The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-09-13
In Memoriam.

In Nemoriam.
Samuel A Teets was be. l May Is,
1881, died at his home at Lake Ford,
Nd, Sept. >, 1906. The burial took
place Sept. at the Lake Ford NJ. E.
church, and was conducted by Rev. c..
j. Price, P. c., assisted by Rev. Will
son Lewis.
In the death of this Christian man
the community loses a respected and
honored citizen, the church a loyal sup
porter, the wife loving husband, and
the children an affectionate father.
Many things might be said in emulation
Of his noble character His good will
toward everybody, his jovial spirit and
indisposition to gain an advantage or
impose upon any one, his honesty and
industry, are traits of his character
worthy to be initiated by all. Indeed
RS magnaminity of soul was often
shown in that in business transactions
he often chose to be imposed upon,
rather than to contend and litigate for
his own saying, 1t will come out all
right some way.
We live more or less within ourselves,
and having barred the door against
every intruder we conceal within our
hearts impulses, strivings, conflicts, as
pirations and ambitions of which our
most intimate fl ENDS have no concep-
tlon.. How much others may think they
know Of US, yet how little!
But when we come down to the
VALLEY of the Shadow, " we often
throw wide open the doors of our hearts
and disclose what we are, and not what
we may have seemed to others to have
been. SO with the deceased. In life
we might have thought him to be inn
patient. But when his last sickness
came, thru weeks and months of al
most incessa1t intense pain, he endured
it all with the fortitude of MARTYR.
Not one word of complaint, not a
syllable Of repining was known to pass
his lips. He was the very impersonation
of patience.
Should we in life have thought him to
be resei we'd and selfish. when the
Shadows began to descend and deepen
and cast their spectral figures around
him, his congenialty shone most bril-
llantly, and during the intervals OF his
agony he was ready for a joke and a
pleasant conversation with his friends.
Should we in life have thought him to
be in anyway Indifferent to his eternal
welfare, as the end drew near he ex-
hIblted the most intimate and happy re-
iation to the worlds Redeemer. To
quote his own words, The Lord wants
me, and | must 90. Praise the Lord
for His goodness and mercy. Let every
body praise Him" He then expressed
a desire TO speak once again to each of
his family, and having taken them one
by one by the hand and with kind adj
monitor he charged each to meet me
in Heaven. This was not enough. his
love for all was demonstrated when he
continued Il want everybody to meet
me thare. Praise God from whom all
blessings flow. "
Thank God for this dying testimony
OF loving father. What a heritage!
What legacy! What a doweryl What
if he should have left us millions of
this worlds goods and with the record
OF a misery and selfish life, spent in
the accumulations. of material things,
and had gone out into eternity and left
US to mourn as those who have no
hope? Where, then, would there be
any bright anticipation Of the future?
Where, then, the hope of meeting in
happier sphere? Where, the consola-
ton that comes as a sweet incense to
the burdened heart, dispels the gloom
and its radience around the diving
couch?
The memory Of life so lived cannot
but shed its luster upon the pathway of
those who follow in those hallowed foot
steps. A life eminently successful be-
cause Of having made choice if the
Zone thing needful."
"Life's work well done
LIES Crown well won
Now comes rest.
Father, with fearful eyes the last
farewell is said. We know not when.
but in His own time" when we have
fulfilled life's mission and our work is
done, then, wen meet you again in the
morning.
MOTHER AND CHILDREN.
For RENT-The house until recently
occupied by the Misses Porter on Alder
street