The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-09-15
OBITUARY.

In tie lc:tth Of MRs. AvEoEt MEroY-
FIR, the community has Sustained al al
most rrrparblc loss. 1t IS an event
(Which merits something more than or
binary mention. On" Of the few remain
ln- links which CONNECT us with the
general ions past, is hrokc,l-a thorough
" good woman-a life wlich "sllineS
like good deed in a nauyhty WORLD"
has passed away. Born under the col
oNial Government oi Spain, she outlive,l
more than two generations of her towns.
people. and witnessed the various chang
Is which Naiclil.oclcs has undergone
during that cllanyrtul period.
In the bloom and gush of life, she as.
sumCd its serious Responsibilities. 4
young wife, and the adopted mother OF
large family of orphaned brothers and
sisters, she consolcd, strengthened. and
prepared them to sustain worthily the
battle of life: widow while still Young,
her own children were made by her
coluscls the worthy recipients of her
virtues, 1t has been said that, ''an hon
est man is the noblcst work of God,''
surely this may be said with lis much
Justice of such y woman. The sphere in
which she moved mi ht be less conSpic.
nous, but not more CON ractrd than that
of m;uly whose names arc on The lips 5t
some. In this age of shamS and super
fatalities, how refreshing to see ourSclt' in
the radiance of such character! 1t is
like thread of gold which rufus through
the dark wool Of humanity. cmbcllishiny
what would otherwise be dark and re-
pulsive-y,thcring new slilcndor. Is it
ucars it's close. and mclts into the glory
of Heascn: If it is trno that tho IN
known realms of ether, pulsato with
every mortal word, that every deed,
every Thought even, is preserved in i'm
prrishahlc records, not only lit oiir own
souls, b.: Of those arorntl It's, how in-
calculablt for good or evil, is the nilu-
encc every human being wic1'S: who
can tel! what such Il life as hers, Which
has lust left us, has done, and may yet
do tor humanity? TO her, the change
must be more in|initc yai,'--throuyh a
long and useful life, she adorned society
with every virtue. A woman. true to
all the loving Instincts of her sex, yet
with retsUn and capacity, which would
have done honor to the other, u mother,
tender and considerable, friend judi
cious and wise, cher children rise up and
call her blessed"
The closing scene in the pilgrimage OF
this venerable luly, was the fitting crown
of such noble life. With faculties I'M
tlimmcd by age, with Il heart strengthen
cd and sustained by an t,nfaltcring trust
in the mercy of the Great Father, she
waited calmly and screnc(y the ap.
preaching chungc, Calling around her
her children, aud her children's children
she made stch dispersion of her worldly
affairs as seemed best reminded them
that she had already lived beyond the
time allotted to humanity, babe them
dry their tears and live in the hope of al
eternal reunion, and left with them hcl
blessing and her love.
Such 4 death-bet, irradiatc'( by th'
calm glow of reason, and tie glory OF
christian hope, cxalts humanity and
strengthens Faith. Like the morning
sun, it dissipates the clouds of skepti
cism and d0ubt-who could believe that
such soul, so full of noble and pure
thought, as to vitalizc all around it
went out, to lie quenched like a star il!
the infinite void THAT the love, wiicf
like full and ever flowing stream, made
green so many of the waste places OF
life Is forever left to Us. 10, children
and friends whom she loyed, the grave
has no power to hold such a heart in it
icy embrace: SomeGhcre in the great
unive rse of God it lives anl'throbs, will
more than human vitality, it MAY be tt
minister even yet, to. you, in hours O.
trial and suffering. sic maketh his an
gels ministcring spirits" Let lis hope.