The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-05-23
'aspasaTUAmY. 4

With unaffected synipathy for ths living, and
asincsre regret for the sirrcpuruhls ioas which
hes beea sustained By her family, and the corls
.munity, tho writer of this notice announces the
dscsaso Of Mrs.i .SIl SAN &c. EARLE, cohsort
OF Malcr E.a DHAxTon EARLE, Of this Village,
aged about thir,y-seyen yearE, and daughter cf
Tho late DE- JAMEs seiiAysEswoRTH, OF Sumter
Dislr;et. This distfessiag event occurred on
Saturday tho 5th inst !, preceded by the hsiefill-
ness OF bn4 q few days, ah6 T;inkes another very
impressive illustration oftle truth ofthat solemn
declaration, that Sin the midst Of lifo we are In
death" Mysterious indeed arc the dispensa-
tion4 Of q wise aud mercifui Providence 10 the
tails; and wero Il not impons 70 speculate, we
might DO inclined to repine when we see tho
depraveh and tho wicked preserved In health
and vigor, and tho virtu0ns and good removed
from ths dwellings Of mortality. often In the me-
rcdian of life, and from tie scenes Of active
usefulness. But were we to presume to Judge,
Il would bo unwisely in these affecting valuations,
ios we nre told on the authority of holy writ,
that affiictons spring not from The dust; and IL
even the hairs of oar heads bs numbered, IL not
q sparrow falln to the earth without tho cogni.
zunce OF the great Creator, we'll may we con.
clude that in all His dealings with His mobiles,
creature, man, mercy and benevolent design arc
mingled in the cup. Ifionger days have BEEN
assigned to the bad, may Il not DO that they
may exercise the incstimablo privilege of repont-
ancc7 And il a shorter span has been allotted
to the good, they have been hnppy in death, the
grand consummation Of our earthly being, and
may not tho tender recollec,ions Of tho bright
exemplar be ffaught with moro Of value to the
smittcn survivors than longer continuance on
the stage Of action7
Mrs. EAnLs, ON tho Tuesday before her
death, was in her usual health, and present at
tho customary celebration Of that 55eat:A! 5eea1t:
servance, Mny-day. It seems to have boon
meet and appropriate that she was there; and to
the apprehension of the pensnion Of this short
and imperfect allusion 10 the excellence of her
character, It was a felicitous circumstance that
she was once moro permitted to contemplate the
interesting ceremonies of an occasion 80 aptly
and so Rtrikingy associated with those ideas OF
truth, purity and innocence, congeniaI to her re-
fined and cultivated taste, and happily allied 10
nll the cherished affections Of heart deeply
impressed with the charms Of moral beauty.-
The vernul sun shone brightly, and Fiora's
chaPes breathed as sweetly aud bloomed as
freshly az in by>gone days-no unfit nor mex
prcssive emblem of the unfading loveliness and
perennial verdure Of that far moro exalted feIici-
~, which wo trust and believe she has realized
in the gardens Of Paradise For even then the
fell ravages ofdisease were hovor7ng around her,
and tho bow Of tho iasntiate archer was already
drawn for his victim On the evening of the 9Th
inst., mo portals Of tho tomb closed over her
mortal remains, followed thitiier by largo con>
course Of frienads, who warmly sympathise with
her grieved aud stricsn husband, and her nun,er-
oua relatives, In this sad bereavement.
In the death OF this aimnble and excellent la-
dy. tho community in which she has long resid-
cd have lost an esteemed and beloved member,
and the Church, Of which che was a pious and
exemplary member. one of the cherished orna-
nlents. With her dwelt tho law OF kindness and
christian charity, aud in high degree that
crowning grace Of womnn's characters meek
and quiet spirit. For many months before her
been severely tried in the care OF her afflicted
children. 1t twould be saperHuous to speak Of
her value to these young aud interesting objects
Of her objections, or the los which they have
sustained. 10 her disconsolate husband, we
commend the lenient hand Of time, aud the sub.
limo consultations of christian hope.