Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-10-09
Obituary.

Mrs. Sue A. Goodwin, wife ofRsv. W. r. Good
win, Of the Ill. Conference. and daughter Of DIR.
J. W. Kesly, of this place, died In Lincoln, ILL.,.
at o'clock TUESDAY morning, Sept. 2gth, aged
80 years, 5 months and rs days. She joined the
Methodist Church under the ministry fher faith
or, In her eleventh year, and was coverted at the
age Of fourteen In this place. She graduated al
Brookville College in June, 1875 5, and married
her beroaved husband Aug. s, 1855. Since then
she has beea iaborng for the church aud the
world as the wife OF n Methodist preacher. aud
la connection with the College here aud the wes-
leyan University In Bloomington, Ill.
During the three years spent la the Coll ego
here, she won hosts OF warm friends, aud advanced
the In terests OF the College far more THAI was
generally known. The students loved her, aud
she took great pride In planting and In making
the College and It's grounds an orname Mt to the
town. In her new home In Illinois she was won :
derfuily popular, and during her last pr oracted
sickness the attentions shown her we're sometimes
almost bardensome. She emphatcally loved her
family, aud che made her homo - happy place.
She loved music and flowers and Dir de and child
ren; she loved every body who could be loved,
aud In turn was loved by all who knew her.
She felt Tor months before her death that her
life could not be a protractcd one, but she clung
to life because Of her family. She could not
think OF leaving her husband and three little
views of,the heavenly laad, such manifestations Of
the Saviors love, that she calmly urrendered all
into the hands of jesus, and then desired TO depart
and be with Christ For two days aud ghts her
room seemed filled with q heavenly presence, and
all who entered " felt that IL vas privilege to
be there. she gave the children her last barge,
her last word OF love and COUNSEL made arrange :
ments for her burial, desiring to DO buried In
Brookville beside her httle boy who preceded her
to the better land; eomforted those who were
weeping beside her, aud then said; "Now let me
90 aud see Ma and Georgia anu Jesus, for they
have come down TO the river 10 meet me; don Z
weep for me, for will be close TO you and watch
over you while you stay on earth, aud then you
viii come SOON To live with us In Heaven."
Thus she spent the last hours Of q useful life,
aud her sun declined AS peacefully as sinks the
sun behind our Western hills. There was no pain
no fear In the Last hour, but she caught glR pscs
Of the land OF beauty beyond the shores of time
Such death was htting close 10 such life.
She Was buried here Oct. lst, and seldom does
q community feel so deeply the loss Of any one.
The ecene ~ the church was peculiarly affecting,
as Dir. Lynch told Of her Triumphant death. Two
Of the little boys will remain here with their rel
atives, and the babe will be taken care Of by Mrs.
Wilson Morrow OF Ia dianapolis. The husband
goes back to Lincoln, H., to resume his pastor.
al labors there alons and desolate. Kind friends
and Instruction cannot be felt aud heard again.
But the legacy Of spotless life, OF happy death
10 lsit-a legacy beyond all price. She sic cps
In Jesus, aud such God will bring with HIN when
the saints are crowned In eternal light.