Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-02-11
DEATHS

DIED, on the 4th inst, of scarlet fever,
CHARLIE, son of Charles and Lucy Sell
man, in his sixth year.
"Past his sufferings, past his pain,
Cease to weep, for tears are vain;
Calm the tumult of your breast,
For he who suffered is at rest.
All is dark within our dwelling,
Lonely is our home to-day;
For the one whose smiles did cheer us,
Has forever passed.away. w.
DIED, January llth, 1881, Miss EMMA V.
BENSON, in the 25th year Of her age.
The subject OF this brief notice was the
daughter OF VIM. II Benson, Sr She was
a young lady of many excellent traits of char
acter and was highly esteemed and loved by
all who knew her.
Her illness was protracted through many
months, and much of the time her sutferings
were extremely severe, and yet they were
borne without murmur. Indeed we seldom
meet with case of suffering SO severe and in
tense without more or less repining. She
passed through all with cheerful spirit. Her
cheerfulness under affiictioE was noticed by
all who visited her sick room.
Early in life she had consecrated herself TO
the service of The Lord, and united with the
Presby teran church at Neelsville, and from
the date of her public profession of faith she
lived "a devoted and consistent Christian -
The Bible was her daily companion, and the
copy she used gave evidence of careful and
diligent study frcm the very many passages
marked with pencil, as the truth impressed
her mind and heart.
In the death of this excellent young lady
our community has met with great loss A
49,. H., 10 4. l.
that will never be filled The little church,
to which she was deVo,edIy attached, has lost
one o. its most active workers, and the Sab
bath School, which she loved so dearly, will
mourn her early death. But we omfort our
selves with the precious truth, that what is
our loss will be her eternal gain.
On Saturday last our quiet village was
startled by the announcement of the death OF
our most worthy citizen aud estimable gentle
man, WIN 7. RlNEHART at his residence,
after short illness o. consumption aged
thirty-five years, ten months and thirteen
days His death has awakened regret and
sympathy over the entire neighborhood
Mr. Rinehart was a native of West Vir-
ginia, and while quite youth removed with
his brother-in-law, james A. Boyd, to this
county, part Of the time engaged in railroad
Ing, lne last Two years OF his lie, however,
was spent in carrying on the dairy for Mr..
Boyd. His striking worth and unblemished,
moral character, confiding and generous dis
position, won for him host of friends and
made him a most agreeable iireside companion.
To see the strong limbs settle into the re-
pose of death is sad at any time, but there are
circumstances connected with this event which
invest it with unwonted and melancholy i'm
le.est to be cut off in youth, surrounded
with all the comforts of life, with "a glowing
prospect in the near future. So ambitious
was he and devoted to his business that lust
one week before his death he attended eff
GENTLY TO the duties of his dairy aud walked
two miles.
The funeral which took place in the church,
Monday afternoon, at O'Clock, was the Iarg-
est gathering ever seen at the church since
the dedication AS the corpse entered the
church beautiful and touching choral was
given from the organ b. Cora k4ee Williams
the able and effective sermon ii Dom Rev j. S.
II. Henderson the soft and tekider stra ms of
the choir as they sang the piecdentitled, "They
are Going Down the Valley" all seemed TO
say that death had visited our social circle
and robbed us Of one whose memory will last
Under the clear blue sky OF heaven he wa
placed to rest in m humble chamber guitless
of ornament, aud over its roof of clay the
tears of these whom he most loved are falling
thick aud last. While we admit his place
cannot be filled, it should be consoling to the
family to know that few hours before he
died. declared he was willing to give up all
for Jesus. II.
Boyd s. February 9th.