Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-28
IN MEnIORIAM.

June liJn, 1850, ana at the time OF her
decease was in her fifty-third year.
She was the daughter of Johnathan
and Amelia Perrin of this place and
here she had her education, and the
beginning of her religious life, having
early made profession of religion in
connection with the Methodist Episcopal
church of this place.
She began, early in life, to teach in
Toledo, where she spent several years.
In '62-3' she taught in La Sale, ILL.,,
and while there she visited the hospi-
tai ut st. Louis, to care for a member
of the family who was wounded at the
battle of jackson. While caring for
him, the needs of others called forth
her services, when difficult operations
were to be performed, to hold their
hands; or when letters home were to
be written, to write the letters. Thus
she became acquainted with the work
and workers of the sanitary CON-
mission.
She was united in marriage to
Samuel B. Price, May %, 1867, and
removed with her husband to Nebraska
city, where he engaged in publishing a
newspaper which was given up in
consequence of Mr.. Prices failing
health.
While in Toledo she connected her.
self with the Trinity church, of which
Mr.. Walbridge was pastor. On resum-
ing her residence in Perrysburg she
transferred her relations TO the First
Presbyterian church of this place, in
which she has for many years, been a
prominent worker in the Sabbath
School, and in the social life of the
community. The efficiency which
carried her into the Toledo schools, and
kept her there, and which made her a
desirable worker in the army hospitals,
carried her to the head, also, In matters
of church and benevolent work. The
Grand Army Relief Corps of this place
reaped the benefit of her organizing
power, and did good work in the relief
OF the poor, inspired by her zeal.
But our Sabbath school remembers
with great deal of pleasure, the work
which she did in the days of her
strength, and it is also remembered
with q great deal of regret and sorrow
how, when after laying her plans to
renew work with new zeal she suddenly
found that she must submit to the
surgeons knife and begin that long
contest which only terminated wher
she breathed her final prayer-"Lort
Jesus, receive my spirit"
Between 1888 and 1S91,-the bound.
and limits of her life, as is now looked
back upon, there is found the law o
growth. The body soon reaches it
limit of growGh, when it begins t.
decrease and prepare for its fina
. return to dust. But the true law o
life, and especially of true life, il
growth.
The religious life and the intellec
tual life, are both under this law. l
is-grow in grace and in knowledge
for grace itself is more gracious, tn,
more completely it is founded. ol
knowledge. Ignorance may be the
mother of a superstitious devotion, bu
knowledge is the mother of tru,
devotion. This law of life found it
exemplification in our sister. TIL,
education and the experience of las
year, did not satisfy her for this year
Each year must give it's own lessons
and each year, the life demanded neV
food, so her life grew along the lin,
of useful work, school work, arm,
work, hospital work, church work
Sabbath school work, home work an,
,, educational work, for herself an,
l daughter. And thus her mind AM
heart were fresh and growing to tn
last.
The long and weary years of suffer
ing wrought, with patience, Il longin
' to depart and be with Christ; an
while the outward man was perishin
we have reason to think the inwar
u man was being renewed daily, till i
u full consciousness of what was coming
= she committed herself into the han
I of Him, "who walked with her int
/ the valley and shadow of death, an
o the support of whose rod took frol
II her the fear of evil" 1t is the blessed
o ness of the workers in the new ag,
J. the age introduced by the fall {
g Jerusalem, and the overthrow of tn
old ordinances and priesthood, thi
'i ''henceforth they who die in the Lor'
d do rest from their labors and the
y works do follow them"
Into that rest by the grace OF Got
!. the deceased has now entered, an
r what she has done for homo low
O' for religion, for education, for ma
II will follow her to her everlastin