Elizabeth Green Edmondson died on 16 September 1851. She left
her husband, William V.M. Edmondson, and a 15 year old daughter,
Emma V. Edmondson.
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On the Death of a
Friend
Mrs.
Elizabeth Edmondson
A friend: she was
a friend to all
In sickness and in health
The same in hovel as in hall
To poverty and wealth
A friend to all who
were in need
A friend to high or low
A friend to me she was indeed
A friend to rich and
poor
A husband left to
mourn her life
A daughter bowed in tears
Believing in the savior's crop,
Of death she had no
fears
Oh happy death
triumphant death,
Peace and grace were given
Praising God with her latest breath
Angels, God, and heaven.
Before the only God
she bowed
And worshiped him in truth
Her prayers apended long and loud
He blest her in her
youth.
Blissful joy smiled
on her lip
As death her eye did glase,
She quit this world, she (?) death did sip(?),
But gave to God her
praise.
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Imploring husband,
child, and friends
To meet her in the skies,
Right up to heaven now ascends
Her spirit soul it
flies.
Heavenly spirit
search the ground,
Where must, where can we go
Guardian angel hover round
Thy friends on earth
below.
She looked by faith
beyond the grave,
Her (?) sea and mountain high
To
where salvations waters lave
Where souls can never
die
By A L Manning
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