Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-03-29
Mrs q. e Gasn

MRS. ". - OOSH, n a. her LOfn
10 Burke's Garden, Va, on the 4tb.
day of March. 1901. On the follow
ing day her remains were laid avav
in the Burke's Garden cemetery. In
spite OF the inclsm,lt weather
large nambsr If f'ien Il m rel ati-es
we're present at the funar.I services,
which were conducted by her pastor.
Rev j. III. Wyse. His remarks we're
based on Phil. / 81, ''For me to live
in Christ and to die is gain He also
read two plpers which were found In
Mrs. Gose's Biblo that had been
written by her. one in early life and
the other few years previous to her
death. We copy the following from
the FRS paper: my full purpose ut
this time is to live more devoted to
God and His cause in the future
THAI l have done in the past, AMI
pray God may give me grace
sufficient for my day let my years be
many or few. l can not promise
myself n long life. "Not nv will but
tiiu,-, o L ,rI De Iona" Ali IA,ki 10
grace in this life aud crown in that
which is o come This, il am faith
full, know will be granted, if not I
am guilty but thou D Lord art just.
These words are an index to her
character aud show why her life was
so usful. She says: My greatest
object is to live a christian life,n !
and he" fruitful lie b as
attested the sincerity Of her pur-
pose. She led quiet, unselfish life
the seclusion of the home Yet who
can tell how far-reaching was the
In. luence exerted by her?
mo life can be pure in its purpose
and strong in its strife,
And oil life not be purer and stronger
there by"
For many years she was an Invalid.
She was not only purified by her
suffering but became an evangelist
of blessing to others. We could not
be brought into her room OF suffering
aud our hearts not be purified.
Here is a short sketch of her life
in her own languages: 81 was born on
the LIST. of Oct, 1923, in Rich Valley,
Wythe Co., Va When I was three
years old my father with his family
moved to Pleasant Hill, Smythe Co.
then Wythe, where spent all my
girl hood days to the time of mar
riage, which occurred on the 10th
Sep. 1876. From that time to the
present my home has been in Burk es
Garden, Tazewell Co. Va. 1 was
baptized in infancy by the Rey. David
Sechrist. When in my fifteenth year ]
in class of twenty young persons
attended catechetical lectures given
by Rev. Jacob Scherer In Kimber-
ling church, Wythe Co. From what
cause j cannot say / was not con-
tirmed with that class aud remained
an outsider until when In my seven
} teenth year l with some twenty or
! twenty five persons was confirmed
3 into the Evangelical Lutheran Church
. by Rev. Elijah Hawkins, In a grove
near Collops Church In Smythe Co.,
since that period / have tried in ar
q humble way to serve my God, always
and all times feeling my nothingnesi
in His sight. / have not lived with
out my share of trials aud tempta-
lions in life but my faith in the merits
of the blood of Christ has at all times
sustained me-"
What an encouragement to us ar,
!. these words: "My faith in the merit
OF the blood OF Christ has at all time
sustained me- coming as they d.
, from one who has lived out her thre
score years and ten. SheOccupied th
highest position to which an.
!. woman can aspire in being the loving
guiding, cementing power of g happy
!, home, earths highest type OF heaven
n 1t is the home that moulds characte
and usually it is true 'like mothel
= like son."
= 1t is not by great deeds that she live
g but by the everyday duties faithful
n performed. Her hospitality will b
: lovingly recalled by many. for q
Paul said of Phebe at Cenchrea
"She hath been succourer Of many.
She exemplified the apostles idea {