Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-01-28
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DIED-On the first day of January, inst, at her
residence, in Canton, Miss, and in the 69th year
of her age, Mrs HARRIET CHAMBERS, wife of
Benjamin Chambers, Esq, formerly of iorkville,
South Carolina.
1t rarely happens, that he to whom is assigned
the mournfu duty of offering tribute to the men,
ory of departed excellence, is furnished with
model so replete with all that endorses human ma
ture in time, as that which is presented in the life
and character Of the christian lady whose death
we chronicle to-day.
The writer enjoyed her acquaintance from his
school-boy days until the present and he feels
constrained to say, that he is deeply conscious Of
his inability to speak of her worth, in such terms
as truth demands Those who knew her, will at
once recognize an imperfect portrait; while those
who knew her not, may form n conception OF what
the original was by glance at the outlines Of her
moral likeness, and nobly aim at assimilation.
Endowed with sound judgment, tender heart,
and refined sense of propriety, she moved pre-
eminent in all the details Of domestic government
and economy. Enthroned in the affections of her
husband, it was her pride 10 reci procate from the
altar of her heart, the sympathies that eadear,
and the duties that adorn the conjugal relation
As a mother, she recorded her name on the tablet
of her children's heart securing for it there, as
sociator with all that is yirtuous, good, and love-
ly in the precepts of truth, and the purity of eX-
ample As q friend to c0nfde in ner once was
to confide in her always. AS christian, she be-
eved ''the record that God hath given of his Son :"
and while to this Record her understanding
bowed in holy reverence, her heart, in subsection
to the Spirit of God yielded the whole strength of
its faith and love to the Lord Jesus Christ, her
only Savior She stood near the Grass and wcpt
for her sins. She lifted her eyes to Him who was
bleeding upon it, and rcoiccd in the smiles Of his
mercy and the nfalibe security Of his covenant
love. Thus recipient of salvation by grace, and
an heir with the people of God, she became 4
member Of the Presbyterian church early in life,
by public profession of her faith in Christ
Subsequently, she became connected with the indie
pendent Presbyterian Church, and together with
her husband, had the happiness to see several OF
their children associated with them in the COM
munion and fellowship Of the gospel and its ordi-
nances. Her piety was of that consistent scriptu-
raj character, which necessarily commands res
pect wherever and in whomSoever it is exhibited
and secured for her the regard and confidence of
those who knew her. The light Of her religious
influence chcercd and encouraged the christian in
the duties of holy living, and gave irresistible
rebuke to the careless neglect Of the souls intc-
rests, and the claims of Divine authority.
In the last days of her life, and especially in the
closing scene Of her existence below, the grace
that had given tone and lustre to the endowments
of her mind, and the qualities of her heart during
the many long years with which Heaven had hon
orcd her christian fidelity, shown forth with pow
er and splendOr, that disarmed death of his sting,
and swept from the grave the drcarincss of its
solitude. The five weeks of her last painful con-
fnement to bed, were male the occasion of mai.y
q memorable lesson, on the all-sutfciency OF Di-
vine grace, to beget in the soul cheerful subms.
sion to the will of God, in the saddest hour OF
bodily suffering. Filled with the love Of Christ,
and the love Of souls for whom he died, how oft
with the big tear in her eye would she i'll the ten
derest manner press upon the kind, but impenitent
visitor, the importance of religion as the only pre-
parative for dealt, and eternity. And when the
shades of death began to fold their cold drapery a
round her, and to quicken the sad attention, and
deepen the intense feeling of her family and friends
that hung upon her every breath and moving fea-
ture, as they stood weeping about her; what
words of heaven wrought confidence sweetly fell
from her lips as she said 'Solely. entirely. rest
ing in the Lord Jesus Christ, leave you, dear
family, and friends, for my everlasting home i'll
heaven" Thus saying, she brea,hed out her spir'
it into the hands of God, and sweetly fell asleep
o, let me live the life, die the death, and gain the
heaven of the righteous