Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-05-01
Funeral of Miss Bessie Fleming:

their last tribute of respect TO The
dead. Following the funeral exer
cises the interment, which was pri-
vate, took place in Oak Grove Gem
etery.
The M. E. choir sang Nearer
My God to Thee and "God be with
You Till We Meet Again Dean
Wrightson sang with much feeling,
Zone Sweetly Solemn Thought"
DIR. A. M. Buchanan delivered the
invocation. DR.. Compton spoke
feelingly as follows:
"And all wept and bewailed her;
but He said, Weep not: she is not
dead but sleepeth. Mark $3.50.
In these words Jesus strikes the
keynote of hope for sad and weep
ing humanity. The Christ's good
tTdings to those who enter the shad
ows of affection and loss is our dead
are like those who rest in sleep;
they have not persisted, death has
not destroyed them, in the morning
in a brighter world they shall awake
TO new and greater life. Death is
but the night in which Cod angels
come to conduct the freed spirit
from home on earth TO home in
the skies, the place of many man
stems, incorruptable, indebted, and
that fadeth not away.
Friend after friend departs:
Who hath not lost a friend?
There is no union here of hearts
That finds not here an end.
There is world above.
Where parting is unknown;
A whole eternity of love,
Formed for the good alone;
And faith beholds the dying here
Translated to that happier sphere
There are three words which ex-
press our feelings on such an ocea
sion as this:
l. Departure. Out of this home
and the sight of these loved ones
our Sister Bessie departed on Mon.
day night to return no more. Her
loved ones would have kept her il
possible, she would gladly have
stayed with them, but it was not sc
ordered. She made brave, heroic
struggle for life. For three years
she rested in the shadow of this
coming but those who were with her
testify OF her brightness and beauty
of spirit through it all, hopeful and
trustful she was in the keeping of
the heavenly Fathers care. Yet at
last the departure was sudden. Only
the day before she wrote of her
preparations for return to her North
ern home, but in less than twenty
four hours she had departed to her
eternal home, and to day, while her
spirit rests in the home of Gods
gathered children, we meet to sadly
commit TO the grave this loved body
from which the spirit has departed
She has passed on and Joined the
innumerable company beyond.
2. Separation. The family circle
has been broken again. OF the in
ner circle there remains but three,
the grandmother the father and the
aunt. To them is left the memory
of a dear one, and the sorrow of
separation. For her, entrance into
the company of the loved ones on
the other shore. The mother has
once again gathered her daughter in
her arms, looked into her tace, and
rejoiced that forever they shall be
together. All the sorrow of separa-
ton is here ON earth. These who
abide behind pass into DAYS of grief
and loneliness
3. Reunion. A heather mother
without the light of the Bible, looked
into the face OF her dead daughter,
kissed her crying, Farewell forever,
forever farewell There was no
thought, no knowledge, no hope of a
reunion, and glad meeting beyond
Deaths portal. The Christian look
ing upon the face of the loved dead,
by faith is enabled to say Farewell
for time but we shall meet again.
Sarah Rebecca Fleming, only
daughter of Julian E. Fleming, died
at Aiken, South Carolina, Monday
night, April 9th, 1908.
Miss Fleming was in her Dist
year and would have attained her
majority in the autumn. She was
always self reliant, careful, cour-
ageous and winsome lassie In her
circle of acquaintance none were so
greatly beloved as she. This was
due to her sunny disposition and
her brilliancy of intellect The sterl-
ing qualities of truest womanhood
had in her its best exposition and
seldom is to be encountered young
woman of the promise which she
possessed.
Several years ago she united with
the M. K. church and died as she
has lived, sustained and rsoothed by
the unfaltering trust which personal
experience of the highest type of
religion always gives its devotees.
30, Wild is the tempest and dark is
the night,
But soon will the day break be
dawning;
Then the friendships of yore
Shall blossom once more,
And we'll all meet again in the
morning"