The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-06-17
OnITuARY.

Esther A. Bond. died az her home
Al Plat Gap. johnson county, XVI
on May 7lsi, q consumption, AGED
10 years, 6 months and 2 days
She was converted ; years beforr
her death and was a member q
the Missionary Baptist Church
She stated a few weeks before her
death that she kept ready for an
other world every day. She was
delicate all her life and during the
past year her suffering was almost
intOlerable, but she bore ii with
sweet christian patience. She was
a home bird that rarely left the
parent nest
Hermind was usually bright and
cheerful. She wss always work
ing and singing a few nights b.
fore she died she SING this hymn
while asleep:
Eight on my soul till death
Shall bring thee TO thy God
He'll take thee at thy paFt'g breath
Up 10 His blest abode
A few hours before her death she
kissed her hand 10 her father ~
he passed the door. She was a du-
tifuI daughter. a loving sister. aud
faithful friend, and christian
~ list-i ] pare and stainless life
-! that loving h.art> and hands
could do for her was faithfully
done. but nothing could stay the
ravages Of dissas- or ward on the
angel Of death. God willed that
she must come up higher. May
He give Us grace to say, Thy will
b. dOne.oh Lord, for Thou knOwest
what i best We know that our
loss Is Heavens gain, and that He
cannot do wrong, that He Is too
wise to err. that He dOeth all
things well. and that death TO our
Minnie was but a choice pelief from
the burdens Of the flesh. Bot il IS
such a bitter trial TO give up our
loved ones. How the parents Of
such a daughter are to be pitied,
lGod only knows oh, how she will
be missed. for she was mothers
daughter and never left her But
God never takes one thing from
earth but that he gives something
else. and il he heareth the raven's
cry and sees the sparrOws fall, will
he not help US TO look up from the
darkness and dust Of the tomb:
From that vacant chair and empty
room, from earth, where all that;
bright must fade, to the plac'
where Minnie is in the home o
the soul, where all IS iElmOrta
. youth and eternal bloom. When
il IS one bright summer Away
|, ! and storms do never come Ant
: no blighting winters frost or seOreh
ing nOOntide heat can wither on
precious flowers transplanted b.
his hand. She IS not dead bu
sleeping, she is happier than thOs
who are left behind, her tired fee
are rested now, the pain-raeke
body Is 50 easy, her soul IS anchor
ed safe within the vail, and she ha
escaped 50 many trials. burden
and sOrrOws and has joy instea'
Yes, q peace and joy that fadet
not away.
Life il but a passing breeze tha
: passes away like a shadow on th
threshold, leaf on the stream tbs
is bearing it onward to the gre
ocean Of eternity. What Is dealt
but the summons to come up higl
er: Just to pass beyond the va
to our home where there is .
Thought OF earthly strife Just
closing Of the eyes in sleep, viii
/, our souls are borne above by Al
gels bright and fair. Would y
then call our Minnie back frOl
Heaven TO the sOrrOws and tria
Ofearth? No, thousand tim'
noI She has entered into her IA
) where, IL We take God at his wOI
and are faithful few more day
she will greet US on the Oth'
shore. Though We must turn an
SAKE M life's iGtie- agalH, lh0I-
TIC xoe-l wIIi not iO.Ik - il H.
to do for a light has gone out !
our home. Let us watch and wa
and trust the Lord in all thing
grea: d nd small, till our summs
comes and be ready for a giOriOJ
reunion over there where no far
wells are said; where We shall Ia
each burden down and have don
with cares and tears; where "
shall hear the angels sing an
. dwell with Jesus eyermOre-
"a That daughter Of yours has gOu
over deaths river,
> You promised 10 meet her a. yO
> knelt by her side.
As the death sweat rolled dow
u and dropped on her pillow
Her memory still speaking, a
though she is dead.
You remember the kiss, the Ia.
word she uttered.
The arms that embraced you al
Wondering away
As you stood by her grave an
dropped tears on her coffin,
With a vow that you'd meet he
walked slowly away.
Ny brother, my sister, get ready |
meet her,
The life that You now live is 81
bling away.
But the life that's TO come las