The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1920-08-27
HON. R. I. BURNS
PASSES AWAY In
HIS S7TH YEAR
LouIsA.s OLDEST CITIZEN, AND
ONE OF EASTERN kENTUckYs
MOST NOTED MEN GONE
TO HIS REWARD.

on last Sunday night al II O'cIOeb
Honorable Rowland Tisrnan Burns
eminent i=NNer. pTUminent church
man. Ieadipg citizen. patriarch OF oui
little city. laid aside the burdens Of :
long life The weight Of more ihar
four score years had. fo- many months
caused his fragile form TO tottsr as h
.lzssed an ard out amongst Us Th'
transition came after an Illness d tvs
weeks. following a trip 10 a Sunday
school sOnvention nj KayananEh- HI
enfeeblec condition VAS not equal *
the exerticn put forth on that rip and
ne Was confined 10 hts bed from thai
time untfl death claimed his etnaeiate1
body.
on last Sunday il became eviden. tS
the family that Mr., Burns could last
only a few hours Absent members
Of the family were notified o. his con-
diti0n ard they started at Oncs for
Louisa Several other relatives alsI
came Mrs c. II. Williamson. laugh
ter Of Mr Burns. arrived from Arkan-
nas on Tuesday evening and Rev WI
hanson reached her@ from Ashssillc
~. c. on \ later train the same cay
NJ anu .AAIA - - lNAAAANaAA AAAI HAA+-
ana daughter. Mrs. Mason Payne, ~er'
here when the end came
The funeral EEs heM Wednesday sf-
tsrnoon from the residence. in ths
presence Of large gathering Of peo-
ple A number OF friends and relatives
from various point All the way from
Ashland 20 f-iksvsile were present
Many handsome fOral pieces Wers
sent by friends. and one especially at
tracsivs offerire vas from the Sundzs
school % the n 2. Church south.
The service opere1 with an ei5queli
aud appropriate prayer BY Rev. G a
Powers Ct Prestonsbur<-
Then followed q most Hitting sermon
b. Rev J. y. Bell beloved pastor Of
Mr. Burns He Included a b=autifu
eulogy on The life Of the sainted man
In part he said-
al time like this two different ye'
snsepan.bie conditions s-0nfr0nt ev-Ty
true believer. the one the minor pre-
Inde 70 the resurrection emphasized bS
our Lord during Passion week IN.
ether the triumphant song OF vtrtory
ns He who became submissive To dsatf
burst asunder the bars OF his prison
house and ied captivity captive,
Il does not take long Tor any Of us
% realize that II for Us there Is a
resurrection 80 for every one there s
a supulcher-ar-a garden Early n
years ne come TO realize this truth
that earthly life i not unendinS The
child whose young feet have trOdder
upon the blossoms OF dozen springs
realizes that bye and bye the end viii
come. although the facts cast no shad-
o. upon his young life and no appArf-
ticn appears 10 him In his dreams
but Ubez aaAtlzrs years arrive zs Iaes
surely viii with their fuller under
standinE. we then see FOR sAe hrs;
time s0rnethinE in the garden which
~ discover 20 ~ a sep llcher. We ID
not ualk where il =. bu- We Icaltzs
that All paths Lad 70 IL And Wills
thfs fact remains there are fw1 ways
Of Iookng Al IL II a sepuicher i In
every garden. 81 . garden surrounds
every sepuleher- The trouble viii
most ~ rs Is. that Ne too often see tiss
sepuicher With its tragic possibilities
instead Of TIE garden with its percsi-
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