Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1820-09-19
From the American Missionary Register.


From the American Missionary Register.
g Blessed are the dead vto die in the Lord"
n With deep and uufeigned sorrow, we are
called to announce the melancholy tidings
Of the death Of two Of the Union Mission
airy Family. Miss Hoyt and Miss Lines
have finished their pilgrimage, and gone
10 their eternal rest. The former took
her departure on The 2ist, aud The latter
on the 25th Of July. The remains OF
both are entombed on the banks of the
Arkansas. Both were amiable and lovely
10 their lives; aud both will long be re-
nembered with respect and affection, by
the surviving members of the mission
family-by the board of managers under
whose patronage they embarked 10 their
Christian enterprize-by wide circle OF
relatives aud friends-and by every in
diyidual throughout our country. who
cherish a tender regard for the pious and
devoted servants of our God aud Re-
deemer.
This mournful intelligence reached us
this morning, in the subjoined letter from
the Superintendent and Assistant.
1t will be recollected, that, 10 this eli
mate, the beat Of the weather, during the
last two weeks of June, and the whole Of
July, was unusually severe and 1t doubt
less was much more oppressive on the
waters of the Arkansas. When we add
TO this unfavorable circumstance, that the
current of the river, in many places, is so
rapid that it can only be assembled by the
effort of warping up the stream, we ought
not, perhaps, TO feel surprised that the
family should have been visited with
sickness and with death.
In this affective event, Il is our duty to
recognize and revere the hand Of Sove-
reign aud Righteous God.
While we weep over the loss we have
sustained, We mourn not as those who
mourn without hope. We derive the
richest consolation from the assurance,
that our departed friends, released by
their compassionate Saviour from his SER
vice on earth, have been translated TO a
purer and more delightful service 10 his
Kingdom on High.
The following passage from letter,
written by Miss Hoyt, to her friends IN
Connecticut, only few days before she
was seized with the fatal fever, will be
read, at the present moment, with PEI
culiar interest -" AS yet, we have been
blessed with health. How long it will
please God to continue it, know not,
nor do | desire to know. His will be
done, and all will be well; sickness or
death. life or health. Sweet will be the
hour when we are released from these de-
ing tabernacles, and received into the
arms Of everlasting love, to extol, through
eternity, the infinite richness Of divine
grace"
LETTER FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT
AND ASSISTANT.
Little Rock, (Ark.) Jaty 20, 1920.
Dear Sir--From this place, to us, who
survive, a scene of affection, and sea-
son of gratitude, we address you. We
sent on communication from the Post OF
Arkansas. Since that time. kind and
righteous Precedence has been pleased to
visit us. Sister Hoyt we buried on the
bank Of this river on the Dist inst. She
died the evening before, after sickness
Of about seventeen days. Sister Lines We
buried on the 25th, in this place. Dear
Sir, we could here drop our pen, aud pour
cut our tears. Our hearts are full when
we tell you the loss we have sustained.
These beloved sisters are not with us bu,
our loss is their gain; they have gone to
be with Christ.
Sister Johnson was taken sick about
the same time with sister Hoyt. She is
gaining strength. Several Of the brethren
and sisters nave been visited With the lee
yer. Our situation became so unpromis.
ing and alarming, aud our boats SO no.
healthy, 10 consequence OF the heat, and
their crowded state, that we thought II
our duty to stop at this place, unload our
boats, aud give our sick opportunity to
recover. We reached here on the last
Sabbath, July 23d. Our sick who sur
vive are all apparently recovering. We
shall write frequently. We have not
time now to give you details, as the per-
son who 10 to carry this TO Nashville
post-office, is waiting.