August 12, 1871 -Norfolk Virginian
Pattie Berwell Gale, Wife of Dr. Joseph A. Gale, of Roanoke county, Va., died at the residence of Mr. E. R. Gale, Norfolk, Va., on 7th of May, 1871. It is seldom we meet with so sweet and lovely a spirit as was the subject of this notice. So beautifully
blended in her character and illustrated in her life were the pure and elevating
virtues of Christianity, that all who knew her prized and loved her as most
precious.
In the year 1865, she joined the M.E. Church, South. As a member of the church,
her conduct was unexceptionable while in her modest humility shone the Spirit of
the Great Exemplar, winning the commendation of her Christian friends. So quiet
and unobtrusive was she, that only those who knew her could appreciate her
worth. Gentle, kind, generous, patient, and uncomplaining; sweet was the music
of her life in the home she blessed and the friends she gladdened with her
presence. In the impress of her character she still lives. Such an one can
never be forgotten -- can never die.
She was married on the 31st of May, 1870. In this new relation of life she was
almost blameless, being especially distinguished for her unselfishness and
spirit of self sacrifice. She seemed to live for him to whom in holy vows she
had given herself at the altar of God. In the few short measures of their
married life, there was no dissonance. Though dearer to husband than his own
life, yet in her purity, fidelity and love, he has inexpressible comfort. So
pure in heart and life was she in his home that he could well say -- "There's
nothing ill can dwell in such a temple, If the ill spirit have so fair a house,
Good things will strive to dwell with it."
In her last illness of eleven days, she was a great sufferer, and yet she was
resigned, patient, and brave. One of the attending physicians remarked during
her illness, "I passed through the yellow fever in '55, and the late war, and I
have seen much suffering, but she is the bravest woman I have ever seen." When
the great struggle came, we thank God, she was sustained by divine grace.
Through Jesus Christ she had the victory. Looking on the lovely corpse, we
could say -- "Death lies on her, like an untimely frost Upon the sweetest flow'r
of all the field." She has joined mother and sister in the good land beyond,
while she lives in the memory of the dear ones here, ever pointing the to her
home in the skies.
Pattie Berwell Gale, Wife of Dr. Joseph A. Gale, of Roanoke county, Va., died at the residence of Mr. E. R. Gale, Norfolk, Va., on 7th of May, 1871. It is seldom we meet with so sweet and lovely a spirit as was the subject of this notice. So beautifully
blended in her character and illustrated in her life were the pure and elevating
virtues of Christianity, that all who knew her prized and loved her as most
precious.
In the year 1865, she joined the M.E. Church, South. As a member of the church,
her conduct was unexceptionable while in her modest humility shone the Spirit of
the Great Exemplar, winning the commendation of her Christian friends. So quiet
and unobtrusive was she, that only those who knew her could appreciate her
worth. Gentle, kind, generous, patient, and uncomplaining; sweet was the music
of her life in the home she blessed and the friends she gladdened with her
presence. In the impress of her character she still lives. Such an one can
never be forgotten -- can never die.
She was married on the 31st of May, 1870. In this new relation of life she was
almost blameless, being especially distinguished for her unselfishness and
spirit of self sacrifice. She seemed to live for him to whom in holy vows she
had given herself at the altar of God. In the few short measures of their
married life, there was no dissonance. Though dearer to husband than his own
life, yet in her purity, fidelity and love, he has inexpressible comfort. So
pure in heart and life was she in his home that he could well say -- "There's
nothing ill can dwell in such a temple, If the ill spirit have so fair a house,
Good things will strive to dwell with it."
In her last illness of eleven days, she was a great sufferer, and yet she was
resigned, patient, and brave. One of the attending physicians remarked during
her illness, "I passed through the yellow fever in '55, and the late war, and I
have seen much suffering, but she is the bravest woman I have ever seen." When
the great struggle came, we thank God, she was sustained by divine grace.
Through Jesus Christ she had the victory. Looking on the lovely corpse, we
could say -- "Death lies on her, like an untimely frost Upon the sweetest flow'r
of all the field." She has joined mother and sister in the good land beyond,
while she lives in the memory of the dear ones here, ever pointing the to her
home in the skies.
August 12, 1871 -Norfolk Virginian
Pattie Berwell Gale, Wife of Dr. Joseph A. Gale, of Roanoke county, Va., died at the residence of Mr. E. R. Gale, Norfolk, Va., on 7th of May, 1871. It is seldom we meet with so sweet and lovely a spirit as was the subject of this notice. So beautifully
blended in her character and illustrated in her life were the pure and elevating
virtues of Christianity, that all who knew her prized and loved her as most
precious.
In the year 1865, she joined the M.E. Church, South. As a member of the church,
her conduct was unexceptionable while in her modest humility shone the Spirit of
the Great Exemplar, winning the commendation of her Christian friends. So quiet
and unobtrusive was she, that only those who knew her could appreciate her
worth. Gentle, kind, generous, patient, and uncomplaining; sweet was the music
of her life in the home she blessed and the friends she gladdened with her
presence. In the impress of her character she still lives. Such an one can
never be forgotten -- can never die.
She was married on the 31st of May, 1870. In this new relation of life she was
almost blameless, being especially distinguished for her unselfishness and
spirit of self sacrifice. She seemed to live for him to whom in holy vows she
had given herself at the altar of God. In the few short measures of their
married life, there was no dissonance. Though dearer to husband than his own
life, yet in her purity, fidelity and love, he has inexpressible comfort. So
pure in heart and life was she in his home that he could well say -- "There's
nothing ill can dwell in such a temple, If the ill spirit have so fair a house,
Good things will strive to dwell with it."
In her last illness of eleven days, she was a great sufferer, and yet she was
resigned, patient, and brave. One of the attending physicians remarked during
her illness, "I passed through the yellow fever in '55, and the late war, and I
have seen much suffering, but she is the bravest woman I have ever seen." When
the great struggle came, we thank God, she was sustained by divine grace.
Through Jesus Christ she had the victory. Looking on the lovely corpse, we
could say -- "Death lies on her, like an untimely frost Upon the sweetest flow'r
of all the field." She has joined mother and sister in the good land beyond,
while she lives in the memory of the dear ones here, ever pointing the to her
home in the skies.
Pattie Berwell Gale, Wife of Dr. Joseph A. Gale, of Roanoke county, Va., died at the residence of Mr. E. R. Gale, Norfolk, Va., on 7th of May, 1871. It is seldom we meet with so sweet and lovely a spirit as was the subject of this notice. So beautifully
blended in her character and illustrated in her life were the pure and elevating
virtues of Christianity, that all who knew her prized and loved her as most
precious.
In the year 1865, she joined the M.E. Church, South. As a member of the church,
her conduct was unexceptionable while in her modest humility shone the Spirit of
the Great Exemplar, winning the commendation of her Christian friends. So quiet
and unobtrusive was she, that only those who knew her could appreciate her
worth. Gentle, kind, generous, patient, and uncomplaining; sweet was the music
of her life in the home she blessed and the friends she gladdened with her
presence. In the impress of her character she still lives. Such an one can
never be forgotten -- can never die.
She was married on the 31st of May, 1870. In this new relation of life she was
almost blameless, being especially distinguished for her unselfishness and
spirit of self sacrifice. She seemed to live for him to whom in holy vows she
had given herself at the altar of God. In the few short measures of their
married life, there was no dissonance. Though dearer to husband than his own
life, yet in her purity, fidelity and love, he has inexpressible comfort. So
pure in heart and life was she in his home that he could well say -- "There's
nothing ill can dwell in such a temple, If the ill spirit have so fair a house,
Good things will strive to dwell with it."
In her last illness of eleven days, she was a great sufferer, and yet she was
resigned, patient, and brave. One of the attending physicians remarked during
her illness, "I passed through the yellow fever in '55, and the late war, and I
have seen much suffering, but she is the bravest woman I have ever seen." When
the great struggle came, we thank God, she was sustained by divine grace.
Through Jesus Christ she had the victory. Looking on the lovely corpse, we
could say -- "Death lies on her, like an untimely frost Upon the sweetest flow'r
of all the field." She has joined mother and sister in the good land beyond,
while she lives in the memory of the dear ones here, ever pointing the to her
home in the skies.
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