The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-01

a part and Mrs. Borum a full part IN
the JOY ond pleasure, whatever it might
be. Uncle Dick" though slow If
speech, as Moses claimed to the Lord,
could sing without impeachment and
pray as though his tongue was loosensd
for the occasion, and among othec
amuscments at the old home music by
the household, assisted by the COM
pany, often held sway, and around
it all the guiding hand CT the
mother of the home could be
seen and felt. Her heart was also
also quick to catch the sigh of pain or
sorrow in others and as quick TO fly TO
their relief. Raised a Methodist by a
strenuous Methodist father, when she
married Mr.. Borum she cast in her lot
with the Baptist church with her hus-
band, and was a devoted member of
that church till the day Of her death,
and her seat in Old Hopewell consrc-
CATION, where Uncle William Thomas
preached so long and faithfully, was
seldom vacant, and MANY still live in
that nei9hborhood who will remember
her life and work as a Christian. She
took as her great exemplar Him who
never saw a tear but He brushed it
away; heard not a lepers cry without
making him clean: never met a pro-
cession carrying a widows only son TO
the grave but He stopped the throns
and restored the son to the sorrowina
mother; whose eyes wept tears of sym.
pathy with the weeping sisters, and
brought forth the brother from the
grave and said loose him and let him
Co." who took the little children in His
arms and blessed them and whose
heart beat for the sorrows and weak
nesses of the poor and distressed. Her
heart was in sympathy with tbs aus
of righteousness, and her voice and her
walk were in line with the cause of her
Savior and her God. After the death
of her husband she struggled as best
she could at the old home and on the
old farm until 1884, when an opening
presenting itself in Florida which she
thought to her interest. she took her
children and bid farewell to the old
Woodlawn home, around which clus-
tered so many fond memories, and set
tied in Florida, where most of her chill
dren took husbands and where she
lived till the Lord called her home.
Her own children were young when I
used to be a guest at the old Borum
home, and | did not know them MOI
their husbands, except Willie Bob
Whitesides, who married one of these
girls, but my information is that the
girls-these young ladies-all married
we'll.
Eighty-one years on the pilgrimage!
Think of the history which was made
in that time! The days of our years
are three-score years and ten; and
if by reason Of strength they be four
score years, yet in their strength labor
and sorrow; for it is soon cut of and
we fly away"
When young eirlhood was the charm
of Mrs. Borum's life, it seemed long
from one Christmas to another; but
when four-score vars had passed over
her head, when she looked back over
the way it seemed as the passage of a
weaver's shuttle through the web, or as
a watch in the night. But she re-
membered the words of Jesus, Peace l
leave with you. my peace | give unto
you: not as the world eiveth, give 1
unto you. Let not your heart be
troubled, neither let it be afraid" AMI
remembering them, and realizing their
sweet and restful influence in heart,
she drew the drapery of her couch
about her. and fell asleep, in hope of
a blessed AMI glorious reserection.
From my boyhood ana early manhood
I have known the Borum family ami
their kith and kin on both sides of the
house, AMI take pleasure in bearing
this testimony to this member of its
IT is appointed unto men once TO
die Let not the children and loved
sorrow as those who have 10 hcoc.
Mother Borum lived a long and Useful
life, and has gone TO receive hef e.
ward, and who can do better? ror
as an old friend Of the family,
| only regret that her body was not
BROUGHT back to her old home nd