The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-10-02
4 SUNSET AT POWDER SPRINGS

After several dreary, rainy, days,
Friday, the oath of September, slow
ly dawned into a day of softest
clouds and sunshine,
1t was a memorable day for the
town of Powder Springs because one
who had lived there in his boyhOod
was expected from the city of Wash
ington to be laid to rest on the hill
where his nearest and dearest may
some time join him for the last long
sleep of death.
In the WORD For The Day Sep
TENDER oath has for its subject of
meditation Death" and the text,
from the 57th Chapter of Isaiah, is
simply "He shall enter into peace.
The verse of poetry is:
"How pleasant are thy paths, o
Death
Thither when sorrows cease,
To a new life, to an old past,
Softly and silently we haste
Into land OF peace.
The prayer for the day follows:
MAY all our desires take on the
pattern of the future life, and chas-
tened, moderated, made more earn
est, industrious and faithful, may
we so build that when we leave this
world something shall remain here
for others as a foundation on which
20 build.
Could any words have been more
appropriate to the occasion?
When the casket, covered with its
sheaf Of ripened grain, its anchor of
roses and other designs Of sweetest
flowers, was brought into the church
and surrounded by a wealth of other
flowers, it was a sacred hour to all
An assurance had come i'll the still
hours of night as from his soul to
mine: at is we'll, do not grieve'
but no heart can meet such part
ing unmoyed. While ne ceased from
suffering and entered into peace a
chill of sorrow at his absence fell
upon our hearts and will remain.
Three ministers read the scrip
lures, led in fervent prayer and
spoke comforting words from the
fourth Chapter Of st. Pauls second
epistle to Timothy. The words of
the text were: Il am now ready;
/ have finished my course.
AS the casket was lowered into
its last resting place and the solemn
commitment service was read the
sun hung low over the wall Of trees
in the distance, a great red ball in
clear sky, and almost suddenly
dropped from sight leaving \ dim
twilight. The mound was thickly
covered VITA beautiful flowers
snowy crecents. wreaths of mingled
blossoms and softest foliage and
clusters Of many kinds of roses.
The sunset was emblematic of thu
sleep into which our nearest anC
dearest one had fallen.
The splendor of his mind was tenn
pered by sweet reasoDableness anC
a regard for the convictions anC
sentiments OF others. In the many
years he had SO diligently laboreC
as editor and writer | do not recall
any line from his pen that could
wound human heart. Although
he was given to making funny
Gmericks and verses characterizinl
politicians in ludicrous terms Will,
chatting with intimate friends, nont
of these were even written much les
published
To be sure he was not perfect bu
abe pain and anguish through whicl
he had passed left him to our heart
as the radiant setting sun withou
spot or blemish
The beautiful flowers typified tn,
love and appreciation of his man,
friends and he is now forever at res
and safe from care and sorrow. H
life was fun of happiness in his worl
and contentment with his lot. an,
we feel "He most lives who think
most, feels the noblest, acts tn
best"
A. l.. c.