The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1895-05-03
In Tender Remembrance.

house and went to The Beyond.
Like as a taper Is extlnguished by
a breath OF wind like as the glow
Of a star dies with the coming OF the
dawn, was his passing from time to
eternity. So gently did he die that
1t seemed but a going TO sleep.
II was written OF another that "af-
ter life's fitful fever Is DER he sleeps
well.p The life Of my old pupil,
my companion, my tried and faith
full friend, was indeed "fitful fe-
YER" but as surely as his body rests
beside the wife Of his early man
hood, so surely does the spirit
which once animated that quiet
form rest in peace.
None knew Henry Ferguson bet
ter than |. For years he was my
pupil, quick TO grasp and quick to
comprehend. In after life | was
his physician, and none know as
how pain and disease raeked his
frail frame and at times made him
what he himself despised, All who
ever met Henry Ferguson know
what he was intellectually. His
mind was "A reservoir into which
knowledge flowed as do streams in.
to mighty river. He was a hater
Of shams and hypocrisy, but he was
an ardent admirer OF all that was
good and true. lie made no idle
profession that would have been
unlike him. But / know that he
believed in the Christ and
There's a wldeness 10 Gods mercy
Like the Wilderness Of the sea,
This is why | say his soul is at
peace, his spirit at rest.
Henry Ferguson was human,
therefore errlng. But let us who
are alse human and erring think Of
him only as the brilliant, cultared
man, the genial, courteous gentle
man, the delightful companion, the
faithfulfriend. When we so tenderly
placed him near the dust OF his
Kate, the wife who was so faithful
and so loving, we buried his faults,
whatever they may have been, but
let his virtues live forever in our
remembrance.
Peace be to your ashes, my low
ing friend, aud eternal rest for
your SOUL q. w. w.
The following paper was read
by Rev. J. T. French at the funeral
OF Mrs. Judge John NJ. Rice:
Sister Sarah Francis Rice was
born Feb. 9th, 1882; died April
18th, 1895. Aged 60 years, month
and % days. Death has claimed
and taken one from our midst
whom you all knew perfectly we'll.
One whose virtues were many and
against whom no evil tongue ever
vented its spleen. Sister Rice man
ifestcd her virtues in her loving
disposition, in the home as
we'll rs abroad; she showed
the fullnoss OF her heart in
tho kindly administration OF loving
deeds 10 those about her who stood
In need OF such help. the night was
never too dark, nor the weather too
cold to keep her from executing
the requirements Of the Golden
Rule, ADO to others as You would
have them do unto YOU One OF
! the sweetest characteristics OF hel
life and nature was her wonderful
patience. All through her life this
cardinal virtue stood prominent
and when disease began to COME
upon her aud the tortures Of pain tc
rack her frame, il was then this
noble trait shone out in all its lus
ter and sparkled as the rarest jew
el Of earth. She fully knew what
it was to suffer, and though her lo
was that OF eXcruciatlng pain, We
she did not murmer nor complain
Even TO the last she manifested
that loving patience waiting for th'
Lord to call and abiding his owl
good time. At last the summons
came and gladly did she change
leaving this earthly house. Sh
went TO live with God in hous
"not made with hands eternal an
In the Heavens" Thus my friend
a bright light has gone out.
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