Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-07

land Fulton, vile OF IhaEceiiof
Robt u. Fulton.
And thus has passed from
care into peace another OF the
few -of whom the world is not
worthy" rbe fond wife. the de-
voted mother, the truest and
best Of friends leaving 10 rs the
memory of her spotless life, has
: entered in, through the gates,
into the city"-info the serenity
wh CHI knows no jar, amidst the
"pea ce which passeth all under
star Ting" And how precious
that memory What lessons
she has taught us of complete
. IL sacrifce-u err unselfisb
ness-the blessedness Of pour
ing out, like the Master, always
AMI everywhere, the heart and
life in illustrations to the sick,
the bereaved, the needy, the
desolite ! A life like hers g,ori-
fies humanity How il redeems
il from selishness. exalts il
above all pettiness, and inii-
mates the ineffable possibilities
Oh blessed spiritual development
here and hereafter, for q spirit
always obedient to spiritual Law .
Administering with an exquisite
grace TO other could equal, the
elegancies Of our social life,
there was yet no home too hum.
BILE for her coming if want was
there to be supplied-tears TO
be wiped away /; the light of her
own home-a home which she
had made radiant with domes
tic bliss. an a marvel of the
highest refinement-there was
no other home where pain and
anguish were, where che was
not the ministering angel-none
With broken hearts to which her
gracious presence came not like
balm. Living TINS, her life q
charm of constant beneficences,
dispensing charities d e r
Christ's direction, letting not
her left hand know what her
right hand did'-why shall not
her grave be wet with tears,
an6 the aching hearts of those
wuo knew her, and appreciated
her, and loved her, cry out with
the sense of irremediable loss 7
For there can be no filing Of
her plscei
"How much soever in this LIES mt
tations
We seek our shattered idols 10 replace.
Not n in all the myriads Of the IA
tons
Can ever fill snothei's vacant place.
Each has his own ; the smallest and
most humble
As we'll as he revered the vide world
through ;
With every death some loves and
hop mast cramb.e
Which never strive 10 build themselves
anew.
If the, fair race Of violets should per.
ish
Before aaoaer sprin- time has is
birth,
Could all the costly blooms shich q :
nsts eh-rIsa
Briag back its April beauty to the
Garth
Not the most gorgeous flower tha.
uacloses
Could give the olden grace to vale and
plain-
Not even Persa's gardens full Of roses
Coalt ever make the wOrIi 30 fair
xsair-
Ani % sith souls vs love /; they pass
and leav u.s.
Tive & aeaes pstisnee ct q bitter cost
let all toe nee loves which the wears
may CIV. us
FIJI not the h~sart-plaee aching for
the lost :"
There are no words which we
can speak that will comfort .,he
little ones,'' nor him, the Desc
la.e husband who wakes to
life, day by day, under new no
rizoa-a sky without its morn
ing star! Yet do we err in be-
lieving. that along the pathway
Of their future ia the day time.
and in the suIl and silent watch
es OF the night, when the heart
is full aud memory is busy with
the past, there will be near each
aud every one of them a felt and
living presence-the minister.
ing spirit Of mother and wife
Oil assuredly not! "A little
while" saith the Master; "a lit.
tie while of duty faithfully dis
charged, trials patiently borne,
griefs endured, and then I'VE
shall see him a. He is" and With
him our emparxdised,-His ON.
Impotence under contrib ution
to make us happy,-His lore the
@Aoana ptrLuminS Ml Inc air.
"rhsy have not psn.hed-So!
Kind ~ords, remembered voices once 70 !
sweet,
Smile. radiant long ago,
And features. the great soa.'s apparentl
sat
All shall come back-each tie
OF pure Aeeetion shall be knit again"
We laid her in a spot of rare
and quiet beauty, at the sun set
hour, amid serenity as Of the
Sabbath day, and the hallowed
hush OF the still heavens shut
her spirit from the storms of
time. Returning from the grave
there were seen poised over her
1tH hama