Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-07-13
From the Nashville & Louisville Chr. AdUocate.


From the Nashville & Louisville Chr. Adpocate.
DIED,
At her residence in Henderson county, Tenn.
on the oath of May, 1854, of acute rheumatism
and fever, in the 5Sth year of her age, Mrs.
MARTHA II. PRIDDY, wife of John 5. Priddy,
Esq, and daughter of the late Capt. Nelson
Tucker, of Pittsylvania county, Va She en-
braced religion in the year 1923, in her native
State, and attached herself to the Methodist T.
pscopal Church, that being decidedly the church
of her choice and truly it may be said, she was
II Methodist in principle and practice; for she
an ardent lover of class-meetlngs and love
feasts. She fully subscribed to tire doctrines of
the church always at her post, unless prov
identially prevented; when necessary, cheerfully
threw open the doors of her house as "a place of
preaching; and always gave the ambassadors of
Christ hearty welcome aud warm reception
1t was her delight to render her preachers com
Portable when about her, and many, no doubt,
will lament that their kind hostess is gone. Her
virtues emitted the greatest lustre where she
best known, and her piety was of that caste which
welded happy influence in the circle where she
moved. Panegyrlc ls useless. and detracton
would be harmless; for her record is on high
To say that she faultless, would be ascribing
too much to frail human nature, or awarding to
her greater degree of grace than falls to the lot
of man but to say that she lived the life and
died the death of the righteous, am sure, is not
an undue need of praise, higher than which
scarcely any attain. She bore her Affections pa
tenty and was prompt in giving satisfactory
answers 10 inquiries relative to her future pros
poets. To converse upon the subject of religion
was her comfort and delight, frequently exclaim-
ing, IAN is right; all is clear; there is not a cloud
in the way" AT one time, calling to her daugh-
ter Susan, and pointing upward, in transports of
Joy, she exclaimed, .See, what bright place is
there | want you all to meet me up there" A
short time before her exit when the Pickering
lamp of life was fast wasting away, her broken
hearted husband inquired if she then felt the
Savior near, to which she answered, ''Yes-I feel
him precious
- Jesus make dying bed
Feel soft as downy-,'"
her voice faulterng and weakness becoming still
weaker her happy soul fingered about the shores
of time for few moments, and then winged its
fight from earth's pains and Affections TO a
home in the skies, where 1.-THE Lamb which is in
the midst of the throne, shall feed them, and
shall lead them unto living fountains of water,
and God shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes" She leaves IA disconsolate husband and
twelve children, and many friends to deplore her
loss. r.. b. JONES.
Lexington. Tenn, June 10, 1854.
Died. in the county of Amherst, on the 10Th of
June, Mrs WILLIAM BARRETT formerly of Abe
marie. BY the death of this estimabe lady
loving and interesting family circle has been
rendered desolatc, and many fond and cherished
hopes have been permanently blighted. She has
left devoted and aifectionate husband and two
sweet and engaging children to mourn over her
early descent to the tomb. Those who are shrink
ing beneath this fearful stroke may find consola-
ton in the remembrance of all those gentle vr-
lures that adorned her character. Nature had
formed her in finer and purer mould than that of
ordinary beings; and religion had shed its bright
ming and refining graces over the whole texture
of her existence. Its sacred influence, like the
sun, shed mild and loving light around her
home and throughout the sphere in which she
moved and of which she was SO bright orna-
ment. She seems to have had a presentiment of
her approaching end, and in anticipation of that
event, made every preparation for this world and
the next She neither surprised nor alarmed
by the king of terrors; but met her fate with that
pious and holy resignation that TO be antici-
pated from one whose life had illustrated so beau
tifuly the precepts of christianity. Her faith
was victorious the fears and agones of DISC
luton, and her disembodied and redeemed spirit is
now mingling with the glorihed throng that encir-
eles the throne of God
Died, on the 9th of July, in the county of Am.
herst, MARY v, daughter of Dir. VIM. S. and
Cornelia Claiborne. Four bright and brief sum-
mers. only. had passed over this fair and beauti-
full child, when she was summoned away from the
scenes that were opening around her, and laid in
the cold and silent grave. Merciful God what
"a heart rendng dispensation
Those bright and beamng eyes, so full of feel
ing and intelligence, will glance and sparkle no
more. They have been closed forever, by the ir-
removable hand of death. Those sweet and sill
very tones that so often thrilled with their music
the ears and hearts of all who knew her. are now
hushed in that horrible silence that belongs to
the tomb. That form and face-cast in beauties
moud-will exist only in the remembrance of
those who loved her. Her gentle spirit has been
attracted by Heaven to itself, because, they were
kindred and congenal in their natures.
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