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.
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