Butts County GaArchives Obituaries.....John Franklin Smith September 1886 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Don Bankston http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00024.html#0005864 December 1, 2003, 10:47 pm 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 This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb