The weekly clarion., 1875-04-14

DIED. in this city on the evening Of the sth
inst- about IL O'Clock P. ~, MRs. NARY
| HELM. the loving and beloved wife OF Thos
T. Helm. nc the age OF fifty-fcur years and
four months.
The deceased was the daughter OF the late
Col. VIM. Biggs, Esq of Adams county.
| where, near the city Of Natchez. she was born
on November 10Th. 1s20- There she resided
/ Until iier marriage TO her now sorely be-
| reaved husband, on the 18th OF October 1886
During the last thirty Two years she resided
In this city, where she as widely ana f. vor-
| ably Known As lady possessed OF every vir-
tue which enters into the character OF the
noble and the good. No one at all ac-
/ 4Hainted with Mrs Helm could withhold a
| loving appreciation Of her for the many no.
bic qualities which adorned her life.
Utterly without guile. or ostentation,
| there was an earnest simplicity in her char
acter, and winning gentlcness in her man
neFs which made her welcome visitor All
obfging HeighboF. delightful ompanion
and a charming friend Notwithstanding
the many imperfectiOn5 WhicE are common
| to all, YET she was in every relation of lie
/ about al that could be desired. She was
! the light OF her home, the centre and the
source of all its joys. In this respect Solo
| mons description of the Virtnous woman
may well be applied to her: For her price
was far above Tubies. The heart of her
husband did safely trust in her. She hath
done him sond, and not evil, all the days OF
her life. Her children rise up and call her
DIes>Gis HuHDdHQ also, aBU he DEdlselH
her" And vel they may do so, for she
hath left with them the treasure OF a preci-
Gus and blessed memory. As wife and
mother, she was indeed model in all re-
spects. Her aim was 10 make her home low
ing and happy, aud in this she was wonder
fully successful.
La relation to others she was earnest and
constf ut in her friendships, mild ia her re-
sentiments, charitable in her Judgments, ami
able in her department, gentle aud affection
AfQ n all within fha circle n aeuuaip-
tance.
As a Christian, she was earnest, consistent,
faithful and charitable in every sense. The
severe discipline of sorrow through which
at various times during her whole life, God
in his wise and my ysteriOus Providence, had
called her to pass, was greatly sanctitied to
her. As one bereavement after another
came upon her. she drew nearer and nearer
to God, until she could say, at is the Lord,
let Him do what seemeLh Him good"
Of her nine children, six had passed away
from earth before her. But she felt it was
her Divine Father who had called them
Her calm fortitude grew out OF her un
wavering trust in the Lord Jesus and not |
even the sudden summons of death had |
any terrors to her; tor some days before |
her dece-.e she mad declared herself ready |
to go at any moment her Lord might see fit |
10 call her. She knew not that the call would |
come so sool, or so suddenly. Unconsci |
ously she was preparing her loved ones for |
denly. The alarm aud the end came al |
most together. But the close was not per-
mitted until she had time to summon all |
her powers to testify to the truth aud low
ing presence of her Lord, and to show in
that honest hour, the deep sincerity of the
professions and convictions of lifetime.
Being tenderly asked If nothing could be
done for her, She. as if conscious that the
end was come, replied, My child, know
that my Redeemer liveth. Jesus, sweet
Jesus! | shall soon be with him." Thus
her purified spirit was waited to the realms
of eternal light and glory. $50 Jesus giveth
His beloved sleep" Her dearly beloved
form, invested in her Lords PROMISE OF
restitution, is laid to rest in the tomb, while
her soul has returned to rest in the bosom OF
God who gave it. There, in happiness, she
awaits two events, the homecoming of the
dear ones yet on earth, and the blessed
morning of the resurrection. But L would
not have you to be ignorant. brethren, con-
them which are ASLEEP, that ye sOr
row not even as others which have nc hope.
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose
again, even so them also which sleep in
Jesus, will God bring with Him, when he
comes TO be Elorified in His saints, and to
be admired in all them that believe" H.