This obituary was found in an old scrapebook in Clinton, La. (East
Feliciana Parish)
IN MEMORIAM
Died in this city on the 17th. March 1898, Louise Marguerite, beloved
daughter of Mr. & Mrs. M.W. Calvit, aged 2 years and 3 months.
Little Louise has left us
In the spring-time of the year.
While the earth is clad in beauty,
still we feel so lonely here.
A small and delicate flower
destined so soon to die,
only to be transplanted
In the beautiful home on high.
Then grieve not for your loved one
she is better off today,
and I trust that you will meet her
when the mists have cleared away.
She has joined that happy band,
not lost, but gone before,
where sickness, pain and death
will trouble her no more.
How sad to see her die;
but we knew 'twas for the best
safe in the arms of Jesus
Louise is now at rest.
Oh, why sould we complain?
God gave his only son
to die for us; so let us say;
My God, thy will be done.
A Friend-March 28, 1898
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