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April
25, 1845.
From
the Charleston Courier.
Who
is the virtuous woman whose price is far above rubies? She is the
faithful wife and mother—the fond and devoted daughter—the
affectionate friend and sister. She stretcheth forth her hand to the
poor, and provideth food and raiment for the needy. Words of wisdom and
humility proceed from her mouth, and on her lips is the law of kindness
evermore.
To
the foregoing sketch of female excellence, we fail not to trace a strong
similitude in the moral features of the late Mrs. Rinah J. Moses,
consort of Jacob J. Moses, Esq., of Columbus, Ga., and eldest daughter
of A. Ottolengui, Esq., at whose residence in this city, she died, on
the 25th of April, in the 32d year of her age. Characters like hers,
composed of the gentlest elements—pure, pious, meek, benevolent, and
tender, assist our conceptions of the angelic nature. Earth is to those
but a place of exile; heaven their proper home. The emigrant soul having
accomplished its mortal mission, returns to its birth-place. Desolate
indeed are the tents of kindred, when the righteous depart. But, let not
the bereaved look down to the tomb that contains the perishable
flesh—but to the sky that enshrines the incorruptible spirit. Thus
will the grief of her husband and relations become tranquillized. Then
will even the anguish of her parents be subdued by the reflection, that
though the destroyer passed not over their dwelling without smiting their
first-born, not in wrath but in love, did the angel of the Lord
lay his hand upon their child.
“Weep
not for her—in her spring-time she flew
To the land where the wings of the, soul are unfurled,
And now, as a star, beyond evening’s cold dew,
Looks radiantly down on the tears of the world.”
P.
M. [Penina Moïse?] |
