The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1897-11-05
A WHITE SHAFT BROKEN


ers Of Mr.. aud Mrs. @. b. Gray, o
this place. The following beaAti
full lines were read by Rev. d. VI
Reid at the funeral: \
A single child,
That lightly draws IFS breath,
And feels It's life in every limb,
What should II know OF death?
-Wordsworth-The Seven Sisters
Pointing to such, well might Co.
mella say,
When the rich casket, shown In
bright array.
These are my iewelsT Well, Of
such as he,
When Jesus spake, well might the
language be,
"Snffer these little ones 10 come
unto meW
-Rogers-Human life.
A white column on LIES narrow
base has been broken The polish
ed shaft,ere yet the lines Of destiny
were deeply traced, TO write a rec
ord good or III, is shattered by
deaths boltl But the monument
OF an enduring love will raise from
shattered parts, and father and
mothers hands will weave
"a garland OF seves lilies wrought
About Its top.
Louise Reynolds Gray, infant
daughter Of George b. and Julia
Gray, and n sweet, new blossom Of
humanity, fresh fallen from Gods
own home to flower on earth, was
here just long enough to lisp in
chlldhood's prattle, the names Of
those who gave her birth. With a
twin slster,who survives, she form
cd for two summers, an object
about which two hearts twined like
ivy TO the oak, with deep affection.
Born In Louisa, KY, May 18th, '95
the little tendrils that held her TO
the earthly clay parted, and Mon
day morning 8 80 O'Clock, November
LET, 1897, will be hung In the mem
DRY as the time aud date when she
smiled a parting for the other coun-
try. The writer often visited the
child as the little life was ebbing
and flowing between the peaks that
mark-the limits Of the eternitIes,
and II was almost impossible to re-
main near the couch, where, alas
all knew too we'll, the cords drawn
taut With pain, would soon part,
releasing all that was immortal in
tho little body. The brain and
spine were affected, and, as the SEN
sltive organism was tortured with
the swift and sharp paroxisms. one
would involuntarily offer up silent
prayer to Him who put such deli
catefabric together TO stop the heart
and still the pulse There is a lin
II beyond which pain ceases, and the
oblivion Of Inconsistencies comes
to stay the sharp stroke. Twas I'M
doubted;y so with this dear child I;
we cannot think she felt the pain
afte. a day or 30 OF suffering. The
life guest was tenacious OF its pos
session, and resisted the intruder,
Death, with such heroIsm that the
battle waged many days.
Her strength was remarkable,
and her endurance Leyond what
was thought possible. Kind hands
ministered tenderly to every want.
and many noble women sat through
nightly vigils, looking through their
tears for the end.
She lived years, 5 months and
ID days, and fora year OF that time
the life was in decline. The con-
stitution was frail, and the death
might have been looked for at any
time. Ills Ger novelties ftful To-
ver-and the sweet smile that
lighted the little face with its aaura
sweetly prOphesiOd," that the voy-
age was through the celestial city
with a company OF angel cherubs
like herself!
y childl o newborn denlzen
Oflite's great ciiyi on thy head
The glory OF the noon IL shed
Like A celestial benizeni
Here at the portal thou dost stand,
And with thy LITTLE band,
Thou openest the mysterious gate
Into the futures undiscovered land,
Henry Sullivan and Frank Yates
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