The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-02-07
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SMITH.-Died February 1st, In this, her native
city, Miss JULIETTE ANN SAITH, aged 73 years
and "a days.
1t seems scarcely necessary to express In words
what her long. useful life Illustrated in daily acts
of kind and Christian benevolence; but we cannot
deny ourself the privilege Of recalling some OF
the beautiful features In character so rich In all
that makes the noble Christian woman.
Deprived Of a brother at the most tender age.
when, herself just pauslng at the brink OF woman
hood, she had need OF loving hand to guile her
youthful steps, she took the control OF large
family ana with Ssaaunted courage placing her he
grlmage Of her remaining parent, but herself
advised and aided him In the practical affairs OF
life. When the clouds gathered and dark mslor-
tune fell upon home where beneath her touch
sorrow had disappeared and sunny smiles had
been wont to greet the ever-wecomed guest, un-
hesitatlngly she yielded her home and Its luxures
to the demands OF justice, and with unlaltertng
steps led the now aged father with his little flock
to another OF her own making, which by her
steady industry SHE purchased. together 18th the
family servants and place. Years fed, the dear
father was laid beside his beloved wife, and the
children grown had separated, some filling theii
allotted spheres In distant States, others married
and rearing their little families In the way SHE
had taught them, but the good elder sister, re-
sistng all proposals OF marriage, could still be
found the centre OF her home circle, cheering and
encouraging the timid and faint.hearted by her
example OF faith in Him whose promises were
strong to sus ain ner.
results OF many years laborious effort, but with
the words "Be still, and know that am Cod"
she supported the doubling and the weary. Dis
ease had crept Into the little band, and one most
afflicted appealed so earnestly to this strong heart
for help and comfort that for years the insidiOus
destroyer, which had found Its way to her form,
preyed upon and vlsbly wasted her before she
would reveal his presence, lest those clinging to
never faltered in performing nobly her appointed
work. She loved the children OF the family with
tenderness akin to the maternal anu when IL
became her duty, took them to her heart and
reared them with such care as mothers might be-
stow In the highest discharge OF their holy trust.
For the past few years. returning to her beloved
city after an exile such as many OF us shared, she
accepted for her sisters and herself refuge IN
tile Home, kindly rendered to her by Its founders,
where she endeared herself TO oil who suffered or
had need OF sympathy. and where, by her own
unceasIng energy, added to the devotion OF
friends near and distant, she continued to make
her small circle scene OF cheerful Christian har-
piness. If her heart knew wish more dear than
the place OF her beoveds, 1t was that she might
catch the last accents OF those pale, prayerful
lips which now so plalntlvely implore submission
to the Divine will; but she who most will need her
love murnurs not at the goodness OF Gods lrovi.
dence In removing the dear one from future OF
much suffering as pred by one whose nose
patient skill alleviated her dying agonies. Who
shall dare say that lie doeth IL not In mercy
Rare friend, counsellor, sister Thou hast indeed
performed thy work In thy day and generation,
anu the "Well uOne" o. tnc laltHlul IL tlinc ~
last ut Is not always our duty TO marry, but it
Is always our duty says the great Richter, ITO
abide by right; not to purchase happiness by
loss OF honor; not to avoid unweddeduess by
untruthfulness." And how can we hettcr
close our brief sketch or this pure, unselflsh wo-
man, than by quoting the words which follow:
ain thy last hour. when life and the bygone pos
sessions and scalrOdngs OF life shall crumble In
pieces ready to fall down; In that last hour thou
wilt look hack OIL thy life. No ochillrcn no husband
will be there but In the empty dusk one high,
pure, angelic, smiling, beaming figure. godlike
and mounting to the godke, will hover and
beckon thee to mount with her. Mount thou with
her. tile figure Is thy virtue l''