Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1893-05-11


As fitting tribute TO noble character,
we publish the following letter of Judge
Rudolph Burroughs. of Illinois:
EDswARDsvILLE, ILL, 1892.
My Dear Brother Mckenzie and Sister
Sale Il received both letters Of brother
Mex, the first relative 10 the sickness, the
second 90 the death Of that good, God -loy-
ing woman, Mrs. Eliza G. Hayden. She
was your mother and my dear and aged
friend. / fully realize that a great and
good Christian woman has passed away
from earth's battles and trials To meet her
God and loved ones gone before In the
hours Of your deep affection do most
earnestly and heartily join you; and though
many miles away my heart ia pierced with
sorrow, and / feel sharply your and my
bereavement. II was from "Savona" in
1881 that my mother too passed from this
life, and her physical body was placed in
the ground at Chaptico church, the good
Ms. Hayden, administering SO kindly to
Der last earthly wants, and so largely ad-
ministering that great respect To her re-
mains before and at their interment. now
know that their souls have become reunited
in Heaven, there never 10 be separated
fully realized in my recent visit with you
both TO Ssvona that dear Mrs Hayden
would soon leave US. When / bid her
good bye felt il was our last earthly sep.
aration. 1t was blessed privilege TO me
10 see her so recently before her death
| and TO know that she was SO prepar-
ed TO meet her earthly end. Time with
his blade of death found in her full
ripened grain that had fully matured
amid all the storms If life / can fully
| bear witness that she met LIES duties
fully and discharged them without falter.
ing; and her beautiful example and upright
bearing will be beacon light to guard her
children, friends and acouaintances from
the pitfalls of earth. A more generous
hearted friend / never had or knew. Long
will the sweet recollections of her beautiful
| life cling in my heart and memory, always
tending 10 brave me to emulate and profit
by her noble example.
Aud now dear brother and sister what
can write that will bring any consolation
TO You in your deep affection? Poor fee.
bic humanity that am, can say nothing
here that Is adequate 10 the task. But in
my humble, but earnest way, will say
that the death of our best loved ones. al.
though at the lime il occurs, we are by il
weighted down in sorrow and sadness, oc.
| casiOning deep mental pain and anguish,
yet il will cause US to stop and consider
| ourselves and our conduct and habits as
nothing else will. And may not trust
| that in the death of your mother and nv
/ good friend we in the fore part Of the wear
| 1893 may so renew our determination in
tight doing here on earth, that we too NAV
be, like her, spared 10 round up long life
| OF great usefulness To others, and at its end
be by our Master above bid 10 enter His eter
nal home with the commentator, well
done good and faithful servants" &c.
You both as well as myself have felt the
/ sorrows of separation from loved ones be.
fore this great loss fell upon you, and are
prepared To Withstand humbly and pa
tiently this great bereavement and its con.
sequent pain and anguish. But our loss is
her gain. Old age had enfeebled her body,
so that It had become painful To her. She
had become much crippled in her physical
body, and thereby quite unable To dis.
charge the duties as the head of her fami
ly IL panied her 10 see that she could no
longer have things around her done as she
had been able TO do before Hence life to
her had lost many Of its charms She had
been longing for rest Her many loved
ones that had gone before were anxiously
awaiting the time To bid her welcome
home. Amid winters storms of earth, at
ripe old age, she joins her angel friends
| and enters into eternal joys. Then why
not bear bravely our loss in being deprived
of her sweet society and companionship?
l cannot help but imagine that among
those angels that first greeted her were her
daughter Miss Nannie-and our good
mother. They had not preceded her so
long What joy those three felt, safe in
Heaven together! And il is a sweet belief
OF mine that those three will l. Heaven be
rejoiced again TO welcome you both and
me there. We, too, must ere long make
the same journey that they have taken,
and the fact that they have travelled that
road bravens me in my anticipated trip
over il. We do not know how soon the
command may come to any of us 20 60 and
join the silent dead.
have been trying get suitable op-
portunity 10 write you ever since learned
of your sad affiiction, but did not get il be
fore today. Please accept this letter in the
spirit in which il is written, not as q for
NAL product Of the discharge of a mere for
NAL duty, but as real expression of true
and faithful relative and friend.
We all have severe colds owing 10 an
excessively cold aud disagreeable spell of
weather. Mollie and the children Join me
in much love to you both and your child.
rem Remember other gond relatives aud
friends are left 10 You on earth; and those
who have died are but iransplanted only,
and are not gone from US If we only merit
going TO them.