Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-12-08
EDGEFIELD, S. c., DECEMBER 8, 1853.

is not always perfectly patient or satisfied; sh
goes from one chld's house to another so tha
no one place seems like home. She murlnur
in plaintve tones, and after all her toll and ear
nestncSs, it is hard she cannot DO allowed
home to die in; that she must be sent, rattle
than invited, from house to house. Eighty
cighty-onc, two, three four-ah, she is now
second child-now "shc has outlircd her useful
ness, she has now ceased to be comfort to her
self or anybody;" that is, she has ceased to b.
profitable to Der earth craving and money grasp
ing children.
Now sounds out, reyerberating through oul
lovely forest, and echoing back from our hl
of the dead" Eighty-nine! there Sue lies now
in the coffin cold and still-she makes no trou
ble now, demands no love, no soft words, nc
tender little Offices. A look of patient endu.
rance, we fancied also an expression of grief for
unreQuited love, sat OH her marble features
Her children were there, clad in weeds of woe
and in an irony we remembered the strange
mans words, "She was good mother in her
day"
When the bell ceased tolling, the strange
minister rose in the pulpit. His form was very
erect, and bis voice strong, but his hair was sill
very white. lie read several passages of Scrip
tuIc expressive of Gods compassion to feeble
man, and especially Of his Tenderness when gray
hairs are on him, and his strength faileth. He
then made some touching remarks on human
frailty, and of dependence on God, urging all
present to make their peace with their Master
while in health, that they might claim his prom
ises when heart and flesh should fail them.
sThen," he said, "the eternal God shall be thy
refuge, and beneath these shall be the ever last
ing arms" Leaning over the desk, and gazing
ntently on the coffned form before him, lie
then said reverently, "From little child have
honored the aged; but never till grey hairs COW
cred my own head, did know truly how much
love and sympathy this class Lave right to
demand of their fellow creatures. Now feel
it. "Our MOTHER" he added most tenderly,
"who now lies in death before us, was stran-
ger to Inc, as are all these, her descendents. All
know of her is what her son has told me to-
day-that she was brought to this town, from
afar, sixty years ago, happy bride-that here
she has passed most Of her life toing as only
mothers ever have strength to toll, until she
had reared a large family of sons and daughters
that she left her home here, clad in the weeds
Of widowhood, to dwell among her children;
and that till health and vigor left her, she lived
for you, her descendants. You, who together
Low Sntl Cu HCt IOfC dlt1 uCl hllOW HoH
well you have requited her. God forbid that
conscience should accuse any of YOU of inerati-
tude or murmuring on account Of the care she
has been to you of late. When you 60 back TO
your homes, be careful of your words and your
example before your own children, for the fruit
OF yoar own doing you will surely reap from
Of the grave I entissselyes totteE on. the brink
who has himself entered the "evening Of life"
that you may never say, in the presence of your
families nor of heaven "Our mother had out
lived her uScluneSs-shc was Il bun den to us"
Never, never; mother cannot live so long as
that No; when she can no longer laborfo for her
children, nor yet care for herself, she can fall
like precious weight on their hosomS and call
forth, by her help;essncss, all the noble, gene
rous feelings of their natures.
Adieu, then, poor, toil-worn mother; there
are no more sleepless nights, no more days OF
pain for thee. Undying visor and everlasting
usefulness arc part of the inheritance OF the re-
deemed. Feeble as thou vert OH earth, thou
wilt be no burden on the bosom OF Infinite
Love, but there shalt thou find thy longed-tor
rest, and receive glorious sympathy from Jesus
and his ransomed fold.