Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-06-01
IN MEMORIAM.

DIED, on the eth of April, 1872, at the
residence Of her father, Rev. VIM. G. Ross,
in Noxubce County, Miss, Mrs. SALLiE L.
PRuIT, wife of Robert Pruit, aged 10 years,
> months and 6 days.
beyond the flight of time,
Beyond the reign of death,
There surely is some blessed climo
Where life is not u breath,
Nor life's affections transient fire,
Whose sparks fly upward and''eIpiro'
There is a world above,
Whore parting is unknown;
A long eternity Of love,
Formed for the good alone;
And faith beholds the dying here
Translated to that glorious sphere.
w scarcely know how to write IN obit-
uary of Mrs. Pruit, in a mnnner that will at
the same time do justice to her memory
and not seem like fulsOme adulation and
hattery to those not intimately acquainted
with her. Born Of pious parents, and
reared with the tenderest care, under eyes
ever watrhful of her moral training, with
the view Of leading her in her childhood to
the foot of the Cross, sho Was curly in life
the subject of religious impressions, and in
her fourteenth year became u member Of
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church At Y
Prairie, in which her Father had 80 long
and u~sefully oiiciatcd MS a minister.
Durin. her childhood she WAS the imper-
s|onntion of amiabilitv and perfect obedi-
encc to the parental rule, and in her inter-
course with her teachers and schoolmAtes
! tho .otno oh ru,f a ristiry wnFa u1u0Va nptiC0-
able, So that she WAS ever u general ~favorite
in school. IT'S said of her, that she was
never known ~ tell n falsehood or dcviate
in the least from the truth in her life. She
WAS ever fond Of books, was a hard student
and, being possessed Of . splendid natural
mind, stood very high in her classes, Not
contont to have her education confined to
the limited course usually prescribed for her
rex, she took up the classics and mAstOred
the Latin and Greek languages in n manner
that was truly surprising. She graduated
with tho highest distinction at Union Fs-
mals College, Oxford, Miss, in the mouth
If June, Is g..
But it w, after she had completed her
studio. at s, h.oi and returned home, that
her goodness and attractions became most
co%nspicuous Free from the cares Of the
school room, and with n larger field for the
exercise of her Christian virtues, she was
ever seeking to do good and striving to all
vance her Masters cause. A christian in-
deed and in truth. she loved her God and
Savior with unallovsd fidelity, and relied
upon his promises with IN undoubting faith
that was truly beautiful to behold. Tho
ritter eau never forget the tervld love and
implicit faith which he has so often seen
brlming in her face, aud which enabled her
with such childlikc simplicity and conf
dcnce to look up and say Abba, Father
She was one of the most active IN getting
M a Sunday School at N-PrHiric in the
spring Of lalt wear, and though naturally
very tilnid aud retiring, she was never IL
fraid tc speak for jesus. Being MI accom-
pli<lcd musician she took charge Of the or
gun in the Sunday School and Church, and
to her zeal and energy may be attributed,
in u very great degree, the success attained
in sunday school and Church music at "
Prairie. The solemn pcals Of the organ,
as she would strike FL in u prelude to some
eautiful anthem or Sunday School song,
seem to rcvArbcrate even now as the mind
~rercrts to her on such occasions. Sweet
and accurate IA WAS her touch. no Wonder 1t
should arrest the attention OF "It ana cHm-
mNnd a profound silence ana wei 'IlA! llla'
instrument tho organ be drap"d III ih"urh'
ing, rs II now Is, IN HIlr'tAl"n VI u'c ioS,,
sustained by the death oil It's mistress ana
who that witnessed 1t, can ever forget 'le
profound grief depicted on the couh:cnan'
ccs Of the members Of the Sunday School,
when they came together on the morning
Of the 2Sth of April, the next DAY ana hrS'
Sunday after her death. And, rs soon ~
the 'chool was called to order, inc SubJGc'
Of her death having been alludcu 10 Dy 'n'
Superintendent, II committee was lmme"l
, ntcly appointed by the School to draft res
l %olutions expressive of Their deep SorroT'
5 AT the time OF her death; AIRS Ito!t na'
: been married seven mohtIS "'uioS, I" u
hour. On inc -'Sn Oh 9'P'1 mn io' d.,
gave hor nalu anu : o-,h ~ All Ell
: II N mntriast' ""p III e. haayon s,Sovi
t loving Sne wno rn''eu W So ~ % 80"
hood 'whiGn sue hSu ScarCel! tn,v.V ~
was adored oy ner husg"I'u II pViLs LII hnir
an anger on SaIth' anu eeei u 20 ~
&c no less loved tlah 'oV'ns' "m. , ,Sa,r ,,",
riagc, even as bride ana orlueetoor. io na
p friend. we Sorrn" WIN YOU ou' WE ~
70 that your loss Is her gam; l!a luo"sm
grleNed her TO leave you, sIe - No." a. ~
.. come guest at the marriage supper OF u
IA nt"np" ,bo m,rh, sn in dyinr she trump