Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-26
DEaO.

Alas, alasi oh, how sad!
With his meTcIlessnesS
has come again to our town aud
10 the family of our friends, Mr
and Mrs j. L. Short, and claim
cd two more of their boys.
On Monday, July I'd. 1855,
Charlie, departed this life at So
u. m with expressions of great
pain and suffering. lie was the
neighborhood's pet, he was such
a good boy. SO smart aud cheer
fai. his face was called 'heam
Ing face or SUNSHINE" lie was
boy of great promise. "hy II
was that God took him we know
not: but so it is and it mast be
right. His teacher, Prof. " y
Gllmer. SAID OF bin, that she
was a boy of no ordinary intel
lect:r he was quick aud apt TO
learn, beth in the school of lite
rature. and Sabbath school He
was a very conscientious boy IL
every thing. In his sickness
last winter, We talked with hia.
on the subject of religion, and
he talked very iBteIiigently
ab0utIt, one expression he made
while in conversation with him
about the matter, was, II don't
know what we would do with
cut the good Lord" / said, do
sou love the Lord, and 10 you
pray . his a..swer was, Il do"
lie was sick four days.
On the eth day of same month,
at $40 p. IN, death came upon
II e. Short. Hub was sick near
two weeks, aud did suffer so
much. They both died with
lie flushed his education
or Iather he graduated in Toe
capola college about two years
since, with good marks, and had
commenced to teach; he taugh;
a part of a session in Lafayette
county, but owing TO sickness
in the family he was compelled
to suspend until summer, bu,
alas, he will not flush it you see,
his work is done. He was tf a
quiet, reserved disposition, and
did most Of his own thinking, il
not all Of it.
At DIR. Hoyt's meeting here
year before last he became con.
cerned on the subjec: OF relig
ion, and during the meeting he
made a profession. and gave the
writer his name TO become q
member of the Baptist church
but from some cause he was
never baptized. During his sick
ness ana before, | talked Will
him about Ike matter. he said t.
me while sick, II have not done
my duty since | was converted
| have done that, that | should
not have done, and ii | had my
life 10 live over again. with the
lights before as they are,
would live very different,
would do my duty | then
asked him If ho believed that
God would forgive him for his
neglect of duty. he answered
He Las, | feel all right he
meant spiritually. Just before
he died, and he was in his righl
mind too, | asked him these
questions; "Hnb, do you trust
Jesus now? he said II do :
Then it is pleasant to trust Hin
now, rs it mott II said, do you
wish ali your friends to nee;
you in Heaven /! He nodded his
poor head and said, yes; being
SO weak and so near gone, that
he could not talk, n d IN a few
moments his spirit took its eter
nal flight to the regions beyond
Yes, after all, they had to 90
Drs. II Ningo, y l. Fortune
and y Bryant, did all they could
to save life. but M, when death
comes no arm of flesh can save,
be it ever shillful. Hub was
about twenty one years cid
Charlie WAS about fifteen wears
OF age. These two make three
boys, children of MI and Mrs
). L. Short, who have passed
over the river Of death since
January 81, iSSS. hay the com.
foriing grace OF God sustain the
bereaved family. They have
the GeeJ sympathies of the
neighbOrhood and other friends.
Large crowds accompanied
their remains to the city of the
dead, and there planted them to
AWAIT the last trumpet. So fare.
well! Oh, Lord,
BE near me when my feet.
Are slipping Ger the brink,
or AN nearer ny home 10 day, to DAY
Perhaps than now 7 think"
g. w. SMITH.
Toceopola. July Is, 1888.
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