Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-12-11
In MeuOrIaIsI.

Nov. oh, 1850. WAS end sd The es.toly pilgrim
| ago CT Mrs. ANN ELlZA BRcCXEIT, the ami
able Wifs of Professor L l.. Brockett. Western
| Mary land College, and afec:ion.ts, only dough.
Ter of Rev. Thomas Mccormick, an hono!ed
| minister OF the Maryland Annual Conference
| M, p Church. of which he c oLe of the very few
| surviving founders.
| Mrs. Brcckett was 8 lady Ct rare e1cellescs
! few lives hsve been so gentle truthful. reliable
| amiable. Gifted with O clear mind serene
temper soft voice OF hoe com pass; correc. taste
! for pure, sweet music, sn ever cheerful smile,
winning personal appearance. hEf society was
attr: Give Influential for good and treasure to
| these VITO possessed her acquaintance and e..
tsem e consistent christian and faithful mem
Der ofthe NJ. 7. Church. she adorned the dcc
| trins of God her Saviour; her life bearing the
relation to Christ, CT 3 ray to the sun; bright,
shining, useful, though noisaes;. Accompany
Jag her loving nnd beloved husband along his
bene ncent path of professional life rs divine
providence opened it before MIN, everywhere WAS
ale received with con1de1 o, and parted from
with regret; her social qualities being SO winning.
pleasant and safe. Yes, hers was lovely lifel
What consolation TO Va now q Jw5 from q clear,
tried Christian f.i!hl When We stood mourn.
fully around the open grave, saw the burial csse
detcand and the earth gently filled in upon it;
we knew that We were bu! ilterring something
that belonged to her We loved, and therefore
precious while she had gone away from earthly
thst remains for the people of Gods"
To be sure some of US had been present 8. a
much moro cheerful assembly, when she gave
her pure hand 10 one whom she loved and hon.
ored. to walk in holy compahionship The pilg-
limsge of life ). and. 10 the eye unenlightened
by faith, how far, how incomparsbly brighter
than rene Yet now her pilgrimage is ended;
ell the bitterness that unerring wisdom saw it
needful 10 put into her cup has been drained, and
she hse been led 20 the fountain of living water,
and 10 the undisturbod repo,e OF heaven. And
We weep and lament SO though rome dire
calamity had overlaken her and ue. No
calamity has occurred 10 her. Never YES
she 30 besu!iiu, go blessedly encompsssed. 80
ccm pletely happy 90 now. And as to "a, how
can the entire happiness and unfadlng cory OF
one Ee go much love be to us an evil? Wheo
her father, after brief sbsencs tom his sons
sick room, where they had been talking OF Mrs.
3 3 illness, returned under circumstances that
egc!ted tina sons approximations, he elqnred of
his father if he had any bad neWs. 20 no. he
said, good news your slster is in heaVenl' SO
the aged christian spoke. 30 he should have
spoken. For we know thst if our earthly
house OF this tabernacle were dissolve we have
building of God, house not msde with hands.
eternal In the heavens Cor. v. l. ITO die is
GAIN" "-hsying desire to de.
part, and TO ba with Christ; which is far batter"
Philip j. Il, 20. Yetths stricken affections. like
broken teDdrils. shrink back in tremuous plant,
hnQ L6ArS Will now. Anu luo 0Otpel BLOWS US
tears If they be not hopeless. Thess. iv. Is. SO
then, when We mutt weep, We will think of her
crown, her shining robes. her happy
with those who had preceded Ter to the
heavenly b!isa, her beckoniDgs to US to join her
IN the world beyond the grave"
Where she is
''Ssfs 10 thu arm of Jesus;"
And, addressing ourselves to cur journey, we
will pursue our way to the blessed reunion tina. !
awaits Us
In the quiet ofthe SKIES
In the Sabbath CT cur God"
Mha! 70 call the death of Mrs. Brocke!t, oG. !
cured in the midst Of 40: family all, save one.
,,h been pnrnite1 me privilege Of being
lot only without 9 struggle, bat with the spread.
ng Of her own sweet snilo upon her cuatsnance,
Is though kird!ed by the glory OF the other sids
# the river breaking upon her ere che had quite
rossed over. "Ble.sed are the dead who DIE IL
Le IordU A, w,