Middletown transcript., 1895-08-24

by the name of Harghey. ANON
them is:
Martha Haughey died 1915 aged g.
years.
Death is q pang to which we all must yielt
Doomed by our nature all Its woes must fee
No child Of Adam is exempt from pain
Till freed from dust, and born to life again
Adjoining this stone we read the fol-
lowing:
Jas. Haughey died 1916 aged 6e
years with remains of second son
James.
Beneath this stone in silence long we lay,
Like other mortals mouldering back to clay;
| But God decried that we in dust shall lie,
| Till his redeeming Son shall say arise!
These old stones and their quaint
and solemn verses appeal to our spirit
ual feeling, and as we view them after
all this lapse of time, we wonder
whether those who are left of their
descendants will bear upon their tombs
the words of as pure and Cody lives
as these who are mouldering in the
dark receses of their graves.
In another corner of the church yard
is tiny stone whereon is written
"Sacred to the memory of James Cuth-
bert aged % days." where young
mother laid her babe-When life was
new, and griefs we're few. Only a
baby on the hands of God.
Away out from beneath the sombre
shades of the old trees, where rest these
dead, out in the bright sunshine
where the grass is green and tomb
stones new, are tae graves of the Barr
family. There with the sun beating
down on the newly made graves are
seen the stones that cover the poor
mans friends. A tiny monument
marks the graves of DR.. Martin Barr
and his soE William II. DIR. Martin
Barr was born 1898 and died Sept. 18th,
1874, DR.. William II. Barr was born
Dec. 9th, 1924, died May, 1884. These
two men practiced their profession for
the love of it and for all mankind
without a thought of self or profit.
Near by stands granite monument
to the memory of DIR. Martin Barr's
family on which are inscribed sixteen
names. Elizabeth Brown Barr, died
Mar. Goth, 1887 mother of DR.. Martin
Barr, Elizabeth Barr, Jane B. Atkin-
son, DR.. John Barr, Jane Barr wife of
DR.. Martin Barr, Elizbeth Barr, Vir-
ginia Barr, Eugene Barr, Marion Barr,
Mary G. Barr, Mary Adams, Margaret
Adams, Martha Adams, Capt. Frank
Barr.
Capt. Joseph Barr lies in Old st.
Anne's Church yard. This family was
a large one but they were soon swept
away, leaving but three or four de-
scendents. And begging the readers
kind forbearance will add our own
epltaph to our hOnOred dead.
In Memoriam to DIR. VIM. H. Barr.
Hark the church bells now are tolling
Tender tones upon the ear
For hero now has fallen
Whose noble heart knew not fear
No laurel leaves we twine above him
No jeweled sword pressed to his side
No gaudy trappings lie about him
Twas not thus our hero died.
Count we his victories by battles?
Count we his grandeur by the slain?
His life was spent inshelping others,
A blessed life without stain.
Go to the humblest wayside cottage
Go to wealth's bright palatial home
And hear the heart prayers, breathing up
wards
For him, whom God has called His own.
In many silent midnight Watches
Ger many suffering loved ones bed;
He shared the agoniZing vigils,
Till hope was gone-and life had fed.
God give us strength in all our weakness!
He knows what's best-'tis always So
But death loves that which shines the bright |
est, |
And hearts are riven by the blow.
he llveQ 10 ease Lne SICK ana SuuerlnS,
His life was one unselflsh dream, |
He gave the best.of manhood's living,
And passed alone-across the stream!
He fell amid his noble calling,
He fell with all his armor on;
He fell with tenderest sacrifices,
He fell in strength with God-alone!
Hear We now the angelic choirs?
Hear We not whispers from above?
And the dome of Heaven resounding
With the echos "God is Love-" |
He is with the heavenly singers,
Free from every earthly carey
G cd, who doeth all things seamly,
Hath placed him with the angels fair.
ReSALINE.