Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-04-09
HYMENEAL.
OBITUARY.

D1ED-In Yorkville, S. c., on Friday, the 18th
of March, 1885, Mr.. J. BOLTON SMITH, aged
thirty years two months and one day. L-~
To delineate human character is difficult task.
To present it in sucha way as to meet the approv-
al Of public sentiment, is still more embarrass-
Ing. The opinions of men concerning men are
varying and diversified. A multitude OF people
view their fellows through different eyes and
from different standpoints. While published
notice Of the dead is not so much to gain and per-
petuate the commentator Of society, but a de-
sire on the part of surviving loved ones to have
embodied in short form the prominent traits OF
character of one who had been their companion
in life. But if to secure unanimity on a given
subject was the object and design of this pub
lished notice, the task would not be embarrassing.
The testimonials of regard witnessed during his
Illness and the day of his funeral obsequies, pro-
claim in no equivocal language the high esteem
in which he was held by those who knew him
best; and no marvel. For virtue and innocence
are always admired by the good, and not unfre-
quently by the impure and unholy. 1t is not al
ways true that 1--WE hate the good we cannot or
do not reach"
We almost venture the assertion that there is
none, living or dead, who will charge him with
wilfully, knowingly and maliciously trespassing
upon rights that were sacred. Virtue is always
unobtrusive and retiring and society seldom
knows the worth Of true hearts until their places
are made vacant by death. Among Christian
people there is only one regret that he had not
publicly professed faith in Christ, and this re-
gret he expressed himself to his wife and others.
And this mistake he intended to correct at an
early day.
This much can be truthfully said of him: He
was better than he professed to be. Instead of
protesting more than he possessed, as many OF
us church members do, he avoided expressing
what he did possess, viz. peace with his COD.
In his case, a life of purity and honesty, life
of daily prayer and Bible reading, preceded his
assuming church obligations and the fruit OF
such life showed itself in the closing scenes of
life. 81 am ready and willing to die God seeing
and knowing his sincerity and purity, justified
him for Christ's sake. and the question comes up,
Which is the greater more fatal mistake, to
acknowledge Christ in the sacraments and be
wanting in the fruits Of holiness or delay as
Stunning church obligations and yet eXempllfy
Bible precepts by prayerful and virtuous life
The writer is second to none in his estimation of
church fellowship and church privileges, but
has deplored the practice of some who pass
sweeping condemnations upon all non profess
sors and who, at the same time bolster upa NOM
inal profession where glaring Inconsistencies
are often witnessed.
Our meek and quiet friend is no more. His
widowed wife and chiidless mother are In the
weeds of mourning. His babes that he kissed
good-bye are unconscious that their father will
never return. Gods ways are mysterious to the
faithful but
He hides smiling face
l.. A. J.
At the residence of Mr.. Iimri Carroll, in Clo-
yer, on the 25th Of March, Mrs. ISABELLA
HEMPHILL aged about IS years.
In Clover on the 9th ultimo, Mrs. SARAH
f. CARROLL, wife Of Mr.. Iimri Carroll, III the
5lst year of her age.