Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-07-21
DIED.


WASSON-At her fathers residence. on Lin
den street, July 25, 1868 Mrs. JuLIA Z. WATSON,
wife of DR.. J. b. WATSON, OF this city.
In another home the light OF earthly y is
eztinguished. Across another doorstep the
sh3ooWs OF bereavement have fsllen-sckd o"s
'hA1 VIII grow longer as the evening Oh ms
wears away. The gentle wife is no more ire
"Aectlonaie daughter, the loving slsssr' INC
inother' who had just " felt for the INST IAiDe
neF nfst borns breath" has passed away.
Inc flowers of Elmwood are upon mouho O4
eAtth which is beiog daily watered with 'sAS,
ana thilher the thoughts OF surviving ones Ike
oAaos Of unseen mourners, are hourly vending
their way. To the strangers eye it may De
only one OF the numberIess graves that Psop
This great City Of the Dead. To Us 1t is the ha--
lowed resting place OF beautiful caszet, from
winch the immortal jewel has been taken 10
shine in the RedeemeI's crown.
At would e impossible, IN a brief notice IKE
thls' 10 give any adequate expression TO our
sehss OF The modest worth, the ehaste beauty
ana the unselnsh devotion of the life that hae
been brought 50 suddenly to a cioze. seidoln
nave We known one so fitted by nature to De
source OF happiness to all around her. Gentle
amtable and affectionate in disposition, full o.
native courtesy, refinement and sympathy
she seemed to DO always chez fuI herself, ana
always DESTROYS to impart cheeriulnsss 10
Others Her presence, as the moved from day
to dPy in the modest sphere Of woman's duty
and influence, shed charm, not only over heI
own dwelling of which she was the idol oui
over the social circle of which she was the de-
Light None knew her but to love her, n r
named her but to praise"
1t was religion that gave to the chaIacte OF
the departed one that which constituted Its
highest charm. Gentleness and amlsbiliiy OF
nature had been refined and sauctified by Di-
vine grace. The cornerstone had been pol
tshed by the great Architect after the similitude
OF palace For ten years she had besn
faithful, devoted follower Of Christ, and mem
Der of the Second Preshy terrain Church Of this
city, living in daily communion with God, in
dai growth In grace, in daily preparation for
the Kingdom of Heaven. Her favOri5e cory
of the Scriptures, ia which she delighted
to mediate by day and by night" contains
al through its pages the pencil marks that
seem to US like the foot prints OF the immortal
spirit as il passed " from strength to strength
until it appeared Ia Zion before God" Thu
silent chamber to which she retired every day
for private devotion, il its walls could speak,
would be eloquent of hours spent in commun-
ion with Heaven-timss when the spirit
prlvileg ID, like Moses upon Pisgah's summit,
to look over and view its promised inheritance.
Sainted spirit Bright indeed Is the inherit
anee Happy the exchange leaving to Us
the sorrow, nov fourfoId for thy loss-reeeIviDg
for thyself " the crown Of rejoicing which He,
the righteous Judge, shall give to US in that
| day"
Nay the balm of Heavenly consolation rest
upon bleeding hearts To Him who is the
fountain of mercy and grace, we commend our
brother, from wkCse heart the sunlight has
iaded; in whose night the. shines no star but
the Star Of Bethlehem. To our covenant, God,
we commend tne little child, whose life the
mother purchased with her own. And, oh
may He De near to those parents whose ago
MIXING hearts bled for their eldest child the
FRS that they learnG to love, and to the sister
and brC Their, and to the little ones who scarcely
realize their loss, and other near AMI cesr
friends. Through these sanGtIied trials may
all be redeemed to constitute an unbro zen
family in Heaven. A FRIEND.