Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-29
SHE IS LAID AT REST.
FUNERAL OF MRS. THORNHII.L,
HELD YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
TENDER TRIBUTE TO HER MEMORY.
The Linton Coated-Pnper Company
Moving Into the Moody Factory
Miss Grymes WEEDS In the County
Another Wedding.

The funeral OF Mrs. L. r. Thornhill'
wife of Rev. DR.. Thornhill, pastor oil
Bainbridge-Street Baptist church, Man
| chester, took place yesterday afternoon
at o'clock at that church.
A very large number OF friends gather
ed there, filling every seat in the sacred
building. paying by their presence ana
their tears an affectionate and beautiful
tribute to the memory of the deceased
lady. Rev. DIR. William +. Hatcher, Oh
Richmond, an old friend OF the family, a
warm and lifelong friend of the bereaved
husband, and formerly pastor OF this
church, conducted the service. lie was
assisted by Rev. c. III. Ryland, ID. d., also
OF Richmond, and Revs. w. w. Lear and
Charles n. Van Houten, of Manchester.
number of members of the Baptist Min
listers Conference Of Richmond were also
present. and occupied seats on the plat
form Of the pulpit. They were Revs. j.
S. Dill, II. A. Bagby, ]. r. Harrison, j.
r. Tucker, w. K. l.. Smith, |. NJ. Mercer,
and G.. +. Williams.
In the audience were many persons OF
other denominations, and amongst the
relatives were Judge ID. A. Christian, Oh
Appomattox county, brother of the ie-
ceased, and Mr.. Joel L. Cauthorn, also
of Appomattox, a relative OF DR.. morn
hill. Professor James, of Chase city, tel
egraphed his sympathy, stating that he
and his wife, sister of Dr. Thornhill, were
kept from being present by sickness in
their family.
bn cfy H.
pressive. The music, under the direction
of Mrs. Harding, was particularly sweet
and pathetic. The solo sung by Mr.. -.
Woodson Nunnally was very tender. The
hymn, 1T Is Well With My SOUL was
Mrs. Thornhill's favorite of sacred songs.
DIR. HATCHER'S ADDRESS.
DIR. Hatcher made a brief, touching adj
dress on the Christian life Of the de-
ceased He said:
The scene before us marks the culmi-
nation Of a sorrow which, like a cloud
portentous, has hung over us for a halt
year. The final event has brought no
surprise; it is simply the occurrence or the
foreseen and inevitable. 1t is a be-
reaVement whose harbiagtrs have Desn
busily notifying us that 1t was on the
way. The phases and forms OF human
grief are numberless, but L know nothing
more poignant than the grief or beholdlng
our loved ones yielding to certain decay,
while we are helpless to relieve them.
IL is bitterness, indeed, 10 hear the rat
tie Of the reaper's sickle as he ap-
proaches, and yet to know that we can
not arrest his progress.
The minimizing and the heartless I'M
agine that grief foreseen Is griel
assuaged. True, an affiiction long eX-
pected loses it's power TO shock, ana IL
is also true at times that compassion FOR
the sufferer turns our love into prayer
for their release. But love is not recon-
ciled to the loss of its object by seeing
in advance that the loss must come.
Watching at the bedside Of our sick ones
II faithfully done, never made it easy 10
surrender them into the hands of death
Sorrow for our sick does not displace our
sorrow at our death. If We love in days
OF strength and peace how much deeper
that love becomes in the hour or weak
ness and suffering. The beloved family
before us has been enriched by the kind
ness of many white they stood by the
bedside Of their sick, but they never
needed more our fraternal compassion
than they do as they are on the way TO
the cemetery to bury their dead. lt Is
death that gives the final stroke, and
under it's shadow the heart feels its most
profound desolation.
1t cannot be inappropriate for me TO
give utterance to a few modest and I'M
exaggerated words concerning our de-
parted friend. Mrs. Thornhill was brought
up in one of the quiet, country homes of
Virginia, amid the foothills of the Blue
Ridge mountains. She was the daughter
of an honored physician in Appomattox
county, Va. and growing up In an atmos-
phere of piety, refinement, and virtue, she
became an intelligent and attractive wo-
man. From her early youth she was
Christian, clear in her convictions, honest
in her faith, happy in her hope, and
Jealous for the glory Of her Redeemer.
In her country church she was held in
honor as a devout and enthusiastic girl,
ready to do her part, and blameless In
her life. on that suspicious day when she
became the wife Of him who sorrows at
her bier this day, ii was the blending OF
two kindred natures, two souls so fully
knit together that from that day they
were no longer twain, but one nesh.
Surely. Heaven must have smiled upon
marriage so congenial and so rlch IN
mutual service and happiness.
GAVE HERSELF FOR OTHERS.
If criticism could be justly uttered
that she was wasteful-but wasteful only
in the expenditure OF her own strength
for the comfort of her household. she
SHARED not herself. \ lady friend VINO
knew her well said to me recently that
Mrs. Thornhill was a martyr that she
was diving from oyerwork, TO which she
was driven by her large and self-forget-
full devotion TO her family. | recall my
approaching her some years ago with
request that her husband might accom-
many me on a trip abroad. i knew that
the request signified much for her, Doth
I'm the way of care and in the way or iso-
lation. 1t actually thrilled me to md
how entirely she omitted herself IN the
consideration of the matter.
Nor was she less laborious and SELF
abnegating in her loyalty to her church'
Her energies were engaged in depart
ments of church activity which were well
suited TO her tastes. She knew quite well
what she could do; she had the measure
of her own powers. and was slow to en-
bark on dangerous seas. on the line OF
her chosen duties she spurned failure.
She often wrung success from seemingly
irnpossible situations. Her spirit was IN
defatigable. and her associates would
gladly testify to her value In the enter
nrises of her church. Nothing is more
impressive than to see a woman, laden
with domestic burdens, and often unre-
Ieyed by capable help, who keeps In
touch with all the movements or her
church. and is a distinct and gracious
factor in its undertakings. Mrs. Thorn
hin was no impatient aspirant for leader
ship. but she was so honest and sensible,
and withall so heartful and determined