The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-07-22

neral service we've held pa the house
,n Monday AFTERNOON at O'Clock. con-
Quoted by the Rf. Mr.. NWinn, pastor
N the Methodist lhurchi Of which the
deceased was a loyal, l~rr~S useful
member. and herl bodyS rests )by the
side Of flowed ones in theNowF GENE
terry who had gone before.
The following wAre the pail bearers
L. J. verser, n G.. Crute, X. II.
Cowan. II. II. Hum, y NJ Gin and
=. " Paulett, Jr.
The mystery Of sickness aud DEATH
Of sin and sorrow IN this world, e
which au omnipotent God rules, has
vet % bs solved. 40 mere man can
tell why infants -icken, suffer aud die,
nor why such a life as that which has
lust ended should have been marked
by pain. and that the night Of death
should have settled on 1t before the sun
of that life had reached IT, meridian.
In spite Of all that untir'ug, unselfi'h
and uustintsd devotion could do 10 al
leyiate, and IN spite Of Ell that finest
skill Of the most accomplished surgeons
of the State could do 10 arrest the raw
ages of the Unsuitable morster, Pain, he
pursued MS relentless course until an
other monster. Death, claimed her a.
his. and thanks be TO God who alone
conquers Death and the grave, He ban
ished pain and gave a peace which Is
To last throughout eternity.
Faimville never knew a daughter Of
more modest worth, non Of It's homes
an inmate Of more ge%utlene-s Of man
ner. goodness Of soul, sweetness Of lem
per. unselhshne-s of disposition. New
er strong Of body but slways willing To
work. for years never well but always
cheerful aud ready % help Others.
The brightness which went out from
her life iu the home circle went with
her to tie hospital and there she made
friends Of the great doctor, the late
Hunter Mcclure, and then Of his gifted
son. who not only wears the name Of
the honored dead but who maintains a
reputation which was end s. 'Hterna-
tional ia ITS scope.
1t isn't often that a fading flower
gives out a. much Of fairness and fra
GRANGE H. DO those which are Ia full
bloom. but iu the garden of human
life it is sometimes so, and was en-
phatically 500 BOZ the life If her We now
mourn.
When one ia full health j. suddenly
cut down, the shock 90 the SUI fivors is
Intense. but who can measure the loss
to the mother when the invalid child
is taken There she iay day by day
and night Toy night ever giving 70
sleepless love a duty to do, aud now
love feels in vain for the pale, tremb-
ling hand. and listens in vain for the
labored breathing, aud waits in vain
for the low voice, and there is an empty
couch. The soft light Of the sick room
has given place TO darkness, and moth
er has nothing to DO but must mourn
her child. The tender shepherd presses
close 10 bis bosom the helpless lamb
Of the flock. and so mother-love clings
10 the invalid child Of the household,
sud would die caring for it rather than
have it die.
When we remember her whose light
has gone out Of that home, but the
memory " whose life still holds and
will continue % hold sacred place In
the heart. beating there, We are not
surprised 90 learn that while strength
permitted she was constant in her at
tendance upon the services of the
church of her choice and her love, that
she was a faithful and intelligent teach
er in its Sunday school, that she was
10 the last a diligent student Of the
Bible. her on a Bible, which bears upon
it, well nigh every page marginel notes
made by her " hand. emphasizing
those things which most impressed
her and preserving fresh in her mind
text. and sermons based upon them %
which she had listened.
Nor do we wonder that 30 her last
moments some gl'npses Of the light
Of the better land, the pair'e ss land
fell upon her upllfted vision, ond that
the y Of fsith cleaned with a new
brightness a. il recogf yed n who
she believed had already received the
we1lth of the heavenly welcome, MOI
that before consciousness left heI
she felt the presence Ola - .'Om the
lips Of a|ngel-child who gently ap-
preached her bedside ON loves light
wings. Was she simply dreaming
Then may our lives be crowded with
such sweet dresTs, and in heaven may
we awake with her 10 IT, blessed real.
tiles.
In such a death faith hears more
than the rustic If wing" aud see.
more theu the CLEAN Of a star, for the
God she served through b & spirit has.
said blessed are the dead who die in
the Lord, yea, saith the spirit, they
do rest from their labors and thei.
works DO follow them
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