The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-08-27
DEATHS.
"-The beauty hut whose dawn
Ne saw on earth, II has not gone
To perish like earth's flowers;
A swecter INCENSE now it yieldsj
'Tis op'ning now, in iairer fields,
Above this world Of ours

Above this world OF ours"
When we see fair heing removed from us by
death, in the bright morning Of her days, thus slad-
owing the iDndesl expectations of friends though
comparatively stranger 10 us, we pause and think
of the vanity of human hopes, of The sight tenure
of our own earthly existence; and our hearts are
saddened for while; hut soon--loo soon, we turn
ag in 10 the world and lis ralsi,ory pleasures, aud
forget that our DAYS are as grass" But when
such an one Is singled ont from among the num- Der
Of our loved, and justly loved, liiends-- when we
behold the almost idoized object of affection re-
moved from the sight of her parents-when we
re upon the cold, ilannie clay oflhe late grace
ful and beautiful, animated (iame-when we be-
hold the seal of death upon those lips which have
uttered to Us such sweet soundS-whrn we feel the
void of separation from her whom we have long
known and loved-lhrn, indeed, our hearts ave
fall; we are deeply afflicted then, we see-we
feel, with strength aud freshness we have seldom
known, The power of linn, in whose hand. our
breath IS" at such Tine solemn, and pervadins
sense OF our own lmilly, takes POSSESSION of The
n'lnd-we feel our own insulliciency-wc need
conSo'aion--ond we can find it only by resting on
the " Rock Of Ages"
Within the past week, such an one has been
called from u.;-a iugie but lovely flower, has
been cut down here, 10 be trunsplnnled 10 Il more
congrnia clime-MARY ELIZABETH PETrEs,
aged S-daush'er of Iohn petes. Esq, of Wind
Sor-the eldest Of two daughters. who. nv her ull-
common alniabe disposition, and mi dneSS and pu-
ry Of chnrncter rendered herself peculiarly
cherished ohje", of parental loye-the Joy Of her
brothers the beloved companion Of many friends.
With II perfectly artess, unaffected manner, she
was naturally delicate and refining, and in CONVEX
srlion required rather To he called ont than to take
the lead but ever aiGble, so as to create the wish
III strangers for better acquaintance.
She had never made pubic profession of re-
llglon, bn, was regular attendant upon the divine
services, while permitted PASTOR care, She was
strictly conscientious, with nice sense of proprie-
ly;--a dUli'u and atleconnte daughter-a disin-
teresrd and fond ssIer-a kind aud sincere friend.
Charity was one of her peculiar sraces;- i'm an in
Innate acquaintance of number of years | never
remember 10 have heard her even repeat a tale of
SC ndal. Through severe illness and gradual dc.
cline of several months, she was perfectly patient;
never was murmur heard to escape her lips, by
her fond and devoted molhrr, whose place has been
steadily by her side; and when in the hour of dea,h,
her dread of slrang'ng caused her To say, " Do
help me, mother, and that deeply tried parent
NOW feeling her own insulicency to nid-reDied,
"Nly daughter, have done all can; YOU must
pnt your trust in GOD, "--she mceky answered ~
do;' and this trust alone could have iorne her
easily through that dark valley, from whence W.
lrns, she has now been admitted to those hruh,
and goi ouS mansions, the abode Of the pure in
heart" and il now one Of The angelic band, hymn
lng the praises or her Rcdren,rr aud her God Nav
we dwell upon her lovely character, whose deli.
"ac' of constitution and temperament cou'd have
lily endured the storms aud chiils Of He MAY we
inIne her many virtues; and although we can M
long'r see her, Yet may her voice still he heard,
in 'oil nne', warning her Young friends never IN
trust In heLh-tu beauty, or to aIlrrinn 10 spare
them from the hand of the angel If death: for they
are of no avail;--but bidding them 10 have their
clamps trimmed and bnrnns,' - for in such nm
hnnr ~ they think not The Son or man comelh :"
HMori, ~, Jaly %, 1911. b.
In this town, IN the 18th mat Mr JouN T. Nc.
kENzIE, aged % years. This Young nnn WIS
extremely ill., for some four weeks, Of The Tuphw
Erer, 81 called, which Terminated his lie tie
was Of the most respectable, useful, moral men
in community. and his death j. severely r'lt, mol
only by hi' ailll'tivey brrrf flni'v and friends,
In, by The whole circle Of his acquaintance. MAY
his spo'les' integrity, his manly virtues, and his
es'innhlc department, be the suhjni Of con.idern-
lion and imitation by his numerous surviving friends
and admirers.