The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-04-11
IN MEMORIAM.
Mabel DaingerfcId.

''There is no death, the stars 90 down. to
Rise on some fairer shore,
And bright in Heavens jeweled crown,
They shine forever more
On March the 3Oth, 1889, Mabel, only
daughter of Captain and Mrs. 4. l.. Dam
gerfield, after brief illness and notwith-
standing the skill of DR.. j. II. Tucker and
the unceasing miniStratiOns of her devoted
parents, and two loving aunts, and the
constant care of sympathzing friends,
passed from sickness to death, and from
death to endless joy.
Her little hands which were so beautiful
here, are even now sweeping the strings of
some golden harp, in that
mansion above,
Whose timbers were grown in the garden
of love-
We know this must be so, for did not the
loving Savior illumine the world of sin,
more than eighteen hundred years ago with
that glorious promise:
'Suffer little children to come unto me,
and forbid them not, for Of such is the
Kingdom of Heaven"
1t seems hard that one who has so long
been one of the idols of her home should
be taken away, it leaves such blank,
such cruel blank, but the ways of God
are past finding out, and the pain may,
light.
"If we could push ajar the gates of life,
And stand within, and all Gods work.
ingS see,
We could interpret all this doubt and
strife,
And for each mystery find there key.
But not to-day, then be content poor heart,
Gods plans like lilies pure and white,
unfold,
We must not tear the close shut leaves
apart,
Time will reveal the calyes of gold
Mabel was child in years, being only
| ten years and seven months old, but she
possessed many of the characteristics which
adOrn glorious wOmanhOOd.
She had fine intellect, extraordinarily
so. One looking upon the noble eXpanse
of her little forehead, and the classic out
lines of her sweet face, as she lay in
| death upon bed of viOletS, her favOrite
flower, SO typical of her in their beauty
| and purity one familiar with the tender
| emotions of her gentle loving heart hel
calm self-pOssession ; her remarkable con-
versatiOnal powers, so accurate, SO sensible
so sweet her intense love for little chill.
dren, and their love for her, and especial
ly her great protecting love for her little
brother Campbell which was beautiful in
would have said, here lies a child whom il
God had willed it, would have developed
into good and noble woman.
How beautifully and truly another ha:
described little Mabel
"She was cast in so slight and exquisite q
mold, so mild and gentle, so pure and
beautiful that earth seemed not her ele
ment, nor its rough creatures her fit COM
paniOns.'
Many do not care to remember THEN
loved ones as they appeared in death bu
as they were in health and strength, but
those who loved Mabel may remember hel
in death as sweetly as in life, for as she
, lay dead one could but say, NO sleep Sc
calm and beautiful so free from trace Of
pain, so fair to look upon. She seems {
creature fresh from the hand of God, anC
waiting for the breath of life, not one who
has lived and suffered DEATH
And to her father and mother and those
who loved her so dearly who now mis-
her so sadly, and mourn her so grievOuSly
who feel that no more on earth will they
hear the gentle footStep, and her low swee
: voice. that no more will they feel her ten
der clinging embrace, aud warm kiss o
= affection, that no more can they look for
. ward to her becoming a lovely and intel
ligent woman rejecting homer upon then
2 and their care and devotion, and dispensin
r happiness like golden sunshine Throughout
t their heart, and who are now crying SO bit
: terly, Little lost darling. come back to N
: lie in my arms as you used to do, to theI
, would say,
Though the clouds hang dark above yo
: and your path is lost in night,
Over there beyond the darkness: still TIL
Z sun is shining bright.
{ God is love, he does not chaSten with a
e angry rod, in death,
- IT'S gentle summons higher, and II
q arms are underneath.
\. FRIEND.