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- Douglas, Mary JennerColumbia City Post ? Whitley County, IndianaWednesday, April 28, 1875
???? Gone Home. Died, at her residence in Columbia City, Ind., on April 21st, 1875, Mary Jenner Douglas, wife of Rev. A. J. Douglas. ???? Gone! Like a sheaf, rich and ripe, ready for the harvest! Gone from the home which knew her best, and loved her strongest and which will miss her most. For her, the grim portals of Death have opened into the glories of the ?By-and-By,? and ?lifes fitful fever? has proven threshold to a ?peach unspeakable and full of glory.? The battle is fought ? the victory is won. He, who doeth all things well, hath taken her unto himself, that where he is, there she may be also. Mrs. Douglas was born Feb. 28th, 1832, in the city of Philadelphia, a daughter of Dr. Abram Jenner and Julia Jenner. Her whole life was hid with Christ in God. Since fourteen years of age she has followed in the footsteps of the Master, and when her life went out in a flash of pain on April 21st, it was with a trust in his promises stronger than ever. ?Trust in God !? This was the guiding star of her being. She never doubted. Her religion was deep and firm, though never obtrusive. Patiently and faithfully she performed her duties, and now she hath the ?Well done? and the ?Insasmuch.? To us, one and all, the memory of Mrs. Douglas shall be both exultation and inspiration. The immense concourse of mourning friends who attended the funeral services, held in the Lutheran Church on Friday last, testifies to the appreciation in which she was held by our community. A sermon appropriate to the occasion, was preached by Rev. A. H. Studebaker, from Pa. 116:15. ?Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.? ???? To the family we tender deepest and sincerest sympathy, with the prayer that all our lives may be as redolent with the incense of good deeds as was the life of her whose death they mourn. Hugh.
Whitley County Commercial ? Columbia City, IndianaThursday, April 29, 1875
Died. Douglas ? April 21st, 1875, Mary, wife of Rev. A. J. Douglas. ???? The announcement of the death of Mrs. Douglas cast a gloom over the entire community last week, for she was a kind, Christian woman, loved by all who knew her. Her maiden name was Jenner. She was born in Philadelphia, Pa., February 28th, 1832, and was united in marriage to her now bereaved and sorrowing husband, July 4th, 1850, at Ontario, Richland county, Ohio. She joined the church when but 14 years of age, and lived a devoted Christian life, up to her death, died in the triumphs of living faith and to-day her spirit rests with Him who gave it. She was an affectionate wife, a loving mother and a kind neighbor and friend. ???? To the bereaved husband and motherless children we do all that human flesh can do, sympathize with them in this their terrible sorrow, and trust that the Christian example of wife and mother may be zealously imitated and when the Master sees fit to call them one by one, may they sweetly fall asleep in His arms and finally form an unbroken family in the Beautiful Land beyond the River. Though Mrs. Douglas is dead her memory will be kindly cherished by her many friends and neighbors. ???? Her funeral was preached in Grace Lutheran Church on Friday afternoon at 2 o?clock, by Rev. A. H. Studebaker, assisted by Revs. Pattinson, Wilder and Reider and the large audience of weeping, sympathizeing neighbors and friends gathered to pay their last tribute of respect demonstrated that not only the hearts of the relatives bled with grief, but the community at large mourned the departure of the deceased.
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