The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-01-20
A BEAUTIFUL LIFE ENDED.

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end after two weeks illness.
Sister bom was born January
u, 1890, making her stay in this
life only 20 years. She professsd
hope in Christ in August 1914,
and united with the Baptist
church at Poplar Grove the same
month, making the church one of
It's most devoted members.
She loved her church dearly. al
ways filling her seat where she
Toasted her soul and heart on
gospel truths. The members of
the church We're always glad to
see her come. They all loved her
and she loved them, for her
Christian life was undeniable
proof of the reality of the re
ligion of Jesus Christ.
She was the pride of her home.
Her father, mother and brothers
were devoted 10 her m,d we feel
that we might say that in her
home she was the star OF the fiBt
magnitude. Her life was 10 pure.
sweet and bright that she threw
light and happiness into the
lives OF loved ones as none but
a devoted daughter and sister can
do.
Sister Lora loved home and
home affairs She had lived all
her life free from the many sins
that 80 many Others know AMI
are poisoned with, living her life
under the watchcare of her moth
cr and father. She never came
in contact with the things o.
this world that blight and cover
zap the finer principles. There
fore, We might say that her life
was one solid stream of love for
the good. Her going away has
removed from the home one of
It's chief attractions, a star has
gone out, and left instead a
gloUm filled with sorrow and grief
for the loved ones she leaves be.
hind.
The Writer has visited the home
when Sister Lora was well, Just
in the bloom of life, and noticed
her a. she attended 10 the du-
ties OF the home with unassum-
ing gontIcneSs and kindness Of
heart. that marked her as one
possessing a high Christian char
acter. She always had a smile
when she was spoken 10 that gave
evidence that she had cultivated
the higher and nobler principles
Of Cody woman.
II is sad 10 give her up. She
viii not only be missed in the
home. but in the church where
she was loved by every member,
together with her host of friends
that loyoi her 80 much. Sister
Lora never acted unbecomlng a
Christian lady, and at any tame
or place. she was such a strong be
Hover in the right that her faith
prevented her from Yielding Ia
the wrong.
God had so wonderfully dealt
with her, in creating IN her a
new life. that He had lifted her
above the things that His word
condemns. She had been washed
in the blood of Christ, her SOU
was winter than snow.
"She could apply 10 herself,
Ere since by faith | saw the
stream
His flowing wounds supply,
Reckoning grace had been my
theme
! And shall be till ! die"
But We must lift our eyes and
look on the brighter side W
call her dead we only mean tha'
her body is sleeping; she is a de
parted saint yet living.
For lie is not the God Of Tn
dead, but of the living, for al
live unto Him. Luke 20 :3S.
Concerning those who hay
gone before, We gather from TIN
text that they are not dead; W
know where they are. We are b
no means deprived of our dea
ones by their death; they ar
themselves yet, and they are our
still.
: DO not let us think OF them a
. il they were lost.
| know the sorrowing ON,
make an excrsion TO the grave !
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