The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1869-01-21
DIED.


In Stroudsburg, on the 10Th inst. Mrs.
Harriet ackson, wife of Dr. A. Reeves Jack
eon. after n lingering illness, aged - years
and = months.
The leccased wuS the eldest daughter Of
the late Stroul J. Holiinshead, end was
born in StrouGs5urg. Nov. 18th, 1898 She
was married to Dr. 4. Reeves Jackson, May
l9,a 1850, and leaves devoted husband,
an rnjuIgent mother and brother, four affec-
,ionale children and large circle of rela-
siyes and friends 10 mourn her loss.
In the death of Mrs. jackson, we have an
other sad reminder that, indeed death loves
d ehining mark Surrounded by every
,hiag thai heart could wish-proiccted By
al lie safeguards which husbands, q mo-
lher's, a brothers. aud chdren's love could
lhrow around her-close nestled in the
hearts Of cur whole community because Of
her exemplary character, her christian walk
and conversation, her unliring urhanIty and
her unozlentatious charities and virtues
unc Y eoulI have thought the icy hand OF
The fell destroyer would have allowed her
60 remain; but not SO. The prize was too
bSighl-;oo noble-und, brea king all barriers,
disease and death aimed her il the midst
Of her usefulness, and took her from US
Sad thought: and yet there Is food Tor re-
ioicing mingled with the sadness. She died
not as one without hope. Fer years she had
CONTEMPLATED tic stern truth that sail mus;
die" and IL those years her efforts have all
been to draw closer 10 God, that she might
.alE in communion with Him. Several years
sro, feeling il 10 be duty, she united her
self with the Presbyterian Church; and
though her piety has not been of the strictly
LcmoEstratiye kind, in her meekness, her
gentleness, her kindness. her bencrolcnce,
her regular attendance upon the services of
the sanctuary her earnest devotion 10 every
thing which promised to aid in the advance
inent Of he cause of her Divine Master, her
patience which led her to bear the sufferings
ofs painful and protrac;ed illness without a
mur:ner, and in her calm, peaceful and tri-
umghaut death, we have the best evidence
that her dying was but the passing of her
immortal spirit from this mortal body of d.
sease and pain, to perfect existence among
the blessed in Heaven.
On allwho knew her, her death Will fall
as heavy sorrow indeed. On companions
because Of the loss Of friend-true, confd
ing and worthy Of ihe most unbounding love
On the pear and suffering, because the hand
that SO kindly ministered to their wants and
lhe voice which 90 feoIingly cheered them
ia lheir svEalipgs are forever still in des III
On he church, because she has lost an ar.
dent supporter and a most earncs, worship
per. On her fmly but who Cal meas
ure the length. the breadth, the heichth snC
the deph Of affiiction here Words have nc
power in such couputa ton and yet all
companions. the poor, the church and the
firmly may fad consolation and comfort ii
the sweet words Of the Poctess. which apply
sith SO much truthlulness to her whose les.
we mourn:
Farewell thy life has left surviving love
A wealth of records and sweet feelings given
From sorrows heart the faiRtness to remove
BY Whispers breathing less Of earth than hca
ven.
Thus rcsts Thy spirit still on those with whom
Thy step the path of joyous duty trod,
Bidding them make an altar of thy tomb
Where ehas:ened thoughts may offer praise tc
God" w.