Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-06-29
[From the Methodist Protestant


Mrs Sarah E. Carroll, consort of John
w. Carroll, departed this life, in the city
of Lynchburg, Va, June 5th, in 43d year
of her age.
In the death of this most estimable lady,
a vacuum has been made which can never
be filed. So well adapted was she to the
sphere she occupied as wife and mother,
can surely never cease to feel their loss.
Her home was her kingdom. 1t seemed to
be one great object Of her life to shed sun
shine in the social circle. Her husband S
happiness ard her children's comfort were
thoughts which seemed ever to engage her
mind and control h hands. Beautiful
indeed is the handiwork and exquisite the
floral decorations which adorned her home
and the surrounding grounds, the OUT
growth Of her own taste and interest in
the beautiful. With warm and tender
heart, she greeted everybody who passed
her threshold, and no one had that privi-
lege without soon feeling at home. She
seemed ever anxious to contribute to the
happiness Of others. BY kind words and
noble deeds she diseipa; ed many Il ell nd
from hearts all shrouded in gloom The
poor and suffering found in her a friend
indeed and it will lot be known until the
last great day the amount of benefactiOns
which flowed from her hand, The Bible
was book greatly plzed By her. 1t was
her Sabbath companion, and she spent the
greater portion of each Lords Day in por-
ing over its precious pages. All her life
she had been associated with the Metho-
dist Protestant Church of this city, her
mother having been one Of the original
members who joined the Church in 1925
Here she attended Sunday school in her
childhood days, and afterWard seemed ever
interested in its welfare. She lived to see
her children take the place she once occu-
pied III the school, and some of them
mem bers of the Church she loved so much
She rarely enjoyed health duri tie lat
ter years of her life, and was consequent
ly kept much at home, but always cheer
full. Few only knew of her debility
Her illness was brief, and such was its ma
ture that though we fingered near and
watched with anxious eye and prayerful
heart, yet hope OF recovery grew fainter
and fainter until the evening hour came
on, and just as the setting sun was gliding
the western sky, the skirting clouds and
towering noun ain peaks with tints of
gold, and shedding parting benedictioEs
on the world b Meath, her spirit passed
away. There is indeed gloom in the once
happy hOme.-The chain has been broken;
flower has faded and fallen. Il larger
and more sympathetic audience never as
sembled i'll the Methodist Protestant
Church than on the day of her funeral OBJ
sequies. All classes gathered to pay the
last sad tribute of respect to departed
worth. The s'lemnservice ended. we bore
all that remained of earth, to it's resting
place, to await the resurrection trump.
Can we read in this providence Gcd' S great
design? His hand has done it. Does He
not sometimes take our treasures away to
draw us to himself? He slnites to heal,
and kills to make alive, He envelopes us
in the darkness of night, that we may seek
the brightness of the coming morn. Sure
ly it is Gods voice calling husband, and
children, and friends to prepare for the
change that must come, and for greet
ing beyond the soryowing and the weep
ing" Shall we heed the call
S. T. G,
Lynchburq, June 18th, 1877.