METCALF, Michael G. (1870-1898)

METCALF

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 2/4/2016 at 11:56:53

Michael G. Metcalf
(Oct 7, 1870 - Dec 13, 1898)

Obituary
Michael G. Metcalf was born in Hartford, Warren county, Ia, October 7, 1870, and died December 13, 1898, aged 28 years, 2 months and 6 days.
He was united in marriage to Miss Myrtle Sutton May 30, 1893, to this union was born two children, Herbert E. and Bertine I. In the year of 1895. Bro Metcalf confessed faith in Christ and when death claimed him as its own he was trusting in a Savior's love and left us his dieing request that his relatives and friends all meet him in Heaven. Bro Metcalf's death, in the very vigor of manhood, when his manly powers were just fully developed, was a very sad event. It is impossible for us to understand the ways of Providence, but we must feel that a Being, who guides and directs the whole frame of nature, cares for all of his creatures and "doeth all things well." We humbly bow to the decrees of an all wise
and merciful ruler. Why weep then for him who serenely to his final rest has passed, while the soft memory of his virtues, yet lingers like twilight hues when the bright sun is set?
Funeral exercises were conducted by the writer in the Christian church at Sandyville, December 14, after which his body was tenderly laid in the beautiful cemetery by his Masonic brethren there to await the resurrection morn. C S FAIR.
[copied from a list of obituaries by Rev Charles S. Fair]