day, the funoral services being per
formed by Rev, Burwell.
TO THE DEPARTED:
Tho car OF victory, the plume, the
wreath,
Defend not from the bolt of fate the
No note the clarion OF renewn can
breathe
Talarm the long night Of the lonely
grave,
Or cherish the headlong haste of times
Overwhelming wave.'
Thou art gone; thy race is run;
thy reward obtained. Sweet to thy
memory, which shall be bright
through the vista of time, are these
words; Thou never caused pain
except the pain at thy departure
"rhis truth how certain, when this life
Is DER.
Man dies to live, and lives to die no
more"
Ofen in childhood's hours have |
enjoyed thy kind hospitalitica, and
listened to thy voice Of consolation
and admonitioa, We monra thy de.
parturc, not that we would bring thee
back from thy sleepin Jesus, to auf.
ferings here, but because We miss
thee. Shalt thou be missed The
answer il carried back by many
voices; by the voice Of the sick and
needy, for they will miss thee, when
the embors on the hearth are hecom-
ing Geld and black, and the lamp Of
life II fading; for thy haatis Of gen
efosity will be powerless, and thy
voice Of consolation and sympathy
will be hushel here forever; the
church will miss thee, for no enc gave
more freely for religious purposes
than thee, nor took a greater interest
in the work of reformation: and many
and bright are the gems Tor thy crown
as rewards for the souls thou hast led
from paths of darkness to ways OF
light, which thou shalt wear when
the day of reckoning oometh for as
thou vast born in the likeness Of His
death, thou shalt be born again in
the likeness Of his resurrection; the
whole community will miss thee, as
ncighbor. friend and christian.
How great the reward for thy suffer
ings and benevolent acts, in the unal-
Logged bliss beyond this vale OF tears,
and reckoning of time by months and
years. We know thou are happy,
even in rest, for thou hast lived to sec
all thy children true followers in thy
faith and member Of the Baptist
church. How sublime the thought
Of recognizing thee in the Unknown,
Thou hast gone before us, and may
thy angelic form hover around the
companion Of thy pilgrimage here,
till he is freed Of the cross and given
crown. Hasten, oh hasten to in
tcrcedc for us, and be guiding star
for our frail banks over the turbulent
waters OF life to the harbor Of love and
safety. Often, while living, thy tot
tering steps were only and illustra-
ton of thy faith, though thy body
were weak.
How sweet to meet IN worlds unknown,
Around Gods holy, golden throne.
"Thou art gone to the grave, we no long
CIR behold thee,
Nor tread the rough paths Of the
world by thy side;
But the wide arms Of memory are spread
open to enfold thee,
And sinners may hope since the sin
less hath died
Thou art gone to the grave, and Its man
sion forsaking,
Perchance thy weak spirit IN doubt
fingered long;
But the sunshine of heaven beamed
bright on thy waking,
And the sound which thou hcard'st
was the scraphims song"