Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-09-21

he born auCnOT. uiio hoS'
ng nothing else, in the between
ines of her life, she wrote one adj adj,
nirable book, 'SAlice Withrow,
md a series of tracts. Little Talks
% Little Missionaries" which has
been translated into Portuguese by {,
4 lady missionaryin South America;
was a frequent and most accepta-
Die contributor TO the religious
nress. and wrote many sweet lyrics
fnIl of devotional thought, or de-
of nature, tunefu', tender
womanly productions of no mean
order. To me, Lucy's poetry Ras
the effaorescence of her genius ana
| regarded it as higher than her
always charming prose,
la 1896, she accompanied pr
Fleming to the meeting OF the Al
lance Of the Reformed Chufches,'
held in Glasgow, Scotland, spend
ing a very happy SUMMER abroad,
and ENJOYING as only one or ner
sensitive and cultured nature couie,
the scenery. the company and the
| incidents Of the trip.
She particularly cared for oco1,
Land and its people. and she fonna
much to attract her in London
Many Of her impressions and ex-
periences were related in the col,
INNS of the CHRISTIAN Observer and
4 The Christian lntelligencer.
1t was my rare privilege to yiSlt
Mrs Fleming several times in the
home at Woodstock, first, and later
at Lynchburg. | was witness to
her Ioyeliuess as a wife, mother
| neighbor, friehd and hostess; to
+, her beautiful consciousness
which kept her from the least IN
) fraction of the Sabbath. Her desk
was closed on Saturday night anc
' not opened until Monday, and Il
I was a point with her not to use I
: Lords day mail. She disllked t.
: ride IN the street cars on the Sab
bath, and did SO only upder protest
8 if rot we'll enough to walk u
church. 80,
: Tn her religion there was neithe
n Gloom nor asceticism, but she WA
: woman with convictions, a
" with firmness to live up to the.n.
n For several years her constitution
g had shown signs of impaired vital
lie ty. and when, in April last, Oh
came with her husband to atten
RS the .EcumeenicaT Council" in Ne
to York. and was for happy teq day
e, NV guest, | was aware of "a chanI
at in her; she was frail, easily tire
ID not equal to excitement or exertlo
Mt and half an invalid, but yet reso'u.
tn and accomplishing, and WI
nd flashes Of the old gayety and crl'
AZ humor.
on Her husbands tenderness q
me watehfulness for her comfort We
lily umceasipIg; he anticipated eve
ful wish. and was, as ever, thoughtf
to for her in little as in larger wa
nd But when | babe my friends go'
OF bye, there was no premonlt'oh
In to warn me that never on this s
the river I should speak to my
lrs. loved Lucy. We parted IN
for cheerful hope that in the antu,
Gu we should meet again and after
on return to Lynchburg, Mrs fie
me ing's bright letters gave no II
ats. nation Of failing health.
OF On July IS, she accompanied
to Fleming and their daughter, Ma
'e'e to Wier, Highland county
where she eagerly sought the re
is a and GOODNESS of the mounta
OF Highland county was very dear
ion, her from old and tender asso
her, tions, and was her favorite 81
her mer resting place. The jour
pets was hard one, and she was we
heir when she reached the end; but
rested and responded with appal
Jan swiftness to the air, the new e
l RI ronment, and the old homes nom 8
tth' that she loved.
ran On the 25th Of July. after e.
MIL ing worship. she retired, the
having been particularly pr
ton and happy. She knelt by her
over as was her wont, talked a
with her husband and comp
'bert herself to sleep. a few MIN
p OF afterward she was stricken
,opie par .lysis. The best medical
ther. was SUMMONED, friends were
ntel- slant and assiduous in their m
I'd IN tration,. beart-broken love W;
'e III ed every breath. There seem
ning partial return to conscious
'anse though not to speech; her hns,
stock was sure of recognition, the
light in her eyes; but life 81
to 40 ebbed away, and painlessly, at
e the sat nm INV 81 she drifted out
ing's tb'. eternal sea. There wa
that "n,oan;no At the barr Her
luire- WAS at tie helm. AS she ste
q, al ashore on the other side. am
ways tbat the shining ones came {
the ~ tn ~ oct her and that all the
,rdial ~ the civ we're rung for JOY
I'd, so " 4 little while and she wi
would ceive her own again; all, all.
I'D il Fatbar's house
Z love Horne by no stranger h
For onlv NV her dear ones who
pecial lnved and honored her, she
nrVlcp ,,~nob anon