Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-11-20
In Memory of Miss Lilly Brown.

Miss Lilly, daughter of Mr.. aud Mrs
james NJ. Brown, was born November
II, 1871, and died October Z, 1895.
II We consider the dead alone. tn,
obituary would not he written. 4 hriet
notice of death would be all aud sutiic.
all, Those sleeping beneath the lin
sensible clod' need no oulogy. They
are beyond our help or harm, Glowing
phrases can not make II single change
in the life record,
For the living we should write of the
dead What we say should be the
truth, and not. rs the custom runs, a
mass OF senseless tlattering. Thus we
may embalm for what is valuable in
the life of the dead-the fttest tribute
to the departed, the dearest treasure 10
a friend behind.
1t is in this spirit that | speak of the
deceased. | knew Miss Lily well. In
various relations Of life | knew her-as
q chlld IN the school room, in the SIM
day School, in the church and in the
hearts of those among whom she lived.
Endowed with a winning gentleness of
manner, a sweetness of disposition .
modest, but not difident: she early
won her way into the hearts OF all with
whom she mingled, In the home cir
Gle she was an u~ncTowned queen, al
most an idol. This homage did not
spoil heri she received it as if it be-
longed to her by right, and it did.
No small part of the daughters char.
acter is revealed in the treatment she
accords her mother. Many sooalled &C.
compllshed daughters are mother bur
oens. Educated in the ornamental and
by the hot house plan, turned by show
aud shadow, they relegate mother to
the rear. The deceased dearly loved her
mother and treated her after the man.
ner Of such love,
In the school room she was the obedi.
ent pupil the industrious and painstak.
ing student, and here, as elsewhere. a
general tavorite. In the Sunday School
she was an earnest worker, a faithful
pupil, a beloved teacher. When she
last met her class disease had com.
menced its deadly work, but such was
ner sense OF duty to her class that she
did not heed the first warnings of ma.
ture out OF tune
The deceased professed religion in
1883, and, in a short time, Joined the
Nj. y. Ohnrch. The church member is
often a mere p%retender. The low stand.
ard OF his daily life contrasts painfully
with his profession. The religion of the
deceased passed into the life" 1t did
not consist in the display of a gloomy
piety; neither was it made known by
the illusions of a babbling mouth. 1t
was shown in the conduct, in the stand.
ard OF living, and by a broad charity
for all, 'H
All the summer she spoke of death.
She seemed to have a premonition of
the approaching end. There was over
her life the constant menace of a
dangerous malady. She knew not when
the deadly blow would fall. In spite
or this "hovering shadow" she was
happy, and it may be the Sword sus
pended over the bodyn had much to do
In the sweetening of her life.
Those who witnessed the pitiful
scenes OF her last illness never can for.
get them. In the calm between the
storms of wild dclirium, she would be
herself, and speak to us in happy terms
OF death and the beyond. A Christian
was dying, and she had so lived that
she approached the grave like one
who wraps the drapery of his couch
about him, and lies down to pleasant
dreams.n r
Telford, Tenn, Nov. 10, 80.