Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-01-10
OBITUARY.


At the residence of her father near Palmy-
ra, Montgomery county, Tenn, of laryngitis,
Miss Dora, daughter of b. G. and Susan
Powers.
She was born December 10th, 1855, professed
religion at PittSylVania church and joined
the Nj. Z. Church, South, October 5, lS67-fell
asleep in Jesus, December Is, 1879, aged q
years, eleven mont ms and twenty mine days.
A kind, affectioEate and devoted daughter
and sister, a true friend and sincere Chris
tian has gone from among us, and while we
try to bow in humble submission to the d.
vine behest, we do no less feel our loss.
Patiently and unmurmuringiy did she bear
the long and painful illness which terminal
ed her life. Her only com plant during her
long suffering was, 81 regret that cannot be
more useful in the home and social circle"
To observe the pleasure she took in acts of
kindness towards her friends and the mem
bers of the family circle could but impress
one with the sweetness of her unselfish and
devoted nature. Possessed naturally of a
warm and genial heart, she treated ali with
courtesy and kindness. She chose but few
for intimate friends, and it was the high
privilege OF these only to know her as she
really was. Too pure and noble 10 allow her
confidence in her friends to be shaken by the
selfish, narroW-minded aud prejudieial views
that many take of this life, she was always
under all circumstanc es-found trueto her
trust, She was sincere ChTistian-one who
could trust the Lord when she could not I'M
Though called Oh is the very bloom of
Yomanhood, she has left in many hearts
void that none can I'LL. 1t Is Christina
know IlaI, young III
years, half her life had been spent In the ser
vice of her Master.
Not weary oflife or counting death. she met
her fate braYely, calmly, triumphantly,
without q murmur or regret. She was hap
by in death.
Mother, father, sisters, brothers, the idol of
your heart is gone. BY deaths fatal touch
the family circle, for the first time, is broken.
Well may you weep, but not as those with
out hope. Though parted from your dear
one, it can only be for a little while. Yes,
VnI vUiI mn afh axr q and
will "know each other there"
Indeed, to how many in the death of the
beloved the parent OF faith! May that faith
siren CITIZEN and comfort you and point you
to that "heaVenly beyOndr And may 1t
teach you to say, "Father, not my will, but
Thine be dOne.o
Dear friend, thou art gone; we miss thee,
but can never forget thee. Though thou art
gone to that "home-land of the soul, thou
still livest in our hearts. When we gazed for
the last time upon thy cold and placid feat
uFes, we thought surely, to the good, the
sleep of death must be sweet-yes sweet
and happy sleep-a rest which none shall
Dear friend, farewell; though the reoolIec-
tons of thee may cause the tear-drops to
fall, we would not CALI thee back from thy
happy home, but while life and reason last
we will cherish the memory sacredly; and
ON thy silent grave we will place the sever
green" and ''thoFnless rose" rs a partial tri-
There's tear that fails when we part
From a friend whose loss we do mourn;
There's a tear that falls from the half-brokep
heart,
When we think she viii never return.
IT'S hard to be parted from those
With whom we would forever dwell,
But bitter indeed is the sorTow which flows
When we are called to say farewell.
There's q tear that will brighten the eye
OF the friend when absence is DER,
There's a tear that will flow, not for soF-
row, but JOY,
When we meet thee to be parted no more.
A FRIEND.
PALMYRA, December "a, 1873.