Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-30
Death of urs. 4. c. EzIrst.

Columbus Journal.
At a meeting of the official Board of
Wesley Chapel. held on Friday, October
Il, 1879, the following tribute to the
memory of Mrs. y. c. Hirst was pre-
sented, adopted and ordered published in
two of the daily papers of Columbus:
Death has once more entered the par
SOnage and the family of our pastor, and
his beloved companion has entered into
rest. As church we have not known
or felt her full value in the various de-
partments of church enterprise, for she
came among us in shattered health and
with a broken spirit; but that she was
/ Invaluable as a counsellor TO her husband,
4 tender and affectioIate in the home circle,
/ an ornament to society, and in her phys
/ ical vigor, priceless to the church, none
| can dispute.
| But her work in the church is done;
her place by the side of the pastor is va
/ cant: the little ones of the household
are motherless. for God has called her
/ home.
We would not press our sympathies too
hard upon our bereaVed brother and the
| remnant of his broken family, for words
| at such times seem empty and the tender
est expressions of sorrow often appear
like vain mockeries; but rs individual
members of the official body of Wesley
Chapel, as cO-wOrkers with him who is
now passing through deep affiictiOn, we
we do pledge our most deVOut mterceS-
siOns at the throne of grace, that the God
of all consolation would be very near tC
sustain, to comfort, TO uphold in this
darkest hour of earthly history, belieY-
ing. as we do, that out of darkness light
will come, out of despair hope will beam
out of agony will come forth peace, and
8 these light affections, which are but fol
a moment, work ont for us n far more eX-
ceeding and eternal weight of glory
Let it be
Resolued, By the Official Board of Wes-
ley Chapel, that we stand ready to render
| any assistance in our power to the pastor
that we will attend the funeral service il
our own church, and as far as possible
the final service ut ChillicOthe, in a body
Also, that this tribute be entered upOT
the records of the Official Board, and ;
, copy sent to the pastor.
A special meeting of the Waman's For
eign Missionary Society of Wesley Chape
was convened on Friday, the 18th, to Civ
expression to the deep sense of atfiictiOl
: that came to its mem bers through the los
: of their second Yice-president and much
loved sister, Mrs. Hirst. We mourn il
her one who, though sorely stricken b!
= | disease and sorrow, was true and nObl
! in spirit, ever ready With encouragement
: and counsel in Il work wherein her Mas
ter saw fit to restrain her hands An
:, Enow that, having finished her work
going up through great tribulation-sh
> has heard the soft rustic of the whit
, garments of Peace, and been ushered int
: the blessedness of those who 9 wait fo
i | Him. we would express our high appre
= citation of her character and extend
u our pastor earnest sympathy in this IN
= | sore bereavement.
II II ''These are they which came out {
a great tribulation, and have washed thei
70 robes and made them white in the bloc
= of the Lamb.
II II ''Therefore a.e they before the throu
e of God, and serve him day and night
! his temple;
X n 'FThey shall hunger no more, neitht
y thirst no more;
II II 6 For the Lamb which is in the mid
II of the throne shall feed them, and sha
:, lead them unto living fountains of water
- and God shall wipe away all tears fro
"a their eyes"
,e The above tribute it was resolved
~. publish; also to enter it upon the iOurn
i of the society and to send a copy to Il
,+ pastor.