The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-05
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l""H'2 Az ~ HoS>Ac ) >oAH3 ~
days. "
EARLY Saturday morning these sad t'd- i,
:i,lgs c;,no Will, the sharpness OF All cl'c- Il,
|tric shock, dca(cning thought for on M e
Fstant only to revive it with Il pa'g s;
i'm each heart aud IL sense Ut Prr'M3
suI,a! bereavement. Old friends and r,
Encw, rich and poor. high and l"w-'f"rS
Fin his dear old home and native placc,&
ewho was there that did not know and 81
Hike Ur. Leake:-a]l, all felt that solc- 81
kthny near and dear had gone out OF lltc&
|. for them. As the words passed from lip&
Rto lip, how very many bore testimony t"AS
] some efficient service rendered them asE3
ffuithtul physician, or some act of Scncr- r
so,,s devotion as true friend, and ono greatly;
fsympathctic throb ran from ono to anotll- H.
Fer in the common sorrow.
n 1t was known that he was seriously i'll,
4!somc even feared that the dread llosScn-
4gcr had come to the door, but anythlng3
fliko the suddcnncss of his departures.
was not torcsccn. Secure in atfcc-T
;;;tiun for him, it did not occur to tho mindH
Gto fear that he, who had so hravciy metz
&aml fought death for others and triumph Z
Fed over the grim enomy, should yield hls2
Gown life SO soon. But it was oven SO. Hc,5
hwho he'd been an Instrument, under hcav-s
Zen, to wrcst little children from the Mol-f
Nocl of death, to give back husbands to-
&thc;r wives, and wives to tho arms OF thclrA
Hhushalds again, to lcnythcn tho days OF
%tne old upon tho earth, yet Tor himself
Hscuul,i 10 nothing. In the morning or
;Ikghs career, as his sun OF prosperity was.
.Erisiny to its zenith, and ll1c spread out!
.#sbctovo him with thousand possibilities
'as brilliant as the sunlight OF Il long sunni
,Mlncr's day, there was Il sudden eclipse TO-
,#lluulan eyes, ut least, Of all his powers.
,MIho strong young life was cut Oft as 4
l8wcavcr clips a thread; the work that
s:,was lis Joy ana pride, his very cxis1cHce
;#wa.s stopped almost i'll ta beginning.
Lea Si; II human weakness ASA of Divine
Mstruu t,, siai human sorrow ask Of O"'-
,Muisri. n. love why this il, so' 40, the veil
HtIar hangs between the molly oi l'oIlc'
Vol uo.ls purposes and our finite under
sta.lt.,ys has not been rent i'll twain
i tor us YET. Some day, tits true that VT
@lllay know that heightened BREATH
e Is not the sweetest gift uoL sends Ills
"a tuwlvi
%And chat sometimes the sable pail OF lcati
Muon; Gals tho 1aircst boon Ills love CAL
81 But even viewed from an earthly stand
Mpoint, wlW shall dare say that Dr. Lcako
II Ncarrc; was unfinished and his litc-wor
f,ncompletct
u t!ExS in small proportions We just beauty see
,dkAnl in short measures life may perfect hc.
81 Though young he had met with en-
.w&ncnt success in his chosen profession
having won the unhon'"lcl confidence
,isia large clientele in his country practice
Beand having reached the goal of his allD
II ktioll-srrvicc in what no regarded alli'
Mas his alma mater, the Charity H"splt;|
E;;poss;sscd of Il cultured and bright m'i''
"o FF2,n inrxhaustiblc fund of wit and hume
'SAbut above all, endowed with that Ia
~, ,&,crsorul magnetism, that gift OF b
~ ESSirw, hc had tho faculty of attract'l
Maul Keeping friends. lie Was tho !"
sf;of his t;,nliIy. 4 sou, on whom Il '"'
S&fatbcr and mother leaned in c"nfidc''
M;,ud love, a brother from whom his brot
'H' ;Scrs and sisters received sympathy III
=, RECOMMENDATION in every experience whetl'
'"' sot oy or sorrow; kinsmi.n to whom
mi Eaawrrc devoted with almost Ml"riny f"l
ESncss:a friend of many, VIII" Thought
III .Mattentiom too great to show this III
u. ,,W uarcil OF men. lis no wonder then II
.Rhis death comes with the effect OF Ga
M,aity into many homes, that the XII"
fledyc that the place that knew MN s''
,&ll1uow him no more forever casts \
-, BOT gloom over all
u" Knit to have made this conquest OF II
f", Ssto have sealed the heights ct anlA'''
,uiSk}is not this all that life can h"ld1 4
,,p .ss;*ucasurod by accomplishment, no life
nr|,Mtiilc,l can be called incomplete
Mo micclcss life that ending soon =
IL" !st;,l left its sweet short mission all
y" filled,
'estbls IA broken cup that in the breaking sp''
herMA precious wine ofintlucncc: like tho il.
n .,@rhat mounting higher, leaves her WI
,,,uM light strcwn
WV softcncd sheen behind her, 80
tItl!I Mo lift him higher, leaving yet TO gu
, f,,- NOur loss tla, the radiance Of his gl"r'
tbcsa Jum."
"a No culowy is too warm. 10 pan'S!rlc
|ssbe cxagyerative of what Nc was 10 I'll
. and Swh, loved him, The very blossoms, !