Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-09-28

death of a dear. relative. Though from the
grief and bereavement of the hour, there is
consolation in the thought that the one who
hath gone to the Unknown Land leaves so
pure and spotless II record as is portrayed in
the following tribute to the deceased by
Rev. S. S. Lambeth, of Danville, Va:
Such are some of the consoling thoughts
suggested by the occasion that calls us to-
gether to-day. And God knows that we
need all the consolation that we can gather.
or that the Gospel can furnish, for never did
congregation assemble under sadder and
more distressing circumstances than those
which surround this large and sympathiZing
audience. To-day we bid adieu to all that is
mortal of one whose equal in every respect,
lived in Danville, JANE SUTHERLIN
SMITH, only child of William L. and Jane
L. Sutherlin, was born in this city, Dam
WILEY January "a, 1851. About five years
ago she was united in marriage with her
now deeply bereaved husband, Francis Lee
duration she sweetly fell asleep in Jesus and
became the lovely bride OF death on the
night of the Oath of August, 1876. Endowed
by nature with a mind Of superior excellence
which had been developed and improved by
a liberal education ; invested with the high
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spirit as pure as those sweet flowers that
rest upon her quiet bosom possessing rare
grace of form and beauty of teature,-her
presence everywhere exerted q wonderful
magnetism that attracted, charmed and en-
chained all with whom she associated. Asa
wife, affectionate and faithful ; as a mother,
tender and careful as a daughter, docile
and devoted to both of her parents beyond
the power of words to express as q friend,
amiable, unselfish, sympathizing and true,
she adorned every sphere In which she
moved and her death leaves q vacuum IN
hundreds of griefstricken hearts that can
| neverbe filled. Nursed in the lap Of luxury
, and wealth., she did not, as is so often the
case, allow her worldly advantages to foster
vanity, to minister to pride or to harden her
: heart, but to-the poorest and humblest she
+ was as unaffectetly polite, cordial and kind
in her greeting as to the highest that she
> met in her own social circle. With such d
9 character it is not strange that she should
G have been courted, admired and loved by
4 all who were privileged to know her. To
ncr many natural Virtues She added the
, graces OF Christianity. In early youth she
n gave her heart to God by faith in Jesus
a Christ and connected herself with the
Methodist Episcopal Church South, OF which
she was a worthy and consistent member to
: the day of her death. Her religion sustained
y her in the last extremity and she walked
S through the valley of the shadow of death
/ fearing no evil but feeling that God was
with her, furnishing his rod and staff tor her
comfort and support. During her last ill
ness she was impressed with the idea That
she would die and frequently expressed to-
her friends that she was not afraid of death
: but resigned to the will of her Heavenly
Father. The bitterest thought Of death to
her pure mind was that of separation from
husband, daughter, father, mother and
other friends, whom she SO deeply md ten
derby loved.
/ think in all my life have never been so
much attracted and charmed by any one not
connected with me by the ties Of nature as I
was by her whose loss we all so much de-
plOre. She was SO sweet, so bright, so
u warm and cordial IN her manners that her
e entrance into q room was like a sunbeam,
shedding light and beauty over all around.
| wish to say here to her praise what / can
say of few that survive her That while T
often have conyersed with her on subjects
that might naturally have called forth some
remark tInged with bitterness / have reyer,
under any circumstances, heard her give eX-
preston to the slightest unkind feeling to-
wards any living person. Surely no higher
enconium could be passed upon any ~cIarac-
ter. And the result Of this charity on her
part is seen in the universal love and esteem
that she commanded from all classes. Rich
and poor, the htinblest as well as the high
1t est, concur in the statement that no lib has
ever been heard to speak Il word of her that
was not expressive of praise, affection or es-
TEEN. Few have ever passed away leaving
h such d record behind them few have ever
deserved the ~eulogies that are now bestowed
upon her by the quivering lips and grieying
% hearts OF an entire community.
/ can find no words to fully express my
sense Of the loss that has been sustained by