Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-06-14
OBITUARY.

OBITUARY.
Died. at the residence Of VIM. J. WisEtman,
in this district, OH The 9Th inst, ANS WIGHT:
MAN, infant daughter of DR.. Andrew {. and Sa.
rah J. creighton. aged IL months and 10 days.
The general feeling incident to the death Of
a child. partakes more of acqniescence than
regret. Its short careei, (untained by the worldly
is deem'd happy one
The goal has been reach'd, without the tolls
Of the race
The vlctoryihas been won, without the strng-
gle ofcnnaict -
Bnt, within the domestic circle, where its brief
history is best known. other feelings have heen
at work--there, the strongest of all natures ties
have been knit-the eyes ''mnte clnqnence"
has left impressions not easily forgotten,i and
long afler that eve ras been closed in death,
will the remembrance revisit the bereaved pa-
rent as tho words of one with whom sweet
council had often been held
None who saw this lovely infant, failed TO be
struck with The intelligence that beamed in her
eye. and the apparent consciousness with which
she listened to the conversation around her.
From her birth until the period of hei fatal i'll
ness, ahe was rarey y known 10 cry; but an ac>
tive cheerfulness was her prevailing charac.
terslic. i.
Such lovely traits. were we'll calcnlated to
inspire feelings of fendcaiment.almost approach
ing to idoIatry, but. He who declared, "of snch
ia the kingdom Of Heaven" and there Angels
do always Behold The face of my Father in Hea.
ven" removed her from the evil and sheis now
with her God. w.
Departed this life, in this district. on the 30th
uli., MIR. PHILIP JENNINGS, in the G6Ih year Of
his age
Departed this life, in this district, on the Ord
inst. Mr.. NATHANIEL Burton, junr., in the
35th year of his age. The deceased was an ex-
emplary member Of the Baptist Church, and
had the best preparation for death, life ofl,ni-
form piety. A wife and one child together
with large circle Of friends aud relations are
left to mourn bis loss.
Departed this life, on the morning of the 18th
Samuel NJ. Hill, of Dallas county, in the thirty.
third year her age.
The deceased was n native of Edgefeld dis
trict, 3. c., whn after the death Of her mother,
was removed by her father to her relatives III
Georgia, and there placed at school, at tender
age, prcvIons to his seulin. in that Siatei and
il was remarked by all who observed her at
this youthful period Of life, that she possessed,
! in an eminent degree those qualities OF heart
| and mind which then obtained for her the COLI
fidence, esteeinsand love OF pupil and teacher,
and The especial regard of all who knew her.
She was ever. The fayorite of her schoomatcs
and instrnetors, and those principles OF pnrlty
and Justice which she entertained in so high
degree and 10 which she SO devotedy chung
| (aIihough q mere child), her generous eno-
tons OF heart, gentle disposition, and that CON-
passionate feeling Of soul, which would so en-.
silly cause the tear Of pity TO roll down her
girisl. face al anothei's woe, together with her
rapid progress ID study, remarkably indicated
her future usefulness in lfe These indica-
tions were verified 10 their fullest extent (Oh,
God that her life could have been longer spar
ed to benefit and adorn societyD
AT the age OF nineteen, she was married 10
Col Hill. and came to Alabama, aud thus
new field was opened (oi the exercises Of those
high and adjoining qualities Of mind and heart
which had grown in strength and power, as
she advanced in life In the capacity Of daugh.
ter, wife, mcther, and sister, she acted truly
perfect part Nor was her noble heart. gener-
ors feelings, and expansive beneVolence re-
stricled to these sacred, but narrow limits. She
was Christian, tOo--a member Of The Mrlho-
dist Episcopal Church-dnd far beyond the
| boundaries Of relationship did her happy III
/ fiurnce and useful efforts extend themselves.
None was more ready to give to the needy
stranger; 10 eye could be more enslly dlmmed
with the tear Of sympathy at anothrr's suffer.
ing. and no hand was ever more rrady 10
soolhe The sorrowing and afflicted. Her h"nse
was The home OF the moiherless child and she
kindly threw the mantle Of charity and hospl.
talily over all within her reach.
When we consider how brightly shone those
| Christian virtues and noble traits in her chars
ac,er il seems indeed that Death loves shin.
ing mark" But the ways Of the Almighty are
| inscrutable.
Her acquain!ances were many, and they
were all, all. her friends, her warm friends.
But death has Torn her away from ihGm-frohi
an only sister and brother, five children. IA
rher and an almost broken.hearled husband
The fearful sobbngs Of her bereaved relatives
aud friends. and the planlive wall of her in
fnnts. cannot now STIR that noble heart. II has
ceased its thro6hings; her hallowed form lies
quiet and still in the grave, at Mount Carmel
Church, where she requested it should be lac
ed: her spolcss spirit is at rest in that other
world. with her children who have gone before
with the long since departed spirit of her own
mother, as well as with the no less dear, dlsem-
bodied soul of her angelic step mother. whom
Sic no less loved, and whose qualilles and vir.
tues she but initiated.
Her death was indeed heavy blow 10 The
whole community, as'was altested by the in9o.
lun,ary grief exhibited by all at the intelligence.
The light which shed its happy and snlutarly
Influence around upon society, is quenched in
the long night Of the tomb; bn her examples
still live in The memory ofall. May her children
be worthy of their mother-may we all initiate
her course in life. and although "she cannot
come TO US, we may 90 to her." God grant
that this may be 80, is the prayer of one, who'
in her death. lost his best friend in the world
May %, 1913. B.
Dallas Ga=ctie