Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-01-05
- OBITUARY.

DIED, IN Benson, w. on the 9th OF Dec Mrs
/ Polly Maria Noble, wife of Mr.. S. J. Noble cf
Whitehall, \. Y. aged 81 Yeas Mrs. n.
was a native Of BENSON and was, from her
early childhood of amiable aud gentle DISPOSE
/ ton, much inclined 10 serious reflection. A
tender conscience and we'll instructed by ma
ternal fidelity, -mbit,ercj the eccnos of her
| youthful mcrrment; and often exiorted the de-
sire 10 be a Christian. 1t was not kuoySp all
the year 1880 that she Sc, her heart 10 the worl,
of religion AT this time, and after few
| days of overwhelming conviction Of sin, the
Holy Spirit overcame the pride Of her heart
and the obs,inacv OF her will, and brought her
thing peculiarly striking in he religious ey-
perience, though one most decidedly evange-
| ical So complete was the subsection of her
will to the will Of God, that she never after
wards seemed TO have any interest distinct
and separate from his. Mrs. n. connected
herself with the church Nov. 9TH 1880, and
from'that time till her death maintained uni
| versally most decidedly Christian depori-
ment, exhibiting, in her growing love for the
| Saviour her deep interest in every occurrence
affecting the church, and her steady attach
ment to the people Of God
She matured rapidly for heaven, though Sc
cluded necessarily from the ordinary means Of
grace, and from active efforts for the advance
ment of the Redeemers cause which her lib
eral spirit desired.
For several years pas, she has been severe
! ly afflicted with disease that terminated in
death; and which greatly abridged her priv.
leees. And for the las, two years of her life
she has not known the luxury of painless
hour But amidst her severest struggles with
disease and consequent privations she was
calm and quiet, regarding her affections as
the means ordained by a wise and indulpen,
father to bring her to more intimate acouain-
lance and communion with himself. Hence
she was never heard to complain of her lot or
to murmur against providence Her lam
euaee as well as manner always conveyed the
exercise OF the most chasiened suhmission.-
She was ofen heard to say, 81 have no, one
pain too many" for ':the Lords will is nv
will" As she drew near her end her visions
OF future glory and Of her Inheritance through
grace were remarkably clear Christ, the
beauty Of his character, the divinity of his
projections and of the adaptation Of his medi
atorial work to the necessities Of man. was
her constant theme. She longed for death.
not TO put period To her suffernqs. for those
she regarded as the means of working ont fl,
her far more exceeding and eternal, weight
oi glory, but because; like Paul, she desired to
depart and be with Christ.
In the subject Of this brief memoir, the grace
OF God has been delightfully."- conspicuous As il
shoned forth in her gentle sptitber ronserra.
ted life and triumphant death. Nor were her
everclses on this occasion matter of sudden
impulse, nor the extacy Of first lore. They
were the iu!l. rI,ened fruits of more than ten
years OF faithful constant, prayerful devotion
10 the cause of God. Few Christian lives
have been more exemplary--few death scenes
have afforded more instruction alike to The
SAINT and sinner-few leave so much that is
comforting TO surviving friends; and her iedi
Gus and proracted sickness furnished scone
Tor all the virtues Of slnctified niture, and The
kindred assiduiries Of devoted husband and
widowed mother, whose heart was bound I'M
IN the life Of her only daughter, and mos. af 1,
iectonaie friends Her attendants and visi,-
ers' together with such as were permitted to
witness her death, can never lose the power
'ui Impression made by the inspired decara-
ton, blessed are the dead which die in tho
Lord" Ico,>,,.v,o.