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Ga The loth Of Mar iast. near liaenlsNl, Mis-
souri. Mr. HAnaiEr Pass. wife OF BIZ. Wa
| %. Farr forusrly % this oOeuly. and daughter
of The late Afr. yescrh vanyee,sF. ags5 - years-
1 % the as,A uis.. IN The sT.h year of has sCe.
Nc y.nEs Wa REILy. Of this eoaaty.
4 Ia Springfield, Ohio. on Sunday. May tfth.
a the rcs,4saer of her soo-ia.iav, William w.
Green. Mira ELizAsxru SrsinEa. In the eisl
year q her age--aad. on the Sabbath folio wing
Wttlfa,. srtvnsrsa, yoaasesi sou OF WIN. w.
and Auu'A- Green, aged IL months and ~ days.
Early In life. Mr.. Strider embraced the rsli-
eien Of the eross-snd during pilsrimags pro-
uae'ed 10 mere than foorscore years, she proved
IT'S poser - sohen and To aid the various trials
vhieh hover around this pfOba,ieaary sphere
With her. its benign inGuenes added lusire 90
the sweet path Of youth--briehtened the gloom
which gathered around early wido whcod-shed
u. msllaving tin,s DER the yale Of age--linger>
ed IN pristine loreliness around the couch where
Oea;his dark piaion was waving-whispered
hopes FUN Of blessed Immortality TO her dspar.-
ing spirit--enablcd her eaiaily to pass the SUM
herring waves OF Jordan--apd. We doubt not. was
her accepted passPor, tn realms Of onfading sio-
| ~, where. IN renovated youth, with "rohes
washed white In the blood OF the Lamb" shs II
nov joining that immortal song. the burden Of
whose haloved strains. Is, blessing and honor.
aud glory and power, unio him that sitieIh upon
the throne. aud unto the Lamb forever"
| E. r. w.
MRS. MARY LEvERING.
The death OF this truly esiImabIe lady has
maRiled large circle Of scquaintances IN deep
est melancholy The prospect Of her return
from Missouri, TO which she had emisraied some
two or three years since. TO the Aheciionais en-
/ brace OF kindred and frienhs, was greeted with
/ most anxious emotions. There u n strong pre-
disposition 10 human hears 10 seek the slumber
Of death shere The friends and protectors Of our
youth rePose- The scenes, the associations. the
4 q @an.s1 - Il L.
about our feelings IN lgatuTeS that bafle ami
hiiaiion--' that cannot. will not be undone ~
IL vas not, therefore, at all surprising that the
saeleei Of this brief notice, finding that disease
had fastened It's envenomed tooth upon her.
should ihrov an anueipative wish upon the home
| OF Ter youth and the tomb OF her kindred. Eei-
ther waA O. astonishing that, debilItated as abe
was, she should yet undertake the hazardoas
but maenanimous enietpfize Of return The
journey Of thousand miles was commenced -
The sad6ening intelligence that was, from time
to time communicated, as that journey advanc-
ed, swept from Us almost every vestIxe OF hope
as 10 her safe arrival. SOlieiiude now became
I agonrzingiy anIioos-stiti, However, the erpec-
tation fingered that we should again behold her
among the living. But q fsv days proved II a
deiusion. Almost in view Of the object OF her
pilgrimage, she expired at Wilhamsport. Md,
June the 9Th. l5t0-havine but few friends 10
weep her last farewell. or TO receive the bene-
dielion Of her dying lips
BeholdinE. IN their ephemeral character, the
vanhiss Of the present life. she anchored her
hope amidst the deVUlons aud beatitudes Of The
spirit land; and though the fervenI aspirations
OF her heart we're, 10 Surrender existence IN the
arms OF her venerable mother, yet, at the bid
ding Of her God, she cast from her this last cup
OF pleasurs-iooked up, sustained by The OmnI-
potent energies Of religion, and slmly said,
Toms Lord Jesus, and come quickly" The
chaTiols Of God were IN waiting already-A slight
af haF alt frarr 80 80,
was oyer. He, enfranehised sp:rii mounted the
car ofimmortaliiy, and triumphant passed 10 The
| everlasting hills
oa the morning Of the slh instant, vast con-
course Of deeply sympathisiEg friends followed
her remains 20 the burying gfuu1d of our village
There affection viii nflea saed its tears-there
decentralization will often heave its sigh-lhers
disappointment will Often vail its lament-but
! the friend that we knew amidst health, and hope
and vivaSiiy, will be indifferent tn them all. -
She feSts where the lights and shades Of n repul-
sive pilgrimage are never known;-Where di.-
ease and death shall never invade and where
God himself shall wipe avay all tears from
her eyes
All what dismal spectacle would this world
rresent, did not Christianity throw its covenant
bow, beauieousiy adorned as il is. with the
heaTt-StiTTing promises az glorious GOSPEL over
( lis raging, sunless lemPesiS Let reflection wan
der back few years. and I ask for but few.
Who Is that, see yonder giving animation 20
circle II ffiendsl Her oountenanes Is lighted
up with inIellikenee-her eve beams with life
and charlottesville - The very sonl Of The
| sphere in which she moves. That is Mary Sic
phenson Come. let u 20 10 y1ndsT looely ce-
| meiery-Who Is this upon whom 90 many, in
weeds Of mourning. are bestowinR their last at
ienuonsl Her eounienance IL eEpresSionleSs-
her eye ~ deSPoiled Of its sprighilneas. This is
| the lady OF my retrospective vision. All, how
| changed And this j. all that eArih can bnaSti
- h0a ne
| heart sickeninK desolstoni Bot the religion Of
the cross hangs the golden clouds of another life
around the setting Of ths--ii directs the ran.
scmed ones 10 the crowns and mansions Of the
| eternal HeavenS. NJ
: HsrperSFerFy.