OUR 
FATHER

IN MEMORIAM
JOHN W. BURRUSS,
SON OF 
REV. JOHN C. BURRUSS,
AND
ELIZABETH BRAME,
BORN IN
CAROLINE COUNTY VIRGINIA,
OCTOBER 7, 1814.

A MAN OF STRONG MENTAL GRASP.
WHOLLY CULTIVATED WHOLLY REDEEMED.
A SERVANT OF CHRIST.
A SON OF GOD.
A LIGHT IN HIS HOUSEHOLD.
A TREASURE OF SYMPATHY TO HIS FRIENDS.
WITH THE WISDOM OF AGE
ENJOYING THE SENSIBILITY OF YOUTH,
AND GLORIFYING GOD BY DISPLAYING 
IN HIS DAILY LIFE
THE TRIPLE NOBILITY
OF
NATURE, CULTURE & FAITH.
THUS LIVED THE MAN.
THEN CHRIST, WHO IS OUR LIFE, 
SHALL APPEAR,
THEN SHALL HE ALSO APPEAR WITH
HIM IN GLORY

COLOSS, 111.3.4

THUS DIED
THE SAINT.
OCTOBER 5 TH, 1866.
TO US, HIS CHILDREN, HE IS NOT DEAD, BUT EVER LIVES, 
TO
WARN, TO ENCOURACE, TO INSTRUCT.
“THEN SHLL WE ALSO KNOW, IF WE FOLLOW
ON TO KNOW THE LORD.”
FOR
“WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR A NIGHT, 
BUT JOY COMETH IN THE MORNING.”
PSALMS XXX.5.