Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-02-07
OBITUARY.

DIED, IN this place. very suddenly, on last
Thursday morning, Col PLEASANT NJ COG
GINA highly esteemed cii,zen of Bedford, OF
which eounty he had long been Magistrate,
and several tmcsa Delegate IN the Legis"t ure.
Col q. reached this place day or TWO pre-
viously and on the evening before his death
retired to bed at an early hour, apparently in
excellent health Ga the mo mug OF Thursday,
about O'Clock, n servant catering his room,
found him PROSTATE on the loor, aud nearly
cold Physicans were Immediately called IN
but medical skill was in van eIeried to inv,eo
rate the almost exlIuguished spark OF htc-ile
fingered. speeches., until sbunt II O'Clock.
" hen his spirit =" returned 10 God VINO gave IL"
IL Is unknown. We believe. whether Col. G's
death WAS occasioned 10y nm apoplectic attack
or by the rupture ot blood vessel 1 his SUD-
den and expected dispensation OF Providence
created deep sensation amongst ns--ior Col
e. had many 1cquainisaees snd friends IN our
community. most of whom had zen him On
W, dnesdny. active aud Iohns', nnd - no TITLE
dreamed that on III" aeIt dry they would he
cnlrd on 10 c"r,ign his hieles. body 20 the
j." dep damp vault the coffin aud the worm
Thus IL it shown tha tue tenHreby which Man
holds hrs mortal li' is W. akrr aud ieebler thnn
lha " spidpr's most attenuHled thread :" Hnd
thus are we ndmouished of The duly OF prspar-
ing Tor the awful desiin-s Of eternity We sin-
cereiy sym,,athse win The beIeav, d family oi
the deceased.
DEPARTED this life, in the de year 9TH :
age, Ms. CATH ARNE BERGER consot OF
| Mr.. J. Berger, Of the county OF pptsylvaniR,
| Va Could tie unw"arrd atteatioa finer phy
sician. or the Kind md afeetlonate soliciiude
svinced by The r. laiivcs md friends have await
| ed, M,s. Brger would yrtbe TINT ag orablr and
| eyotej companion, sfit ci,oDHi- mother, aud
| humane mistress which bas eyer marked her
course through life. In the death of Mrs. BE, e
ger, society has lus' on of its b,igbt"st orna
ments, aud the church une of its most pious
membtrs. She was me,nbef OF the Baplist
Church for "a yraIs, during Which time she
MD, ad her whole irus and reliance in the merits
and ntonement OF her Lord md Saviour "
IN. Writer Of this notice was present Al the
death of this fsraeIte indeed he must be
pcrnifted 10 say that i wasa scene the best cal
culaied he has ever witnessed to convince the
sinner of the truths Of the Christian Religion.
Eum tina nature of her disease (apopleGy) her
mind was quite impaired on nil sa'j"ctS save
thai o. linn bat on tina, 81 :, ~ IL ''a
was as clear as the system fell no the least
PAIN. At the bed side sha eIhorted SINNERS TO
\ flee from the wrath to come--the Christian she
encouraged 20 clostr walk with God--snner,
we're cut to the heart and made TO cry for m'T-
cy, while the Christian reJoiced that though
! their mo her and friend WIS usi about 10 de-
part 10 another and better world, they shouted
a, the prospect of again meeting her where
parting will be 40 more. But few moments
befoie h,r spnit took 1t, hght, one OF ter
dsug htcrs for whom she had often prayed, pro-
fessed TO know the Lord Jesus III the pardon al
| lie, sns-snd while a halo III glory seemed to
ene,fcle her dying bed her spirt took il. GIN
| from its tenement Of clay ntn quarter before
/ O'Clock on Friday Morning 24,h mt 1890
- Lel me de the death Of the righteous, aud lei
INV la.t end be Ike his"