Smyrna times., 1866-02-28
MISCELLAN ECU S.
Written for tho Smyrna Times
Model Christians.

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How many thoughts, fresh from the store
house of my memory, present themselves to
my mind, and | fain would give expression to
them now, lest they should be lost forever
Anon, thoughts and facts crowd each other
with such rapidity. that they outstrip the tele
graphic wires While the telegraphic commu-
nication is limited to the boundaries of the
earth's circumference, thought leaps across
such boundaries as insignificant, travels through
space and rushes into the unseen world and
places itself in the hierarchy Of Heaven, near
the throne of God.
We have left the precious remains of our ia
theirs and mothers in Israel minglng with their
mother earth, and their spirits making sweet
melody in the court of heaven, saying, ALE
lula, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. ="
For these are they that overcame their adver-
sary while on earth, "by the blood Of the
Lamb, and by the word Of their testimony"
Perhaps it is a matter of thankfulness, that
all the primitive subjects of our Israel have not
been removed beyond the boundaries of time,
The writer has in her minds eye one who
seems as a beautiful connecting link with those
heroes and heroines Of the past. She was con-
verted in early life, under the ministry of the
Rev. Solomon Sharp, and has ever adorned
her profession down to extreme old age. She
is now in her eighty-sixth year, and when we
think of her mental faculties, cheerful disposi-
tion, and religious experience, we are ready to
exclaim, here is "autumns ripe fruit, with
the glowing sunshine upon it!' Though her
physical powers have yielded in some degree
to the wear and tear of so many years, she is
not entirely prostrated, and occasionally uses
her strength in some profitable employment
Through her long pilgrimage she has never
been in affluent circumstances, yet her lite has
been model one. After having lived here
many years, and having outlived all her child
rem, and all her grand children save one, she
Lett this place few months since to spend the
balance of her life with her, and her great
| grandchildren, who are now young men and
women. Though removed to another State,
and another District in the Conference, l be-
lieve her church membership is still retained
here. She has long been on the old age infrm
list, and of such it is not required to be pune
tual at class meeting. Her long life and Chris
tian graees reflect honor on her class, and il
seems in accordance with good taste that hei
name should remain on its roll. The last con
versation but one that the writer had with thl:
beloved Christian woman, she said, "she was
willing and ready to 20 at any moment thai
the Lord saw proper to call her from earth. .
There is yet another one of our Christian
herolnes living among us, who has been pa
tient sufferer for severaly years. She was, wheT
in possession of health and strength, one o.
, those who walked close with God. Summer,
heat and winters cold prevented her not from
attending. to her religious duties She was
constant in the use of the means of grace. Hel
seat was occupied In the great congregation,
J and was not vacant IN the class ROOM And Sc
exemplary was her life, that it was not only
permanent reproof to sinners, but to the luke
warm professors And as her life was Twins
epistle it might have been supposed that moth
ing more would be required of her. But Goo
In his wisdom saw that she was capable of mag
nifying his grace in deep afhiction, as she haC
ho1ored his cause while blessed with health
And the opportunity could not be lost OF teach
ing others Of less requirements than herself
the high standard of Christian perfection.
When the writer was young and .nexperi
enced. she could not understand why SOM
christians were called TO suffer 50 much NOR
than others: and expressing herself IN this wa
, TO her aged father, he replied land never shal
I forget his remarks), an experienced gener
4 Al t,ejects his brayest and best officers to iron
the battle, SO does God often select Tor Tn
greatest trials those whom he knows are capa
4 Bic of bearing them" Years have pasSe
i away, yet the lesson then taught has remained I;
and enabled her to solve many . dilicuit ~. :
which perhaps would otherwise have remains .nl
an enigma. Oflate. years she has Z met wltn;
similar idea, expressed by III. w. Beecher
these words 81 when God means to make
y man" tand consequently . woman, for there
Z no sex in soasl strong, and useful in his ia "a
9 and generation, he generally puts him into Cd
e forge and on the anvil WAY
@ thou afflicted one, whose health is destrol
ed and whose earthly prospects are blightet
take courage, for you are travelling in the pat
= of duty, and your ruugh journey will ternaina
in the better countryi We eopgratulate a oyo
tupon the starry crown III reversion, and Or Ii
everlasting that awaits you, .,..7 .tyi.-,maI
i a... +. -. AN EPIsooPAL METHODIST.
Smyrna, Feb. II, 1885, r +. ''"A'' q .i'. ) !" .