The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-01-30
IN MEHORIAM.

EMILE BoUE, wife of TIL. Gouin, was born
in lie d'aix, France, on the 10th day of Oc-
tober, 1920. She died at Newberry 6. H.,
South Carolina, on the oath day Of January,
1867, after painful illness Of not quite one
weeks duration.
Seldom have the sympathies of this en-
tire community been stirred to greater
depths, than when the death Of this most
estimable person became generally known.
Eyes unused to weeping were suffused with
tears. Hearts unaccustomed to such emo
tions were moved with sentiments Of pro-
found grief. The large congregation at
tending the funeral services, could not fail
to be impressed with the solemniry of the
occasion, and the spectacle OF touching sad
ness there presented. In the tenderest OF
earthly relations, of husband and
wife, this favored couple had been permit:
ted TO enjoy together thirty one years Of
domestic peace and felicity They were all
the world to each other, and their home
was the abode of blissful contentment and
unclouded happiness. Their devotion could
not but attract the admring notice OF even
the most casual observer. And now there
was the stricken husband, on this, the an
niversary of the day which gave him birth,
about 10 commit to the grave, the wife of
his bosom, the partner for this long space
of time, of all his joys, the accomplishing
sharer of all his miSfortuneS and the comfort
er ofall his sorrows. Far away from the
place Of their nativity, strangers in a strange
land without kindred, though not without
friends, one has been taken, and the other
left to mourn over his less.
The deceased was known to the writer of
this sketch, as q regular attendant upon the
Sabbath services of the sanctuary, of which
he is the minister. She enjoyed the priyl-,
lege of worshipping at Aveleigh Church;
to her it was a real pleasure, of which she
felt and acknowledged the deprivation,
whenever hindered by sickness or inclement
weather. In this respect she will be sadly
missed, in way only known to a pastor
Whc receives encouragement of heart from
lie punctuality and serious and de7out at
tention of his hearer.
Though she led quiet and unobtrusive'
life, her loss will be keerly feltlbg many in
this community, and particularly by the
needy, the SEX and the suffering. She did
innumerable acts of charity, and always in
such delicate, refined and unostentatious
manner, that often they wer. known solely
to the recipients themselves.
One instance came under the personal
observation of the writer, where destitute
family had been for months, literally sup
ported by her generosity, and this without
their being able Tor some time, with all their
exertions, to ascertain the source from
whence the supplies came. She could not
witness distress without relieving it, as far
as lay in her rover, yea and beyond her
power she was willing. For indeed, it may
be told Of her chow that in grea. trial of
afdictiou, the abundance Of her Joy and her
deep poverty abounded unto the riches of
her iberality." a very few days after the
memorable conahgration in this town last
year, and which had stripped her husband
and herself Of Iearly their earthly all, hap
pening to visit this same destitute and almost
starving family, just mentioned, q servant
arrived bringing from this same generous
hand now cold in death, portion Of what
little was still left by the merciless FIRE;
showing a willin mess to share her last
morscl with the poor and needy: to divide
her last crumb with those more hungry
than herself
But upon the bereaved, heart-broken nus.
band, this blow falls with stunning force.
1t is an agonizing stroke! No wife's soft
hand to soothe his troubled brow no wifs's
sweet voice to cheer his desolate home no
wife's ear to listen to bis distresses; no
wife's heart to return the love which his
heart gives. It. is hard, hard to bear!
When the loss is OF another kind, it may
admit Of repair. Property may be injured,
some cherished plan may be frustrated
but industry may be agar successful and
hope may fix its eye on other objects. But
when those whom we love best die, there is
no comfort of this sort with which We can
be comlorted. We cannot reason ourselves
into true submission. We .aAy philosophers
about it, but no comfort will come from
this quarter. The world and its joys and
busy scenes may be sought after, but they
cannot make US forget our sorrow Of heart.
But when religion comes to our aid, then it
brings sweet resignation; God is with the
believer in trouble, and there is peace
profound which pa$seth al! understanding.
Not that it removes all feeling and forbidS
US to weep: for on the contrary the heart
when purified by grace. is capable Of the
greatest feeling for grace which removes
the heart Of stone and substitutes that OF
flesh, will refine rather than extinguish
human sensibilities. But what words do
we hear from lips, whence nothing but
lamentation might have been expected to
issue? 81 was dumb. | opened not my
mouth because thou ddSt it, ''The Lord
gave and the Lord hath taken away, blessed
be the name of the Lord" Religion works
this miracle. This can cause the sorrowing
to be glad in the midst Of their sorrow.
Bereaved husband the desire Of his eyes
is taken away from him with stroke. Yet
in all this, he sinneth not, nor chargeth
God foolishly. Il -.