The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-12-09
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! MRs. LIZZIE TocCoA, wife of Mr.. a
R. N. Folger, aud daughter of Jereinial
and Martha o. Looper, died at her resi-
/ dence in the town of Pickens on the 23C
of November 1886 in the Both year o
i her age. We know no more fitting
words as tribute to her memory thar
those of Jesus Christ spoken i'll comman
dation of Que who had just given the
strongest possible proof of her affection
for him. "Sho has done what she could
| How truly do these words apply to
the life of our deceased friend and sister
in Christi What more fifty and more tru-
ly can be said of her, whose life, though
short, from the time we fIst knew her,
was one continuous devotion to duty;
then that "she has dono what she could" ."
She has made i'll the few years of her
| married life record as wife N i moth
or, that may serve as Il model for those
who desire 70 excel in all the lovely
traits of charA ,tor which adorn the life
of Il noble christian lady. When the
boreaved husband looks back upon those
years that they twain lived as cone"
and c;tll to mind what she did to contrib
ute to his comfort, how she watched
with pleasure everything that Interested
him, evor showing the most atfectionate
consideration for every measure that
promised to advance his usefulness and
happiness; how her words of cheer caus-
oil new light to shine on his path hway; no
presence 30 comforting as hers, her ever
watchful sympathy strong stay to him
amid all the duties and tolls of life; now
when the trouble of his heart is enlarged
by her death he can truly say, ''She has
| done what she could" 'She has done
| him good and not evil all the days of her
life," and now as he mourns his greatest
earthly loss, il certainly fills his lf;art
with gratitude to know that the kingdom
of heaven, bestowed on him the greatest
of all earthly blessings, II good christian
wife. He can truly say of her, that to
encourage, to stregthen and sustain him
in the discharge OF his duties, and to fill
the mission of faithful, loving and de
voted christian wife, "She Las done
what she could" May the God of all
grace fill his heart with comfort and ella
bic him to say i'll reference to his sole be
reavement: at is the Lord, let Him do
aH scemoth good in Hisesight." "She
has done what she could also as q
mother. We're tie II little children OF
sufficient ye&ls TO appreciate their moth
or's worth to them, they 100 would
bear their united testimony and
say: "Our mother has done for us
what she could" The strongest of all
affections known in this world is the love
of mother for her children. 1t is SO
strong, SO sincere, 20 unaffected, so diff
| fereut from other attachments, so self
| denying and 8cli-8ncrIicing that 1t is Il
Clitiicult nit;t"r to find words OllI SO mr.
range tDcm into n definition that Will give
! lis II definite conception Of II mother s
| love What il m0thc- = love! A pure
and noble fame, cnkmtIieu from above.
| II will continue 60 burn and blaze when
nll earthly fires die GU. When we think
| of Mrs. E0I"cr'S love for her Ghl llrcn,
| how it made her willing t. toni and Yen :
self for their G., m!ort, wien we relnon =
| her her walcici.l care over them, how
! she studied and devised means not only
for their temporal welfare, but when we
call to mind that deeper anxiety she
manifested for the spNl:ra! Weilnrc OF
her children, how shn cnd"avrrcd t0
train their tender fcet 10 walk III The way
Of Gods commandments, how #h" d"Slr
| ed thai they should he brought up under
! such rNiiCiuuS Influences M wOi.tu lead
them to cOnSccya!e - "ir lives tn the : !
vice and glory ot Ch Well may =.
say ''shc has done mat she coul -
What hey love j.. d for the ;e d:,I
chtlur, II will uc>er b fully ku) N il
this W, rid The CT il en- only VIII be
gin to measure he tr rgth and work G
their lIO:her'S .ove, when like lie the,
shall lave Gro sed over the vei. an,
ho. I'm TO drink from hose ~ternn} :snring
of JOY tor winch their II osh"r aS mS.ru
mental III Gods hand Ii pr.pa nn5 ,lcm
Whcn these chillIon attain to ripnl
years aud think Of tlat mo hers life
ROW ended, uHd see how tac lived fUi
them, never firing, MT cc,sing III hel
work Of love for them. As they tni>
shall reflect, they will say, our mothn,
has dnoe what she could. Not only vii
husband aud ci.idr"n say th;S to Tie
praise of her memory. Father and
mother will over have C use to say, that
as q faithful loving daughter "she luts
done what she could" brothers and
si"ters will say ''our sister has done what
she could" Relatives, friends and neigh
bors can all unite in saying that Mrs
EOLGER has done what she could in all
her relations of life. Her gentle, quiet,
sincere christian demcanOr that chnrac.
tcrzcd all of her ways, won upon tie
hearts of all who knew her. All can say
that rs a christian lady, she did what uhc
could for the good Of society and the
welfare of the church. What il greater
than all, we believe the Son of God, that
Savior whom she loved and to whom hen
life was consccrated, says in reference tC
her, "She has done what she couid," and
that He has bAde her welcome to the Joys
of heaven. She is now on the ehores OF
immortality.
"No chilling winds nor poisonous breath
Can reach that healthful shore;
Sickness and sorrow, pain and daath,
Are felt and feared no more"
a FRIEND.
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