St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-07-22
F1oss1E SHOWDOWN LEONARD.

F1NO5SlE SNOWDOUN LkCONA4sO.
Carefully to review the life, es.
pecially the last three months Of 1t
Of dear little Flossie Leonard, who
was called by her Heavenly FathA,
on Tuesday night, July Is, 1915,
sounds almost like = copy OF some
Of the. incidents relative to the suit
ferings of the Christian martyrs Of
old.
Flossie was born in Laurel, Miss.
on the 28th day Of February, 1900
Since that time the family has lvet
In Gulfport, New Orleans, and for
the past three and one-hah years.
in Covington.
During her early childhood she haf
an attack Of measles, to which dis
ease Mrs. Leonard attributes the
heart trouble with which the child
suffered and which finally caused her
death.
Everywhere Flossfe lived she made
friends who loved her and remember
ed her for her sunny, cheerful dispo
sitton, and for her quick wit, intelli.
gence and skill II accomplishing hel
every undertaking. From AZ the
shove named places MESSAGES 81 low,
and coincidence ere being received by
the bereaved and heart-broken mem
bers Of the family. '-4s
But Of no place where she had liv-
ed did she think as much a. she dii
Of Covington, and upon no friends
did she bestoW the love and affection
that she did upon those made here.
An evidence Of the foregoing is the
fact that she wanted to remain here
even In death, for just q few. hours
before her death, as her final request
she Asked that she be laid to res,
here in Covington.
Only q pen inspired with the. di
vine-bestowed power Of genius could
do justice to the last three months
Of the child's life. all Of which TIM
she spent in bed suffering every con-
c1evabie physical pain, In almost
every imaginable form. II s'love /,
the abnegation and forgetfulness OF
SELF, these last months Of Flossie's
life were the~essence II supreme love
tor In nothing did she find a. much
consolation rs in the though. tina. BY
her suffering she was perhaps reliey
Ing the burdens which some one els
might be called upon to endure. and
constantly, while in the throes Of thu
greatest agony did she express he
thanks to God that It was lily her
body and not her soul which was
called upon to suffer. !.
emerging from the tortures Of. :
CONFUSION or q ut Of choking. from
which only relief was to utter ..Moth.
er' as loudly - her wasted strength
would permit, she reproached her
self for her weakness and lack If
bravery. In failing to bear the afrlic.
ton which the Lord had visited upo,i
her as her share Of this earth's triels
and she was Quieted and satiaded
only when her father assured her
that Christ also had moaned dnrin.
His suffering. -
Each one who visited her bedside
was impressed with her noble charac
ter, her pure and undinchfne faith
IN her Redeemer. for she con.tantlv
not only prayed, but found ~ erest
est relief and comfort in communinx,
m ner innocent childlike way. With
Him. Being too weak and nain-racl
60 70 sing, she nevertheless REPEATED
the hymns which told Of the xooxi-
ness and mercy Of God. lEspeciall,
aid she one day repeat the hymn
Count Your 'BlessinEs''. and Inn
mediately tried to enumerate the
blessings she had received; and fnd.
ING how good and kind everyone had
been to her, she said 81 cant count
my blessings. everybody has been
30 good to me and l have received,
too many too count.
During all the ninety days that
tloesie was 50 i'll and suffered shf
displayed the martyrlike fortitude
Ina Christian resignation which haf
been instilled into her from the tim,
me reached the age Of understandinr
ma which could not be but the Re-
suit OF the teachings given and ex..
implies ct by honorable. faithfnl
God-feering parents.
the greatest consolation these ma
have II the fact that M.
teaching vas weH and profoundly "a.
seiyed. for not onee in ~ her trtal.
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