Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1878-08-03


the party of"grcat moral IDEAS"
The Early Called.
on HE EATu OF MISS PAULINE
MYERS, OF OHANGEBURG, S. q.
The death dew dnmps fair and lovely
brow,
liy little locks of wavclcss curlR caressed,
The soft, white hands are gently folded now
Across the silent and the sinIess breast.
silvcry voice is now forever hushed,
And It's sweet tones shall glad the heart
no more
a check is pale where once such beauty
blushcd,
And dim the eyes that bea,ned 10 brigh
Of yorc.
a lit,!c life has vanished like Il dream,
y little form has faded like flower
That lives awhile beneath the day lights
beam
And droops and withcrs in wintry hourI
IN.
I've wept for her. for'shc was all -in.all ~
To hearts that loved her in her tender
years,
And when her blessed memory we recall,
God will be gracious and forgive our
tears !!
Eve gricvcd for her, and yet we know tha.
She
Is in world far better than our own,
\ world of love where grief can never be-
Where sickness pain, and sorrow are un.
known
VI.
Yes in that world of bcssclncss and light.
here we shall meet her, where this
life shall cease,
Clothed in 4 pure and spotless robe Of
white.
. Her happy spri, dwells i'll perfect peace!
Gods will be done! His thoughts are not
as ours
He ever moves in mysterious way,
And often takes from earth the sweetest
flowers
f. L. i.
orangcburg, s. c. July 9th 1878.
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Willie Henry McMichnel infant son Of &
]. y. and +. McABichatr,-Irss6r Irss6rre Ss,fsaSsrr-.a
Der 7th 1876. Died Nav 18th 1878.
|, Pale death with an impartial footstep
visits the cot tage Of the poor as we'll as the
palace Of the rich. The home of the young
alike the dwelling places of the old, are
made to mourn i'll consequence of deaths
unwelcomc call. Where ere we go, whers
ere we be, death finds us out and claims
us rs his victims. It's well perhaps that
such is the case It's well perhaps thas
God i'll his providence has so ordered it.
Then whatever OUR atilictons may be, and
whenever they come upon ns, let us say tho
will of God be done, not ours. But a few
weeks &So little Willie was in the bloom Of
health Every surrounding circumtance
indi icated a long sojonrn upon earth. In
tcllect ually he was no ordinary child, hav-
ing exhibited such marks of mental activity
rs were rearly seen even i'll children much
his senior. But it often occurs that God'a
inscrntable providence calls such children
in early life, hence we'll wonder not at
w lines unlimely departure While eur
hearts have been made to grieye over hin
loss, we nevertheless bow in humble sub.
mission TO Gods dispensation feeling asaur.
| ed that our loss is willie's eternal gain.
and that our sorrow is his everlasting joy.
We know there is a rest for the people of
God, and that this dear little boy, together
with an innumerable host who have gone
before him are ut this moment ENJOYING
and forever will enjoy the mansions Of the
world ON high prepared for the faithful
in ChIst We console ourselves with the
thought that the separation is but for ..
time Ere long God will call ua too. and
when we meet again far away in the realms
of bliss, nauglrt can sunder that union. May
our Heavenly Father in the plentitude Of
his mercy so enable us to love, and serve
! him the remnant of our days on earth, and
to meet the little one on high together with
all the loved ones who constitute Heavens
heritage, where we will praise him forever.