Memorials of Lydia Whitney Sherman who passed away March eighteen, anno Domini, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight; . ife. As she passed avv^ay hercountenance was illuminated by an indescribablybeautiful smile, suggestive, as it seemed to those ather bedside, of some enrapturing view that had fallenupon her vision, as life slowly ebbed away; and thatsmile, which was visible as she afterward lay in thecasket awaiting burial, was like the smile on the faceof the child who falls asleep at night, with the ex-pectation of some joyous experience on the morrow. Beautiful toiler, thy works all done,Bea
Memorials of Lydia Whitney Sherman who passed away March eighteen, anno Domini, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight; . ife. As she passed avv^ay hercountenance was illuminated by an indescribablybeautiful smile, suggestive, as it seemed to those ather bedside, of some enrapturing view that had fallenupon her vision, as life slowly ebbed away; and thatsmile, which was visible as she afterward lay in thecasket awaiting burial, was like the smile on the faceof the child who falls asleep at night, with the ex-pectation of some joyous experience on the morrow. Beautiful toiler, thy works all done,Beautiful soul into glory gone,Beautiful life with its crown won,God giveth the rest. 84 FUNERAL OBSEQyiES Better a death when work is done, than earths most favored birth;Better a child in Gods great house, than the king of all the earth. An angels arm cant snatch me from the grave-Legions of angels cant confine me there. My prison walls cannot controlThe flight, and freedom of the soul A sacred sweetness on thy silent lips,A solemn light upon thy ample brow,That I can never, never hope to findUpon a living .- ;r s »> = r:^ v~ c ?•? ^ = ^. > Si o g 1/ S CT- I. - . S M >_ - 5f ^^^ aj fc - iJ5-11 > - li . L, V. S o •== CO c s ? o :: (y . > o c *j ^ t„ .of j;_ o o^*^ Cii - - ^ n ^= - 5 t? Ji fcC- S^ X cs IX -X J, -^ 1; g — u 2 s ^ >-~ Ji S = £ i5:^
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