The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-24
IN MEETORIANI.

7 s<' HasSed away quletly at 10 o'clock
1of Monday morning, July 18th So
runs the message that brings, us the
EsorroWful news Of the death of Hattie
!. A. Lee, only daughter Of Mr. Leonard
Lee, an event which has. not only sad
dened a" happy freside, but has depriy-
led Kenosha Of one Of it's most valuable
and promising young ladies', A former
pastor, to whom the dear departed
Iseemed almost as member of his own
household, may be allowed d word of
|tribute to. q remarkably fair. and beau
tifullife. When we recall the bouyant
and rosy girl of a few years ago, it
lseems possible that the fresh bloom
! of her morning should have; dropped SO
lsoofl.9 D But soit9is 1.-The dreaded event,
against which flowing efriendssehad
wrought and prayed and at times even
hoped, has come. Not mountain Jour
|neying nor medical skill could arrest
| the stealthy but sure inroads Of the de-
fstroyer. And she who was the only
daughter Of fond parents. and the only
sister of devoted brothers, lis snatched
}away, taking upward with her much
| Of the sunshine Of a family circle, W.
+ IF Nature is sometimes said to be
|cruel, God is always kind. He was
kind to our young friend. Her life,
though short, was we'll filled. Gifted
with rare mental qualities, a taste for
iart, and a fondness for study, she was
able even in her brief days to gather
not a few clusters from the precious
wine of culture. It was perhaps the
sorest trial of her life, when her
strength gave out at Oberlin, and she
! found herself unable to endure an ex-
tended course Of study. Still her ar
dent desire for .self-improvement was
not extinguished. To her latest year,
bodily weakness even did not Withdraw
her from a systematic course of, read
! ing, or from persevering efforts with
pencil and brush. In other homes be.
sides her own, the delicate products of
her varied skill will now be cherished
as sacred mementos. 1a5fp +aal @a5 245
q Of her feelings regarding the future,
! it was only characteristic Of her tenn
permanent that she should be reserved.
/ When the occasion seemed to her to
call for it, Gas the present writer re-
members), she could give clear and
positive utterance to her religious
hope. But for the most part she was
lcontent to shoaO her faith by her daily
walk. She had deep feeling, indeed,
in regard to sacred themes, but her
piety was more q principle than an
emotion. It was her nature to abhor
a pretence. Her keen dry wit was Of
)ten a glittering spear to impale a sham.
She honored consistency, Cenfessing
Christ at an early age, she illustrated
the truth that the youngest members
of a church may be among the most
faithful. Her place in Sabbath assem-
bly,, prayer meeting, Sunday-school, or
choir, was seldom if ever vacant, when
she had strength to be there. The
WEAKNESS Of her. lingering illness was
borne with a heroic patience which
attested her remarkable powers of will
and her Christian fortitude. Though
she said little about the great unseen
that lay before her thoughts, the end
found her not unprepared. Even more
than those about her, she seemed to
anticipate the great change, and some
times surprised her friends by unex-
pected disclosures of anxiety to have
her last duties performed and her
earthly work complete. All .~.+.}:..
!, To those who most loved her here,
her place can never be filled. But to
that sorrowiing circle her memory will
Istill be fragrant and her example a
I stimulus, and in the, golden hereafter
the daughter and sister shall be theirs
again. 4u5 ri noaan3asdg He. H.
/, Thomaston, Conn. ii 81 "luood" al
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