Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-06-02
OBITUARY.

DIED, on the 18th of May ut "Panorama,"
King George Co, Va, (the residence of her Moth
er, Mrs. Luusford, Lomny, Mrs. ROBERT A.
STUART, wife OF COL Charles L. Stuart, of Alex
andria, Va, in the 3lst year of hor age.
1t was the privilege of the writer of these lines
to know Mrs. Stuart we'll for ten years and he
can truly say Us do all who knew her, that she
was Il most meek, gentle, patient, and loving dis
ciple oI Jesus. Distinguished by the ama5iIity
Of her disposition, and the kindness Of he: heart,
she was warmly loved by Il large circle Of friends,
while she most attccti0nate and devoted
daughter. sister, wife, and mother. to her own
family, whose hearts drawn to her by cords
Of more than ordinary strength.
From the day when, on the Goth of June, 1854,
in st. Pauls church, King George Co., she took
upon herself the solemn vows made for her in her
baptism, to the day of her departure 10 her heaven
ly home, she seemed ever To manifest the spirit oi
her Master in her life and conversation: and when
the solemn SUMMONS came, though sudden, she
was fully prepared for t-not the slightest an
xiety in regard to her salvation did she for
moment manifest, her clamp was trimmed and
burning" At first, when told that she must, IN \
few hours give up her ii'c little ones, there was
struggle in the mothers heart but this was soon
subdued; faith triumphed and She was enabled
chcertuily to leave them IN the hands OF the same
Saviour who had led her from the world, prepared
her for his heavenly kingdom, and was now ne
campaigning her through 1.-The valley and tho
shadow of DEATH" She made her arrangements
with the calmuess OF one departing on pleasant
Journey; and asked several members OF her family
what messages she should carry from them To
beloved cousin who had died but Il few months
previous She then desired that her infant, but
four DAYS old, should be baptized, aud never can
the weeping friends who surrounded her, forget the
smile of 10Y that lighted mp her pale face when
Oh bar li,rl, lnfl ted tn
long after with her voice trembling in death, she
commenced singing the words of that beautifully
expressive hymn:
"Just rs I am, without plea,
But that thy blood was shed for me,
And that thou bid'st me come TO Thee,
Q, Lamb of God, | come
And with tender farewels to those present, AMI
loving messages and prayers for those absent
swecty feel asleep in Jesus
The stiffness OF death was broken, few hours
later, by the voice of her little five years old
daughter saying, az she stood by her cold body.
"My dear mothers soul is in heaven; and want
To go there: shall never forget nay mother.
shall never forget the pretty hymns she taught
me :" and then the sound Of her sweet, childish
voice singing, 81 want to be an angel testified,
(oh how eloquently) to the tathiulness OF that
mothers instructions, and carried balm to tho
aching hearts that striker household while they
could fancy the departed one saying.
II shine in the light of sod,
His likeness stamps my brow;
Through the shadows of death my feet have trod
And / reign in glory now
No breaking heart is here
No keen md thrilling pain,
No wasted cheek where the frequent tear
Hath rolled and left its STAIN
ado you mourn when another star
Shines out from the glittering sky
Do you weep when the noise of war,
Aud the rage Of conflict die?
Then why should your tears roll down
And your hearts be sorely rvcn,
For another gem in the Sayiours crown
And another soul i'll heaven % II. II. s.
DIED, at Culpeper Court House, on the 2oth
of May, after IL long and painful illness, ELIZA
BETH WALDO, daughter OF William 3 AMI
Mamie S. Greene, aged three years and sieht
months.
Let US shed no tear over the carly grave of THIS
little lamb who has passed away into tho fold oil
the Great Shepherd, but let prayers ascend Tor
those from whose darkened pathway the light oil
her smile has vanished, whose hearts made
desolate by her loss. Lovely was she in her Ilie'
and her memory fingers around the hearts of those
who loved her, like the incense Of young HOW
er5.
In Washington, on tho 3Ist ult., Mrs. ELIZA
BETH ELIOT DAWES, widow of the late Runs
Dawes uyed SIS years.