Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-06-23
Obituary.
There Is Rest for the Weary"


DIED, at the residence of Dr.. j. W.
Spesrii,an, Mrs AMANDA T.. COLE
MAN, his sister. and wife of Mr. +. y.
COLEMAN. on the 18th il slant at p. NJ.
Mrs. COLEMAN WAS ~ Years OF age
She WAS born Ill Newb-sry county, but
FIR the past few years Il resident of Aiken
county, =. L. She had been Il sufferer
two and half years with chronic tuber-
cu!ar peritonitiS. y month before her
death she expressed desire to spend
the remnant of her days with her BROTH
or She suffered great pain, but battered
with the hope of recovery, expected To
inin lies apparently unconce-ned
thr"ng; happily, however, she WAS igno-
rant ut her physical condition, and tnHS
passed away in angelic silence.
The greatest respect was shown her
during her illness while here, and II ver-
To Ee-Iurgotten attention when her re
NJ aims We're consigned u the tomb. She
WAS Il member Of tue Baptist church, and
So lived; and though She is covered with
the clods ri the earth, shr rests from all
physical pain.
lr. Smei,:er presided over the funeral
occasion with that christian dignity that
is so characteristic OF him.
There is rest Tor the weary says the
poet. ID.
Death of Rcy. James a.. Peterson.
This nobIe gentleman and christian
breathed his last on the 10Th June. lSsl.
aged ~ years, months and ~ days.
During tho first part ot his christian life,
hc WAS cnunectt,t with the Good Hope
Baptist Church: during the latter part,
with the Red Bank Church. He WAS All
ordained minister & Years. He was Pas.
TOR OF the Rocky Greek Church many
years. He served the Dry Creek Church
d anurt per.ud. Besides serving the Good
Hope t:nurch 1T intervals TOR several
years. 20 was their Pastor ;ur fourteen
years III snccesslun. So highly was hc
t'steemed 10y the Rod Bank Church thxt
slher continued him ;is their Pastor for
az ears in Succession.
AS Pastor he faithfully performed his
duty unul failing health forced him from
the field. His preaching was character
lied by deep Thought aud intense earn.
estness: and such WAS his holy life IT, at
he WAS generally regarded as u most rX
ceileut christian. His preaching and Ills
life pictured 10 the christian mind 0Le
whose soul moved in the orbit OF reveal
ell truth. 10 whom Jesus Cnrist diving,
dying, rising, AMI reIgniilS, was thogra,Id
and rentril! OH .ct or his thoughts aud
affections. His lab ,rs were greatly bless
eit The edliication of christians and the
M. vntiun uf SnulS
Bro. PETERSON was a man of tirmness
and 0f the most heroic Courage. He had
u endure the most intensely severe trl-
ais and suifrrlngs, III the midst of which
he pressed onward like soldier NJ the
cross, clad in thee IN plete arinur OF God,
ans! who WAS cheered by the hope of vic
tory. Fur the last months ot his life,
he was unable tU Walk, and WAS cnntued
To his room. To one like him, wh0 had
been accuAr med To an active, outdoor |
Ii g. this WAS exceedingly trying. While !
he craved &, be released from HIS suffer |
ing4 by death, he prayed for divine grace
To enable him tu say The will ot the !
Lprd be dune." He struve earnestly To !
bear the cross, and VIC have every reason |
to believe that he is now wearing the
crown oi life which JESUS gives to all
His faithful followers.
w. A. McCRACKAN.