The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1885-10-23
In MEnrOIRIlAM'.

at the residence OF Mrs. j. Il. Cannon
Atheville, N. c., September %, 1885, Le-
la B. Langhorne, youngest daughter Of
the Rev. M ]. Langhorne, of Smithville,
! Va, fell sweetly asleep in the arms of
her Savior Leila was. a young lady. OF
lpeculiarly attractive manners, gentle,
reserved and modest, she won the es-
teem and affection of all who knew her.
But we do not come to speak of her out
| ward attractions, hut to tell of what made
! her more lovely than all these; it was
the implicit trust and unswerving faith
in Christ, that made her life beautiful
and her death glorious. For six weeks
she was great sufferer, but all who
attended her can testify to her patience
and calm resignation to her heavenly,
Fathers will. Some of her expressions
will show how fully she realized Christ's
presence, and how willing she was to
do or to suffer his holy will In talking
to one she loved, and who was watching
by her bed side, she said: II could never
have borne this affliction if ittad not
been for my dear Savior, but he has
been right with me all the time, and he
is SO precious to me" When asked if
she desired to recover, she said: 81 am
perfectly indifferentias to; that; the very
thing that deeply ceneerDsi me now is,
that may bear this sore affliction in
accordance with the will Of Christ. When
am in that paroxysm of suffering, am
so troubled for fear I will say or do
something that will not be well pleas
ing to my blessed Savior"
Twice during her painful illness, she
sung the first verse of the 20Odth hvmn,
in Gospel Songs and HAns, ~
sit is we'll with my SOUL" aTt
On Wednesday before her death, a
friend sitting b. her side said: "Miss Le-
la, the rest of Heaven will be sweet to ]
you after so much suffering" She re-
piled: "Oh, yes, how | long to be there,o
and repeated it twice with great earnest
ness:
20 heaven, sweet heaven, 81 y
Dear land of rest, @
How long to be there -
And its glories to share, haee Ja'iS'
And to lean on my Sayior's breast"
Speaking to her sister, she said, Don't
weep for me; tell all my friends to re-
ioice when I am dead, forI shall be free
from all my sufferings, and be SO happy.
She said, feel that Jesus is coming for |
me to-day. Oh, Iwant to praise Him |
all the time, and want to sing of his love,
but haven't the voice, but sing at my
c4l CHCS0 Ily HitlS. II IS WOtl WlCQ my |
soul; and "Ceme seek me when shad- /
ows darkly gatherY Then she said: 81 |
shall soon be over there, and l. shall sec |
my darling mother SO soon" After this |
she fingered and suffered. several days,
but never a murnur. Often she would |
call on those nursing her to pra, that, if
it was the Lords will she might die and
be free from her troubles and suffering.
From che time she uIiited with fTIa Pres |
byterian Church at Asheville, She con-
secrated her time and talents to her
Masters service. Hers was a steady |
daily growth in grace, and in the knowi-
edge of the. Lord Jesus Christ. The
Church was the place she most longed
% be, and her Bible was the guide of
her life. Truly it was "a lamp unto her
feet, and light unto her path" Her
avorite passages in the Word of God"
being marked, show that she earnestly |
1esired to follow Christ. In her dying
lour death was disarmed,9 p for, the soul
cheering presence of Jesus dispensed its
gloom, and robbed it of its sting. re