The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-04-02
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which lt had bpue tilh = palionpe
and lottiud thH would hate brtu
IfmNft aila t,cn 10 much older
mpp and oho Injured 10 hardship.
UP lo Sunday rfpninR 80 lbe
Nfmpioma hid beon Iunfubic md
ne eulorrf was cheerful end pleaa.
anl during tho whole day, hul, ne
The shadows n night began "a
gather, an wlayorablc change
occurred, and his stomach refused
10 perform It's functions, Or to re-
tain nourishmcnt This initabil.
ny continued through the hight
and the following day, while the
su%ppuration from his wounds be.
came, perhaps, more abundant
than it had been. lie was fully
sensible Of his condition, and Of
the impending crisis, and CON
ycrscd on the subject, with those
who clustered lovingly around his
dying bed, as freely as his waning
strength would permit, showing no
symptom Of alarm or uncasiness.
He continued TO sink through the
day and evening, and when night
came it was Enthusiastically evident
to all that the end was near, and a
few NOR. hours would bring the
closing scene. lie never lost con-
seriousness for a moment, and told
his father that his prayers had been
answered and God had spoken
sweet peace to his soul, and that
now, his only desire for life was,
that he mi sht be an example to
others, and DO some good, which
he believed he could do if il
pleased God TO let him live, never
thcless, he was ready to die. lie
asked for the singing Of several
sacred songs, among them "Asleep
in Jesus and NEARER my God to
Thee and, requesting his father
to raise him up, joined in the sing
ing Of the latter as long as his
strength would permit, and this
about an hour before he died. He
then asked his father to have
prayers, and il was done accord.
ing 10 his request. Alter this he
conycrsed but little, yet evinced
no evidence Of suffering and rec.
ogni1cd those around him. and hi.
utteranccs were intelligent to the
last. Previous TO the singing the
clock struck twelve. Turning tc
his father he asked: "Fathcr, how
many did that striker His father
told him, and he remarked, "well
don't reckon I'll ever see anothe
daylight" and just one hour an,
a half later his spirit passed ava,
as calmly rs the slumbcr of infan
ey, or the breath Of a zephyr, to
"rhc bosom Of his Father and his Gsd.
Rufus was born in this county
near Sardis, on the 27th Of July
1888, and was within four month
of being wenty-three years OF az,
! At the time of his death. Excep
f when abroad at school. the mos
| OF his life. and the whole of hi
young manhood, was spent RICH
here in Sardis, where he was uni
. versally regarded as a Young mar
of noble impulses. amiable dispo
: Sitiou, bright mind, high-tone,
|, principles and accomplished man
ners. These things are not sal,
about him now as bosi-Worisl
compliments MOI to soothe tn,
: pangs Of sorrow ; they have beef
l said, and reiterated again an,
> again. when the bloom of healt
flushed his checks and the light o
intelligence beamed in his eyes
, and the softly spoken words O
y sympathy and sorrow, the giisten
: ing tear-dropS and the universe
2 gloom, which were cverywher
: heard and seen on the mornin.
after the distressing accident whicl
{ has resulted SO fatally, told. PLANE
+ than words can tell now, hoy
p warm a place he held in the ancc
: tons of all. And now. il is. alas
, too apparent that an aching vol,
: is felt in the community. and
= wound inflicted which time onl'
i can heal. But. in the midst Of til,
= gloom and sorrow, there is a sofl
sweet ray Of light, in the reflection
, that his last days and hours wcr,
spent dcvotionaily. and in III.
pleasing assurance which he lei
: Us, that all is well with him. an,
3, that he has gone-aS he had tol,
: his father he would-to meet hi
. Sainted mother. where we, too
may join him to part no NOR,
forever.
\ lie was buried in Rose Hill Gem
I etery by Rev. ]. ID. Cameron o
Wednesday afternoon. assisted b.
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