The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-05-16

year OF MS age. Son OIL Leynaru M.
and Mary l.. Swingle, dec. Born
March 9th 1847, at Jonesboro, Tenn.
There is no dsathI An angel form
Walks DER the earth with silent tread,
He bears our bsst-lovcd ones away
And then We call them dead"
"Thcre is no death! Tho stars go down
70 rise upon some other shore,
And bright In Aeavcn's jeweled crown
They shine forevormore."
Immortality Eternity! Heaven!
Elysium! How awfully-sublime! How
dceply-enveloped in mystery! And
yet, how beautiful and soul-stirring
are these reflections, that follow in the
train of these undeinable mysterious
words! SO deep, so profound is the
unfathomable mystery with which
they are enshrouded, that the bright
est intellects upon earth have not been
able to comprehend their inexplicable
meaning. Let them awaken within
the soul thoughts that may penetrate
the invisible, the unknown, the illimit-
able bounds, where the spirit can only
find that rest, that sweet Elysium, for
which it ever yearns. Though the
word Eternity, with its sombre-shroud-
ed-mystic-veil, strikes the embodied
spirit with awe, yet is itnot beautifully
adorned with the amaranth wreath,
just cleaning from behind the mystic
folds, with hope ever beaning bright
" around it? And does it not soothe,
and cheer the concluding part OF
earth's weary pilgrimade? Does it
not open the beautiful gates" OF
Heaven? So sweetly linked, so close
ly united are Heaven and Immortality
that no one, would blot either from
the page that is immortal. For, from
that page, who would obliterate one
name, one heart that was ever tender
ly beloved by them? Then, how
soothing, to the bcreaved spirit, to
look into the invisible, have sweet
communion with the loved ones
who have vanished from our gaze?
Remembrance faithful to her trust
calls them in beauty from the dust
The dear forms, are with us again
But ohl how changed! How radient
ly beautiful in their new and heaven
ly images! Though they arrayed
themselves in their spotlcss robes o.
Immortality, yet, the bright, spiritua
eye still beams with undying affection
And as faith penetrateS this mysteri
Gus world, and gazes with rapture up
on the great, innumerable throng, sht
whispers we have jewels there, tics
tenderly beloved, and with her magic
wand, she wakens them into lif,
again. We embrace the dear form 0
a gentle mother, and clasp the hand
(once trembling, but now young, ant
strong,) OF devoted iather, and thel
two warm-hearted aiIectionate broth
} er's whom we loved in childhood, ant
: with whom we gathered around tn
home circle in the long-ago, smile up
: on us. But suddenly the "beautifu
: gates" stand .ajar, and hallelujah
. echoed, and reverberates throughou
V that mighty throng. Another sou
e has been washed in the blood of tn
: lamb and clothed in its spotless pur
S ty enters the happy land. FatheI
n mother and brother, recognize tn
!, familiar voice of child and brSthe
}. The mother clasps the dear child fC
r whom she has so long prayed, an
e who stood by her dying couch, wipe
IS the death-dews from her brow, an
a whispered words OF comfort, all
It promises to meet her in that beautifl
world. And now, the trials, the col
It flicts are all over, the victory is woI
d and as they clasp hands forever, thC
is tune anew their golden harps, an
is sing sweeter melody Of praise
8. him who has brought one more Ian
1t and added one more link to the fol
10 And as we mediate on the my
It. terry OF life and death, we turn to Il
page upon which one brief life W
" written. This page is not immorta
Mt lied by earthly honors and imperis
le able deeds of fame. No unwitheril
it, laurels, no brilliant career is record
w upon it, but to us, one Of far great
H. worth is indellibly imprinted upon
lines. In the retroSpection of o
lp brothers life there is nothing rcmar
of able or interesting to the strang,
he but to his friends and relatives, it IN
od be, perhaps OF interest to hear OF |
he last days upon earth. We do II
tie wish to eulogize his merits. nor wou
nd we "seothe the duh cold car Of dcat
1d with fattery." That he was war
no hearted, genial, generous and tr,
you know that he was charitable,
est cial, high-toned, and as true to his
'er legations, as "the needle to the pol
a you who knew him intimately C
ire testify. For several years his hea
has been declining, but he retain
NO. 9is cheerfulness and social capaciti
~. ~. and enjoyed life until his sufferil