Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-12-20
MRS. ISABELLA VERIFY.

MRS. Is BELLA VERIFY,
On Saturday, the seventh of this
month, this world was made poorer anC
the Heavenly world was made richie,
and more home-like to us-for on that
day sister Isabella VERIFY. one of Gods
best and ripest saints, left her earthly
house, and the fond embrace of thos.
who loved her here, and went up at the
call of hey Lord to take her blood
bought place among the glorified and 20
keep company forever with the spirits
of just men made perfect in that higher
and larger life, for which she was so
well prepared and where she finds her
God and sits and sings triumphing in
Paradise. 1t was a sorrowful day to
| US all, for one of Gods best gifts, a
Christian wife and devoted mother and
a faithful Christian, went away to re-
turn no more. 1t was a delightful day
to her, for it was the day for which she
had lived and waited, the day of her
home-going, the day of her eternal
deliverance from all the trials and limi-
tations of this life, and her exaltation
to the mansions of glory, where the
Lamb which is in the midst of the
throne shall feed her and shall lead her
unto living fountains of waters, and
God shall wipe away all tears from her
eyes.
Sister VERIFY was in the sixty-ninth
year of her age, and for fifty-three
years had been the faithful companion
and devoted wife of Brother Joseph T.
VERIFY, whom she leaves behind lonely
and sorrowful because of her departure.
She had been member of White Stone
| Methodist church from the days of her
girlhood, and not simply a member in
name, but one whose life told for good
to the cause of Christ, andwhose every
day walk and conversation reflected the
| spirit of her Lord.
| Someone has said that there are four
essential elements in the constitution
and completion of a real Christian, and
that these are, Faith, Life, Trials and
Death. If this be true, then sister
Yerby has no doubt gone into the other
and better world entirely complete
and wanting nothing, for she was a
woman of faith. Hers was not merely
faith that justified trust of the soul
IN Christ as the only Precipitation for
sin, but it was a faith that means
repose, firm reliance, a blessed as
surance. Toher, spiritual life was real.
The Lord was an intimate and nearby
| friend. She confided in Him and firmly
believed that He was ordering all things
in connection with her life, for her good
and for His glory, and could say from
her heart. Though He STAY me, yet
meant the continual exercise of her
soul in laying hold upon that which it
loved, and holding on against every
sacrifice and in the face of all opposition.
Then there was in her the element of
| life. Not life in the ordinary sense OF
that word alone, but life that proved
| her Christianity to be genuine and
divine. She was interested in every
good work and ready to help to the ex-
tent of her ability in every worthy
cause.
The writer recalls going into her,home
shortly after collection had been
taken in her church for the famine
stricken people of China, and while
there, she put dollar in my hand,
| saying as she did, "Send this on with
the other, and l hope it will be help
to somebody" She was kind neighbor
| and friend to all. She loved the min
listers of the gospel and delighted to
have them come under her roof and
enjoy her hospitality. She had been
with Jesus and learned of Him. She
also had her trials, another element in
the completion of the Christian. For
the last few years of her life she was
greatly troubled with rheumatism and
asthma, being unable to get about but
| little, and kept in from the activities of
church work and from association with
her many friends. She accepted the
situation as sent from God without a
murmur or complaint. She submitted
| patiently to whatever God in His wis
dom might send upon her. AS the
stormy sea makes US look for the help
| ing hand, so the trials and Affections
which came upon her, caused her to
I lean hard upon the arm of her Lord,
and in Him she always found her refuge
and strength and present help in every
time of trouble. On the above named
day, after she had both done and suf-
fered Gods will concerning her, the
Death Angel came as Gods messenger
to call her up higher, and to give the
finishing stroke without which she never
could have seen her Lord nor have
entered into the rest that remains for
His people.
mindful of her needs, and ready at
all times to minister to her comfort,
she leaves seven sons and two daughters,
and with them, the precious legacy of a
good name, spotless life and Chris
tian character. AS a trail of light
fingers behind after the sun has set,
to guide the pilgrim to his distanthome,
so may her good example and her Chris
tian influence abide with her friends
and dear ones, in memory and in life,
to stimulate them to live righteously
and Cody in this present world, until
one by one they pass out into the bright
beyond-where we trust the entire
family will be reunited forever. In the
cemetery at White Stone Baptist
church, we laid her body down to await
the dawning of better day. The
writer was assisted in the services by
Rev. G. Y. Bradley and Rev. F. w.
Claybrook.