The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-07-29
FIT. Defiance Items.
[Reported for the vIRG1NIAN. i

Religious The protracted meeting,
which has been in progress, at Mt. Sidney,
for the last five or six weeks, was closed
last Sunday night. A deep interest in re-
ligon has been manifested throughout the
community from the beginning. Metho-
dists, Lutherans. Presbyterians all labor
ing earnestly together for the salvation of
souls. There have been some sixty-odd
conversions during the meeting, and yet
those faithful ambassadors of the cross,
Revs. Smith and Cunningham, though
worn out and broken down with their in
cessant labors, seemed very loathe to dis
continue the services while there were yet
any unsaved. Rev. 6. 7. D. Collins. of
the New Hope circuit. preached the clos
ing sermon from the text, .'And we will
not come to me that We might have life,"
and made an earnest and powerful appeal
to those yet unconverted to .'Tnrn i'll with
the overlures of mercy ere it be too late.'
Communion services will be held at the
Augusta Church, August 18th. There
will be preaching each night, and Friday
and Saturday at a. M, during the pre-
vions week, and possibly for some time
afterwards. The pastor will be assisted by
Rev. Mr.. Preston, of Thinking Spring
Church.
Death of an Estimable Lady.-We are
greved to learn of the death of Mrs. Re.
becca Miller, wife Of our good old friend.
Daniel Miller. Esq. which occurred at the
family home near Mt. Sidney, on Satur-
day, the oath inst. Mrs. Miller was the
mother of Mrs. NJ. Ii. Shaver and Mrs
Frederick Cline, and we believe, the only
sister of Revs. Abram and Levi Garher,-
and Mr.. Jacob CARRIER of the same neigh
borhood. She had been reared in the
TINKER faith, and from her early girlhood
had been deyout member of that Church,
and the light of her pety shown as "A
city set upon ahill." Her death was not
unexpected, She had been in feeble health
for year OR more, and bed-rIdden for the
last several months, but bore her long and
wearysome sufferings with the character
istic patience and fortitude of the faithful
christian, confident that her SORROWS would
soon be ended, and she would And rest and
comfort in that Fair and happy land just
across on the evergreen shore; We have,
more than once shared the quiet. unos-
tentatious, yet cordial hospitality of this
good old lady and her people, have enjoyed
an opportunity to observe the fervent az.
lection they all bear EACH other, and we
fully anpreaiate their deep distress and
tender to the grief stricken ones our sim
cere sympathy. The remains were in
tered at thu Valley CHURCH geaY Meyers
Cave Station Y. r. e., on Monday.
Capt. G. Julian Pratt and r. e Wright,
ESQ, spent last Friday afternoon taking a
survey of the Augusta Creamery to aid in
completing the plant for a similar enter
prise at Wayneshoro.
Our young friend. Jasper Crawford, is
recovering slowly, but we hope surely,
from the effects of his terrible fall, which
we noted in our items week before last.
w. W. Branpeman, of the Highland Re-
eorder, paid our neighborhood flying
| visit last Friday,
The political eauldron Is beginning to
simmer In this neighborhood and some Of
our democratic friends seem little nerv-
GUS over the prospects of the coming cam
paign. S. NJ. w.
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