Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-09-03
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DIEp-In Lincoln County, North Carolina, Mrs.
CATHARINE A. MCLEAN, wife Of DR.. William
B. Mclean, Oh the morning Of the 18th August,

DIED-In Lincoln County, North Carolina, Mrs.
CATHARINE A. MCLEAN, wife Of DR.. William
B. Mclean, Oh the morning Of the 18th August,
1857. -, i,-:,r
sketch, of the life and character Of every emf
nent servant Of the Lord, rho has passed from his
service on earth TO his service in Heaven, is due
to society and to the Church Of Christ :. When q
long life of consistent piety crowned bFa trium-
phant death, o. lesson Is taught Of the truth and
vitality Of the religion Of Jesus, which thssuerer
can neither gainsay nor deny. This lessonis the
more impressive. when we ,fud loving wife and
affectionate mother willing to leave devoted hns-
band and lovely children, to enter upon the
Strange and untried scenes OF eternity: when We
find timid shrinking woman calm snd-ever joyful
in contemplation of the agony Of ths death strug-
gle and the terrrors Of the grave Such was the
victory over the endearments Of home and the
fears Of death of Mrs. Mclean. Let us initiate
the virtues of her life, that last end may be as
peaceful and happy.
Catbarins Allison H OF, ras! born October 3lst,
1912, in Chester District South Carolina. In very
early life, she connected herself With the church
of Bethesda. after hsving given tsfaotory evi-
dence of change Of heart. - She was married,
December 29th, 1885, to James u. Stringfellow
Two lovely children, the fruit Of this marriage,
died in infancy and left her edldless The fur
mace of afliction purified, but did not consume
She learned TO say .',he, Lord gave and the Lord
hath taken away, blessed be- the name OF the
Lord" Bit the greal> trial Of herr life (as the
writer has heard her say was the loss of her be.
loved husband, whom. she nursed with the most
untring assduty and tenderness during fnger-
ing illness of several years.. Mr. Strngfellow died
Gath of November, 1S44 After widowhood Of
more than 8 years, Mrs. Stringfellow was married
a. r. hoT 30
Carolina, on the 8 February, .1s4s. She then
had to fill the difficult and responsible position Of
stepmotber to six children, some of them almos.
grown Wespeak that we do know, when we say
that never were the duties Of step-raother moro
fully, faithfully and effectionately discharged
Seldom has an own mother been 50 lofed, so hon
ored and so revered as she was by ell OF her hus-
bands first children. Mrs. Mclean did not seek
town the regard of her step children by weak
compliance with all their wishes, She was firm as
well as affectionate. She taught them what was
right and insisted upon its performance. The
faithfulness, with which these children nursed her
during her. sickness Of six weeks--and the agency
with which, they hung over her dying bed, prove
how wise and judicious. had :bceh her authority.
From the very first ofthis Illness she did not
her faith was obscured, it soon passed from under
the cloud and shone with Increasing brightness
Until faith was sweetly lost in sight,
And hope in full supreme delight"
God had in the last two years cut many of the
cords that had bound her to the earth, and had
fastened the sundercd ends of those cords to his
eternal Throne. She had lost her mother, two of
her own and three of her step children in thst brief
space of time. She was ready to follow her loved
ones she was weary Of life, but not because of its
sore trials and irksome duties, but because, as
she often said she could not hive without sin. She
spoke to the writer Of the kindness and affection
of her husband and children, and of her love for
them, but all was nothing in comparison with her
desire to escape from the pollution sin and to be
with Christ. During the last four or five weeks,
she as not troubled with doubt about her per-
sonal salvation, nor the least anxiety about the
two little children she left behind her. She spoke
constantly and cheerfnlly of her approaching dis
solution All was peace with her, ''the peace Of
God that passeth all understanding" To her Pas
tor she said, "what y blessed home, we have pre-
Jared for. US, and what precious Saviour who
prepared it ut such cost to himself" To her only
brother Sue sad on parting with him few days
before she died. remember that died true be-
lever She declined taking medicine towards
the last of her illness and gave as reason that
she was 50 near the portals of Heaven, that she
did not wish to be called back to world Of sin.
But upon being reminded, that it was her duty
TO use all appointed means, she complied with
the directions of the physician. During her sick
ness the great characteristics of her life-perect
unselfshuess and tender regard for the feelings
of others became more marked and prominent
She had kind word or kind look for all who
GENE about her, and did all she could to avoid
giving. trouble In great weakness and pain, she
gave the most miaute directions about house.
hold matters, go that they might be spared trouble
even when she would be in the grave. All her nu-
merous conversations with her husband and chill
dren were calculated to cheer, to comfort and to
console. She lived for others and her last
thoughts were for the happiness and wellbeing Of
those who would survive her. She took Him for
her e1cmplar, who went about doing good, who
died that others might live, and who suffered that
that others might know no pain. We believe that
she now rejoices at his right hand, and that tho
brightness of her faith, and the clesrness Of her
evidence (which her Pastor, DR.. Morrison, said
he never saw equalled) were but foretaste OF her
happiness above.
D1Eu-Of Dysentary, in Lancaster District, on
he 9th instant, JOHN ROBERT, infant sof of R.
h. Porter.
In this district, on the 9th instant an infant
lauohter Of JAMES JAMES, aged five weeks.