Polk County GaArchives Obituaries.....Rachel Oppert August 29 1902
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Cedartown Standard, Cedartown, GA., September 12, 1901
Rachel Oppert, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Oppert, died at the 
home of her parents, Aug. 29th, 1902. She was a lovely child, the pet in the 
home, the pride of a father’s life and joy of a mother’s heart. We cannot bring 
her back again, but we can go to her. She is "not dead, but sleepeth." "Ere sin 
could blight or sorrow fade, Death came with friendly care, The opening bud to 
Heaven conveyed, And bade it blossom there." If sympathy, love, medical skill 
and fervent prayer could have averted the blow, then it had been otherwise; but 
God knows best, and we bow in stricken grief to His righteous will. In His Word 
we find our comfort: "What I do thou knowest not now, but then shalt know 
hereafter." "For one light affliction, which is but for a moment, worked for us 
a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory." "For if we believe that 
Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God 
bring with him, wherefore comfort one another with these words." Dear sorrowing 
parents, remember that the same Father who sent this trouble has said, "Lay up 
treasures in Heaven, where thieves do not break through and steal," and this—
the Father "doeth all things well." You had given your child to God, and now 
let her little hand be the means of drawing you each (and I hope many others) 
near to the Creator. "Not now, but in the coming years—It may be in the better 
land--We’ll read the meaning of our tears, And then, some time, we’ll 
understand. "We’ll know why clouds instead of sun. Were over many a cherished 
plane; Why song has ceased when scarce begun; Then, some time, we’ll 
understand." (A Friend)(Cedartown Standard, September 12, 1901) 


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