Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-04-21
GEN. GlRY,S FUNERAL.
The Dead Mero a chrlstian.--A Reml-
niscence of ais College Days. z
Correspondence cOluaaJia Register.

Correspondence coinmJia Registcr.l
coNEsBuRy, AR. 10, lsSl.-The
remains of Gen. Martin Withersr oor
Gary arrived in Cokesbadry this (sun.
day morning from Edgefeld. accom-.
panied by several friends and rela.
tives. Itwas escorted to the residence
of his brother, DR.. F. F. Gary :
His face bore the natural command
ing look that characterized him in
life. On the coffin was engraved in
silver, M. W. Gary, Died April 8
1881. 1t WILDE remembered that
Gen. Gary died on the sixteenth an
niversary of the surrender of Gen.
Lee at AppomattoxzC Court House.
The funeral procession moved from
DE-. Gary's residence at half-past 2
o'clock P. NJ The pail, I,bearers. from
Abbevile eqanty were. Col. B. ~
HeTndon, Br.S SGG.I. Connor,-Niess1s.
G. W.sConnasa and Ed. GGpnIors
Those from Edgefeld County were,
Hon. Johnso. sfspparl, ,Messts! J..L.l
Addison, B. w. Belts, Jr.;; and Ben.
jamin Abney. The remains were.
carried to Tabernacle Graveyard, two
miles Southeast of Cokesbury.
Rev. William Thomas, the pastor
of the Methodist Church here, con-
Quoted the ceremonies. He made
few very appropriate remarks, some
Of which, ! take,the liberty Of copy
ing from his notes: ::.s
"The cause Of our gathering on
this sacred apot (tne repository of the
honored dead) is not only solemn,
but to many of us extremely painful.
A fellowman has passed away from
earthly scenes. A companion has
been taken ,froEi curmidse. 4. FRIEND
has been snatched suddenly from
large circle of other friends. A broth
er issmissed from the hearthstone,
where sit in mourning loved sisters
and other brothers, whose tears be-
speak the loss they have met. II son
has been torn from the embrace of a
doting mother, who still fingers Mrs.
Gary was still alive at this time at
the family home, under the pressing
weight of more than three score and
ten years. These things deeply af-
feet us while we stand at the tomb o.
the departed. We would fain min
gle our tears with the bereaved, and
if possible mitigate their cup Of sor;.
row. We sometimes assemble at the
graveyard to place IN the tomb
sweet little babe, q simple bud of
promise, that has not yet thrown, its
sendris around the heartstrings Of
society. We drop& tear over the in I
nocent form, kiss its lily forehead
aad lay it away to rest, soon forget
ing that it ever lived. Then an ag-
ID form, beading under the burden
,f long life and accumulated in6rlni,
les, falls by the ruthless hands of
leath, and as We see that life was
spared till all that makes It lovely
gas gone, we are content to say,
nAs fall the autumn leaves when fully
spent,
% failcst thou
tBut this is q call of very differ
mt nature. Vigorous manhood lies
,rostrate III death. Cut. off in the
aidst-of his days, just as the manly
,owers were beginning to group them
elves to grapple with the great prob
ANS of life. and to assert their full I
st strength. At the very moment
hen he was girding on the habili-A p
lents of intellectual power and NOV :
,g upward tothe ! zenithsof s-his ca a
acity, the message comes, the sum- t
IONS must be o6eyed. 'Marvelouer /
re tHysvorks8o Lord Thy path ds' "A
0s:knownin The dark, andsthy ways
re past finding out We bow in t
oedienee to thy behest. I
4 patriot, ha. had nossuperior e
hen his State called he promptly ii
'sponded, leaving home and ali its g
,mforts I'd meet, aud repelsthe inyas "
ng foe. His love Of country was OF :
character that exhibited the deep :
t sincerity. The prosperity Of South g
sroIina carried 10 his heart bright q
ss snd joy thas could not be re- u