The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-06
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| to the ways OF her nOuSenOlu5 ncI CHIEF
concern lay in ministering to her husband
and children. This she did wisely and
we'll. The upright lives Of her children
attest her watchful, loving care, also the
tenderness with which children and hus-
band returned her love.
She was consistent member of the
Baptist church, giving strict adherence to
| its tenets and to the smallest of its obi
cations. While she loved her church and
was very loyal to it, she possessed that
large charity which gave her tolerance for
all other denominations and even for that
portion of mankind which knows not the
voice of the Shepherd. Loving her Crea-
tor, she loved his children, and look pains
to show it. She ministered to the sick,
gave solace to the sorrowing and held out
the helping hand to the unfortunate. And
she was such a friend!-loyal, constant,
lenient to ones shortcomings, devoted.
She had that charity which bore all things,
believed all things, hoped all things for
those she loved. By believing in them,
she inspired the lives of others to be noble.
She gave bountifully of her warm, hui
man sympathy. She waited not for the
burial, but gave flowers to her friends
while yet they needed the healing balm of
love and appreciation.
One of the finest traits of her character
was her dear love for little children. They
reciprocated this love and thus gave the
clearest testimony to the beauty of her
soul, for where child shows confidence,
all men may trust.
What great vitality she had, what ten
aoity to life! Although she enjoyed the
merely being alive-the morning sunlight,
the bloom of flowers, the singing of birds
yet when disease fastened upon her, for
many months, she hid from her friends
the helplessness of her condition. What
heroic courage must have been hers! To
know that death was knocking at the
door, and yet to make no sign. To know
that her earthly sojourn was drawing to
its close, that all those ties made sacred by
kinship and association must be torn
asunder, and yet to wear an outward calm,
so as not to distress those about her.
Her house had long been swept and gar
nished. She had done her life-work. AL
ways, she had preserved the most ex-
quisite neatnsss in the appointments of
her home. She had kept the heart of her
husband young because of her ready SYM
pathy with his tastes. She had brought
up her children in the fear and admoni-
ton of the Lord. And while it would
have been pleasant to stay with them
longer to enjoy the fruits of her labor,
who knows but she may watch from the
other shore and enjoy their successes
Death is but a Transitional passing, as
it were, from one apartment into another.
Our loved ones may be all about US every
day and we not given to know it. Assur-
eddy in our moments of distress, or doubt,
their spirits hover near to cheer, to
strengthen and sustain.
When the brilliant young nephew was
called hence, the premonition of her own
death made easier for her the pangs of
parting, for she knew that in little while
she would clasp him to her heart again.
They have laid their sheaves at the Mas
ter's feet. They have heard His swell
DONE Together, they make radiant the
fairer land, they beckon to their loved
ones on the hither shore. They thrill with
the joys of anticipation, for years are but
as days to them in the fuller light Of Gods
presence. and they joyfully await the time
when ''their own" shall be freed from the
bondage Of death and know what it Is to
live.
And now, for little space, we must say
goodbye" to our friend, having said SO
little of life SO full of love-who can tell
the history of a loving life? Who can
forecast all its glad fruition in the far-off
years under the guidance of that Supreme
Love which has had no beginning and can
know no endp
"Love is and was my Lord and King,
"And in His presence attend
ITO hear the tidings of my friend,
"Which every hour His couriers bring.
"Love is and was my King and Lord
"And will be, tho as yet keep
"Within His court on earth, and sleep
"Eneompass'd by His faithful guard
"And here at times sentinel
"Who moves about from place to place,
"And whispers to the worlds of space
Gin the deep night, that all IS we'll"
-. j. WALKER.
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