Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-11-01
DIED.

this town the 23d inst in the 44h year of her age
Mrs. ELIZA A. WRIGHT, relct of the late Lieut.. w. Il.
Wright, of the United States Army.
" She, the holy one and weakly,
Who the cross OF suffering bore,
Folded her pale hands meeky,
Speaks with earth more ~
Again has the death token been hung over the threshold
That home whose has been often invaded by the
peat Destroyer By Him who doeth all things WE'LL, it
as been ordained that the santed sufferer who long
fingered amid the pains of earth, shall henceforth rejoice
forever in the unendng bliss of Heaven. And now that she
sgo1e fan would write fit memorial of the lovely
and the lost to mark sense of bereavement and to pre-
sent proper portrature of her character But
gather around her bier, gaze upon her fading form, the
@ eye and the gushing memories of the heart assure us
That vain would we essay to tell the varied virtues of one
no every lneament of her life, radiant with love-
s which never failed to win and endear all who came
mmu1 the sphere of her companionship Who has ever
eu upon that face sacred with the seal of DEATH
uu not perceived beauty there which nature with no
uea hand had given and felt with lingering look he
wei upon It, that it but mrrored heart rich in all the
aI OF the purest and hottest impulses which humanity
lou CIalm With mind of high endowment enriched
he ITunary euuVSVoa; with nature educated up to
nest standard OF refinement, and with manner IN
u dignity and tenderness were beautifully blended, she
Impaired to the social circle grace and charm which
TE rendered her one OF its most attractive ornaments
@ IN the home where lived the cherished objects of her
a there given TO her idolatry of affection which
Secured 'N 1N'
But in the moral beauty of her life that she shone
WIN ustre peculiar to herself and which admitted of
on In early life she had found there path which
s 70 God-a others 60 astray;" and with undertaking
she rod that path to the latest hour of her existence
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and when these marked traits in her character were
Plned and hallowed by religion she presented such
3 DI true wOmanhood but few of her could rival
I oil might well strive to emulate For many years ere
pint freed from the letters of the flesh, did pain
@ SICKNESS wTeak their utmost strength upon her fragile
@ Out as the crushed flower ever exhales its sweetest
rs1ce so did she but develop beauties in all the
I phases OF her experience and oh how beautifully
IA patent and unmumuriDg resignation did she teach
" How sublime a thing it is
NJ 10 suffer and be strong
uld she live, when die, her serene
sustained by that faith and rmness which had ever
her. looked calmly the future while she gave
& her the sweet that the celestial light
T heaven to which she had aspred was guiding he
B through the dark valley of the shadow of death.
ae must stay the pen liz the analysis of such life ant
love though the theme is upon which we should
vb IDOL is in the dust-nor would we Telume that gh
h mas thus gone out in the darkness of DEATH 1t is true
to gaze, but like those stars which, though
s me range of our vision, still exist and shine, he
oss out dropped the drapery of earth which Ions
the to soar to its congenial home there to wea
white robe" of the Redeemer, and be in
WI, Those everlasting gardens
"Aere angels walk and seraphs the wardens''
L Con-,
town. the morning of the 9th inst, VIRGINIA
@A'er OF Benjamin aud Olivia Mott, aged year.
REIvSS@6 thyille, the 22d inst, Mrs. SARAH AM
month"; VIE OF Mr.. George W. Reaves aged ~ yeaTs an