Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-09-08
DEATHS.

WATCH At the Christie House, But
Ter Sept /, 1S9S. Jos. {. Watch OF
Sandy Lake, aged about 30 years
SHIRA-At the home Of her father G.
X. Pollock, in Clarion county. Aug.
%, 1898. Mrs. Josie Shira, of Parker
aged 3j years.
MCNUTT-At his home in Parker
September /. 1898, James c. McNutt,
in his 9th year His son Brewer c.
McNutt died in Pittsburg the day
before
MECHLING-Ath his home in Butler,
September 6, 1898. Robert E, son of
Lewis Mechling, aged % years.
SULLIVAN-At her residence near
Sarver Station. Aug. 30. 1898. Mrs.
Valeria Mcclure Sullivan, daughter
of Hon VIM. B. Mcclure of Pitts
burg. and wife of John Q. a. Sulli-
van of this county. aged about go
years.
The departure from this earth of Il
soul so pure seems TO require that the
living should pay a tribute of public re-
spect to her memory. To those who
knew her, and knew her best, ii was as
if deaths call had but relieved a spirit
already so purified as TO wing its flight
straightway into the arms of her blessed
Savior. Well is it in this earthly vale
of tears that the bereaved are vouchsaf-
ed by kindly Providence a glimpse into
the mysterious beyond-a look into the
eternal beauties behind the gates ajar-
when weeping eyes in Gods own faith,
may behold the loved and lost caught
up at Heavens very portals and carried
thence into the everlasting joys prepar-
ed for those who have truly loved and
served the Divine Master. 1t softens
hardness of heart; it sweetens bitterness
of spirit: il refreshens WEAKNESS of life;
it sustains weakness of faith; it bright
ems dimness of hope. and it awakens
sleepfulness of charity. Truly hath 1t
been said it is not all of life to live-it
Is not all of death to die. For the lite
and the death of the righteous exercise
a majestic power over the souls of those
who witness them. and it endows them
with wealth of riches compared with
which the dross of earth is of no ac-
count.
There are many in Butler to whom
the tidings of her death brought
shock of sorrow: and there were others
in Butler who. doubtless ere this, have
greeted her in the spirit land. These
they all remember how. long ago
when Judge Mcclure and his family
would spend a portion of the summer
there, sweet ties of friendship We're knit
which only strengthened with the on
rolling years, until one by one the
friends of other days are being called
thitherward. Those who are still left
may drop a silent tear from ageing eyes
as they think of the golden sunshine
and the blue bending skies when in
youth these loves were formed.
To those who were intertwined with
her by family ties this death means
crushing sorrow. Thanks be to God,
that in His merciful providence He per
mits her dear watchful spirit to steal
away when the shadows of the evening
came on, ard to draw so near that ones
hand may reach out and almost touch
it This holy presence stays the misery
of such sorrow; it bridges over the
awful chasm between the living and
the dead; it mellows the heart, and in
spires it with charity, and endows it
with hope. and fills it with abiding
faith that somehow when the cares OF
earth shall have been laid aside for
good, and when it's trials and temp
tations shall have been finally over
ridden through Gods sweet mercy
sought and gained at the instigation of
the memory of this dear departed soul,
there will be full reunion beyond
the everlasting gates where time shall
be a forbidden guest.
OBITUARY NOTES.
J. f. Alexander, formerly of this
town, died suddenly of heart disease at
Greenville, few days ago.