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Eighty*Six Years Old.This the 13Wi day of September,I reach my SGtfa mile atone of b°“ man mortal life. My tottering stepe plainly tell me that I Rtnreaching the edge of the mysticriver—the great divide between mortal and immortal life. How soon the “boatman pale” may dip bis oar in. its crystal waters to transfer my enfranchised spirit to the immortal shores of soul life [ cannot tell, inU I have an abiding f.iiih in the g orlness of oa, AINWieC Fa'her hat I «|ia1I in patetv jotich the evergieen shores of the land us tauls; that I shallbe welcomed home by my loving children and [many dear relatives that have already “gone before,” One dear little babe whoselast smite is photographed on memory’s tables, I ehall sea again.I may truly say that I am rising towards the sky; the sunshine (is oyer my head. Heaven lights me with the reflection of its radiant glories. The nearer I approach the end tbo plainer I hear around me the immortal symphonies oftha Heavenly chimes.My labor on earth must be nearly done, but only to renew it again in more exalted conditions.For ever and ever,E. N. SwiXBUBN.rs0I-■kt-le.1ofattoup■asli-i aiedirea(
Newspaper Details
Mexia Evening Ledger
Mexia, Texas, US
Wed, Sep 13, 1899
Page 2
Full Page
Clipped by
Holly B.
USA 07 Jul 2022
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Mexia Weekly Herald
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