The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-02-25
IN NEyTORIAM.
DEATH OF ROBERT cox.
% StCeef IS The Memory Of Departed Worth"
JoHNsrowN. PA Feb. Is, 1ss


"a SiCeet is The Memory Of Departed Worth"
JoHNsrowN, PA, Feb. Is, 1851.
EDIroR FREEMAN-How true it Is that sthe sor-
row for the dead is the only sorrow from which We
refuse to be divorced. ~
The subject of this notice the only of Jno.
Cox Esq, OF this eity-a young man Of more than
positions he held with honor and credit to himself
and his many friends and to the entire satisfaction
to his employers. For two years he had charge Of
set OF books in the Office Of Wood, MoTTell & Co.'S
mammoth mercantile establishment, after which
he was promoted to the position of general invoice
clerk in the general office of the Gauter Steel Co,
in the employment of which corporation his ser
vices were soon found to be almost Indispensable,
and as n consequence his employers not only re-
warded his Iabors with lucrative salary but also
manifested on all occasions the utmost regard for
his welfare Last July or young friend finding
sign his position and take trip for the purpose of
recuperating, if possible, his wasted energies
proved in health, and at the earnest solicitation OF
his employers he resumed the duties Of his former
position in the Office of the Gautier Steel Works,
where, however, he remained only six weeks when
the fact once more became apparent that that re-
lentless disease. consumption, stil gnawing at
his vitas and that there was nothing left for him
TO 90 but to retire permanently rom the position
he had so ably and so acceptably hlled The debil-
itating disease with which he was afflicted
told on his delicate frame, and era long he
dueed almost 70 mere skeletons. On Sunday, the
9th inst he took his bed, where he remained uutil
the following Friday, meantime being fully con
Scious that ms young ana bameless Hle was rapid
" drawing TO close, when the turning on its hing
e OF that massive gate which swings backward into
eternity cast gloomy shadow over the once happy
( househOuld Of the honored father and revered
mother Of q loving and beloved called.
firmly believe, to the enjoyment OF neVer-ending
felicity.
beautiful Catholic cemetery on the hillside OF 4o-
der have ratified the lid Of his coffin and those
oft-repcated words which lose their sad, sad
refrain, RequieScat "a pace have been pronounced
over the inanmate remains OF one who lived dur
ing his brief span as man should live. with charity
toward all and malice toward none. and then pass
ed away in the very flower OF his youth, dying he
! had Tired beloved by God and all who knew him.
Yesterday Sunday he buried from st. Johns
(CathOlic) church, Of which he was proud 10 be a
/ true and earnest member. During the solemn ser
vices at the church the large ed nee filled al
most TO repletion with people Of all denominations
who had assembled to pay the last tribute Of respect
that devoted SON. brother and friend Of whom
beTeaved and greistricken parents, sisters and as
grafton. feeling and eloquent tribute 10 departed
| worth, was delivered by the pastor Rev Father
Gallagher. who awelt at some length on the we'll
/ known virtues Of the deceased. ana then in a few
choice and bettiHg words cited the brief but hon
oTable career OF the laueuted Robert Cox as <
ample well worthy the imitation Of all Christian
young men During the delivery OF the sermon IL
is scarcely presumptuousito believe that every heart
[ was moved TO sympathy for the bcreaved parents
and sisters OF the loved and lost one. Altho' the
. day was any thing but an agreeable one. all that
Iasf restins- nlace nv tb Isrgesf funeral N
that ever entered NOder cemetery, the vehicles
numbering upward Of forty, while hundreds Of men
foo., including the Young Mems Catholic Lit
erary Society Of which the decea ased was promi-
cedent.
As a fitting conclusion 10 this hastily written re-
view Of the life, death and burial OF Robert Cox,
none named him but to praise aud that his death
has caused a vacancy among his youthful associ
ates which VIII be difficult to hll Yet all should
be comfOrted with the assurance that their loss
is his eternal gain and that while they mourn he
reioices in the presence and glory OF God which
the poe, twhOSe language j adopt prayer fol
the rcpose OF the soul Of my deceased friend) al
ludes when he says:
bright be the place Of thy soul.
No loveieT spirit than thine
Fer burst from its mortal control,
In the orbs OF the blessed to shine
"On earth thou vert all but divine,
As tiny sCulshall Immortality be,
And our sorrow may cease to repine
When we know that thy God is with thee
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