The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-01-04
Deuth Re cord of Eaton and VII
cinity, for the Year 1852.

Eighteen hundred and eighty two las
gone! Its record is made; its problems
are solved. Many will remember it as
one that brought important changes to
their homes and families. Some have
been successful in business, others have
been wrecked and utterly ruined. Many
family circles have been broken and the
charms and joys of "the old hearth
stone'' are gone forever. Sons and
daughters have been given in marriage
and now new affections, new cares, new
duties and new obligations bind to a
course of life hitherto unknown by them.
Other homes have been %gladdened in
the birth of a son OIL daughter. Some
have found Him of whom Moses in the
law and the prophets did write and are
drinking deeply from that fountain OF
living water whereof if a man drinks he
shall thirst no more. They possess that
riches which death does lot divide nor
misfortune drive away. We also close
the old year with the sad reflection that
some have witnessed the departure of a
father, a mother, a wife or a husband, a
beloved son or daughter or darling babe.
Through a death record carefully pre-
pared by our esteemed friend Judge
Chambers, the citizens of Eaton and vi
cinity are reminded that sixty-seven souls
have passed from our midst into the deep
unseen within the past twelve months,
from the tender infant of two days to the
matron of ninely-ive m Among
that number is Mother VanAusdal, who
will be remembered as one of the best
citizens of Eaton and whose life was that
of a model woman. Her character as a
citizen, a mother and a Christian was an
example for all.
BLESSED are the dead which die in
the Lord from henceforth y = they may
rest from their labors; and their works
do follow them" AS you read the death
roll below think of how strange and mys-
~terious a thing is life; how wonderful its
experience how high its hopes and joys;
how deep its sorrows; how dreadful its
fears! Kind reader, if we have closed
the year with no improvement of mind
and heart, then to US the year has been
spent without profit to ourselves no mat
ter what else may have been accomplish
ed.
We have now come to the year of u
Lord 1888, and we look upon a part Of the
great ocean of time that we have never
seen before and over which we swiftly
glide. Its moments will not tarry. They
fit past as swift winged messengers to
carry over into eternity the records of
our daily living. Each day has its du-
ties; each hour its opportunities; each
moment as it springs from the mysterious
eternity, brings within Jul grasp some
flower OF paradise, fragrant and beauti-
full and fresh as the morning light.
Let us lay our plans for the incoming
year upon a higher plane. Let selfish
ambition and sordid desires have less
control. Let the chains of passion and ap-
petite be broken forever. Dethrone pride
and malice, prejudice and superstition.
Let faith bring the realities OF eternity
into the experience of time. Let hope
uplift and enfold US in purest desires and
Hottest expectations. Let the inspira-
tons and illuminations OF a pure and
generous love give light to our souls and
courage to our hearts, for soon our names
| viii appear on the death record OF time,
and our souls answer to the roll call of
eternity. W. H. o.