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South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865 · scan page 256
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246 REV. MR. CARROLL'S SERMON, very root of life, the tree at length fell, with thick foliage and clustering fruitage still upon it. Wasting daily during a lingering illness, yet no murmuring, no repining. To the last " her spirit, like frankincense, gave forth increasing sweeetness the more the corpo- real part was consumed." And when the summons came, calmly she looked upon Death, not as the ter- ror-crowned one, hut as a kind messenger from her Father's house, and clasped his hand, that he might lead her, a weary and long ahsent child, home. Besides these, and these prepared, no adults have died, and only four of our little ones, — lamhs trans- ferred to the arms and fold of the Good Shepherd. And I always thank God, when, descending to the brink of Jordan, little hands press mine, and when it is the loving spirit of a confiding child I there anoint. For " verily to the eye of faith, nothing is fairer than the death of young children. Sight and sense indeed recoil from it. The flower, that like a breathing rose filled the heart and home with an exquisite delight, — alas, we are stricken with sore anguish to find its stem broken and the blossom gone ! But unto Faith, eagle-eyed beyond mental vision, and winged, to mount, like the singing lark, over the fading rainbow unto the blue heaven — even this is touchingly lovely. The child's earthly ministry was well done — for the rose does it work as grandly in blossom as the vine with its fruit. And having helped to sanctify and lift heavenward the very hearts that broke at its farewell, it hag gone from this troublous
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0256. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 256. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n260/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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