The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-02-28
In MeH0riaIn.


Sorrow cast its gloomy mantle over the
community around on the evening of Feb
ruary 10th as the sad news was borne
abroad that the soul of little Mary, the
only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wor-
than, winSOme child of eleven summers,
''had passed from life unto death, from
time to eternity, from the happiness OF
earth to the happiness OF Heaven
She had been sick for several months,
though her trouble was not eOnSil cred
serious until a few weeks before her dea til.
All that tender hearts and willing hands
could do for her was readily done, but the
little plant continued to wither, until at
last it dropped its head and died, the spirit
winged its flight above to live ''in the
house not made with hands, eternal in the
HeayerS.'
Mary was the youngest of a family of
four children, one of whom was laid i'll the
quiet grave just four weeks previous,
whose angel form must have been at the
pearly gates to welcome her little sister,
and bid her enter in. How full of love
must have been her task, leading that
sweet child up to the Jesus she loved so
much to learn of and on whom she so often
called during her illness then;
"Bereaved ones, look up with hope,
10 that land beyond the skies,
For Florence and Mary are there,
Where happiness meyer dies
her Qeatn mas cast solitude ara 1GnGli-
ness over the family in which she was so
much loved, where the sound of her foot
step and the merry prattle of her childish
tongue is sOrely missed. Fond parents,
brothers, uncles and other loved ones,
whose hearts are weighed down with
grief,
'Do you know that the touch of her gen.
tie hand
Brightens the harp in the uni known land
cl,, ifS fnr yrit
band?'
and beauty, yet isn't itsin her purity too?
Her spotless soul has never been furnished
by the evil serpent of sin. The rose is
planted in the garden of Heaven "to bloom
a rose forever
Mary was child of unusual attractive
She seemed to Irvine her little self around
the hearts of all that knew her. The kind
ness OF her disposition was remarkable; she
was ever ready to Oblige Others.
AS one after another stood over the
casket of the beautiful dead child, looking
down in the sweet face, that seemed each
hour to grow lovelier and over which
beamed the radiancy of Heaven, they felt
almost ready to doubt that death had been
there, and were assured that for her, it
had lest It's cruel sting,
Her suffering during the last week was
excruciating. Then how sweet to know that
Jesus touch has eaSed the aching FORM
and the gentle dewS of Heaven have
cooled the fevered brow.
The Rev. DR.. Morton assisted by Rev.
Mr.. johnson conducted the funeral SER
vices at the residence of her father, after
Uh,ch Toying hands bore the lifeless form
away from the nome Ter life had so bril-
liantly lighted. The hearts o. her parents
seemed almost ready to burst as their SIn-
beam was conveyed to its narrow bed
The pall-bearerS were as follows
MesSrs. Thomas b. Parham, Sr., Melville
Dorsey, James r. Young, Charles II
Buchan, Willie Mitchell and James B.
Wilson, of Mocksville, each of whom had
learned to love little Mary.
Tae remains were taken to Mrs. WOr-
tham's old home, where i. was committed
to mother earth. As the cold clay was
heaped upon the pretty little girl. the
thoughts of those who stood around the
strains of that comforting hymn ASLEEP
in Jesus
May the Lord in II is tender mercy bind
up the bleeding hearts and be very near to
them IN this sad hour. They have His
promise to be with them lin six troubles
and not fOrSake them in the seventh. -
The blow seems hard yet it was sent by a
Fathers hand, by a Father who promises
to pour the oil of Joy on the troubled
waters. He will guide them safely
through this uncertain world and land
them in the celestial city with the dear
ones gone before.
Yet in these ears till hearing dies,
One set, slow bell will seem 20 toll,
The passing of the sweetest soul
That ever Looked with human eyes.