Morgan County IN Archives Obituaries.....Adams, Mary (Lake) March 22, 1891
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The Franklin Democrat, Friday, April 3, 1891, Volume XXXI Number 41, page 1 column 5
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OBITUARY.
Mrs. Mary Lake Adams, the subject of this sketch was born in Roanoke county, Va.,
Feb. 13, 1835, 
and departed this life March 22, 1891, being fifty-six years, one month and nine
days old. The funeral 
services were conducted by Rev. Cook, of Franklin, who delivered a very appropriate
and impressive 
address. The remains were interred in the Bethlehem cemetery.

Mary Lake came to Morgan county, Ind., with her parents when a very small girl and
spent the 
remainder of her noble and self-sacrificing life in the same county. At the age of
nineteen she united 
with the Missionary Baptist church and had ever since held to that faith and lived a
consistent and 
devoted Christian. She was married to Jacob Adams, April 13th, 1854.The result of
this union was six 
children, four sons and two daughters. The two daughters have long since preceded
her, while the 
husband and four sons survive to mourn the loss of a loving companion and a kind and
affectionate 
mother. But we would say to those “weep not, ‘mother’ is at rest, for the task
assigned to her is done 
and the guerdon won&rdquo. You will find home different to what it once was, for the
work is put by, 
folded neatly away in some drawer, you will find some garments not used now; there
is an empty 
chair in the family circle, and silence reigns throughout the house. But what has
brought about this 
change? Why does home that once was so bright, now seem so dark and lonely? Mother
is gone. O, 
how you miss that light, quick step; that pleasant smile and that welcome voice. But
remember that 
comparing a life time to that of eternity the time will be short till that same
smile and voice will again 
welcome the loved ones home.

We feel so glad to know that we can say more than that Mrs. Adams was a church
member, for it is 
an error to suppose that we are Christians because we belong to church, neither does
religion 
consist solely in reading the Bible, praying, attending church and laboring for the
conversion of souls; 
but, “That which one does heartily as unto the Lord, is the Lord’s work.” A woman is
doing the Lord’s 
work when she does that which pleases God; when she is careful to speak the exact
truth; when she 
is courteous to strangers and lends a helping hand to the needy; when she has a word
of 
encouragement for the desponding; when she sets an example of industry and honesty;
when she 
returns good for evil; when she leads such an upright and benevolent, God-honoring
life that the 
world takes notice of her that has been with Jesus. These are the characteristics of
a true Christian, 
and we are sure the deceased possessed all of them. She lived a harmless and useful
life, and to 
know her was to love her. No child of want ever came to her door and was turned away
empty 
handed; no one in sorrow came to her but was comforted. When the angel of life came
to a 
neighbor’s dwelling, she was there to rejoice at the starting of another immortal
spirit. When the angel 
of death came to a dwelling she was there to robe the departed for burial.

Aunt Mary, as we all loved to call her, was an exception of a woman. She was
industrious in habit, 
had such a kind disposition and was so polite in manners. To live near her was a
blessing, for she 
was a neighbor in the fullest sense of the word. If ever one felt despondent or ill,
and the duties of life 
seemed hard to perform, she was sure to make her appearance, and when that beautiful
form, that 
pleasant smile and gentle voice was seen and heard in the doorway, it seemed that
the sun had 
suddenly burst forth from behind a great dark cloud and was shining full and clear
upon you, and her 
presence in the room may be compared to that of a rose, which when gone leaves so
sweet and 
pleasant a perfume.

Her sickness was of short duration, lasting only about eleven days. She bore her
sickness with great 
fortitude and seemed to realize from the first that she would never recover, and as
each dose of 
medicine was administered she would say: “No use, no use.” Everything that medical
skill, kind 
words and willing hands could do was done, but all to no avail, for it seemed the
all wise being saw 
fit to break that family circle and call the loved one home. A few hours before her
death she talked in 
a very impressive manner to each member of the family who were present giving them
good and 
motherly advice, telling how she wished things should be carried on when she was
gone. She did this 
without excitement and the business-like manner in which it was done is without a
parallel.She 
expressed a strong desire to see those of her family who lived so far away they did
not reach home in 
time to see that noble spirit take its flight to heaven, and ere they reached her
she had passed into 
that sleep which knows no waking.

O, blessed sleep that will not break.
For tears, nor prayers nor love’s sweet sake!
O, perfect rest, that knows no pain.
No throb, no thrill of heart or brain;
O, life sublime beyond all speech,
That only the poor through dying reach.
God understands and His ways are bright;
Bid His beloved a long good night.

Weep for the days that will come no more
For the sunbeam flown from hearth and door,
For a missing step, for a nameless grace
Of a tender voice and a loving face;
But not for the soul whose goal is won.
Whose infinite joy has just begun – 
Not for the spirit robed in light
And crowned where angels are tonight.
J G. H.
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Additional Comments:
Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry
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