Havensville Review
February 18, 1904
THE FUNERAL OF A SCHOLAR
There is but one heart in the community today and that heart is grieving over the death of one of our young men, Alfred Cochrun. His life went out on the afternoon of Feb. 7, after an illness of less than two weeks. Today, Feb. 9, they have carried him from his home amid the tears and heartrending grief and laid him in the bosom of kind Mother Earth-who guards her treasures well-there to rest till the Master shall come again and call for his own. At the time of his death he was engaged in teaching the grammar department of the public school of Olsburg. The immediate cause of death was typhoid fever. He resisted the hand of disease for several days and was only confined to his room five days. Symptoms developed rapidly and Sunday afternoon he took a calm farewell of his friends. His parents and brother were beside his bed. Amid the anguish of severed ties he was calm and talked with much composure. What a testimony of the faith of the Christian. To see a young man, engaged in life's activities calmly lay down his work and step into the beyond without a fear or doubt. We know of surety that the promise"Thou you walk thru the valley of death and shadow of death ye shall fear no evil", is no vain promise. He was the blessing of a Christian home where the voice of prayer and the precepts of the bible fell daily up on his ears. When a young boy he united with the Methodist church and has been a faithful member and worker in Sabbath school and Epworth League. His whole life was proof of the Gospel of Christ which seeks to do good to others. He loved and honored his parents in the most strict sense of the word. One of the greatest efforts of his life was to help them and look to the well being of his brothers and sisters. From the earliest school days he manifested a great love for study. He finished the course in the common school but did not stop. He improved every interval between the hours of labor and with the aid of midnight oil he went from grade to grade and had his life been spared, he bid fair to rank with the best educated teachers of our country. His present school was the third term which he had taught. The sorrow for his loss among his patrons and the tears shed by his pupils gave evidence of the value of his work. He was truly a scholar in the literal sense word, a learner, seeking for that which lifts up, and makes a human being better in the social, intellectual and spiritual life. His parents have reason to rejoice that they had such a son, though his days were cut off so soon. His example and influence will remain long in the memory of those who knew him. "That life long which answers life's end". Just why his should be filled out so soon we cannot tell, but we do know that the attributes of the soul do not go down into the grave but will surely find some larger scope for the exercise in the life beyond. We must not think of him as in the grave. His ernest soul may have missions which we cannot understand. Let us think of himas Margaret Howe said of her son, "Doing some grand work of the Master".
February 18, 1904
THE FUNERAL OF A SCHOLAR
There is but one heart in the community today and that heart is grieving over the death of one of our young men, Alfred Cochrun. His life went out on the afternoon of Feb. 7, after an illness of less than two weeks. Today, Feb. 9, they have carried him from his home amid the tears and heartrending grief and laid him in the bosom of kind Mother Earth-who guards her treasures well-there to rest till the Master shall come again and call for his own. At the time of his death he was engaged in teaching the grammar department of the public school of Olsburg. The immediate cause of death was typhoid fever. He resisted the hand of disease for several days and was only confined to his room five days. Symptoms developed rapidly and Sunday afternoon he took a calm farewell of his friends. His parents and brother were beside his bed. Amid the anguish of severed ties he was calm and talked with much composure. What a testimony of the faith of the Christian. To see a young man, engaged in life's activities calmly lay down his work and step into the beyond without a fear or doubt. We know of surety that the promise"Thou you walk thru the valley of death and shadow of death ye shall fear no evil", is no vain promise. He was the blessing of a Christian home where the voice of prayer and the precepts of the bible fell daily up on his ears. When a young boy he united with the Methodist church and has been a faithful member and worker in Sabbath school and Epworth League. His whole life was proof of the Gospel of Christ which seeks to do good to others. He loved and honored his parents in the most strict sense of the word. One of the greatest efforts of his life was to help them and look to the well being of his brothers and sisters. From the earliest school days he manifested a great love for study. He finished the course in the common school but did not stop. He improved every interval between the hours of labor and with the aid of midnight oil he went from grade to grade and had his life been spared, he bid fair to rank with the best educated teachers of our country. His present school was the third term which he had taught. The sorrow for his loss among his patrons and the tears shed by his pupils gave evidence of the value of his work. He was truly a scholar in the literal sense word, a learner, seeking for that which lifts up, and makes a human being better in the social, intellectual and spiritual life. His parents have reason to rejoice that they had such a son, though his days were cut off so soon. His example and influence will remain long in the memory of those who knew him. "That life long which answers life's end". Just why his should be filled out so soon we cannot tell, but we do know that the attributes of the soul do not go down into the grave but will surely find some larger scope for the exercise in the life beyond. We must not think of him as in the grave. His ernest soul may have missions which we cannot understand. Let us think of himas Margaret Howe said of her son, "Doing some grand work of the Master".
Havensville Review
February 18, 1904
THE FUNERAL OF A SCHOLAR
There is but one heart in the community today and that heart is grieving over the death of one of our young men, Alfred Cochrun. His life went out on the afternoon of Feb. 7, after an illness of less than two weeks. Today, Feb. 9, they have carried him from his home amid the tears and heartrending grief and laid him in the bosom of kind Mother Earth-who guards her treasures well-there to rest till the Master shall come again and call for his own. At the time of his death he was engaged in teaching the grammar department of the public school of Olsburg. The immediate cause of death was typhoid fever. He resisted the hand of disease for several days and was only confined to his room five days. Symptoms developed rapidly and Sunday afternoon he took a calm farewell of his friends. His parents and brother were beside his bed. Amid the anguish of severed ties he was calm and talked with much composure. What a testimony of the faith of the Christian. To see a young man, engaged in life's activities calmly lay down his work and step into the beyond without a fear or doubt. We know of surety that the promise"Thou you walk thru the valley of death and shadow of death ye shall fear no evil", is no vain promise. He was the blessing of a Christian home where the voice of prayer and the precepts of the bible fell daily up on his ears. When a young boy he united with the Methodist church and has been a faithful member and worker in Sabbath school and Epworth League. His whole life was proof of the Gospel of Christ which seeks to do good to others. He loved and honored his parents in the most strict sense of the word. One of the greatest efforts of his life was to help them and look to the well being of his brothers and sisters. From the earliest school days he manifested a great love for study. He finished the course in the common school but did not stop. He improved every interval between the hours of labor and with the aid of midnight oil he went from grade to grade and had his life been spared, he bid fair to rank with the best educated teachers of our country. His present school was the third term which he had taught. The sorrow for his loss among his patrons and the tears shed by his pupils gave evidence of the value of his work. He was truly a scholar in the literal sense word, a learner, seeking for that which lifts up, and makes a human being better in the social, intellectual and spiritual life. His parents have reason to rejoice that they had such a son, though his days were cut off so soon. His example and influence will remain long in the memory of those who knew him. "That life long which answers life's end". Just why his should be filled out so soon we cannot tell, but we do know that the attributes of the soul do not go down into the grave but will surely find some larger scope for the exercise in the life beyond. We must not think of him as in the grave. His ernest soul may have missions which we cannot understand. Let us think of himas Margaret Howe said of her son, "Doing some grand work of the Master".
February 18, 1904
THE FUNERAL OF A SCHOLAR
There is but one heart in the community today and that heart is grieving over the death of one of our young men, Alfred Cochrun. His life went out on the afternoon of Feb. 7, after an illness of less than two weeks. Today, Feb. 9, they have carried him from his home amid the tears and heartrending grief and laid him in the bosom of kind Mother Earth-who guards her treasures well-there to rest till the Master shall come again and call for his own. At the time of his death he was engaged in teaching the grammar department of the public school of Olsburg. The immediate cause of death was typhoid fever. He resisted the hand of disease for several days and was only confined to his room five days. Symptoms developed rapidly and Sunday afternoon he took a calm farewell of his friends. His parents and brother were beside his bed. Amid the anguish of severed ties he was calm and talked with much composure. What a testimony of the faith of the Christian. To see a young man, engaged in life's activities calmly lay down his work and step into the beyond without a fear or doubt. We know of surety that the promise"Thou you walk thru the valley of death and shadow of death ye shall fear no evil", is no vain promise. He was the blessing of a Christian home where the voice of prayer and the precepts of the bible fell daily up on his ears. When a young boy he united with the Methodist church and has been a faithful member and worker in Sabbath school and Epworth League. His whole life was proof of the Gospel of Christ which seeks to do good to others. He loved and honored his parents in the most strict sense of the word. One of the greatest efforts of his life was to help them and look to the well being of his brothers and sisters. From the earliest school days he manifested a great love for study. He finished the course in the common school but did not stop. He improved every interval between the hours of labor and with the aid of midnight oil he went from grade to grade and had his life been spared, he bid fair to rank with the best educated teachers of our country. His present school was the third term which he had taught. The sorrow for his loss among his patrons and the tears shed by his pupils gave evidence of the value of his work. He was truly a scholar in the literal sense word, a learner, seeking for that which lifts up, and makes a human being better in the social, intellectual and spiritual life. His parents have reason to rejoice that they had such a son, though his days were cut off so soon. His example and influence will remain long in the memory of those who knew him. "That life long which answers life's end". Just why his should be filled out so soon we cannot tell, but we do know that the attributes of the soul do not go down into the grave but will surely find some larger scope for the exercise in the life beyond. We must not think of him as in the grave. His ernest soul may have missions which we cannot understand. Let us think of himas Margaret Howe said of her son, "Doing some grand work of the Master".
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