Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1886 — In Memory of W. S. and S. E. Brown. [ARTICLE]

In Memory of W. S. and S. E. Brown.

Winfield Scott Brown, son of Shadrack and Mary Brown, was born Nov. 4. 1855, in Ashe, county, N, C„ died July 31, 188t>, at Medaryville, Ind. . W hen ko was a small boy, his parents lumal to Franklin county, Ind. and ti-Qin thence to Walker tp., Jasper county, where they still reside. For several. Wars he folio wed the occupation of teaching, but after hisconveision, he felt, that God had a liigiicr and nobler work lor him to do —that of teaching men the plan of salvation. Ho attended the Northwest Indiana conference of 1880 and wsj» appointed to the Judson circuit. He went to his work full of energy and zeal, but these proved tqo much for his physical strength and in a few months he found himself unable to discharge his duties and was ob'iged to leave the circuit and was nev«*r able to take another. When his health would permit tie would assist other ministers, but during the past three years his vocal organs have been so badly that affected he had to give up preaching entirely. liis afflictions were great, but his courage and patience through it all were admirable; but all in vain, that stealthy disease consumption had implanted its fatal fangs too deeply in his breaSt. Two Weeks previous to his death he had a hemor hage and was not expected to live, bUt he got better, and on the mornihg of the day he died he drove out to see‘his wife He told her he was better and had gained strength so fast since his last sickness. W ben he got bhek to town he was much fatigued and laid down to take his usual rest but could not steep. He ate his dinner and in the afternoon went down to the barber shop and got shaved, then sat down and talked awhile with his friend Charlie Jones After starting back towards home he stopped at the drug store and was talking with some of the boys when he was'taken with attack of he morrhage which so quickly terminated his life. His work was done, and we believe well done. He left the assurance that his peace was made with God and that when He saw lit through His Divine Providence to call him away he would be at rest. He was a man of many friends and few ehamies. The funeral services held at Independence Sunday, Aug. 1, was largely attended. They were conducted lay Kev. J. Sebring. SARAH ELIZABETH BROWN. Sarah Elizabeth Brown, daughter of “Cyrus and Mary P-i-evo, and wife of W, 5. Brown waa born Sept. 10, 1859, in (Jlillairr tp., Jasper county, Indiana. Died Sept. Bth, 1886, at her father’s residence in Gillam township. : She was converted and joined the M. E church and was a faithful member of the same until her death. She was married to Wm Scott Brown, April 16, 1879. They had two children, Melvin Jerrold and Emma Maud. The former lived about a year. The latter is not yet four years old and our hearts ached for her when we saw 1 her sitmding by the couch ol her dead mol,hGr.4Uul..realjz?d thatsSe~vvaS''7iTr orphan. True, she has a home at her grandfather Prevo’s, and the sympathy of many kind relatives and /fiends but nothing can till the vacancy left by the loss of a father and a mother. Betty, as she was best known to her friends, was an industrious woman, but about a year ago she too was taken ill and in a short time it was plainly seten consumption had also taken a strong hold on her. ~--l-he—Jeatk -dL-her .husband was a hard shock for her and she gradually grew worse. Her last few days were days of intense suffering,'but she was very happy and resigned to the Lord’s will and.felt His presence with her. The writer watched by her bedside the day she died and never saw a more happy, peaceful death. Her sufferings were so great that she longed for death to relieve her. She was : conscious to the last and just before the end she looked up at us and said, “all is so bright.’’ Rev. Sebring came to see her the day she died and him she requested to take : charge of her funeral services and se-' lected the songs she wanted sung: They were “The Sweet By and By”, “A Home Above” and “Shall we gather at the River.” The funeral was held Thursday evening, Sept. 9th, and she was laid by her husband and little ! Mellih, I How beautiful the deaths of those who live not for this world alone, but 1 for the Jife that is beyond the grave. I For sucn death has no sting, the grave no victory. ' A Friend, i P. A. D. Go to Kannal’s for Pure Drugs and medicines cheaper than the cheapest j Trial proves that honesty is the best policy in medicine as well as in other things. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla is a genuine preparation, on unequalled blood purilier, decidedly superior to all others.