HERSHEY.-On the 18 th of December, near Paradise, Lancaster county, Pa., of Locomotor ataxia. Abraham Hershey, Sr., aged 67 years, 4 months and 6 days. He was buried at Hess's Meeting-house on the 21 st. Services by Isaac Eby and John K. Brubaker. Deceased was a faithful member in the Mennonite church, and was loved and respected by all who knew him. He leaves a wife and eight children to mourn their loss, but we feel assured, that he is at rest,

Oh! our Father, dearest Father,
Thou hast left us here below,
Thou art in realms of glory,
Where the souls of angels glow
. Thou didst linger long afflicted,
On the awful verge of death,
No complaining sigh was echoed
By our Father's dying breath,
Now thy form once grand in beauty,
Shrouded lies within the tomb,
But thy sprit hath re-blossomed
Like the amaranth in bloom.
Thou wast often heard to utter,
Prayers for those who felt dismay,
While thou languished thou would whisper,
Soon my soul must pass away,
Ne'er can we forget thee Father,
Profiting by thy advice.
For thy words to us were ever
Precious pearls of highest price.
Thou wast glowing with devotion,
Holy, holy everywhere;
When no longer at the altar,
Sickness could not stop thy prayer.
E.R.H.