Lexington Intelligencer, May 05, 1888
THE TOMB
Died---In Lafayette county, Mo., Mrs. Katie Chinn, wife of William Chinn, and daughter of Thomas T. Cobbs and wife.
Sister Chinn was born in the same county May 16, 1866; professed religion and united with the Cumberland Presbyterian church in 1879; was married on December 16, 1886, and died March 17, 1888. She was a woman of good mind, well cultivated, and a genuine Christian. Her religious firmness was a noted characteristic of her Christian life. Her Bible was her companion. She had read it, studied it, and noted its precious promises; and this was the secret of her Christian influence. Having lived the life of the righteous, she died the death--one of great peace. When her father talked to her in view of death, she said to him, "I don't think I am going to die now, but if it is God's will, I am ready." When her babe was brought to her for the last time, she embraced it, and showed an affection for it only as a mother can for her first born. The last sentence distinctly uttered was to her husband. She said to him, "Will, bring me my hat, he has come and I must go." The large congregation that attended the funeral sermon and the burial services, gave expression to the feeling of the community in reference to this departed Christian friend, and, also, their respect for the living. At the house, where the funeral services were held, was the saddest and most sorrowful time I ever witnessed. The presence of Sister Katie Chinn will be missed in the congregation, in the missionary society, in her father's family, and especially in her own home. Her absence from us is her eternal gain. May God sanctify her death to the salvation of her husband, and the good of all.
THE TOMB
Died---In Lafayette county, Mo., Mrs. Katie Chinn, wife of William Chinn, and daughter of Thomas T. Cobbs and wife.
Sister Chinn was born in the same county May 16, 1866; professed religion and united with the Cumberland Presbyterian church in 1879; was married on December 16, 1886, and died March 17, 1888. She was a woman of good mind, well cultivated, and a genuine Christian. Her religious firmness was a noted characteristic of her Christian life. Her Bible was her companion. She had read it, studied it, and noted its precious promises; and this was the secret of her Christian influence. Having lived the life of the righteous, she died the death--one of great peace. When her father talked to her in view of death, she said to him, "I don't think I am going to die now, but if it is God's will, I am ready." When her babe was brought to her for the last time, she embraced it, and showed an affection for it only as a mother can for her first born. The last sentence distinctly uttered was to her husband. She said to him, "Will, bring me my hat, he has come and I must go." The large congregation that attended the funeral sermon and the burial services, gave expression to the feeling of the community in reference to this departed Christian friend, and, also, their respect for the living. At the house, where the funeral services were held, was the saddest and most sorrowful time I ever witnessed. The presence of Sister Katie Chinn will be missed in the congregation, in the missionary society, in her father's family, and especially in her own home. Her absence from us is her eternal gain. May God sanctify her death to the salvation of her husband, and the good of all.
Lexington Intelligencer, May 05, 1888
THE TOMB
Died---In Lafayette county, Mo., Mrs. Katie Chinn, wife of William Chinn, and daughter of Thomas T. Cobbs and wife.
Sister Chinn was born in the same county May 16, 1866; professed religion and united with the Cumberland Presbyterian church in 1879; was married on December 16, 1886, and died March 17, 1888. She was a woman of good mind, well cultivated, and a genuine Christian. Her religious firmness was a noted characteristic of her Christian life. Her Bible was her companion. She had read it, studied it, and noted its precious promises; and this was the secret of her Christian influence. Having lived the life of the righteous, she died the death--one of great peace. When her father talked to her in view of death, she said to him, "I don't think I am going to die now, but if it is God's will, I am ready." When her babe was brought to her for the last time, she embraced it, and showed an affection for it only as a mother can for her first born. The last sentence distinctly uttered was to her husband. She said to him, "Will, bring me my hat, he has come and I must go." The large congregation that attended the funeral sermon and the burial services, gave expression to the feeling of the community in reference to this departed Christian friend, and, also, their respect for the living. At the house, where the funeral services were held, was the saddest and most sorrowful time I ever witnessed. The presence of Sister Katie Chinn will be missed in the congregation, in the missionary society, in her father's family, and especially in her own home. Her absence from us is her eternal gain. May God sanctify her death to the salvation of her husband, and the good of all.
THE TOMB
Died---In Lafayette county, Mo., Mrs. Katie Chinn, wife of William Chinn, and daughter of Thomas T. Cobbs and wife.
Sister Chinn was born in the same county May 16, 1866; professed religion and united with the Cumberland Presbyterian church in 1879; was married on December 16, 1886, and died March 17, 1888. She was a woman of good mind, well cultivated, and a genuine Christian. Her religious firmness was a noted characteristic of her Christian life. Her Bible was her companion. She had read it, studied it, and noted its precious promises; and this was the secret of her Christian influence. Having lived the life of the righteous, she died the death--one of great peace. When her father talked to her in view of death, she said to him, "I don't think I am going to die now, but if it is God's will, I am ready." When her babe was brought to her for the last time, she embraced it, and showed an affection for it only as a mother can for her first born. The last sentence distinctly uttered was to her husband. She said to him, "Will, bring me my hat, he has come and I must go." The large congregation that attended the funeral sermon and the burial services, gave expression to the feeling of the community in reference to this departed Christian friend, and, also, their respect for the living. At the house, where the funeral services were held, was the saddest and most sorrowful time I ever witnessed. The presence of Sister Katie Chinn will be missed in the congregation, in the missionary society, in her father's family, and especially in her own home. Her absence from us is her eternal gain. May God sanctify her death to the salvation of her husband, and the good of all.
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w/o WC Chinn d/o TT & KL Cobbs
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s/w WC Chinn
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