The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1879-04-23
IN MEM0RTAM.

On the 18th inst. were laid in the grave the
mortal remains of one of the loveliest of earth !
Mrs. Elizabeth w, Hoes, wife Of the Rev. r. |
Randall Hoes, and daughter of Ashbel Welch /
Esq.
The large aud sympath'zing congregation
in attendance upqn the funeral service attest
ed the high esteem 10 which she had spent
her youthful days, and the deep affection With
which she was regarded BY her numerous
fricnds.
/ She was born 10 Lambertvlle, May 90. 1916,
and died III New Rochelle, April s, 1879.
Carefully trained from early childhood, she
pvincsd i. quickness of apprehension, a facility
in acquiring kn,Sedga, and a retentiveness
of memory, combined with delcacy of taste,
which fully justified all the pains which had /
been taken with her mental culture. /
For several years she was a pupil OF Mrs.
II. T McElroy. Subsequently she was under +
the tuition Of Miss Catharine Parsons. Show
ing great proficiency in all her studies, she I
was, however, especially accomplished ia the
modern languages aud music. She could
converse readily in French aud German, and
few could excel her as piaiiist.
But her qualities of heart weyd - as
marked as those of her mind. ~ a
transparent character, at the faith move +
from deceit aud Hypocrisy
Her face not only sbone with tellectual
beauty, but revealed as through .franspar-
cut medium. the admirable trais& Nipner
life.
Kindliness Of feeling aud tender 4 Iathy,
perfect honesty and candor were impressed on
every feature. In consequences there was a
winning loveliness Of manner which no aneu
could fail To see.
All this was heightened and halowed
sincere and humble piety, which, tlds
simple and unobtrusive, Sized LIS aroma
some sweet and lowy hoNfE 1bAl for u
while is unseen. =. f'
She made q public profeSsIo{ hin 4
Christ, june 1851, IN tlla ts43Ah Z
Fron1xhat day ontil the Lord III IA
witnessed good Confession 81
Quietly and unostentatiousy ia
her strength, she was CONSTANT
in doing good. "
She was prone to under-rate NE did,
but many a household of the poo {1d lowlys
could testify to her kind and Battlefield
words and deeds. To her foru,6f pnpils ID /
the Sunday School the memory Faithful
ness will ever be fragrant.
| more unseltish person / have never
known. Simplicity humility and unselfish.
ness readily suggest themseIkes to the minds I
of all who knew her as mar features her |,
What she was in all the tdI||srest relations
of life as wife, as daughter, as sister, as
| friend, they best know who saw her amidst I
the sanctities and endearments of home.
She was married May IL, 1875, to the Rev.
| II. Randall Hoes and removed with him TO /
Mount Holly, NJ j., whittier he had been
called to become pastor of the Presbyterian |
lChurch.
| There she won many friends and was held |
| in high esteem by the entire circle of her &C.
quaintances.
In September, 1873 her husband was called |
| to the pastoral charge of the Presbyterian /
| Church Of New Rochelle, N. Y. "a
| ,.<l
with much pleasure, aud after her removal, |
| although her life " .s.soon cut short, her in-
| tuence In behalf f her Lord and Master was I
| deeply and widely felt.
| She had bad long experience of bodily |
weakness and suffering, but through the dis |
cipline she was evidently fast fipening for her
| Heavenly home.
The last chapter she read was the last chap.
| ter of Ecclesiastes. 1t seemed in her case I
| like premoniLion of " the loosening of the /
silver cord anda the breaking Of the golden
bowl. the breaking of the pitcher at the foun-
tain and Of the wheel at the cistern.'
The evening before she died she gazed at
| beautiful sunset--a scene 10 nature which /
always delighted her--and she exclaimed. |
.sOh, how beautiful What must it be in |
| Heaven? Won't il be lovely when we get |
thereP Such perfect rest II {
| Before another sunset her longjbgs were
realized, and she admitted to the fdIf
| gaze cf the unspeakable splendor of Heaven,
| There to fud how rrne are the Psalmist's I
words q I shall be satisfied when tnwake ID |
Thelast words she spoke, so cIaracteristilip
of her, were te Der nurse !" | am sorry to |
give you so mrch trouble"
Her death was sudden. almost ipstnntan-
eous, but evidently painless. LqRkiQg up I
with smile as her nurse caught d her /
arms, she gave two or three gentls Things,
tt,a cur.aof ~ lsfas cff.t,,,ad c,,irtf