Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-04-02
IN MEM0RlAM I

IN WEMUklAW ]
Fell asleep at sventide Friday,
March 9th. 1891, Mrs. ELIZA ANN
COLE. in the 63rd year of her age.
How often death compels US to
chronicle the departure of our loved
ones to the Home Beyond.
Without respect 10 age or condi-
tion. he lays his pale hand upon whom
be will aud leaves Q void in lowing
hearts, which canno. BE- filled. DEATH
The great proprietor of all, unrelent.
ing, inexorsble. is the Physician Of
him, whom medicine cannot cure, the
comforter of him, whom time cannot
console.
Coming around and among US, and
At last to us. be il ever saying, 80 live
that, when the SUMMONS comes to
join the innumerable Caravan, NOV
ing on to that mysterious realm, where
each shall take his chamber in the si.
lent halls of death, thou canst sp.
proach the grave, sustained aud
soothed by unfaltsring trust. A warn
ing heard and needed by some, by
others neglected. Is death less pain.
full when we contemplate it as dan
ger far distant? Possibly, the sad.
dest moments of an active life, are
when one, who is making no prepare.
tion for eternity, feels that soon he
must die. The spectre is sad and aw.
full indeed; while to him who belives
and works, the contemplation OF such
a certainty, whether near a. hand or
far distant. is seen through faith, not
as the end. but the very beginning OF
an existence supremely perfect and
therefore suprsmely sppreciative.-
There is nothing in the mind of con.
temptation, comparable to Christia q
living and Christian dying. Splendid
thought Of the Apostle. to live and
die with Christie approach the grave
with all the hope, that dying Chris
tian enjoys of the happy change. and
while dying to think upon
Angel forms in their immortal state.
or those around Gods throne arrayed in
white;
Till the angel comes and pointing upward
Says, come with me.
But / anticipate the death bed, to
which /, as Christian Priest, minis.
tered during three consecutive days.
Mrs. Cole was an excellent Christian
woman and died a noble Christian
death. The day before she was called
away, there was cha ange for the bet
ter in her condition. She desired and
received the Holy Communion, there.
BY evincing that she died in '.ths
communion Of the Catholic. Church, in
i6@ s6eae eslss e5sshss lsH ot esslsia fsiIh aud
gious hope"
Her remains were buried on the
4th Sunday in Lent, in Old Poplar
Hill churchyard. Very many were
present at the funeral obsequies. Un.
der the shadow of the wide spreading
and ancient oak. beside her dearest
ones in death, her body rests. Soon
the flowers of Spring will blossom
over her grave and diffuse their sweet
odors around, fit emblems in their
new born freshness and beauty of the
souls resurrection to all the gIories of
the eter aal world.
MAURICE 81. VAUGHAN.
! feel impelled by many considsra.
tions to offer some tribute, though
poor and feeble it may be, to the
memory of Miss MAMIE BILL1NGsLEY,
who departed this life on March IL
1891. But few weeks ago she moved
about among us and seemed to be in
perfect health, lively and bright with
the youthful promise of a future
whose bright sky seemed unfecked by
any clond. Now, alas she is taken
from US. she who but few weeks ago
was the JOY and comfort of fond
mother, a devoted sister and broth.
ers, she who was so gentle and so
kind, SO agreeable as a companion
and contributed so much to the plea
sures of the social circle has been
snatched away almost without warn
ing. Death. cruel and pitiless, has
robbed a mother of dear child, one
Of che precious jewels of the house.
hold, just blooming into womanhood,
and taken from her young friends one
Of their sweetest and most charming
companions.
| A gloomy cloud hangs over her
once bright home. Sadness and sor.
row, heavy and crushing. weigh down
a mothers heart. But amid all this
gloom there shines a ray of light, on
consolation to support her distressed
friends. and which should be as heal.
ing balm to the bleeding heart Of the
disconsolate mother, of sister and bro
thsr.
| Our dear departed friend, in ths
pleasures and gayety of the world
did not neglect her duty to her God
She was a faithful Christian and de-
voted member of the Episcopal church
Thus in the sorrow which overwhelmi
her relatives and friends. there is Il
support aud comfort US the f4i b anC
hope that our dear young friend ha
| only been Transferred to that better
world prepared by the Father fc,
those who do His holy will.
Il CHAPTrco, March 23rd. L.
Died, on March IL. 1891, at th,
Church Home and Infrmary, Nortl
| Rroadway Raltimnrs MARY ALICE