The news & observer., 1897-02-18
IN. MEMORIAM.

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I neyer stand about bier and see
The seal of death on some well beloved
face,
But that I thinks" One moreie to .lwel-
come me t.,.,r.,, ;.
When shall cross the intervening space
Between this fahd and that one over
there; "a''t''l I'D a'f
One more, to- makedthe stfahge beyond
seem fair" eFDUsIfu 10 ~oa ~
John Morgan Wiley, the only son OF
+ B. F. and Sarah V. WILEY, was born
in Gatesville, Gates county, n. ca Feb
/ ruary 10, 1875, and died OF a tcsongestive
chill, in the city OF Baltimore, January
25, J1S9Tgng t1 iHDuAI G
Mr.. Wiley was attending course OF
lectures at the, college of Pharmacy OF
Baltimore, and would have graduated in
his chosen profession in the early spring.
oh, what shock his death must have
been to his beloved parents, who knew
not but that he was we'll and happy I'M
til they received the sad intelligence OF
his demise t'uo Il alA
The remains, accompanied by Mr.. Geo
ID. Williams, reached here, the home OF
his parents, on Wednesday. the 9th.
that home in which his ringing. happy
voice has beentso often heard, in which
his bright, smiling face was the light, the
life, and the joy of his loving parents, and
sister; but who must now sigh as the
DAYS so by q ue tu
For the touch of a vanished hand. ant
And the sound of voice that is still.'' Il
The funeral services were conducted
by the Rev. Il. b. Mccall, after which
the body was borne, by loving hands, to
the family cemetery and there laid to
rest to await the resurrection morn. r..t
1t has never before come within our
province to chronicle a death so sad as
the above. Standing in the presence of
the King of Terrors, |" when he has
chosen. for his victim the old man, whose
gray hairs and falterng steps have
spoken. to us in a language more forcible
than words, that his course is about run,
the produest intellect bows in regerential
awe, and the humblest child or earth be-
holds the Scene with quiyering lips and
aching heart: but when we. see. a young
man bright, Intelligent, so full OF promr
down on the very threshold
of a noble ana useful manhood, We stand
appalled,: and to mortal eyes that cannot
see the progress Of divine Providence it.
seems cruel indeed .4,R p 3.'
Yet those who believe in the Word Of
God have this consolation, that amidst
all this, confusion, mystery and gloom,
there glitters and sparkleso the glorious
truth, that He who made the heaven
and the earth, and whose loving watch
fulness, laeare and protection are
constantly {. and forever over and
about his creatures here be-
low, can make no mistakes. We do
not understand His ways, but we believe
they are right, and always for our eternal
good. SO, to the heart-broken father and
mother of our departed young friend we
would say, while your grief is unutter4
able--while you feel that your brightest
hopes and anticipations have been for
ever crushed in the loss OF your noble and
manly son, yet it was the hand of your
Heavenly Father that struck the blow.
and He is too merciful to be unkind and
too wise to err. Again, you mourn not
as those who have no hope, for your
brave boy was not afraid to die, sas yon
have been assured by letters received
from kind and loving friends who were
with him in his last moments. With an
unfaltering trust in his God, the last
words that fell from his lips, ere his spirit
winged its fight to those realms OF per-
petual bliss, forever to bloom in immor-
tai glory, werei Il ann not afraid to de-
and then. BLESSED Lord, have mercy
upon us all." es4an..-;
Farewell. my dear young friend, all
who know you loved you we shall neveFd
again behold your bright face in this
world; but, by the grace Of God, we hope
to meet you on that eternal happy shore,
whore there are no heart aches, no sor-
rows; where We shall bask forever in the
radiance Of the Redeemer's smiles.
m ~ A FRIEND.
Gatesyille, N. c., Feb. 8, 1897. Il