Drace Bible on eBay (details)
No connection to family or seller, would just like to see it united with its family.
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"THIS IS A 1872 DRACE FAMILY BIBLE ALL IN GERMAN IT READS FAMILIEN BIBEL IT IS DATED 1872. IT INCLUDES A PHOTO OF 3 SMALL CHILDREN AND BRAIDED HAIR. IT HAS A WOVEN WHEAT TRIVET. THIS IS LEATHER BOUND AND IN GOOD CONDITION. GLUED IN THE BACK OF THE BIBLE IS AN OBITUARY FOR THEIR 18 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER.IT READS DRACE OF LUNG FEVER, JUNE 4 1874 LLUCINDA C. DRACE, DAUGHTER OF JOHN H. AND MARY E DRACE, AGED 18 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 19 DAYS.SISTER DRACE WAS CONVERTED AND BAPTIZED TWO YEARS AGO LAST WINTER, UNDER THE LABORS OF ELDER MURRAY.FOR SOME TIME SHE WAS FAITHFUL BUT LIKE MANY OTHER YOUNG FOLKS, AND SOME OLD ONES, THE WORLD SEEMED TO HAVE MORE CHARMS THAN CHRIST FOR A WHILE, TILL THE 4TH OF MARCH, WHEN THE LORD LAID HIS AFFLICTED HAND UPON HER.THE LUNG FEVER CONFINED HER TO BE FOR THREE MONTHS.AT FIRST SHE HOPED TO RECOVER, BUT SHE FOUND DEATH WAS CLOSING EVERY AVENUE FOR THIS LIFE.THROUGH THE ENTREATIES AND PRAYERS OF A FAITHFUL MOTHER, BROTHER AND SISTER, WITH OTHER FRIENDS, SHE YIELDED HER HERAT TO GOD.FROM THAT TIME TILL SHE DIED SHE SPOKE TO HER MOTHER AND OTHERES OF THE PROSPECTS OF HEAVEN AND WOULD POINT HEAVENWARD. WHEN ASKED WHAT SHE WAS REACHINGFOR, SHE WOULD SAY FOR MY JESUS.SHORTLYBEFORE SHE DIED SHE SUNG WITH HER SISTER, MARY THE FOLLOWING BEAUTIF LINES MY DAYS ARE GLIDING SWIFTLY BY AND I A PILGRIM STRANGER WOULD NOT DETAIN THEM AS THEY FLY.THOSE HOURS OF TOIL AND DANGER WITH THE CHOURUS FOR OH, WEIT ALSO HAS A COPY OF THE ST. LOUIS MO VANGUARD NEWSPAPER DATED DECEMBER 15, 1895. THIS PAPER WAS PRICED AT $1.00 PER YEAR. THE PAPER IS IN GREAT CONDITION."