The Waynesboro news. (Waynesboro, Ga.) 186?-18??, January 11, 1859, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text»o kind, be generous, noble and forgiving to 11, and when the dark clouds of death shall ome and envelope you in the cold grave, any your soul like the eagle, when a storm at hand, roar aloft, above the fury of the impest and the darkness of the clouds, which leep in oblivion your frail tenements of,chi}' nd in the boundless regions of space, where ic son of righteousness never ceases to shine, nd a home where Clod is, until the vile louds of sin and pollution shall have been wept away and the Lord returned to reign pon the earth. We have spent many days f happiness together—in times of distress avc comforted and in times of joy rejoiced ith each other; but as all things else must id these too must cease to be. We cannot Iways bo together, were it so there could be o need of that sad word farewell. I thank on all for your sympathy in times of trouble, ir your aid in times of difficulty, your cn- ourngement in times of hesitation and doubt nd for every kindness, which has been shown owards me. Often in future years will my ind recur to pleasant days spent at old 5rove Mount and to agreeable and kind •lends, from whom I there parted ; fond rec* llections will rpring up in memory and dc- ;ht me with their remembered joys.— thinking of the pleasant times that I have pent here, I could now almost exclaim 0 hat I could ever he a school boy!” but, there re responsibilities which I have to meet, indcr which the school hoy could not stand ip. Then I would say to you all once more, Dnwnrd and upward nor never despair, Served by misfortune, unfettered by care : nd we have this sweet solace, In virtues way, Through wind and weather, £ Me II of

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The Waynesboro news. (Waynesboro, Ga.) 186?-18??, January 11, 1859, Image 1