Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-02-10

this place.
Obituary paragraphs are often ascribed TO
the Partially OF friends, and especially TO those
pensive and sfn Ietive feelings which cast into
the shade every impertecuon, ADD magnify
every virtue, until the deceased IS seen cloath-
ed in a character winch is almos. super human.
aud which has but little accordance with
The accuracy of truth, and with the knowledge
OF surviving acquaintance. To pay a prope-
respect TO the character OF our deceased friend,
to give uttersnce TO bereaved affection. does
not, in this case, require the sacrifice OF truth
There is something peculiarly distressing to
her friends in the circumstance attending the
death OF this lady. hut few of them had the
mourntul pleasure of soothing, by their kind
attention, the anguish OF her iast hours, or c
ven witnessing her last moment In a delicate
state of health, about three weeks previous TO
| her death, she set out on = Journey to vis,. her
daughter, Mrs. fioge, in Richmond. She
! reached the hospitabse house Of William Moss,
Esq. IN Fairfax county. Her indisposiuon in
creased, and il became ipppractcsble to pur-
Sue her journey. The best medical aid within
reach was called to her relief; but in VAN -
| The disease increased, till it terminated in
death, on the day above mentioned. One SIS
ter and two OF her children only, reached her
= few hours before her death. A firm belief
il the wisdom and goodness Of that Providence
which Directs all these events, will furnish the
best relief for tina, distress arIsiyg from these
| circumstances. On Sunday last, size was bu-
lied in this place.
Her character rs a wife may be learned from
| that unfeigned sorrow which has seated Itself
in the bosom OF her surviving and bereaved
| companion. Her ciildren are the bes' Judges
| of her excellence as a mother. To her watch
| fui solicitude, to her unwearled kindness aud
| attention they are indebted, through the bies.
! sing OF Heaven, for the protection of their 10
fancy and childhood. Nor did the warmest
| desires for their welfare cease TO exercise her
heart till it VAS chilled in death. learn this
excellence ana this tenderness from the grief
which they now feel for the loss they have sus-
tanned. The heart of her brothers aud sisters,
touched with surfow, Will tell you now endeat-
ed and how beloved, as a sister, she was To
them. The soiemnity and t~housh,fulness with
which her neighbors and acquaintance follow
ed her to the ,'thouse appointed for all living"
will tell you the estimation in which she was
held by them.
Tier chef excellence, however. was derived
from he cordial reception of that religion.
taught us in the Bible. Several years ago,
there is reason to believe. the gospel became
TO her 'the power Of God unit, salvation" ~
After much inquiry, and much OF that serious
! exercise Of mind NAich accompanies a gadlcai
| change 81 character, she was received to the
] COMMUNION Of tie Presbyt sr lu, Church. Since
, that tine, her most NITRATE frieals have wit
messed a growing conformity 10 hen disposition
and her conkact to the precepts of that reli-
gion which she protested. When health per.
| mitted size WAS Z regular attendant in the
house Of sod. SIZE was . warm friend and ad-
voca,e OF The sunday School; she was'one OF
the aost sctye Sld literal members OF the
Femate Cent See.,ty IN this town; che visited
and ccmforted tie sex and afflicted; and by
her generous kindness the wants OF the poor
were often supplied There IS reason TO be-
Iieve, on |scripsufal grounds, that she was a
sincere Christian. Daripg her list illness, her
hones of acceptance with Cod we're impaired
10 her mind, in the prospect Of immediate
death. that calm resignation aud that peace
which will bless The last hours of all true be-
lieyefs in the Divine Saviour. There Is the
| same reason 90 believe tllatr~he journey tlro'
life being finished, her trials on earth having
ended, she has entered into ''ihat rest which
remains for the people Of God" While
! her friends and the church are mourning
the loss they have sustained. angels above
are rejoicing that Heaven has received another
inh,bstan,, another worsilipper with themselves
before the throne Of God aad Of the Lamb.
- On the same day, MIR. Josirrr Mn
GHrSsIE, OF this county
Departed this life, at the house OF Mr.. Viii
liam Wilson, near Gerfardstown. on Friday 9Ssh
uit Mrs. Eazabeth saersa,d, wife OF maj. Robert
Sherra,d d. OF Han pshlfe county. and daughter
Of MIR. VIM. Wilson, under whose paternai root
she closed her ewes 10 death. A more interes
ting case has seldom occurred. Mrs. z sher.
rard. the subject Of this obituary notice. was III
the prime of life, and in the midst OF usefulness
and comfort. whose presence never failed to
cheer an interesting family circle, her poor
and dependent neighbors, her numerous ac-
! qusintances and friends, and wherever she
was known or her society enjoyed Win y
mind naturally sprightIy, cheerful and accessi-
| ble,-an intellect cultivated by the superior
advantages which she enjoyed in early ife,-
/ in easy. ~afiuent and prosperous circumstances
| Of a worldly nature,-connected IN marriage
| with an affectiona,e, tender, and enterprizirg
husband,-the mother OF six hopesu. and pro
| missing little children, who were just begun
| ming to profit by the most judicious and pious
instruction from her maternal lips; under all
| those circumstances death paid his visit. She
lad for many wears made a profession OF the re-
| ligiop of Christ-was a member in foil COM
miinion in the church-adolned her profession
| by a consistent and active wslk and Converse
ton. and enjoyed, both in life and death. the
| cons olation which true piety, and vital goodness
never fail to impart. Her health, tai within
about five or SIX months other death. was as
good as common, but then she fell into a RAJ
Did decline, which neither the skill OF physi.
| clans, nor the most i~ncesssnt and approved
Prescriptions of medicine. appeared to arrest
in the slightest degree.
But this vas not an ordinary case ~ osher
respects, Only twelve la, S before her death.
- .t.t. - ..L - faahlq state HRrsrtt. 4
she was Gale d to witness the death OF a hope
FIJI and behaved son. Wins W. Sherrard. about