Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-04-25
DEATHS

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DIED. near Darnestown on Friday after.
noon, BENJAMIN DARBY, only son o.
| Thomas aud Columbia Brown, aged years
months and q days.
| Thus has il pleased God in his wise dis
pensation 10 take this lovely little bud from
earth 10 Heaven where il will more beautiful
| y blossom 10 Paradise. But a. few short Gays
| ago aud lie was the pride of many hearts. III
the iull enjoy inent OF health and haPpint' s
claddeniug The home Of those who lUveu MN
we'll: but even in his gayest moods, when
asked whom he loved best, his answer AWAY 8
was ''tbe dool Lord" So God also loved
| him best, aud for that reason the Good SNIP
| herd has laid the little Lamb on his bosom
and be s~eelly rests forever
Always being of the brightest mind ami me
gayest Of the gay, entwlning hlmseii arouhu
| The benrts Of all who knew him is it not
natural that friends should mourn his loss, by
which he has gained blissfuI immortality
| But may ,hey not find consolation 10 the
thought that this cherished treasure, though
| 'abseut from tue body, IS present win Inc
| Lord The stricken parents can oul grieVe
| for The bright little pet SO soon recalled ny
the giver. But in their grief they CRY out,
"Father, thy will be done - for has he rot
said "Suffer little children to come unto me
and forbid them not, for of such is the king
dom Of Heaven h.
DIED, at Jamestown, Nd. Mrs MARY A.
OFFUTT, born May ID, 1919, and called TO
her rest April 9Th, 1879, at 1890, 7. NJ.
Thus has passed from our midst lady
highly esteemed and respected in this com
munity, foundly loved in her family and oy
large circle Of relatives and friends Her
sickness was Of IA lingering and distressing
nature For weekSyta seemed 20 belying ia
the balance, but when the end came she
peacefully fell asleep.
Mrs. Offutt had been for many years men,
Der of the n. T. Church. While in The later
Years of her life she bad been but little from
home and had but seldom attended upon the
ordinances of the Gospel, she said TO The
writer, II have never forgotten my christian
VOWS and have alway recognized the Me'ho-
dist as my church. y But she was ,hroughly
Catholic in spirit and loved all who love the
Lord Jesus Christ. She was resigned and
patient under sickness aud when the sum
mons came death was disarmed of bis terrors
She passed from earth and from amidst her
stricken family and friends, resting her hope
of salvation alone in the merits OF aioning
blood.
why do we mourn departing friends,
Or shake at deaths alarm,
IT'S but the voice that Jesus sends,
To call them 10 His arms
B.
DIED, on April 10th, 1879, at the residence
Of her youngest son, WIN. W. Darby, Of
Williams county, Ohio, Mrs. ANN DARBY,
aged II years, relict OF the late Darius Darby
Of this county and mother OF Mrs. K. j. lsher-
wood, near Poolesville.
1t is seldom that we have been called on to
pay tribute Of respect 10 one more universally
beloved than the subject of this notice. After
spending the flower OF her life in this county,
At mature old age she moved to northwestern
Ohio to five with her son, and always hoped
10 pay visit to the loved ones she left be-
hind her. But alas death pays no respect to
persons but it found her ready for the sum-
mons. Her children can truthfuly say their
loss is her eternal gain The writer OF these
few lines knew her well and will remember
her mother kindness as long as life lasts.
A FRIEND.