Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02
Mrs. Rlaru Fl. fiustln- Deceased.
Not Farewell but aood-Niebt.

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Not Farewell but Goodnight.
The sudden illness Of good woman
and the dissolution has been pub
lished The few days Of compressed
alarm. anxiety, hope and despair are
over. and the brightest light has GONE
out in another Lancaster home. An
aged husband aud losiag children are
leit 70 decipher tie lessons of dark
bereavement aud alltLat now remains
to them Of "m0ther'i IS sacred
mound Of ear h aud the memory of
love unspeakable. Mrs. Austin was
woman Of exemplary character though
81 retiring nature, aud MANNERS
most nnosteniati0us. She had early
been baptized into Christ's service.
and she was one 81 he many noble
women whose lives area silent. daily
sacrifice to the good al others. She
was never society weman. Her
greatest happiness lay Ia intercourse
with and labor for her family, and ii
domestic circles she WAS best known
and appreciated She seemed neyer
70 think Of Soii, aud SO, like many
farmers patient wives. many devoted
mothers, She did not hoard her
strcng b, aud when there was no
longer need OF toll OF sacrifice and the
time Of ease had come She was ready
1 for eternal rest.
But when the strife and weary tnSsle.
When life is done and She lies at rest
the nations b ain. heart and muscic
| Her sons and daughters shall call
her hest,
Ana think the sweetest JOY Of Heaven.
The rarest bliss of eternal life
And the tairest crown OF all wi lbe given
Unto ne patient farmers wife.
Mrs. Austin had known for some
years that there was an ailment about
the heart, and her strength was wan
ing, but with woman's bravery and
unsellishness had kept the knowledge
in her heart, TO such as she. the
breakdown is usually swift and sure.
After the stroke which she sustained
on Wednesday, OF 11th, she recoy-
cred consciousness and hope revived
in the hearts of all her friends.
There were favorable symptoms IN
til the following Saturday when I'M
mistakable signs OF heart failure ap-
peared and hope was abandoned. When
1t became evident that her hours were
numbered size called her loved ones
to her bedside and babe each one an
alfectionate goodbye. The parting
with her beloved physician, Dir. Has
sell, who had been the medical attend
ant OF the family ever since his coming
to Lancaster, was most tender
She asked repeatedly for her older
: boys, who had not vet arrived. And
: when the icy dews OF death had gath
: cred on her brow, still lovingly did
She watch for them. And they came
: in time to kiss the still living and
: loving lips. look Of peace and Joy,
: as though she already saw across the
borderland, came to the dear face and
T with all whom she most loved around
her she passed sweetly over the shad-
owy river into rest
Mary Ann Penrice was born in Lam
cashire, England, Dec. Is, 1871. She
: came to America with her parents
when near the age Of ten and settled
? at Milwaukee, Wis. She was married
at Lancaster Jan. 10, 1858, to Henry
Austin and went to live on the well
known farm now occupied bY the son
: Edwin. She remained there until
: three years ago when she removed to
the beautiful home in the city where
she breathed her last on Tuesday
: morning, Oct. II, 1899 With the
sorrowing husband, six children sur
yiye-Alfred Il. and Walter A. Of
: Austinyille, Iowa, and Reuben, Ellen,
Edwin and Mabel of Lancaster. The
sons are all married and Ellen is the
wife of Frank Walker. There are
thirteen grandchildren.
On Mabel, the Youngest daughter,
the blow falls most severely. She
was a most devoted child and the
companionship had been close and
J very dear. and the one thorn in the
: mothers dying pillow was the thought
OF parting with her ''baby."
A daughter and son OF Mr.. Austin
by a former marriage, with the wife
of the latter, came from Iowa to at
tend the funeral Services were con-
Quoted at the home by Rev. Stanley
and the dwelling was crowded with
sympathizing friends. Beautiful
hymns were softly sung and the
beauty and fragrance of many floral
tributes shed their loneliness around
the pail. The four sons bore the cask-
ct which held all that was mortal Of
the precious mother. and most tender
ly was she laid TO rest in her last
earthly home.
Only Goodnight. beloved not Farewell,
little While and all His saints shall
dwell
In hallowed nion-indivisible
Goodnight.
Until we meet again before His throne.
Clothed in the spotless robes lie gives
His own,
Until we know even as we are known,
Goodnight.
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