Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-07-19
.7OBIIsI Jj.A,RY.. I.
In Memnriam.

Blessea are lie pure. in Atais for saeys1o7s
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: SDmD Of Consumption, ~. this Village, on tho
22d juno, 1865, q Or q pIotIasts! and Eost pain
.ai illness, Mrs: Z ANeTS e. GRIFFIN, wife
of S. B. GRIFFIN, ESQ., ogca a5syrats ana ffaays.
How gloomy tie rcHoetion that, IN the desth Of
this beloved wonan, go much of4soaiuf wealth. Of
moral Horth.. of lady llike and CtristiaH, sooom-
plishmen., of domestic Gdorpmenf, and of ibv-
ing, warm affection; is gone From, amongst rs, and
gono forever + The character OF the dscease1wss
admirable in all its parte. and yet beautiful in lis
simplicity: Hers was generous and charitablc
nature, ,Iof sweet and cheerful tcmper,fsndiSf
gushing influences S-7Mlilst her kindly and ania-
bio department. betoksncd The gentIer emotions Of
her heart and mnde her odelight Of tho family
and social circle. Aadsyst taua gifted; she has
beeu removed from. her homo and hcrloSed enps--
and now quietly slun1Ssrs in tho silent resting
place of the dead. -.
"But not in cruelty, nor IN wrath,
The Reaper came That day; ss'F -
Twas on Angel visited the green earth, -;
Aud took cur friend AWAY"
For many long and weary year imsoatin previous she
had been dying, slowly dying OF eonsumption-
delusive, wasting, decaying; ;c6nsumption.< .Rest-
less ghts raeking pains, gaushsI breath.
ings short and quick, told us, alas l too plainly
that her gentle life was ebbing-sloaiy ehbihg ito
its final aaw. Kind friends and kindred awaited
around her aufFerins coueh--ths physicians.sskill
was increasingly rendered in her beh.lf-the szsa
mother, afcctionate sisters, tho fond husband And
devoted children. answered her:eVery Mant-:Sbut
at last Death claimed his priEe, and her pure
spirit took its fight ts;the reaIms of the: Great
:Eternal-where no shedou1of sorrow now. dpsks
tho rndiaucs ofhor brow, but where, with angels,
beneath the jasper Eghts:ef Heaven, her. .seraph
feet are trcading tho golden streets of the New
Jerusalem. She isX sXhappy' there. Let us not
therefore lament her 1dsmiae, but rather rejoice
that her sufferings nre. over, ever ,sememhtrinr
| her many virtues; snde thus rsmsnb srine, Our
wandering footsteps will tbesguided, through faith
in the blessed Redeener, from the usixtsof oarth
| to the bright and lasting joys Of heaven.
Tor many years she had boen n<Inost consiat6nt
member Of the Baptist Church. exsmplf her
faith in Christ bya, truly pious life and buna-
bic. Christian depo tinenE Charity was her cr6Bn-
| gvirtue, as she was ever ready to chesf up and
take Tho hand of the frlendless; symp1. .hisc' With
those In afHiction and at.allstimes endeayersd to
| aiffuse joy and sunshine on those around her.
And living such life, She was prepared nhsn1he
| summons came, apd calmly, yieided up her spirit
into the arms of Him In. whom she: had:sofsn.
! trusted.
::t:As the Bird to It's sheltering nest,
II, When the stoHn on tho hillsisi a5road; a!s
Sober spirit hath flown fromthiSwerId oftunress,
To reposc on the bosom Of jGpd,"'z :, u 81
!, In laying this huaabn tribute on tAe grave of
the Departed the writer will not invade TIC sane
tuary of her own freside. todslinente the mil lder
! qualities BY which she.so endeFrsd and .mads
pleasant the relations of home. Their memory is
best preserved in the hearts Of the deeply stricken
4 ones there. - ;es-,z<-S-
ff.lAnd now, farewell, FANNIE desryinrlife We
loved thee nel,-in death, ne will long revere thy
Esmemory. - -. B,
I; FELL asleep in Jesus, May 23d, 1865, REBEC-
iICA ELBERTA BLAND, daughter of J. 4. and
rs. A. BLAND, aged f:year and s months -
4 s,"ISufer little children to come unto me, and
forbid them not, for Of such is the kiagdon. Of
Heaven" :.