The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-04-21
IN MENORIAM.

Died, March 3Oth, in rhis city. Mrs. MATILDA
COLE WILSON. in the eighty year of her
On the borders Of Charlotte and Prince Edward
counties, nearly century ago there was COM
munity in which the virtues Of indu try iruSaly,
hospitality, and sterling honesty fOJnd their most
beautiful Observation-Disclosures which had their in-
spiratiOn and support In he fear of Col and in
such regard for man as the G0spelenJoins lhe peo-
p,e composing it lived without osieniatiOn: they
cared little Tor show and fashion; but Their inter-
course with each Other was Characterized BY genu.
inc friendliness, and their interests centred mainly
around the two points Of Church aud Home.
They constituted 4 good stock aud furnished an
Illustration Of what siDee.hearled and sincere pieIy
will do In making community Ordefly, prosper
The nucleus around which the intelligence and
pety Of that community gathered was The old Brie-
nv church: and that population of more than or
binary cultivation and moral worth should be found
there is just IN accordance with what might have
been anticipated When We remember who The men
were who trained the MAD aud heart of that pco-
pe-Lacy, Alexander, Lyle, Douglass, Piumer, and
Brown.
She was born February %. 1900, AT "Oak Level
the residence OF her father, Thomas Cole spencer OF
Charlotte. captain OF cavalry c)mpany In the war
OF 1872, OF high standing as citizen. and for many
wears ruling elder In the Br.ery church. She was
married September 20, 1922. 10 James II. Wilson,
of Prince Edward, who removed TO Richmond In
1853. aud resided here until the time Of his death
I'm 1869.
All her life long the subject of religious impres.
siOns at an early age Mrs. WILSON made profession
Of her faith She was greatly attached To the doc
irines and order OF Church of her worthy ances-
| tors-ihe Church In whose bosom she had been
brought up; in which the good seed of the Word haC
been sown In her heart IN childhood. aud where IN
riper years she had been trained 10 fidelity in dut
and submission IN trial.
Ii her pely was noiseless and uuobtrusve, II wa
none the less consistent aud sincere. Mild and gen
] tie I'm her manners. kind and sympahizng IN dis
position, her life was devoted 10 her family aud I,
her God she was very constant In her attachments
aud mistaken in her REGARD for her friends A. IN,
years wore on she manifested su increasing devO
/ tlOn TO the Word. the minister the ordinances and
| the house Of the Lord During the months hat pre-
coded her death. even after her confinement 10 he
| bed. she was wonderfully exempt from pain. lie
| case was a remarkable one In this respect. She
| constantly affirmed that she suffered nothing
| that nothing troubled her except weakness, anC
| thas from day TO day she lay pas i've and uu
| complaining. thankfully approaching the man
blessings by which she was surrounded-amon
which she especially recognized the loving an'
| tender care OF her children and the comf0rin
visits of her Christian friends-unil The time cam
when she gently passed into the saints eyerlasi
ing rest, that those who stoo at her bedside coul
| scarcely tell when she cea. ed 10 breathe.
| Thus were they spared the distress of wilnessin
" the pass, the groans. the dying strife" which =
| often ILLS the hearts OF relatives with anguish Il
looking upon sufferings which they cannot relieve
aud those who saw her peaceful departure have nS'
| no memories OF her which are not mingled with III
consultations OF the gospel OF Christ. NJ. ID. II.