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When
one, who through a series of years had gained the respect and sustained
the esteem of her fellow creatures, has been taken from our midst, it is
due to the memory of departed worth, that a passing tribute should be
rendered, that the living may imitate those peculiar traits which
have cast a lustre around the chaplet of virtues that adorned the brow
of the illustrious dead.
A
lady of the olden time slumbereth in the quiet of the tomb! A mother of
Israel has entered upon a new existence after a sojourn of 84 years
amidst the tumult of the world! Rebecca Hendricks has gone to rest in
Paradise, to await the recompense of the "pure in heart" on
that final day, when each and every one will receive justice at that
Tribunal from which there can be no appeal.
And
is there not beauty and holiness in the contemplation of the death of
one, who, by the permission of Israel's God, had thus lengthened out her
span?
A
little longer, yet a little longer, and many now in the calm
enjoyment of life will follow this olden lady to the quiet
slumber of the tomb; even the youth in the pride of manhood; even
the maiden in the beauty of womanhood; and the old man of limping gait
and trembling frame will soon lay down his staff like one that is weary,
and sweetly repose for ever.
Aye,
why marvel? Such are the conditions upon which human nature clings to
life, and such will be the final destiny of all animated beings.
U. H. J.
New
York, Feb. 20th, 1844.
Died
at St. Thomas, W. I., on Friday night, between 16th and
17th of February, Samuel B. Hoheb, member of the Board of
Wardens of the Congregation of the above place. He was in every sense,
says the letter of our correspondent, a good man, and a firm
supporter of all our institutions. He has left a wife and four children
who, we trust, will find consolation and support from the Father of all,
who loves the stranger, the widow, and the fatherless, and is a Shield
to all who put their trust in Him. |
