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his finger and said: simmer. there 10
Q frowntng Providence above your head
and a burning hell beneath your ieet.
and nothing but the brittle thread Of
life prevents your soul from falling
into endless perdition.
His uncle gave him a horse and he
became circuit rider Later In IRE
he was sued in the city of Charleston.
8. c., for libel by one Rev Mr.. Mann
met and found guilty. He was fined
81, the costs remitted. and imprisoned
ten and discharged the following
morning. May 2s 1921.
Following are few quotations from
his writings:
Of himself to God he must look and
see and Judge and act for himself. for
another cannot act for him."
when the light Of the moon shall
the light Of the sun become seven
fold az the light OF seven days. then
methinks tho watchman may see eye
to eye an and the nations learn .s wa; wa. s,1 rS
the earth with the knowledge OF God
as the waters do at sea"
Time may be considered a. the road
and every day may be compared 70 .
lance As one Of the human family
upon the great journey OF life. travel
ing the Road OF Time to Eternity.
1000 % miles sDSs srs already ire s gone % over. The
morning Of life 10 passed away.0Ths
clock strikes 12.-And tho evening
shades will soon appear"
Beside the grave Of Lorenzo Dow .
simple stone bears this inscription
In Memory Of Rev. samr Davis of The
BON October :. i7ss J. ried ries s.ptemher 5, -
reasdss eas s dsu1cs sas o. %s.Sinassn ": aIss
Near by is a grave marked thuss
Samuel Chase R'dgley. Brevet Major.
Died July 9. 1859
On the reverse Of this stone n:
Samuel Chase Ridglsy, youngest son Of Henry
1881, A'is: A.si:..ae fc.sr a Z s' and
Fesessg. is44 oia' tn. @ Reg ss l Fo
gallant and merftorious conduct in the hattles Of
.. August, 1s47.
scrtbed:
s,s5sa e The Tsns,y Of Gen ws,ef s,l - smith
d'so e ssts shs yesr sah q e h NAY Age IN
. Prominent and In high estimation as one OF the
ssousS % % Zee e. r nan ii tenae g Of earthly po.
sessions and. bowed down in his % age 10y mis-.
:. hs iss merit. Of B.. 81
4 Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.
Next this grave is one on which the
tomb recites:
Sally Holman.
Beloved and lamented wife of Gen. Walter Smith.
Died September 16, 1909, In the
26th year Of her age.
o death. before thou takest from among us one
more pious, more amiable more worthy, Time
. shall hurl . dart At thee.
The tombs OF Gen. Smith and his wife
: are nearly hidden by shrubbery.
The Rambler was somewhat startled oy
l coming upon the monument from which
] tho following inscription Is taken:
Truth, Justics.
John 4. Joyce.
July 4, 1872
LAuRh and the world laughs with yu1s
Weep ard you weep alone.
. Ny Dag, my country and my God
loved while on this sod,
: And through the rolling. rushing hours
= cherished them and fragrant flowers.
: : There 10 no pocket In Q shroud.
@ The Prince and the Peasant,
q The Preacher and Slave,
4 Are equal at last
= ID the dust Of the grave.
d The Rambler, after reading these famtl-
d lar lines of the poet and soldier he knows
y 80 well. felt the hope that not for many
years may this monument mean what
v monumental as q rule, do mean. The
e granite Of the monument IL surrounded
d by q bronze bust OF Col. Joyce, executed
d by the sculptor Jerome Conner.