Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-08-15
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Ifum the lfoplt tufoe"''.
Death ever busy and untring, IL abroad IN the
earth, aud friends and eghhors are falling thick
aud fast around US. Iiealtwreath after heart
wreath lies withered, nnd almost every hrartistohr
| /, draped with the einOlems ofgrief. The Guild
! lust budding into existence--ihe youth with HE
/ opening life sunny picture before hun the ola
with their work all dune, aud their trials all pass
| ed hand in hand, side by side, are ero"dftg III"
| graveyard nisles. From sen NIL from shore
| from mountain aud from piain-from city and
from hamlet. I've nre passingnwny.' This idea
| under ordinary oreums tances, l. moi apt 10 come
home 10 u fhnus mds may fall by pague and
famno--ien Of thousands may fall by tie sword
Earthquake, may cngup Whole cities ut u Tine
but unless ut doors do not feel the shock
An exclamation of horror or tile passing tribute
Of II sign. i called firth, and all is forgotten. 1t
is only when those who know us, and whom we
know--who love US. and whom we loye--when
relatives and friends are falling like autumn
eayes around us and we begin to find ourselves
atone in the world, that the solemn truth flashes
upon minds I've are passing away
We have obtruled these reflections upon the
reader in mere personal Indulgence. introducing
brief notice of the death of one whom we have
long known and esteemed aud who wns the last
of the .'od ighbors" under whose eyes re grew
up to manhood The last link is broken"
Mrs. JANE HENRY GARLAND departed this te
at Amherst Court House, ON the 10Th day of June
last. in the S0th year of her age. She was Dor
in l776. and was the only surviving child of Col
Samuel ind Jane Meredith, and niece Of Patrick
Henry. IN 1875 she was married to the late Da
vd :. Garland. of Amherst county She became
the mother of eleven children, all of whom she
raised. Two of her sons are now filling impor
tant stations with honor to themselves. and all
| of her daughters who hive become wives and
mothers hive proved themselves worthy If their
trusts. 1t could not be otherwise. The teach
ng+ Of such a mother. and such looinan, cannot
fail 10 be blessed of Heaven.
We shall enter upon no elaborate eulogy of
the honored and venerated subject of this last
| tribute from who knew her long and well, and
| who enioyed her confidence and regard. She
needs nonee Her name wherever she was known,
pronounced ever. with reverence aud respect, is
euogy enough.-She neighbor in its high
| est sense. and in residence OF more than hall u
century, in one place. she necer made an enemV
! and never had one She wife who knew
her whole duty and performed il faithfully, ut all
| times and under all circumsances.-She was u
! mother of Roman devotion, but of Christian prn-
ciple and large race Of children, grand children
| and great grand children. rise up and call her
blessed The seed Of the rig hteous shall in
herit the earth" and to her the promise has been
| fulilled-f5r she aoas righteous. She was a
friend whore friendship was deserved, without
calculation reservation. She knew no rule
| hu. justice-no law but truth. She was chris
tan without guile and without reproach. Her
! whole life am illustration of the beauty and
| harmony into which the human character may
! be moulded by the teachings of the religion of
! Christ. She was, of COURSE charitable in thought
and i'll deed. The unfortunate ever found in her
Il defender, aud the needy. liberal giyer. Her
| most intimate friends never knew the extent Of
her unsolicited acts of benevolence. But the
records of Heaven bear witness to them all.
As an evidence Of our estimation of the char
acter of Mrs Garland, and that we have cause
for that estimation, will state, that we're Il
member Of her household, and in the enjoyment
/ Of uuresrained intercourse for three years, and
that during all TINT time, though frequently sur
rouded by trying circumstances, we never heard
her say a word which we though she ought not to
have said, nor her do thing. which we
| thought she onght not 20 have done OF whom
else can this be seid
Her death was calm and peaceful. The ear
was fully ripe and ready for the reaper. a few
DAYS before she died she requested her physician,
DR.. Warner Jones, who attended her anxously
aud faithfuy--for he, too knew her worth-not
to let her know when the hour Of dissolution ar
riyed-that her ieork for both ieorids mas done,
and she wished the closing scene to be free of all
care or anxiety. All there's teari And well,
i may we weep, for we have lost a friend-one in
whom their was neither yarabeness nor shadow
Of turning, and whose friendship would outweigh
the ennity of world of ordinary mortals. Fond
| " shall we cherish her memory; and we'll we may.
for it adds glenn 10 the halo OF the stand gds
the future with brigter hope What woman.
what life, what a death We can, and need.
say no more. \ loyelier character never adorn
ed the earth-R purer spirit never entered the
portals of bliss. May our last end be like hers.