Butts County GaArchives Obituaries.....John Franklin Smith September 1886
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Middle Ga Argus

John Franklin Smith

On September 1st. 1886 Gods angels passed over the home of John Franklin Smith 
and took his spirit back to Him who gave it.

Can we see any love and mercy in the bereavement? Oh yes.  To the one who 
has “been born again” there is mercy in this angel visit.  The love of family 
and friends constraineth us to remain with them, but when the veil is removed 
and we behold Him in whose keeping the bereaved ones are left, then that love 
and mercy can be realized.

How can we know that this messenger was to our departed friend a messenger of 
love and tender mercy?  Because of his humble walk, godly conversation and 
christian virtues reflected the jewel in the soul.  That jewel which always 
draws us nearer together in this world of sin and sorrow, and strengthens our 
desire to follow at into the realms of eternal bliss.

What friend or relative can remember that pleasant smile without feeling that 
to see it on the other shore will relieve their tears when they too are called 
to pass through the valley and shadow of death?

He was born February 21st, 1853, and united in matrimony to Miss Caroline 
Barnett on January 15, 1874.  He was united to the Baptist church in 1877, and 
lived a consistent life until he departed in full triumph, leaving his request 
to his family and friends, to prepare for the meeting off the land behold the 
grave.

Will we not heed this admonition?  Will there be one of us who will refuse to 
prepare for the angel’s coming, and be ready to adopt the sentiment of the poet 
in the following lines:    (Did not copy the poem as it was long  and no 
genealogical information)

Middle Ga Argus – Week of November 23,1886




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