. . . “The Monroe County Army Sanitary Committee,” held April 26th, 1862, the following resolutions were passed:
WHEREAS, It has pleased Almighty God, to remove from our midst, by death, Mrs. MARY A. DULL, a worthy member and officer of this Society, therefore,
Resolved, That in the death of Mrs. Dull, this Society has lost a punctual, efficient and valuable member, who wearied not in well doing, the soldier a devoted friend, society a member ever alert in duty, the church a communicant, whose daily life attested to the vitality of christian principles.
Resolved, That while we deeply deplore the painful loss which this mysterious Providence brings to us, we accept the chastisement as sent in infinite wisdom and directed by Infinite Love.
Resolved, That while this unhappy struggle still exists in our hitherto favored land, we, as a society, pledge ourselves by the open grave or four dear sister, to be more self-sacrificing, more thoroughly in earnest in the good work we have begun, and to emulate, at all times, the active virtues of our lost friend.
Resolved, That we tender to the friends of the deceased, our sympathy for them in their deep bereavement.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the Albia Gazette and Daily Hawk-Eye for Publication, and that a copy be also presented to the family of the deceased.
HANNAH ATHERTON, Pres’t.
MARY A. K. COUSINS, Sec’y.
Albia, May 1, 1862.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 10, 1862, p. 2
WHEREAS, It has pleased Almighty God, to remove from our midst, by death, Mrs. MARY A. DULL, a worthy member and officer of this Society, therefore,
Resolved, That in the death of Mrs. Dull, this Society has lost a punctual, efficient and valuable member, who wearied not in well doing, the soldier a devoted friend, society a member ever alert in duty, the church a communicant, whose daily life attested to the vitality of christian principles.
Resolved, That while we deeply deplore the painful loss which this mysterious Providence brings to us, we accept the chastisement as sent in infinite wisdom and directed by Infinite Love.
Resolved, That while this unhappy struggle still exists in our hitherto favored land, we, as a society, pledge ourselves by the open grave or four dear sister, to be more self-sacrificing, more thoroughly in earnest in the good work we have begun, and to emulate, at all times, the active virtues of our lost friend.
Resolved, That we tender to the friends of the deceased, our sympathy for them in their deep bereavement.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the Albia Gazette and Daily Hawk-Eye for Publication, and that a copy be also presented to the family of the deceased.
HANNAH ATHERTON, Pres’t.
MARY A. K. COUSINS, Sec’y.
Albia, May 1, 1862.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 10, 1862, p. 2
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