A. P. Neal, Jr. |
The Courant American |
Cartersville, Georgia |
July 26, 1888, Page 7 |
Transcribed by 2006 |
In Memoriam. The morning sun, as it rises and showers its glad rays upon the Eastern slope of our “city of the dead,” falls upon a small new made grave. Beneath the little mound lies all that remains of A. P. Neal, Jr., only son of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. and Lilly Y. Neal. He was born September 29th, and died July 11th, 1888. Who would willingly disturb the repose of the little sleeper? He has made a blessed exchange. Instead of a suffering, mortal body, a glorious, immortal nature is now his inheritance, and he partakes of joys which “it hath not entered into the heart of man to conceive.” For him God’s own seal is set upon a “spiritual body.” His gift through the suffering sand death of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. May the bereaved ones accept the hope of a joyous reunion on the resurrection morn. May they say of the place where they laid him: ‘Tis but of earth a simple pile, The summer birds around it sing E’en wintry snows and storms seem kind I know that e’en the Lord on high, Ah! Then swift thought far onward flies When He, of life and death the Lord, --The tribute of a Friend. |
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