The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-04-21
IN NIl;MOfiIAM.

MRS. Judge Il. Is. l.. CHEW.
Fer am t:dy 10 I've offered, and the time.
NV departure Is ut hand.
| have fought good fight, have flushed my
course. have kept the faith.
Ilenceiorth there is I'D mp for me crown oil
Righteousness which the Lord. the righteous Judge
will give me IN that day IL I'm. ~. IT,. y
These words form the farewell utter
ancc of Gods most illuStrious Apostle, st.
Paul
He was nearing the end of his earthly
pilgrimage. Already the sun Of his natu-
raj life was Fastening to its setting. Soon
| he would he led forth to die the death of a
martyr; hut he was happy i'll the assurance
| that he had been loyal to Christ, that ever
since the day he had fallen to his knees a
| disappearing sinner and rose up 4 praying
| saint he had not stunned to declare the
whole counsel of God. He had labored
more abundantly than all the Apostles.
He had undertaken more. He had accom-
plished more. He explicitly declares that
| he had the care of all the Churches. He
suffered more, and at last could say with
Heavens sanction:
am now ready to he offered, and the
| time of my departure is at hand.
Ihave fought good fight, | have finished
| nv course, | have kept the faith.
Henccforth there is laid up for me a
crown of Righteousness, which the Lord,
| the righteous Judge, will give me in that
| day.
This scripture. YOU will observe, is iden-
| teal with the inscription on the memorial
| tablet of the revered and sainted Rev. DR..
Lewin-Maryland's Great Presbyter In
many respects the Christian life and char
| acter of our departed loved one resembled
| that of Dr. Levin. He was abundant in
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she-always thinking and planning and
praying for the welfare of Trinity Church.
Dr.. Levin was faithful unto death, SO was
our loved Mother in Israel-the Lords
prophecies. His was a sterling character,
answering and unwavering, so also was
| the character Of this Christian lady. His
| name is even vet household word in
Maryland. so will be the name of our re-
| vered and lamented loved one. More than
that the life and character of Mrs. Chew
resembled flat of St Paul The great
Apostle was afflicted. He had some bodily
| intirmity which he himself describes under
| the significant figure "a thorn in the flesh
the piercing and the pain of which he
| felt night and day, so too our loved Mother
| in Israel. Her bodily infirmty was ever
present, and often have we seen her COM
| ing up the aisle of Trinity Church leaning
| upOu lilC Snou'SCi VI HCl CouIllt anu az
| fectionate husband, or supported by the
strong arms of her manly and mag nani-
nous sons, yet patiently and without a
murmur she bore her sutferings.
1t was my privilege and pleasure to
minister to our loved one for more than
six years, and seldom has it been the lot
| of a priest and rector to administer the
Blessed Sacrament to one more spiritually
minded or more profoundly appreciative
of the heavenly comforts communicated
thereby.
How often, indeed, did that little family
| circle in the upper room at Elierslie seem
like veritable Mount of Transtigura tion
the heavenly world seemed so near.
ours is the bond of love divine
| Which knitS us each to all,
| And all to each:
| That love whose ever frightening circles
| Reach from the white chains
| Around that heavenly shrine
| To those who come in fa h to-day
| Here to remember Thee
1t was significant, methinks. that our
| loved Mother in Israel passed away IN
this the spring time of nature, when the
earth is being carpeted with green and
| flowers unfolding and the woodland
crowned with foliage. How these en-
blems OF Immortality suggest that immOr.
| tai life upon which she has entered, fol
| Heaven is
Land of pure delight
| Where hts immortal reign
There everl sitting spring abides
And never whitening flowers.
| Death like a narrow sea divides
That Heavenly land from ours.
1t was significant too, I fancy, that oul
loved Mother in Israel entered into rest
| on the Christian Sabbath
DAY of all the week TIL. best
| Emblem of eternal rest
Need l say that Mrs. Chew will be
missed, in that hospitable and refined
home at Ellerslie, missed in Trinity
Church, missed in this whole community
ton for she was always thinking of their
wants and doing for their welfare.
when the ear heard me, then it blessed
me, when the eye saw me- it gave witness to
me, because | delivered the poor that
| cried and the fatherless, and him that haC
meme to help him. The blessing of him
that was ready to perish came upon me
and | caused the widowed heart to sing
for joy"
Tenderly we layed the form of our loved
! one IN the tomb and tho we mourn hel
departure it is not without hope, for if We
believe that Jesus died and rose again
| even so them also which sleep in Jesu.
will God bring with Him.
She has not died. She has but entered
| that other chamber of the King's-fairel
than this and lovelier
| There shall find what here we lose
| And keep 1t evermnre;
There we shall join the sainted dead
| Who are but gone before.
| That is no vale of wees Ike this
Where all cherish dies
| The beautiful is permanent
In those uEchanging skies.
HER RECTOR.