West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-03-13
IN MEMoDfAu.

NJ - Ih"iCh l.
at his residence west of town, J.
M. Keck departed this life, in the
37th year of his age.
This is the brief and passing rec
ord Of another human life. 1t is
also the familiar record Of deaths
doings, with which we are all SO
familiar, in the brief language of
the everyday notices of the press.
They come to the eye, the ear, and
the heart, as the tolling knell of a
warning bell, to remind us that we.
too, are treading with every step,
"Funeral marches to the grave"
Julius NJ. Keck was born at
Morgantown, in 1853, was educated
at the West Virginia University and
came to Preston County over tixteen
years ago, he married Sarah Kirk,
daughter Of Col. Isaiah Kirk. of
Masontown. He was a man Of clear
Judgment, honorable, intelligent,
and an earnest christian, eager al
ways to do something worth the
doing. For n year or more he suf-
Iered from violent bronchial
trouble, this combined with Il com
plication of other diseases. slowly
but surely wore away his strength,
and at six O'Clock Saturday evening
Gods finger touched him, and he
slept p the sleep He gives to His
beloved sweetly and calmy he went
to sleep and awoke in the gray mists
OF morning in the "Palace of the
King" His mind remained per-
fectly clearand active, he instructed
his brother, l.. V. Keck, OF the
Morgantown bar, as to how he de-
sired his funeral conducted /; he
selected pail bearers, and asked that
the hearse be brought from Nor
gant0wn all his directions were
observed and the funeral services
took place at the NJ. +. Church. ON
Monday at one O'Clock Rev. Perry
oflicia.ed, large number of friends
were present /; every man, woman
and child lcenly ielt the loss, and
pail of sorrow seemed to hang
over the entire assembly.
Death is the antagonist Of life.
and the thought of death is the
skeleton Of all feasts we all rover
emily pauso to contemplate the pro-
foundest mystery Of human destiny
the imponetrable and insoluble
mystery Of death. A calm contem
plation of the checlered scenes Of
life, its cares, anxieties, suffer- ng
and death creates a doubt whether
the eyanesccnt pleasures and the
bard-eaned prosperity are not
overbalanced. Our friend AID
neighbor was struck down in the
very prime of his manhood and use
fulness, brief life, but full of good
deeds, and the influence of his right
living, will remain Il halo of love, a
benson Of peace and influence. felt
and appreciated in life a memory
reycred and treasured as bright
example now. lie has crossed the
dark rolling river into the LIGHT Of
excessive day. lie is now whore
the rivers wander Ger sands Of gold.
His manly feelings, dearest to the
soul are aglow with heavens super
latiye bliss. lie has looked his last
upon the setting sun, yet has viewed
the rising Of one whose beams light
up forever the glorics Of an endless
day-anothcr soul has returned TO
its own, original, and glorious home
another luminous spirit whis-
pers Of peace, from the golden courts
OF paradise, q Sodom has been OK
changed for Zion, an Egypt for a
Canaan and earthly vicissitudo5 for
endless glory. May he who holds
the dcstinics Of men and nations i'm
his hands, comfort the bereaved
wife, children and brother, and help
them to say ''Ihy viii be done"
B. Il.