Anna Mary Kemerer

  General Notes:

SHE NOW SLEEPS. The relatives and friends of the late Anna Mary Kemerer gathered on Thursday afternoon at the home of Jacob Kemerer, of Franklin township, to pay their last respects to his departed daughter, whose death was previously mentioned in these columns. After brief service at the house the mourners repaired to Hill's church. Notwithstanding the bad roads and inclement weather the cortege was nearly a mile long.

Her former pastor, J. F. Snyder, of Hill's church, conducted the service. He took his text from Jer. 15th chapter and part of the 9th verse: "Her sun is gone down While it is yet day." He spoke in part as follows :

The death of a young person just blossoming into womanhood is compared in our text to a primitive sunset. We are not called upon to mourn the loss of an aged pilgrim, bowed down upon his staff, but that of a young lady who had just reached maturity. I refer you, my dear friends, to the Bible for comfort and consolation. We are not like the infidels or unbelievers without hope. If ye have faith in,God, ye have nothing to fear. The word of God takes every Christian by the hand, as it were, and bears them up on the pinion of faith to Heaven. Let US fix our minds and hearts upon the text. Figures and images made use of in the scriptures are employed to lift our minds heavenward. The Christian life is attractive, pleasant and comforting, like the sun. The death of a 'Christian or a child of God is beautiful, calm and peaceful like the setting of the mighty sun in the west. The sun sets to rise again, so it is with the body of the Christian. Jesus said, 'The dead will rise again! 'Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord.' Our sun may set at any time. Are we ready? Our departed sister was born April 18, 1877. She was baptized December 22, 1877. She became a communicant member of the church on the 25th of March, 1894. While yet a child she regularly attended Sabbath school. She was an earnest, quiet, devoted and true Christian. She was a regular attendant upon her religious duties. Having baptized her, confirmed her, and having been closely associated, with her almost her entire life. She seemed almost as dear to me as one of my own family. Her life most attractive, 'beautiful and comforting like the sun in all his glory. She remained a member of my charge until April I, 1899, when she connected herself with the Reformed church of Latrobe. She remained faithful until the last. After an illness of five weeks she was called to her heavenly home. She departed this life January 16, 1900. Her departure was SCD peaceful that her friends at her 'bedside scarcely knew when she was departing this life and entering the life beyond. Just like the setting of the sun, so peaceful, we scarcely know when the day is ending and the night begins. We have reasons to believe that she had been expecting an early death and was prepared for it when it came. She left a legacy to the church. This is the third legacy that has been left by members of this family. The mother and sister, who preceded her left legacies. Being dead, she yet speaks to us through her, works." After services the deceased was interred in Hill's cemetery,

To the Sleeper.

"Oh, our darling, you have left us, You have left us, oh, so lone, And the cold, dark waves of sorrow Have engulfed our happy home.

"Thou wast all that's grand and noble, Thou was ever good and true ; All that makes thy sex endearing, Centered all dear love, in you.

"But amid the poignant anguish Of our hearts, all wrung with grief, Comes a whisper from the shadows- Comes with healing and relief.

"And its sweet and loving cadence, Freighted deep with holy love, Bears to us the sweet assurance, That for us you wait above."