Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-09-30
MRS BEs IE PRINCE ovERsTREET

1t was Pope / believe. who conceived
he thought that with the fist breath OF
life we draw we iHhalc the seeds of death
also, and ever atterw rds there was con-
slant warfare between life and death for
the supremacy. At last sooner or later,
death comes { fl the conquefor for dust
thou art and unto dust thou shalt roturh
OGen $40 was the fate decreed by the Gre
ator for all things human. The history OF
the world furnishes hut two instances
where there has bren a departure from tins
comm n lot. From the days of Adam to
those of Noah we nave in fn0ch the first
instance. and from that time until the pres
ent we have in Elijah the second InS'ohres
In this lite of uncertainty tvs TIE ohIN
thing certain. and as Eurip dies says: "Who
knows If death be not life ana life teathE y
Unques.ionably his question could be an
swered in the affirmative as regards the
| true follower of the meek and lowry Lamb
/ for in the Book OF books we are taught tha'
..eye hath rot seen nor ear heard, ne ther
have entered into the heart OF man the
things which God hath prepared Tor them
that love Him.
Melbinks. as one stands upon the brink
of the mystic river with full CONSCIOUS
ness that ere long he or she viii take Tue
pIunce from whence there is no return
nothing coue reconcile him or her to tie
change but the consciousness OF We'''
spent lie and a firm hope of glorious re-
surrection to ,h life eternal.
Such was the life OF Mrs. Bessie over
street.
As she was descer ding into the dark Va'-
lie, of the shadow of death she cast re-
Prospective glance DER her past me- anu
calmly facing the new one raj IDLY da"h'hs
on her she sai,l, "all is well the way Is
clear--I have nothing to FEAR Blessed as
suran,el
Hers was not a life spent in serving the
gods of tins world. and IN the end only inc
huSks offered to the Father. but instead a
the tender age of eleven years she prolesse'
faith in that Saviour who rave his life ran
som for ours, and though severely tried D!
the death OF noble, devoted hnSoaho u
full bloom and yigOr of youns manhoou
and by weary months Of illness that 'alli
never wayered nor faltered. Reslsneuly
unmurmuringly. she bowed IN humble SUP
mission % the will and decree OF Him "h
doeth all things well
{ Born at Summerville, NoXubee Co.. Miss
v Jan. l7th, 1870 married DR., H. e. oyer
: street there Nov. odd, 1895; left wldo'
in Oct. 1895: died at the home Of her la'i
err, Or ]; r. Pril ce, June 2oth' 1871 'ea'
ing o child, girl, foar years old
So Young to die Only 30 years DID, III
sun OF her life had not yet reached It's nj
ridian The shadows were still slaht'n
westward but when the grim messcng'
calls, neither youth. beauty, kindred I'VE
nor the arms of friendship and love can II
terpose to save. Cultured, refined an
yui,el,ss. she was universally loved al
respected and was . potent influence II
the true, the pure and the good among
those with whom her lot was cast, 81
possessed personality that insenslo
wound itself into on, 8 affections. ana Wh'
she had passed to the Great Beyon eve
one felt it personal loss.
Pure and guileess herself she oe''eV'
all things pure, mi her serene Joyous ecu
tenance was only the outward manilts'
tion of The pur life within. I tel'se
and well educated, she conceived NJ
standard Of what constituted perfect
man, and cousclentiously and persistent
lived M to the exalted standard Never