The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1873-03-26
Obituaries.

Died, March 1lth at his residence in the count,
OF Cupeper, Va EOwIN D. SAMPSON, formerly o
Brooklyn, New York.
| of l.. c. May, of Bristol, Tenn and daughter o
the late E. G. Caruthers of Lexington, Va.
Died, March Dist, at the residence of her mother
LAS, wife of Treyanon B. Dallas, of Nashville
Tenn, aged "a years.
Died, March 10Th, at the residence of her mothe
in Petersburg, Va, MATTE B. uUNLoP. daughter o
the late James and Isabella Dunlop, in the 22d yea
of her age.
Died, March 9th in Paducah KY, after pro
| longed illness, JAMES NJ. HENDRC OK, son of DR.. j
7. Hendrick, in the 29th year OF his age
He departed in peace, cheered with the hope o
everlasting life through the Astounding grace OF Coo
TO the chief of sinners.
Died, in Winchester, Va, February 25,h, Mrs
ANN g., wife OF Lloyd Logan, in the 69d year of hel
age.
The death of this excellent Christian lady, already
announced calls for more extended notice than II
has yet received She afforded a signal instance o.
the power of grace to sustain life and to cheer il
death the heart in which it reigns. Those who
knew her intimately will not require this testimony
10 assure them lQdJ OF Q6r many 6ACclleuCl6S, u6I
true and deep toned piely the most conspicuous
Having early given herself the Saviour, she con
unued for more than forty years His trusting dsc
Pile adjoining His doctrine by her humble, patient,
prayeriul Christ like life. Deprived for many years
of the ordinances of Gods house, in which her soul
greatly delighted her sick chamber became sane
tuary, IN which her Saviour was always honored.
The fervent prayer and abiding faith to which that
chamber was witness render her loss In the family,
as wife and mother, irreparab.e.
Very few of Gods people are called to endure
such heavy and long continued affllcon as was APP,
pointed unto her; yet amid protracted and often
excessive weakness, attended not unirequently with
bodily suferiugs of extreme severity, she was ena
bled with submissive patience and Christian forti-
tude to acquesce in Gods dealings with her Com.
hitting herself to Him, upon whose righteousue ss
aud sacrifice she rested all her hopes, no murmur-
ing or impatient word escaped her lips. Knowing
that the sentence of death had long ago gone out
against her, she calmly waited, in WEAKNESS and
pain, all her appointed time till her change came.
Her departure, though long anticipated, was sud.
den ut last; and yet as peaceful it was sudden.
She had lived for so many years upon the very con-
fines of the eternal world, and had conversed so
often and so famiiar with death that when it actu
ally arrived its presence inspired no terror. Pre-
pared already, she welcomed the messenger, bowed
to his summons, and departed TO be with Christ.
No cloud obscured her evidence of acceptance with
him. No fear for the future seemed ever to add
anything to the weight of her otherwise heavy trials
Her latest conversation gave the cheering assurance
that she "knew whom she believed, and was pur-
suaded that He was able keep that which she had
committed to Him against that day" Her whole
life testified to her abiding trust in Jesus, and when
the end was come she had nothing to do, but fall
asleep in Him.
When we review the life of one thus chastened,
and contrast it with the bessedness that awaits the
saint beyond the tomb, we rejoice that we can, with
-. al,
of this present time are not worthy 10 be compared
with the glory which shall be revealed in us. ~
"No sickness there
No wearing, wasting of the frame away,
No hidden grief;-
No wild and cherries vision of despair;
No vain petitions for swift relief;
No fearful eyes-no broken hearts are there "