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ES,LBS,STS,jEdb. Republican :—On yesterday then assembled a very large crowd of people, numbering hundreds, at this place. The occasion was that of the funeral sermon of the children of Newton J. Walters, preached by Eld. Hume, of StilesviHe. At the commencement of the service the following memorial was read by Dr. W. C. Banta of this place: Clarence Walters, born January 15, 1871, died November 14, 1872, aged 1 year and 1.0 months. William Wal-j tere, bom June 11, 1867, died Alay 12, 1874, aged 6 years and IP months, i Mary Walters, born December 1, 186-, died May 14,' 187-i, aged 10 years, 5 months and 18 days. Alpha Walters, born February 20, 1858, died May 16, , 1874, aged 16 years, 2 months ami 26 days. *The abovw .were the children of Newton J. and Kate Walter.-. 1 he hand of affliction and death hath fallen on this sorrowing family'. During the.| space of eighteen months hair children I have left the family circie, and in the i j very brief lime of four days three loved ^' . ones were deposited in the lonely grave. | We have never witnessed greater trouble j1 Jof mind by a family to retain its mem- ;1 I here. Certainly no human sympathy— '1 j nothing short of the soul-cheering words 1 of our dear Lord—eouid bring peace in j! such troubled times. “Blessed are they ;1 that mourn, for they shall lie com-1* forted;” “Blessed are the pure in heart, : 1 for they-shall see God.” Clarence is j ’ gone, another rosebud, chilled, withered, ! J and cut off before allowed to bloom. A j' lovely babe has lallen asleep in Jesus. ? A sanctified spot in the city of the dead, j f A little white robe, a wieath of flowers, j a beautiful little casket, an empty era- j * I die, aching hearts, weeping -yes, lie iia» I ] i gone home. You will see him in the1'1 Father’s house. “Suffer little children a ” ; and forbid them not, to oonie unto me, 1 I tor of such U the kingdom of Heaven.” * j Willie! Oh, how cau we speak of b'’; Willie. The hope of the family, greatly 1 hat *°ved by father and mother, almost 11 tice idolized by his sisters, petted by till who,41 jD(j i knew him, and through lym was the | * . |8 ■ hope of the parents that the family i *' }ia( ! name should be banded down to lu ure i P aed 1 generations. But oh! how destitute of j “ |er_ ■ tenderness is the icy hand, and death, j n j oh, how terrible in its ravages. What ;. rloluclira liono A sknrf nnnro lt;*' Idelusive hope. A few short hytira ot'j pain and fever, and his spirit wings its , way to the paradise of God—the better i land—a home, in heaven. . r“How we miss you, precious darling, Miss your rail for papa dear.Miss your merry ringing itfughtei\ Miss your presence every v here.**N$xt to go was little Alary—called to j ]( leave our earthly home. Poor child; 1 a j* her life has been overcrowed with pain f( ^ | and suffering, and oh, Jiow patiently and j hgently, she bore her afflictions. But she . b is free from pain and fever, from sin and j h dying now, and with the blessed Lord ; g| enjoys sweet rest in heaven. Greatly a( endeared to father and mother on nc- ■ tl count of her suffering and the long M kij sleepless hours that they passed watching the i ^ tlie‘r darling Mary, as the sands of B(j i life passed through the hour glass of It was hoped that with this sor-ichley * row death would be satisfied, and With-1 draw the relentlees hand, and let thisalready grief stricken family, bowed low with affliction’s heavy pangs, pass a lit- j T tie danger. But no, Upon another! dj the cold hand is fastened, and Alpha, j m with the very blush of the full grown I H) rose, made sweet by the balmy breeze of j ,-lovely May morniiig, fanning the tin*'that Herkprl hpp fnvoiv hrttiv ia cfnU1that decked her lovely brow, is etrir’^jjwithering, fading, dying. Ob de^tbl thy victory is complete.,‘Her bo^y, which t»me from y.eMutkg' Must mingle again with the ,£. *«j .J Oh! Alpha! Alpha! 'I'm hard to io gIVe/t°U UP bearl crushing to say r f ^e» tI8 iofieJy here v/thout youra^tri,“.fJnd_;c^eriDg There’s: toan apaftinent in | w°(J- oi mortality in G^nri Ohltho hi8* *a» but we will Watch I tol***”---th; bright wd morn-1 •' *e will follow in its pathway, 11 r, now at its motion, and soon our { grief will be turned to joy at being ush-j be ered in through the gates into the holy j tio city of our God. A beautiful life was tei hers. Her memory lingers as a fragrant odor. A lovely flower has faded on earth to rebloom in heaven.“Sister, thou wast mild and lovely, Gentle as the summer breeze, Pleasant as the air of evening,When it floats among the trees.” Farewell!Where no farewell tear iaWe will gather up the little keepsakes, mementoes of the departed ones, and sacredly treasure in our hearts, memories of those that heaven has claimed as her own.Dear children, our broken hearts can only cry, Farewell!”Eminence, Ind., July 27, 1874.ddou viDinnttpepohathlt;falto-do
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Martinsville Morgan County Republican
Martinsville, Indiana, US
Thu, Aug 06, 1874
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