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APRIL 15, 1862
The following is from a copy of a very
faded original newspaper clipping saved by
Nannie Leila Sevier, aged six at the
time of her mother's death. Because of the
condition of the original I have had
to delete entire paragraphs. The attached poem
was another newspaper clipping that
Nannie had pasted beside the obituary in her
scrapbook. I thought it was appropriate
to include it. Pat Sabin
"The removal of Mrs. Sevier has created
a great vacancy in a large circle of
friends. The oft repeated inquiries
as to her health during the long months of
her sickness, the large attendance
and the manifestation of grief at her funeral,
indicate something of the estimate in which
she was held by her acquaintances and
friends.
"In the days of her girlhood she --- many
friends among her schoolmates; and in more
mature life, in the relations of the domestic
and social circle, as a Sabbath School
teacher, and as a Christian she bound many
hearts to her by strong ties; and many tears
were shed, and deep grief at her loss.
"Two days after her funeral we laid the
remains of Samuel Dayton by her side, consoled
with the thought that the mother and the
son had slept in death, only to awaken the full
consciousness of those joys that God hath
reserved for them that love."
HE WILL BRING YOU TOGETHER AGAIN
You have walked in the shadow and walked
in the light
You have traveled the vale and the hill;
In the days that were stormy and days that
were bright
Together you met good and ill.
But now you are walking, so strangely alone;
You hark for a step, but in vain;
Amd yet the good Father, who loveth his
own,
Will bring you together again.
You are not forgotten, however you miss
The voice that once gladly you heard;
The lips that no longer will stoop for
a kiss
Or whisper a comforting word.
You are not forgotten, and still you can
smile
That blessings were given, and then,
That He who now lets you be lonely a while,
Will bring you together again.
Your loved one is absent, but cannot be
far,
While safe on the bosom of love,
That holdeth you also, and hope as a star
is shining so brightly above.
Oh, faith can be patient, whatever the
time
To wait in the shadow and pain,
While nearer is coming the glory sublime,
To bring you together again!
By Mrs. Frank A. Brick(?) |