The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-04-05

Died, March 25th, at the residence OF Mrs. Col.
James F. Preston, near Blacksburg, Montgomery
county, Va, of apoplexy, Mrs. JULIET E. TAYLOR,
wife of George W. Taylor.
Mrs. TAYLOR was the daughter of Capt Jacob N.
Cardozo and Elizabeth Michaux deceased. She
lacked only seven days of being sixty one years old
She was married by the Rev. John McElhenney, in
Lewisburg, West Va, October 10TH 1881. She was
the mother of four children all of whom are dead !;
her third and only child Major Jacob N Taylor, OF
the Goth Virginia Regiment. was killed in the battle
OF Cloyds farm. in Pulaski county. Va, May 9th,
1854 Mrs. TAYLOR united herself with the people of
God in the Presbyterian church at Lewisburg, IN
1881 after her marriage, she renamed IN Green,
brier two years, went to Kanawha IN 1888, renamed
there till 1851, returned to Greenorier, where sne
said till 1867, went to Montgomery, where she and
her husband have lived il the house Of Mrs. Col.
Preston for more than eight years.
For nearly fory.fve years, this good woman lived
the life of consistent Christian amid troubles aud
| trials. some of them uncommon She has sat under
the stated ministry of such men as DR.. John McEl'
benney. DR.. James NJ. Brown, DR.. Stuart Robinson,
| Rev. Samuel Brown and Rev. John G. Brown grand
SON of Mary Moore, the heroine of the Captives OF
| Abb's Valley, Rev. Phander NJ Custer, Rev. James
| Il. Lens. and Rev. William Wilhelm. She is with
McElhenney, and the two Browns, father and son,
in glory, and those remaining can testify to her ex'
cellencies Since her death a letter has been re-
ceiyed from dear friend of hers telling her OF the
| revival which is now going on IN hanaw6a, IN the
church of which Rev. j. G. Barr is pastor This gody
minister, to whose preaching she hstened during q
period of three years, will reJolce TO hear that she
| died in the Lord.
Mrs. TAYLOR was a woman of retiring manners,
but OF indomitabe energy; often has one who knew
her intimately heard her excaim =" U, II had the
strength of body which you have, how many things
| wonld be done which are left undone." When she
felt compelled to admonish she did it in such way
that il was obliged to tell on such occasions she
would remark, 81 do it for your good, because
love you"
She could not tolerate idleness, and therefore wa
always employed, and observing through life, tina
more misery resulted from lsziness than any othe
vice. she could never rest satiS ben she saw
any of her friends, who had nd Science, no
engaged in some remunerative wof1N
She died, so little conscious OF her own worth
that she could never be made TO understand how
was, that any one was willing to board, and dit
hoard herself and husband for years without charge
for the sake of her companionship she was ittl
too sensitive to what was only an apparent depen
dence, notwithstanding the person bestowing tn
kindness acknowledged that she considered hersel
the obliged party.
On Monday, March 9th, the day of her inter
meut. could she have been an observer of what wa
taking place in the Presbyterian church at Blacks
burg-heard from the lips of Rev. Mr.. Wilhelm, he
II,
ness and prase-seen the scores of persons pressing
into the church, among them number of colore
persons, greater than was ever seen before in tn
church-and when in the church quietly and sol
. EMMY listening to the truthful words of Christian
eulogy spoken by the preacher, and known that the
mourned their loss, not excited by sympathy only
but by love for her, as consistent Christian woman
she, so timid, unobtrusive, unselfsh, would hav
been filed with amazement. Although she wa
about as good as any ever gets in this world, 70
it may confidently be asserted that no one can b
found who, speaking the truth, would venture
talk of her in the way of censure-yet, she was nc
perfect in conversing with her friends, and espe
cialy with her with whom she lived more than eigt
years-the last years of her life-she would say
II never could have borne what the martyrs did;
am afraid would have denied my Saviour, rattle
than endure the tortures which so many Christia
. men and women, and even children, have exultingl
and triumphantly endured for Christ's sake" A
to DEATH the king of terrors, she acknowledged he
= inability to conceive how she could be so change
az to give him welcome. She was dead in lei
than fifteen minutes after the Lord suffered death
strike her. She was woman OF prayer, and or
who delighted in reading Gods word in fact for th
last years of her life she read but little except tt
/ Bible; when she lived where she could attend Sal
E bath School and prayer meetings she was rarely al
sent. This notice may be the ems of bringir
some one to Christ