East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1916-09-08

| have ever seen. | have heard OF
and read of such, but it has never
been my pleasure, for indeed it
was pleasure to witness with my
own eyes the death of one who so
clearly understood what was taking
place. wish that could put into
words and on paper all that she said,
and the requests that she made during
the last moments Of her illness
She asked each member OF the family
to forgive her for any wrong that shs
had done them. What better evidence
OF real, true faith can one ask for than
that? II is sure that she was only a
child, but the more child-likc our faith,
the better it plcascs our Savior.
Nothing would give her comfort but
the Scriptures Time and again she
would ask her father or mother, or some
members of the family 20 quote some
passage Of Sculpture. She asked for
Scriptures that had joy in them, and
when her father read to her the one
hundrcdth Psalm, MAKE u joyful noise
unto the Lord, all ye lands, Serve the
Lord with gladness; come before bis
presence with singing" she said, "Yes,
daddy, that is it, that is the way | want
to go" Many other Scriptures were
read to her, and the Word of God never
failed 20 give her comfort. Then shs
asked all to leave the room, that she
wante to be alone. When asked why,
she said, II want to be alone so | can
think about God and about Jesus"
As we watched her 20, and she SEEM,
ed to feel as il she were on board a ves-
sci and was slowly gliding from the
shore. She would reach out her hand
and tell her loved ones to get on and
not be left behind. She did not want
her father and mother 10 leave her, but
wanted them by her to the last. Sun
day afternoon, when she thought she
was going, she asked her father TO let
her die with her head on his shoulder.
When he placed her back on her bed
she asked him to promise that he would
take her up and let her die In his arms.
What greater blessing would father
and mother ask than that their children
shall love them to the endp Ten thou
sand times give us u death like this
than our children shall be won from
our hearts by the allurcmonts Of wiok-
ed world.
AS she glided from the shore, she
held up her hands and said, Look
here. | want to show you something.
1t is the best place Of ALL" Her father
asked her if she could see heaven, and
she said, "Ycs, and they are singing UP
there" The difference in her death
and the death of the Skeptic Is, that she
went out saying, II see," and the skep-
tic goes out saying, II do not know,
do not believe"
saw at the bedside Of this dear
child father and mother who wers
able to give comfort to their dear
one. A Christian father and IA Chris
tian mother are the greatest blessings
that can eyer come to boys and girls.
with bleeding hearts this father and
mother were ever ready To grant each
request-always ready with \ prayer, =
song, or a pa ssenge of Scripture from
the Bible. But this was possible, all
| because they taught their child while
she was well and with them. At the
family altar they had taught her to
know Jesus and when she came TO
cross over the river they We're able to
teach her still. All the circumstances
Of her death came about in answer to
the prayers Of her parents For years
they had known that she could not live,
and, with deep sense Of responsibility,
the father as priest Of the family, pray
cd daily that little Dollic b. might be
made to know the love Of the Savior.
Very tenderly did our Heavenly Father
answer their prayers,