Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-06-08
IN MEMORIAM.

N MEMORY OF NELLIE PENIcK
Thy face is far from this our war,
Our call and Country-CTy;
We may not find thee, good and kind,
Again, until we die.
Enough that we, IN dreams may see,
And touch thy garments hem,
Thy feet have trod 50 near to God,
We may not follow them.
With inefable sadness. we
have chronicled her departure.
With hearts oppressed by a
weight Of Woe, we have bowed
in fearful supplication 70 an all
wise Providence. With a deep
and abiding gladness il her
memory, we join our praise, i
the aftermath OF death. il frail
trlbDte to her life.
To the imperfectior Of human
understanding. her fate must
ever sem untimely. In the
bright springtime of a joyous
youth, IN the tull premise of a
glorious womanhood cherished
by a fond and devoted family,
encircIed by adoTing friends,
her gentle spirit passed from
these earthly coasts to those in
visible shores wherefore we do
not know.
That is the unsolved, the in>
soluble problem of mortal life
and human destiny, the inex>
plicable mystery of death, baf>
fling prescience, inviting faith,
blending the ages in the DESC
late ely of human agony, ever
wise are the ways of God, but
oftentirnes inscrutable.
Alike we mourn her, family
and friends, in a deep commu
nifty of grief! Alike we mourn
her, with a profound conscious
ness Of loss, which spreading
from the sacred confines OF
a home, has bound Communi,
ty IN sorrow.
Yet we would remember, less
in sadness than IN joy; in griet
assuaged and sorrow sweetened
by Our gratitude that she lived
Across the ocean, dark, "unfuc-
tuating, voice1ess," which lies
between the horizon Of the
known and the celestial realm
Of the unknowable, runs the
frail cord of recollection; un>
broken, irrefragible; transla!ing
time, merging today in yester-
day; cbastening grief, uplifting
sorrow, by the grace Of a divine
momory.
Hers was indeed a glorious
womanhood; beautifed by the
touch of the master-hand, radi-
ating the pure light of immor
tality. In menory's fond retro
spect, again our hearts are glad
dened by the pure serenity of
her life: gentle and gracious,
exhaling all all patient charity.
Again we rejoice in the kindly
sunshine of her smile, and the
care-dispelling laughter of her
voice. Again she greets us with
an all-enduring, all-divine SYM
pathy, which, alike, gladdened
in Our joy, and yielded ready so>
lace to the disconsoIate heart OF
suffering.
Twas meet that we loved her
It's meet that we Der, and
in memory, revere. In the land
of the dim, far~of hereafter
where cherubim vie with sera>
phim in glory, and angel voices
blend in happy chorus around
the throne Of God, hers may be
an cen more joyous life. never
purer, more sublime.
ZEE as she trod that day to
God, so walked she from he1
birth"
In simplenesss and gent1eness,
along the undefled pathway of
life's perfectness: JOY unto her
friends, JOY to all who knew
her; shedding upon her home
the divine radience of life pu
ri6ed; giving praise unto her
God, ii that she glorihed His
world.
III memory of Nellie Penick,
in meek tribute to her virtues,
IN the fullness Of the sorrow of
her death, in the strength of
their gladness il her memory,
thfc fc oHecfiO,1 to1,, I,ro.:1oI