Litchfield enquirer., 1852-12-30
OBITUARY.
rFSOm the Rochester IN. Y } JOurna'.I

DIED, in West r edmond. Ontario
COu0ty. on the I'd inst, Mrs.. SARAH PAT
MER, aged 90 years, reIicI Of Ar. Andrew
Palmer, who died seven years since, ut
the age Of ninety zone. She was the dauglI~
ter Of James -Mattocks, Esq. one OF the
earliest settlers Of LiuclI6eli, Conn. where
she resided until 1920. WREN She removed
TO Rich h0nd. She made a profession al
religion about forty years ago. and united
with the 2ongrsg atIOnnl church. Which ut
that time was under the pastoral care 1T
Rev. AlS. Huntington, who was Sucree.led
by Rev. DIR. Beecher, whose Ia Ors she
enjoyed tor n numbtr Of years, nWd mnA
her removal to this State. flis mInisieIiaI
IabUrs she vorv highly appreciated. Gh (
always expressed a strong attachment To
him aS pastor aud religious IeaciIer.-
NAr .hristian character WIS Of "a high or :
der. For more Than titirty years she
seemed 10 have known nOt!II'Ig 0f The fear
Of d-Mth--alwayS Declared, baIll Ia sicki
Tess aud IL health. she was ready to lie
part, aud she could not uITierSI aud low
christmas should doubt whether they
wsre file childfen Of God, or c"uld look
RpDn death as an emamy. Alth6uglI'ih
very moderate circumstances. aud having
had "a family Ct twelve children. eleven ut
whom grswsuP Ie" maturity. and nine "f
whom still survive, she 'alTays spoke Of
the very great kindness Of i,'d TO her, and
seemed deeply seusible If her great un-
sv0rthiness. She was great render Ol
the Billie, sand of religious papers aud PEE
radicals. and kept herself Informed ut thu.
passing events III the day, especially those
relating tV the ciIufch. and to missions.
Her mental lacdlt.es t'Uihuiuei Utii,nplir-
ed to the last: JUDGED size neyer exirr.ned
any OF the decay OF the n.enial powers, or
of tina: pesvIshness aud hni,aiiemce usually
attendant upon very advanced sge. For
d very few years past sing has Experienced
turns Ut severe. lnlfsl in the stOGacil. fol-
lowed by fdihtnes5 aud rx,ram' prns,ra-
ti'M. Vn.tse Uecame mnfc freq lsnt and
S-v,ra ~ sna drew neAr tile retm sIsinDn ut
her earliy DiisrI'n s2o. 10 Ona"I them
Tn fSAvi week = siIIes. III Tr4 severe thu,
usual. Hli Wt4lr El1S az Iun her wAr'
il 4 nh'DL whether the spirit mad lett IL.
H,rLnly tesIo.na II 0f' tlal beginning tn tx.
hibl spIls sigIs Ut rAr Irn,t.s e HIScE.us
n,s,. M ,AGtas va. ntf re l n.r, whic, ST,
veil knaW vas "a sti nhiint. "nt tssigmeu
t. r-vIvo ,,er, Shs D,eK nieI CneuI TO res
tn ,v.' il. AN ! r-tu vel f,fr tins To take i.
bat ii ally yis"iils tp1ller entrealte'. si'.'
sStik',v-i it, and b..'ug s''on nhlo 10 speak.
expressed her s,,rrow at finding that sln
was still IA the Ianj Ut :he living. sayi".
tina, she must be a very great sinner. thai
Her k'n,l u living Savior should cOIsld'r
it ,recess4 ry tHa> t"atfl, ct her, i" sui c,un
prilins her to re,Ia," III I'll" hes,. - 'iinS
81 tOva my ci.Fir..n. bat love my SAviU'
Ds.ter, ant want ID depart e., he witt
him. Thus hes an aged pilgrim ber'
psrnlit,ed t. exc,Ange the troubles AMI
iriaI at time, tor tho jl,s reserved Ia,
Those VIII" 1--we God nul TINT ton. atie
having by lang ani unifTn equilibrium
Of the christian Tn trac,er. borne testimony
t0 tue elevatlng. sustaining. and purItym-
influence Ot our holy religion.
She has lett IL large numIls.r OF descend
anis-so,ne OF the first generation havi"s
nearly n,,ai,,,d ',l!eir .4siiree score aud
ten. and SOM. Of lhe fourth gaheraii"n
being mwrrind ami sei,Isd in lie. The
vito of THIS edrOr Of riiIs paper IL ono OF
her dAu cutters. all vi whom survive her.