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Note: N15751 Nashville Christian Advocate (Nashville, Tennessee), 5 February 1847
For the Nashville Christian Advocate
Died, Nov. the 10th, 1846, at her residence in Bradley county, Ark., in hope of a glorious immortality, sister Judith C. Merriwether, consort of Joseph Merriwether, both natives of Virginia. The subject of this memoir had once been a member of the Methodist E. Church, and continued truly pious until her death, which took place in the 36th year of her age. She lived for several years before her death, in a sparcely settled country, having no established church convenient; yet in all she evinced an unshaken confidence in the love of Christ, whose blood cleanseth from all sin. A short time before her death, she seemed to have a clear conviction of her dissolution's being at hand, and often remarked to her affectionate husband, that she was going to die, and that she was ready to meet the messenger. A few minutes before her spirit took flight, she gave special directions relative to her burial and funeral services, had her children and servants called around her bed and admonished them to be good and live righteous. After finishing these things, she quietly yielded her spirit into the hands of that God who gave it, saying with her expiring breath, "Into thy hands I commit my spirit, O Lord." Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord.
Sister Meriwether was much beloved by all who knew her. She was affectionate to her friends and kind to strangers. She has left an afflicted husband, three children and many friends, to mourn over her loss; but all believe her eternal home to be in the Paradise of God. A few weeks after her death, her funeral was preached, to a large and attentive congregation from her dying words, "Into thy hands I commit my spirit; thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth."
Jefferson Co., Ark., Dec. 28, 1846. L. D. Coleman
The Richmond Christian Advocate will please copy the above.
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