Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-06-18

I'm MemOri M.
There is me- aaeH however V1lchuana teuded
But one dead laub IS thsrc.
There is no drcside howsac',r defended
But has Que vacant chair,
Every mortal has to reckon with one
enemy. The time of reckoning may be
deferred until the allotted three score
wears and ten of the PsalmiSt is past, or
it may come IN the vigor of manhood, in
the prime of youth, or 10 the prattliug
| babe unon its mother breast. but it
comes TO all without exception. This
enemy Is death. II came 10 the subject
Of this sketch ia t while hi. life seemed
to lay out before him hike a fair and in
wiling picture. Thomas Edward Price
son Of Thomas and R. 7, Price, was
born the oath day of MAY, lSS3, and
died Of typhoid FOYER in Bell Buckle
Tenn. MAY esd, 1895, lacking only
one day of being fifteen years old. He
had been sick oue month. Early IN his
sickness his parents FASTENED to his bed
side, and all That tender, faithful nur-.
sing, earnest and agouizing prayers
could do to fight back the dread disease,
was done. None but the Seacher Of all
hearts can know the suspense and agony
Of those DAYS and nights of watching.
praying and hoping, He bore It al with
So much courage and fortitu lie: never
complaining but always cheerful and
hopeful, taking medicine without a
murmur and CO. operating in every way
with physicians and nurses, But IT was
not to be. and the end came peacefully
and quietly az half past nine on the
morning of the 23l. Every person has
the consciousness of Immortality i'm
pressed upon his soul, and never did this
writer feel this consciousness more than
when he saw this dear boy, whom he
loved SO well, breathe his last, He felt
that somewhere, somehow we should
meet again
" Somewhere on this moving planet. in the
midst of years TO be,
In the silence, in the shadow, waits q loving
heart for thee.
Somewhere in the heckoning heavens where
they know rs they are known,
Are the empty arms about that shall claim
thee as their own.
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'''"' NE > '""' ">'' any
Iw1ull present him to those who read
this sketch as | knew him to be from
childhood. His leading traits of char
acter We're perfect trutntuIneSs ana ao'
solute IeatIeSsheSs ms l~hulYIuu4H'f
was very marked ana ne lAo'gA' II &c
ted Tor n'nlSeif' because solat one etSe
qua q thlnE was nc ~lhu'c9lltht I9r mn
70 40 u, II mas Oreh 5aiu that II ooy
Is fatherto the man nave known nm
even Wheh ehliu 10 lei' I,e .f'Ih "oouV
transactions III Whlch ne nau engaged
tnat ne Knew uid NOT meet tne approoa'
tloh Of MS parents, ana ne hau reason
10 peIieEe llal ihe ackto"Ieu men
would Drlng punishment commencing
mus carry III ne 10 so" the SEEDS lor q
uSelul ana nooI me, ISL strange tual
those VINO were interested IN NM ana
hoped TO gulde ana develop these splen-
ana characterlsucs should feel mat a
heaVN mana had oeeh lala upon them
he had been a s. udeht OF the NenO
School the past session, STOOD well IN ms
classes, ana MS report IN department
was always uneNceptlona0lH. Inc stu
dents attested their interest 10 nm by
tnelr unremlttlng care ana attention TO
NM Memorial services We're heId by
the school n 1t was a touching SIGHT
TO see the two hundred students n the
teachers, ana many OF the cltlzens OF the
town marchlng III SLOW ana SAD process
sion to the cars Inc casket was lite.
raIy covered with mowers We snail
always have a warm place III our hearts
Tor these KIND people.
lie joined the Methodist church when
quite young, ana When he reached Bel
buckle connected himself with the
Dung Men CHRISTIAN Association OF
the school showing that away from
nome ne was true TO his professions lie
nis bo,ne ~co,nina had boan ro7,n,inr +bo
dovs In his lettars for a lone five md
the very dav tba+ no would have started
home a bannv Eobt .baartod school how
we 1aId his en1ariatad hodv nv +ba side
Of his mother III the cemetery at Macon.
The ways of Providence are mysterious
and past finding ont. If our lives We're
measured by years, we would feel that
his end was untimely, but a e taught
that every life has its mission and that