The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-11-30
Desht's Dcings.

US with the solemuity ard certainty
Of death. Almost daily are we called
upon to gather aroand the bier o.
some relative or friend and pay the
last sad rites in respect to the mem
DRY of those who have preceded US
to the spirit lard beyond the shadows
of the grave. The length CT man s
life at the best is but span. 1t has
been appropriately likened unto a
beautiful flower in the garden Oh
mortality, today it springs up and
blooms. and tomorrow it withers and
dies to shed the fragrance of its per
fume in the rich fields of Immortality.
A sacred writer once wrote that
death is no respector OF persons, and
this writing has come sounding down
the musty corridors of centuries like
the sad notes of funeral dirge or
the solemn knell of the bell of death,
and each succeeding generation has
witnessed the truthfulness OF the
writing. 1T is appointed unto all
flesh once to die" and in obedience to
this inexorable decree Of nature we
see the sleeping babe upon lts
mothers breast snatched by the cold
and clammy hands of unfeeling death
from the warm and loving arms OF
its self-sacriicing parent; the youth,
with cheeks aglow with the ruddy
flame Of health, is prostrated by a
blow from this monster we call death,
and his loved features are hid from
our view by the coffin lids; the manly
form of him who has just crossed
the threshold which divides young
smanhood from the glorious estate OF
middle age, fell disease, like the worm
which lay hiddenfor long years in the
bud, lays hold upon his vitals, and
he sickens anddies and those who have
turned their backs upon the rising
sun and are Fastening down the bill
of time to where the shadows are
lengtbenipg, falls victim to the last
enemy of man.
The death angel has been busy
in our community this week gather
ing precious souls into the great store
house Of eternity. He has silently
overshadowed the homes of several
families ard carried off one member
from each circle leaving them in sor-
row aud mourning.
Mrs: Bethany Caughman, relic of
Mr.. Samuel P. Caughman, sweelly
fell asleep in the arms of Jesus at
her home, about three miles above
this place, last Monday, November
2S;h, 1898, in the SSth year of her age.
This dear old mother in Isreal served
her day and generation we'll and
faithfully, and her children rise up
and call her blessed. The fragrance
Of a well spent life fingers behind her
and the influence which she exerted
for gocd will live and bear fruit until
time shall be no more. She was
greatly beloved by all with whom
she came in contact, and she will be
greatly missed, not only in her i'm
mediate family, but by the commu.
nifty at large where she resided so
long. Having made her peace with
her God, she had her "title clear to
mansion 10 the sky" and for her
death had no sting, for the sting OF
death is sin, but the gift of God, her
Father, is life eternal. With her it
were as if falling asleep on earth and
awakening in heaven. She was the
last child of Mr.. Jno. J. B5ozer, 80
we'll aud favorably known in the early
part Of this century. Besides her
immediate family of four children
two sons and two daughters-she
leaves many relatives and a large Cir
Gle of friends to mourn her departure
to that bourne from whence no trav-
eller returns. The day before her
last one on earth, while apparently
enjoying her usual good health, she
was suddenly stricken down with a
sfroke of paralysis, which was doubt.
less the immediate cause of her death.
Her earthly remains were reverently
laid to rest in the graveyard at Prov
idence, TO await the second coming OF
the Lord, in the presence Of a large
concourse of sorrowipg relatives and
friends. The Rev. j. G. Graichen
delivered beautiful and touching
sermon.
Mrs. PAMELA Rauch, widow of the
late Uriah Raucb, calmly passed
from earth to heaven at her residence,
in this place, on the morning of No
vember IS, 1898, after long and
painful illness, at the age SO years.
L.