The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-06-09
Obituary.

time when the heart is sore with
grief and the head is bowed beneath
the dark cloud of bereavement, when,
sinful though it may be, the soul
rebels against the DEGREES of Provi-
dence and questions their justice.
On the morning Of May IL, at 10
o'clock, spirit pure and gentle quit
the pain racked body of Martha Ellen
Wisecup and scared away to the bright
realms of immortality, beyond the
dark stream which we call death.
She was married to Abraham Wise
cup, May Is, 1854. To this union we're
born IL children, 3 sons and daugh-
ters. Her husband, sons and daugh-
ter preceded her to that better land
Z daughters are left to mourn the loss
of kind and loving mother.
She united with the Presbyterian
Church of Belfast 81 years ago and
since that time she has been a loyal
friend and worker for her Master.
Throughout her painful illness she
maintained spirit of cheerfulness,
which it was known she could not feel,
but was assumed i'm order that her
loved ones might not be distressed by
her suffering.
When life was too far gone for utter
ance her face and eyes were changed
to a peaceful happy look and her eyes
and smile told us she was seeing and
recognizing friends gone on before.
We all think she was seeing Heaven
with all its brightness. She had
large circle OF friends in Adams and
adjoining counties, where she was
born "a years ago the 14th of last July.
She was dearly beloved by all who
knew her. She was ray Of sunshine
in the home and among her associates,
possessed of kind, loving disposition,
always cheerful, never complaining
through all the long suffering days,
always greeting everyone with a smile
and hearty handshake when friends
would come in to see her and when
they would leave.
How comforting to the stricken
soul is the blessed assurance beyond
the grave. We find sweet consolation
in the belief that our loved ones have
entered upon life of eternal peace
and happiness in the realm beyond
the stream. And when that spirit
of rebellion against the power that
bereaved us struggles for supremacy
in our souls we ask ourselves If we
should not rather rejoice that she has
been freed from earthly pain; that
she has reached the celestial port Of
peace, but a few feeting months or
years before us and II we should not
envy her rather than nurse our grief
over her departure.
Farewell farewell my mother dear
Your words on earth We 10 more hear,
Your song so sweet, your voice so clear
r But nov you're gone, you are not here.
1 The last few days you suffered so
You told your friends you wished TO go,
You asked them all to sing to you,
Z And tod each one what they must do,
You laid your hands upon your breast
e And fell asleep in peaceful rest
i Your spirit reigns with God on high
Where we shall meet you by and by
The body lies beneath the sod
The soul is resting with her God
She fell asleep without alarm
While folded in the Savlor's arms.
II She paid her debt and is at rest,
e He took her home, He thought1t best.
20 We too shall die, as die we must.
J. And with our dead sleep in the dust
q She once was here and in our care,
W But now we miss her everywhere.
q We sometimes think It cannot be
- That mothers face we will not see.
n We will not see her anymore
Until we meet on Canaan's shore.
Then let us dry our mournful tears
e In Heaven one more saint appears
g The angels took her to the home above
There we shall meet where all is love.
Then, farewell mother, yes, farewell,
e We soon expect with Thee TO dwell
VI j. L. G.