The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-07-24
IN AiEtiOisiiM,

Entered into rest, Friday night July i:l., js5e
In the Goth year year Of her age. Mrs. ELEANOR 81
CLAIR BROWN, wife OF the late Mr.. Daniel
Brown, one Of AndeisoD's most honored and use
ful citizens.
OFT in the dawn Of LIES rnng the Master
SUMMONS His servants from earth TO Paradise :;
letinics they fall asleep IN The heat and rife of
the noontidc rarely is II permitted then, 10 linger
ill the reafe and quiet OF the closing day And
when We are called upon TO mourn the departure
of one who has almost reached the allotted span by
a life hid in Christ with God" needless and vain
coiniun and cxemplar. The object of thie sketch
Is rather to present sainted character for emula-
heavsnwarl. Already "her praise is in all the
Churches" her name written in the Lambs book
If life;" she has passed trumphnntly through the
dark VALLEY, AMI now enjoys the rest that remain
eth for the people RI God Having been born III
the faith OF The Protestant Episcopal Church, at
the early age of fifteen years she gave herself 10
Oh rist, renew ing then her baptisma vows iu the
holy rite of confirmation. And thus her Ii fc was
one Of continued growth in grace, and to its close
.hc Heavenly Masters vineyard. I: Was p-uci-
Ially through the influence and earnest cndcayors
1900, from which time she WAS the controlling
spirit Of the Parish and long rs strength per-
ia'tted, she was never found absent from iier ac-
custoIred scat In the Church she loscd SO well d-
ring its holy and tcauti(ul services. And such
consistent, devoted attendance upon Divine wor-
ship was not the least among those s7ect, gentle
influences and examples which she exercised upon
all with whom she was thrown. Her life waE char
actcrizcd by the fruit Of the Spirit. 'lovc. joy,
meekness, temperance" and hers that "pure
religion aud undetled, TO visit the fnthercss and
epGited from the world" inteilsc,uai, rcined,
sympathetic. possessing In an eminent deg rec true
hcnevolence, hers WAS nature quick to respond
to tho wants Of her follow creatures, and her un-
ostcntntious charities will long be remembered ,,y
many e recipient, who will only live TO miss her,
pattern Of good works" and may her mantle fall
upon some one OF those who knew and loved her
well, and who woul! 1ish TO eiiulnte her noble
px Wllap of ~,
hor with increasing fecbleness, the lust few years
of her life she was immersed within her own
home, during which time she was often an intense
sn.ls-e- ... IS :!io hand of afiiietion prsss,.i
heaviest her christian foItitudc and resignation
heamed brightest. Who could have witnessed her
long, weary months of patient suffering, only
waiting for the final summons listened TO her
trembling, subdued tones while she gave her coun-
sci and blessings to the loved ones who ministered
so faithfully and untringly to her every temporal
want or heard the whisperings of voice already
attuned to melody not Of this earth blessing and
praising Jehovah for His manifold mercies, despite
the acute aifcton He had sent upon her, without
feeling that the heroic ages Of Faith have not
wholly p-st and that we yet have saints smUug lis
"of whom tho world is not worthy"
but at last the summons came for her TO como up
higher and as she liyel peacefully and calmly, so
tho spirit had taken its discmbodicd flight an ex-
preston OF inoxpressible serenity impressed itself
upon her placid face and lips. and fingered there,
speaking more cloquently than any words the
emotions OF the soul released from its fetters and
entering the realms OF :he blest.
les. she is gone. well beloved Mother Sister
anu ana Friend Gone, and yet with us; freed from
the painful bondage of the fesh, yet abides with us
| In memory and love. The good never die. She
leaves us the rich legacy of life OF good works,
and her spotless character will be tho earnest Of
| our endeavors to initiate and attain. In contenl-
plating such gentle, sclfsacrfcing, suffering life.
low sweetly do those words fall upon ears from
! the Apocayptic vision: ~ heard voice from
heaven, saying unto me, Write from henceforth
blessed IRE the dead who die in the Lord so,
salt the Spirit for they rest from their labors and
their works do follow them" And in the language
| Of that sublime Burial Service which consigned
her to the earth well may give hearty thanks
| to Almighty God for the good example OF our do
parted friend In common with "all those Thy SER
wants, who, having finished their course in faith
now rest from their labors."
AFFECTIONS TRIBUTE.
| -4u,lersou s. O. J,Iu 81 1870