Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-11-13
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Departed This life, in Henry county, Va. on F,nI,, tho
2iih OF October, at the residence OF her husband. Mir I1I,n
thompson, Mrs. MARY ANN 1no3psoy, about ei,h,y wears
Of age. Mrs. Thompson continued ior many wears an :, err.
i,'ar, member o lthe Baptist Church. She became PARTIALLY
defanged several Yeas previously TO her death, yet whenever
the subject was alluded Ia, i'll her presence, she said ,lnt lcr
saviour was her friend, and that size she Was willing TO die
that she might he with Christ.
VI The Nashville Wing and Natchez Courier vii please
copy.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha. on Tuesday evening, the
2lst uIt, after II most paini,l and DISTRESSING illness 81 one
weckh duration, Mrs. ELIZABETH iiENpglck, wife of James
iiendrick, Esq. and daughter OF Christopher and Elizabeth
lark late OF Bedford county Va. i'll the AID year OF her
age In the death OF this most excellent woman, the socie.
y IN which she mingled has sustained a loss which ma, not
easily be supplied; whistle her sorrow stricken husband
md children, the bereavemer is mspeakably agoniling-
fo' ni,nf years past this exemplary Indy had suffered much
more Than ordinarily falls to the lot OF humanity, from n
combination oi diseases, which to all human observation rcn-
aetei hf NE much more II burden than a blessing. Yet,
mol all the pains and dis4uieiudr of ptotracted indi,posi,ion,
accompanied as they were by u fail measure OF domestic al
Fiction, could overcome her wonled checrfulness. o, cause
her to repine. With devoted piety, and an abiding conf-
dence III The wisdom and goodness OF God, she patiently sub,
mittod to the rod Of afliotion with which she was so truly
chastened, ever INDUCING the hone Oh n happy issue out Of
all her affections. From AN early period she had leen a
member OF the Protestant Episcopal Church, and though
long deprived by bodily infrmities oithe privilege Of partici-
fulihe III the public ministiaiionso OF It's holy services, She
never lost sight ot the duties which belonged to her profess
sion, and sought by private devotions and the meditaIions of
a heart solt-nedby love 10 God and man to compensate the
nant of those aids which the liturgy and services of the
Ih"fth 50 largel, dispense TO the tlnly leni,cnt. Bnt
though deprived by causes beyond her control Of those oppur-
tanities OF publicly den onstiating Ter zeal in the cause of
truth, which were graciously v~ouchsafcd to Others, let her
friends be consoed by the assurance, that her lie was a
steady and n itotm excmpiiieation u that true and unrfe-
tendias piety which marks the faithful and upright, whose
end us peace. That death, whose horrors never discomposed
the confidence OF her well grounded hopes, was bat The mes
srhger oil love aud mercy, sent To deliver her from the sor-
rows anu suDcrlngs OF earthly existence, and bid her welcome
TO the mansions Of the blessed. We cannot close this i'm
perfect notice without wing the tribute whicl, deep seated
and atlcclinnaic regard for her memory, owes 10 the social
and domestic virtues, which adorned herliie. Modest and
unaffected in her demeanor. mild, amiable and aiIcctionaic
in her disposition, she never willingly gave offence or woun-
dcd the feelings Of human beng. EXquisitely sensitive
herself, she we'll knew how TO res cct The feelings ofothers.
In her intercourse with those WIN made up the society in
which she mingled, feelings of charity and humanity, love e
virtue and truth, shnue conspicuous, md won for her the es-
lem and respect of Mi who knew her. Without an effort
she beautifully illustrated tn. second oi the great Christian
precopts, Thou shalt love thy neigibor as ~thyselt." Hers
was not the calculating bcneyolen:e whici. c~nects a return
Tor every favor conferred. 1t was the spontInc.us ehusion
Of a heart Overlooking with kindness, which responded " IN
sympathetic tenderness 10 the appe is of the suffering ana
the afflicted. In the domestic circle of her cherished family
she was bright example, OF NIL the more cndearing virtues.
The recoilections OF her husband, who experienced at her
hands the continued indulgence of kind aud torbea ring
temper, will ever recur with fond admiration To the spotless
purity OF a lite devoted To ls happiness and respectable ty.--
Ana her children will cling with revelential gratitude and at
lection 10 the memory of the mother whose scnsihllities were
always alive to their complaints and opponents, whose eye
watched with slcepless vigilance over their morals and mnn-
ners, and who always sought by her conversation and exam
pie, to 1neuIcatc the principles OF virtue aud religion. May
they cherish the rich legacy she has left them. and cultivate
her principles and her virtues MS their best inhcfitancs.