Lexington Intelligencer, May 12, 1906
Obituary
On Sunday April 8, 1906, the worn and weary spirit of Mrs. Caroline Beattie Young left the earthly tabernacle of the "home not made with hands eternal in the Heavens"
For many long months her body had been rudely torn with suffering of the most pathetic nature---God had said His afflicting hand heavily upon her and her loved ones, leading her through the fiery furnace, but, at last, He said, "it is enough, come up higher" and released the imprisoned spirit from its "temple of clay."
Mrs. Young was the daughter of Mr. William Beattie, who came to Lafayette Co., in 1882. She was born December 29, 1834, and, of the large family to which she belonged only one sister, Mrs. Clarkson of San Jose, Cal., survives her. At the age of twenty-three she gave her heart and hand in holy matrimony to Mr. Alfred H. Young and became the queen of his home. The remainder of her quiet, useful, and self-sacrificing life was spent in Prairie's neighborhood about six miles southeast of Lexington, Mo. Nine children were given them from the Lord to gladden their hearts and home, seven of whom survive her.
In early womanhood she yielded her life in loving obedience to her Heavenly Father, and for more than fifty years she had been a loyal devoted member of the Presbyterian church in which church her bereaved husband is a ruling elder. At Prairie church, on Tuesday afternoon, April 10, at 11 o'clock the funeral services were conducted by Rev. N.H. McCain, of Odessa, Mo., a former pastor, assisted by Rev. H.B. Bonde D.D., of Pleasant Hill, after which her mortal remains were tenderly laid to rest by loving hands in the church cemetery to await the glad resurrection morn.
It was in her own home and amongst her immediate friends we see most beautifully exemplified the many sterling qualities of her noble womanhood her pure, unostentatious Christian virtues. She virtually gave her life for those of her own household, no sacrifice, no labor, nothing was too great to undertake for her own. Her one ambition for her children seemed to be for them to secure a good Christian education---a broad and substantial culture and no one will ever be able to estimate or understand the self denial and effort she put forth in her attempt to gain his desire of her heart. Her Lord only knows how much she denied herself of their companionship and braved the burdens of the home alone that they might have every advantage that could be recurred for them. Her quiet life moved along uncomplainingly and with no attempt at show and parade. Her memory, especially for dates and events was remarkable and often a cause of great surprise to those who only touched her life, casually in the passing to and from along the highway of life, to find that she could always remember the little events that stood out most prominently in connection with everyone. She loved the word of God and took it as the "man of her counsel." She rejoiced in its promises and obeyed its precepts. She attended the Sabbath school and church services as long as her health would permit in order to know more of the truth and let her influence be ever on the side of right. She held friendship sacred, and, while she did not have as many friends as some others, no one could be truer to her friends. She was a woman of strong faith in all the misfortunes and afflictions of life---she seemed to see God's hand leading and she followed unhesitatingly. Clouds might over hang her pathway yet she could look beyond and see the silvery lining. Many more things could justly be said of this good woman, who will be sadly missed in her church, by her friends, but most of all in her home. Her history can be given in a few words. She was a loving, self-sacrificing mother, a fond and faithful wife, a true and tried friend, a good and noble Christian woman, and after months of great suffering she heard her Lord say "well done" lay down thy cross, take up thy crown, and enter into thy glory. We commend the bereaved husband and sorrowing family to the God of all comfort, praying that He may cause them to rejoice in her great joy and the bright hope of a grand reunion in the new Jerusalem.
"And you shall shortly know that length and breath,
In not the sweetest gift God sends his friends,
And that sometimes, the sable pall of death
Conceals the fairest boon His love and send;
If we could push ajar the gates of life,
And stand within and all God's workings see,
We could interpret all this doubt and strife,
And for each mystery could find a key.
But not today, then be content, poor heart,
God's plans like lilies pure and white unfold,
We must not tear the close shut leave apart;
Time will reveal thy calyces of gold;
And, if through patient toil we reach the land
Where tired feet, with sandals loose, may rest
When we shall clearly know and understand,
I think we shall say that "God knows best."
Obituary
On Sunday April 8, 1906, the worn and weary spirit of Mrs. Caroline Beattie Young left the earthly tabernacle of the "home not made with hands eternal in the Heavens"
For many long months her body had been rudely torn with suffering of the most pathetic nature---God had said His afflicting hand heavily upon her and her loved ones, leading her through the fiery furnace, but, at last, He said, "it is enough, come up higher" and released the imprisoned spirit from its "temple of clay."
Mrs. Young was the daughter of Mr. William Beattie, who came to Lafayette Co., in 1882. She was born December 29, 1834, and, of the large family to which she belonged only one sister, Mrs. Clarkson of San Jose, Cal., survives her. At the age of twenty-three she gave her heart and hand in holy matrimony to Mr. Alfred H. Young and became the queen of his home. The remainder of her quiet, useful, and self-sacrificing life was spent in Prairie's neighborhood about six miles southeast of Lexington, Mo. Nine children were given them from the Lord to gladden their hearts and home, seven of whom survive her.
In early womanhood she yielded her life in loving obedience to her Heavenly Father, and for more than fifty years she had been a loyal devoted member of the Presbyterian church in which church her bereaved husband is a ruling elder. At Prairie church, on Tuesday afternoon, April 10, at 11 o'clock the funeral services were conducted by Rev. N.H. McCain, of Odessa, Mo., a former pastor, assisted by Rev. H.B. Bonde D.D., of Pleasant Hill, after which her mortal remains were tenderly laid to rest by loving hands in the church cemetery to await the glad resurrection morn.
It was in her own home and amongst her immediate friends we see most beautifully exemplified the many sterling qualities of her noble womanhood her pure, unostentatious Christian virtues. She virtually gave her life for those of her own household, no sacrifice, no labor, nothing was too great to undertake for her own. Her one ambition for her children seemed to be for them to secure a good Christian education---a broad and substantial culture and no one will ever be able to estimate or understand the self denial and effort she put forth in her attempt to gain his desire of her heart. Her Lord only knows how much she denied herself of their companionship and braved the burdens of the home alone that they might have every advantage that could be recurred for them. Her quiet life moved along uncomplainingly and with no attempt at show and parade. Her memory, especially for dates and events was remarkable and often a cause of great surprise to those who only touched her life, casually in the passing to and from along the highway of life, to find that she could always remember the little events that stood out most prominently in connection with everyone. She loved the word of God and took it as the "man of her counsel." She rejoiced in its promises and obeyed its precepts. She attended the Sabbath school and church services as long as her health would permit in order to know more of the truth and let her influence be ever on the side of right. She held friendship sacred, and, while she did not have as many friends as some others, no one could be truer to her friends. She was a woman of strong faith in all the misfortunes and afflictions of life---she seemed to see God's hand leading and she followed unhesitatingly. Clouds might over hang her pathway yet she could look beyond and see the silvery lining. Many more things could justly be said of this good woman, who will be sadly missed in her church, by her friends, but most of all in her home. Her history can be given in a few words. She was a loving, self-sacrificing mother, a fond and faithful wife, a true and tried friend, a good and noble Christian woman, and after months of great suffering she heard her Lord say "well done" lay down thy cross, take up thy crown, and enter into thy glory. We commend the bereaved husband and sorrowing family to the God of all comfort, praying that He may cause them to rejoice in her great joy and the bright hope of a grand reunion in the new Jerusalem.
"And you shall shortly know that length and breath,
In not the sweetest gift God sends his friends,
And that sometimes, the sable pall of death
Conceals the fairest boon His love and send;
If we could push ajar the gates of life,
And stand within and all God's workings see,
We could interpret all this doubt and strife,
And for each mystery could find a key.
But not today, then be content, poor heart,
God's plans like lilies pure and white unfold,
We must not tear the close shut leave apart;
Time will reveal thy calyces of gold;
And, if through patient toil we reach the land
Where tired feet, with sandals loose, may rest
When we shall clearly know and understand,
I think we shall say that "God knows best."
Lexington Intelligencer, May 12, 1906
Obituary
On Sunday April 8, 1906, the worn and weary spirit of Mrs. Caroline Beattie Young left the earthly tabernacle of the "home not made with hands eternal in the Heavens"
For many long months her body had been rudely torn with suffering of the most pathetic nature---God had said His afflicting hand heavily upon her and her loved ones, leading her through the fiery furnace, but, at last, He said, "it is enough, come up higher" and released the imprisoned spirit from its "temple of clay."
Mrs. Young was the daughter of Mr. William Beattie, who came to Lafayette Co., in 1882. She was born December 29, 1834, and, of the large family to which she belonged only one sister, Mrs. Clarkson of San Jose, Cal., survives her. At the age of twenty-three she gave her heart and hand in holy matrimony to Mr. Alfred H. Young and became the queen of his home. The remainder of her quiet, useful, and self-sacrificing life was spent in Prairie's neighborhood about six miles southeast of Lexington, Mo. Nine children were given them from the Lord to gladden their hearts and home, seven of whom survive her.
In early womanhood she yielded her life in loving obedience to her Heavenly Father, and for more than fifty years she had been a loyal devoted member of the Presbyterian church in which church her bereaved husband is a ruling elder. At Prairie church, on Tuesday afternoon, April 10, at 11 o'clock the funeral services were conducted by Rev. N.H. McCain, of Odessa, Mo., a former pastor, assisted by Rev. H.B. Bonde D.D., of Pleasant Hill, after which her mortal remains were tenderly laid to rest by loving hands in the church cemetery to await the glad resurrection morn.
It was in her own home and amongst her immediate friends we see most beautifully exemplified the many sterling qualities of her noble womanhood her pure, unostentatious Christian virtues. She virtually gave her life for those of her own household, no sacrifice, no labor, nothing was too great to undertake for her own. Her one ambition for her children seemed to be for them to secure a good Christian education---a broad and substantial culture and no one will ever be able to estimate or understand the self denial and effort she put forth in her attempt to gain his desire of her heart. Her Lord only knows how much she denied herself of their companionship and braved the burdens of the home alone that they might have every advantage that could be recurred for them. Her quiet life moved along uncomplainingly and with no attempt at show and parade. Her memory, especially for dates and events was remarkable and often a cause of great surprise to those who only touched her life, casually in the passing to and from along the highway of life, to find that she could always remember the little events that stood out most prominently in connection with everyone. She loved the word of God and took it as the "man of her counsel." She rejoiced in its promises and obeyed its precepts. She attended the Sabbath school and church services as long as her health would permit in order to know more of the truth and let her influence be ever on the side of right. She held friendship sacred, and, while she did not have as many friends as some others, no one could be truer to her friends. She was a woman of strong faith in all the misfortunes and afflictions of life---she seemed to see God's hand leading and she followed unhesitatingly. Clouds might over hang her pathway yet she could look beyond and see the silvery lining. Many more things could justly be said of this good woman, who will be sadly missed in her church, by her friends, but most of all in her home. Her history can be given in a few words. She was a loving, self-sacrificing mother, a fond and faithful wife, a true and tried friend, a good and noble Christian woman, and after months of great suffering she heard her Lord say "well done" lay down thy cross, take up thy crown, and enter into thy glory. We commend the bereaved husband and sorrowing family to the God of all comfort, praying that He may cause them to rejoice in her great joy and the bright hope of a grand reunion in the new Jerusalem.
"And you shall shortly know that length and breath,
In not the sweetest gift God sends his friends,
And that sometimes, the sable pall of death
Conceals the fairest boon His love and send;
If we could push ajar the gates of life,
And stand within and all God's workings see,
We could interpret all this doubt and strife,
And for each mystery could find a key.
But not today, then be content, poor heart,
God's plans like lilies pure and white unfold,
We must not tear the close shut leave apart;
Time will reveal thy calyces of gold;
And, if through patient toil we reach the land
Where tired feet, with sandals loose, may rest
When we shall clearly know and understand,
I think we shall say that "God knows best."
Obituary
On Sunday April 8, 1906, the worn and weary spirit of Mrs. Caroline Beattie Young left the earthly tabernacle of the "home not made with hands eternal in the Heavens"
For many long months her body had been rudely torn with suffering of the most pathetic nature---God had said His afflicting hand heavily upon her and her loved ones, leading her through the fiery furnace, but, at last, He said, "it is enough, come up higher" and released the imprisoned spirit from its "temple of clay."
Mrs. Young was the daughter of Mr. William Beattie, who came to Lafayette Co., in 1882. She was born December 29, 1834, and, of the large family to which she belonged only one sister, Mrs. Clarkson of San Jose, Cal., survives her. At the age of twenty-three she gave her heart and hand in holy matrimony to Mr. Alfred H. Young and became the queen of his home. The remainder of her quiet, useful, and self-sacrificing life was spent in Prairie's neighborhood about six miles southeast of Lexington, Mo. Nine children were given them from the Lord to gladden their hearts and home, seven of whom survive her.
In early womanhood she yielded her life in loving obedience to her Heavenly Father, and for more than fifty years she had been a loyal devoted member of the Presbyterian church in which church her bereaved husband is a ruling elder. At Prairie church, on Tuesday afternoon, April 10, at 11 o'clock the funeral services were conducted by Rev. N.H. McCain, of Odessa, Mo., a former pastor, assisted by Rev. H.B. Bonde D.D., of Pleasant Hill, after which her mortal remains were tenderly laid to rest by loving hands in the church cemetery to await the glad resurrection morn.
It was in her own home and amongst her immediate friends we see most beautifully exemplified the many sterling qualities of her noble womanhood her pure, unostentatious Christian virtues. She virtually gave her life for those of her own household, no sacrifice, no labor, nothing was too great to undertake for her own. Her one ambition for her children seemed to be for them to secure a good Christian education---a broad and substantial culture and no one will ever be able to estimate or understand the self denial and effort she put forth in her attempt to gain his desire of her heart. Her Lord only knows how much she denied herself of their companionship and braved the burdens of the home alone that they might have every advantage that could be recurred for them. Her quiet life moved along uncomplainingly and with no attempt at show and parade. Her memory, especially for dates and events was remarkable and often a cause of great surprise to those who only touched her life, casually in the passing to and from along the highway of life, to find that she could always remember the little events that stood out most prominently in connection with everyone. She loved the word of God and took it as the "man of her counsel." She rejoiced in its promises and obeyed its precepts. She attended the Sabbath school and church services as long as her health would permit in order to know more of the truth and let her influence be ever on the side of right. She held friendship sacred, and, while she did not have as many friends as some others, no one could be truer to her friends. She was a woman of strong faith in all the misfortunes and afflictions of life---she seemed to see God's hand leading and she followed unhesitatingly. Clouds might over hang her pathway yet she could look beyond and see the silvery lining. Many more things could justly be said of this good woman, who will be sadly missed in her church, by her friends, but most of all in her home. Her history can be given in a few words. She was a loving, self-sacrificing mother, a fond and faithful wife, a true and tried friend, a good and noble Christian woman, and after months of great suffering she heard her Lord say "well done" lay down thy cross, take up thy crown, and enter into thy glory. We commend the bereaved husband and sorrowing family to the God of all comfort, praying that He may cause them to rejoice in her great joy and the bright hope of a grand reunion in the new Jerusalem.
"And you shall shortly know that length and breath,
In not the sweetest gift God sends his friends,
And that sometimes, the sable pall of death
Conceals the fairest boon His love and send;
If we could push ajar the gates of life,
And stand within and all God's workings see,
We could interpret all this doubt and strife,
And for each mystery could find a key.
But not today, then be content, poor heart,
God's plans like lilies pure and white unfold,
We must not tear the close shut leave apart;
Time will reveal thy calyces of gold;
And, if through patient toil we reach the land
Where tired feet, with sandals loose, may rest
When we shall clearly know and understand,
I think we shall say that "God knows best."
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