The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-08-08
in MEMORIAM.


loved wife of John p. Frederick Esq, ),
who1died in Orapgcburg Coupty,s on
the 14th Of July 1874 in the seth year
of her age
Expression has no holcr office than
eulogy. a human death is distinguish
ed from the universal dissolution around
it, by the cherished memories which
find uttcrancc in post funcbral tributes
In this consists our, lower spirituality,
our earthly Immortality, in this mcmor-
ial incid, Mt, aud character The truth
Of the religious sentiment, that sit is
not all to die" is here bcauteously por.
trnyed in the being remembered and
mourned for after death. Unlike the
ccase)ess, death of Nature, of which it
has been said that ''the cxhaustless
nutriment of existence is decay" our
humanity delicately but imperiou,ly
asserts its individuality in that each
closed life is loved aid lamcntud for its
own peculiar features Of lpvc!ncss and
worth. Shakespeare, who touches so
dextcrously the springs OF human
rcmotion, says: ~
Praising what is lost sAc'
Makes the remembrance dear.
aud it is a truth that the rarcst flowers
Of Poetry the most polished periods of
rhetoric Us well rs he cos,lest aud
most elaborate monuments hive served
to perform the Offices of pancgyric. The
glttcring gems Of thought set in peer
less caskcts Of dic,ion as well rs the
hypogcum, the oheli>k aud the pyru-
mid have lent their'amplcst efforts to
enlogizc the. dead.
is this not we'll? Thc lesson OF uni
vcisal truth, SO hard to take to heart.
which is taught by all such deaths rs
this, is better learned and pre-. "ed in
tho memorial tribute. @Whcn Drath
strikes down the innocent and .ol.
from every fragile form, from which lie
ttets the parting spirit free, afhnnlrcd
virtues rise, in shapes of mercy, charity
Hnd love to walk the world aud bless it
OF every tear Tint sorrowigI mortnls
shed on such green graves, some good is
Torn, some sentlcr nature comes in
the Dcstroycr's steps there spring up
bright crcatious that defy his power aud
his dark path becomes way Of light to
Heaven"
: Distant hcasts unite in mourning for
: Jour dead. The scpttercd, ,wails of
,idismemberea household gather with
those, with whom she was lattcrly more
ptarly associated, around her bier, and
weep tributes Of praise for all her gentle
goodness. Her grave becomes Il shriuc
,nround which, scattered wanderers on
the chaneeful sea of life, and widowed
healt that yearncd with Mothcrly
yearninss for the long absent, once II
part of her olden home, meet and knecl
together in token Of their grief and
love. Never has n life exhibited through
"a cllangeful and checquered course so
changelcss a character of unselishncss,
eentlcness and affection. In her homo
'of the olden time these traits made her
the patient friend, the unwearicd
confdnnt, the kind nurse, the affection
,ate child and companion; in her associa
tions with the young iu after days as
their teacher these traits made her the
kind elder sister to the little ones, and
rendered ;'lovc the law Of the school !"
in her late relations and associations
these traits made aN her friends, her
. k,ndincss begctting love in all around
her; these traits cnlcared her husband
to her with tenderness of affection
laicly seen even among those whose
married life is ccmcutcd by unfnl,cring
love-; these traits of gentle affection, Of
urselfsh sympathy brought her close to
the hearts Of all her associates and
these traits emil aim her memory with
.cCttly fiapkinccnsc Of love. The power
of attraction in her narctionatc nature
8 to call fo,lh and secure reciprocal love
was Lost couspicuously shown, whore it
naturally slonld have been-in ,hc
regard Of her devoted husband. "Ihc