Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-05-24
ObItuarY.

Mrs. Sallie a. Gold, (nee Davie) daughter
of VIM. and Mary B. Davie, was born in
Montgomery county, Tenn, Feb. y, 1870 |
She married Daniel Gold Nov 10, 1858; died |
at O'Clock p. M, Wednesday, May Z, 1873, at /
her home, New Providence, Tenn. Nirs. |
Gold was a WOMAN. When I say tConlGn, |
the conception in my mind is the one awak-
ened by the language of Jesus when, in the
last hour of life he ''saw His mother, and
the disciple whom He loved, and said to her,
Woman, behold thy son ?" All that was tru-
ly womanly she possessed in a notable de-
gree. Her disposition was kind, generous
and obliging. Her hand was helpful, gen.
tie in the ministrations of the sick-room,
strong in uplifting the fallen, and open to
the call of need. "She stretched out her
hand to the poor; yea, she reached forth her
hand TO the needy" Her feet were swift on
errands of mercy. Her heart was warm,
sympathetic and loving. OF her 1t could
truly be said, "a friend indeed" She took
no delight in hearing another's faults can
vassed, and still less in spreading them
abroad. She was not legalist, but lover.
She did not believe in deeapitatiOn-inhu-
manity's cure-but her creed was "Blessed
are the mercifuI, for they shall win Others
over TO mercy" and her cure Of evil was
the balm of forgiveness, the soothing oint-
ment of goodness, and the inspiration of
love. She was the preachers friend. By
her little delicate attentions she made him
feel, not that he was pauper, but that there
was one of his flock at least who thought of
his comfort and happiness.
She loved her neighbor as herself. She
enjoyed the good things of life only as they
were shared by Others. She was very in
raIlfgapf HvounoD nCba OnaDad her month
with wisdom, and in her tongue was the law
of kindness" tremendously blending a
woman's intuitiOns with mans reason,
her perception was quick, her penetration
keen and her sympathy ready.
AS a wife "she looked well to the ways of
her household and worked willingly with
her hands," "The heart of her husband
safely trusted in her, and she did him good
and not evil all the days of her life"
Mother" was her household name, and
richly she merited it. She was her chIldren's
companion, confidante and inspiration, and
to-day they "arise up and call her blessed !;
and her husband also, and he praiseth her"
The beauty of her excellencies arose out of
this fact-she was a Christian. Favor is de-
ceitful and beauty is vain; but woman
that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised"
Mrs. Gold Joined the NJ. L. Church, South,
b in the year 1872, and that she heartily con-
secrated her life TO Christ and His cause her
works since have proved. Diligent in the
use of all means of grace, her place was new
er vacant in the public congregation, in the
church or in the private prayeT-meeting, in
the lOve-feast or in the Sunday School, I'M
less caused by a providential or reasonable
hindrance. Though very timid woman
yet the day before the beginning of her late
illness she led IN prayer at the ladies' prayer
meeting because she felt the cause of Zion
demanded it. AS President of the Ladies
Aid Society of the church, teacher in the
Sunday School, and prime mover in all
church enterprises, she always abounded in
the work of the Lord. Mainly to her efforts
and the faithful work of her noble csadju'
tor, Mrs. Inez Ellis, is due the liquidation O.
the debt which for several years had rested
like an incubus upon the life and energies
of her church. LET her works praise her il
the gates" Her sickness was brief but pain
full. She felt from the beginning that she
would not recover, and meekly submisSiv,
she endured patiently and murmured not
The afternoon of her death she said 81 vii
die at O'Clock" and as the hour drew neal
she lifted up her eyes, smiled most sweetly
and said, Blessed Savior, Thy will be done
the consummaison of faith-and as tht
clock struck the predicted hour, softly SHE
sank to sleep upon the bosom of that Saw
Tor. Her loss to her husband and children
is simply irreparable, and to our communi
ty and church it is almost the same. May
the presence of the God of all comfort anC
the hope of the land of reunion, support the
bereaved ones. JNO. w. HAMMER, JR.
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