OBITUARY OF MRS. ELIZABETH (CARUTHERS) RHEA:
"DIED -- At Rural Valley, Armstrong Co., Pa., April 11, 1869, Mrs. ELIZABETH C. RHEA, aged 58 years.
Mrs. Rhea, daughter of the late Richard E. Caruthers, was born near the present site of Latrobe, Westmoreland Co., Pa., April 2d, 1811. As early as her 16th year she united with the Presbyterian church of Unity, then under the pastoral care of the venerable father, Rev. Wm. Speer. On the 6th of March, 1828, she was united in marriage to her now bereaved husband, Mr. Isaac Rhea, and removed to the vicinity of Saltsburg, Pa., where, under the pastoral care of Rev. Watson Hughes, she worshipped and worked in the Master's vineyard until April, 1840, when she, with her family, removed to her late residence in rural Valley, where, in the family, the church, and the community, she served a loving and beloved Saviour until he came to call her home.
Her piety was of a marked and practical type. Having been taught from a child to know the Holy Scriptures, she enlisted in the Master's service at an early age, and was ever anxiously in earnest to make sure work for eternity.
For a time she was sorely tried. a great fight of affliction it was hers to endure. Racked with physical suffering, troubled and tempest-tossed, she groped in spiritual darkness. Cast down, but not forsaken, her faith did not fail. She wrestled, wept, and prayed; she searched the Scriptures; she sought a faithful pastor's counsels and prayers. Rev. J. D. Mason, then pastor of Rural Valley church, will doubtless remember that interview. God blessed his own appointed means, and bright morning broke upon her soul, and the darkness fled away; and though she was subsequently called to pass through much suffering, trial, and temptation, her hope never faltered. 'In his light she walked through darkness.' She loved the Church, and cheerfully labored for it. An earnest, devoted Christian mother at home, she was indeed a mother in Israel. Rarely indeed was her place seen vacant in the house of God.
But her work is done. About mid-winter she was prostrated with disease, and seemed very near her home. She was in the land of Beulah, and the city appeared in sight. She talked much of heaven, and of him who, to her soul, was heaven's great attraction. She longed to go to him; not a cloud, not a doubt was there. But the Master said, 'Not just yet, my daughter.' A shade of disappointment soon gave place to a sweet smile of resignation-- 'Father, thy will be don.' Strength rallied, and she rose again; but it was only for a little while. On the sacred Sabbath morning she sunk in weakness again; and though reviving a little through the day, yet she felt that the hour had come, and she calmly looked for the messenger. At night-fall he came, and she sweetly slept in Jesus. A bereaved husband and three surviving children mourn her absence; other three were waiting on the shore to welcome her.
J. E. C." [Elizabeth's brother, James Ewing CARUTHERS]
Presbyterian Banner, 26 May 1869, p 8.
"DIED -- At Rural Valley, Armstrong Co., Pa., April 11, 1869, Mrs. ELIZABETH C. RHEA, aged 58 years.
Mrs. Rhea, daughter of the late Richard E. Caruthers, was born near the present site of Latrobe, Westmoreland Co., Pa., April 2d, 1811. As early as her 16th year she united with the Presbyterian church of Unity, then under the pastoral care of the venerable father, Rev. Wm. Speer. On the 6th of March, 1828, she was united in marriage to her now bereaved husband, Mr. Isaac Rhea, and removed to the vicinity of Saltsburg, Pa., where, under the pastoral care of Rev. Watson Hughes, she worshipped and worked in the Master's vineyard until April, 1840, when she, with her family, removed to her late residence in rural Valley, where, in the family, the church, and the community, she served a loving and beloved Saviour until he came to call her home.
Her piety was of a marked and practical type. Having been taught from a child to know the Holy Scriptures, she enlisted in the Master's service at an early age, and was ever anxiously in earnest to make sure work for eternity.
For a time she was sorely tried. a great fight of affliction it was hers to endure. Racked with physical suffering, troubled and tempest-tossed, she groped in spiritual darkness. Cast down, but not forsaken, her faith did not fail. She wrestled, wept, and prayed; she searched the Scriptures; she sought a faithful pastor's counsels and prayers. Rev. J. D. Mason, then pastor of Rural Valley church, will doubtless remember that interview. God blessed his own appointed means, and bright morning broke upon her soul, and the darkness fled away; and though she was subsequently called to pass through much suffering, trial, and temptation, her hope never faltered. 'In his light she walked through darkness.' She loved the Church, and cheerfully labored for it. An earnest, devoted Christian mother at home, she was indeed a mother in Israel. Rarely indeed was her place seen vacant in the house of God.
But her work is done. About mid-winter she was prostrated with disease, and seemed very near her home. She was in the land of Beulah, and the city appeared in sight. She talked much of heaven, and of him who, to her soul, was heaven's great attraction. She longed to go to him; not a cloud, not a doubt was there. But the Master said, 'Not just yet, my daughter.' A shade of disappointment soon gave place to a sweet smile of resignation-- 'Father, thy will be don.' Strength rallied, and she rose again; but it was only for a little while. On the sacred Sabbath morning she sunk in weakness again; and though reviving a little through the day, yet she felt that the hour had come, and she calmly looked for the messenger. At night-fall he came, and she sweetly slept in Jesus. A bereaved husband and three surviving children mourn her absence; other three were waiting on the shore to welcome her.
J. E. C." [Elizabeth's brother, James Ewing CARUTHERS]
Presbyterian Banner, 26 May 1869, p 8.
OBITUARY OF MRS. ELIZABETH (CARUTHERS) RHEA:
"DIED -- At Rural Valley, Armstrong Co., Pa., April 11, 1869, Mrs. ELIZABETH C. RHEA, aged 58 years.
Mrs. Rhea, daughter of the late Richard E. Caruthers, was born near the present site of Latrobe, Westmoreland Co., Pa., April 2d, 1811. As early as her 16th year she united with the Presbyterian church of Unity, then under the pastoral care of the venerable father, Rev. Wm. Speer. On the 6th of March, 1828, she was united in marriage to her now bereaved husband, Mr. Isaac Rhea, and removed to the vicinity of Saltsburg, Pa., where, under the pastoral care of Rev. Watson Hughes, she worshipped and worked in the Master's vineyard until April, 1840, when she, with her family, removed to her late residence in rural Valley, where, in the family, the church, and the community, she served a loving and beloved Saviour until he came to call her home.
Her piety was of a marked and practical type. Having been taught from a child to know the Holy Scriptures, she enlisted in the Master's service at an early age, and was ever anxiously in earnest to make sure work for eternity.
For a time she was sorely tried. a great fight of affliction it was hers to endure. Racked with physical suffering, troubled and tempest-tossed, she groped in spiritual darkness. Cast down, but not forsaken, her faith did not fail. She wrestled, wept, and prayed; she searched the Scriptures; she sought a faithful pastor's counsels and prayers. Rev. J. D. Mason, then pastor of Rural Valley church, will doubtless remember that interview. God blessed his own appointed means, and bright morning broke upon her soul, and the darkness fled away; and though she was subsequently called to pass through much suffering, trial, and temptation, her hope never faltered. 'In his light she walked through darkness.' She loved the Church, and cheerfully labored for it. An earnest, devoted Christian mother at home, she was indeed a mother in Israel. Rarely indeed was her place seen vacant in the house of God.
But her work is done. About mid-winter she was prostrated with disease, and seemed very near her home. She was in the land of Beulah, and the city appeared in sight. She talked much of heaven, and of him who, to her soul, was heaven's great attraction. She longed to go to him; not a cloud, not a doubt was there. But the Master said, 'Not just yet, my daughter.' A shade of disappointment soon gave place to a sweet smile of resignation-- 'Father, thy will be don.' Strength rallied, and she rose again; but it was only for a little while. On the sacred Sabbath morning she sunk in weakness again; and though reviving a little through the day, yet she felt that the hour had come, and she calmly looked for the messenger. At night-fall he came, and she sweetly slept in Jesus. A bereaved husband and three surviving children mourn her absence; other three were waiting on the shore to welcome her.
J. E. C." [Elizabeth's brother, James Ewing CARUTHERS]
Presbyterian Banner, 26 May 1869, p 8.
"DIED -- At Rural Valley, Armstrong Co., Pa., April 11, 1869, Mrs. ELIZABETH C. RHEA, aged 58 years.
Mrs. Rhea, daughter of the late Richard E. Caruthers, was born near the present site of Latrobe, Westmoreland Co., Pa., April 2d, 1811. As early as her 16th year she united with the Presbyterian church of Unity, then under the pastoral care of the venerable father, Rev. Wm. Speer. On the 6th of March, 1828, she was united in marriage to her now bereaved husband, Mr. Isaac Rhea, and removed to the vicinity of Saltsburg, Pa., where, under the pastoral care of Rev. Watson Hughes, she worshipped and worked in the Master's vineyard until April, 1840, when she, with her family, removed to her late residence in rural Valley, where, in the family, the church, and the community, she served a loving and beloved Saviour until he came to call her home.
Her piety was of a marked and practical type. Having been taught from a child to know the Holy Scriptures, she enlisted in the Master's service at an early age, and was ever anxiously in earnest to make sure work for eternity.
For a time she was sorely tried. a great fight of affliction it was hers to endure. Racked with physical suffering, troubled and tempest-tossed, she groped in spiritual darkness. Cast down, but not forsaken, her faith did not fail. She wrestled, wept, and prayed; she searched the Scriptures; she sought a faithful pastor's counsels and prayers. Rev. J. D. Mason, then pastor of Rural Valley church, will doubtless remember that interview. God blessed his own appointed means, and bright morning broke upon her soul, and the darkness fled away; and though she was subsequently called to pass through much suffering, trial, and temptation, her hope never faltered. 'In his light she walked through darkness.' She loved the Church, and cheerfully labored for it. An earnest, devoted Christian mother at home, she was indeed a mother in Israel. Rarely indeed was her place seen vacant in the house of God.
But her work is done. About mid-winter she was prostrated with disease, and seemed very near her home. She was in the land of Beulah, and the city appeared in sight. She talked much of heaven, and of him who, to her soul, was heaven's great attraction. She longed to go to him; not a cloud, not a doubt was there. But the Master said, 'Not just yet, my daughter.' A shade of disappointment soon gave place to a sweet smile of resignation-- 'Father, thy will be don.' Strength rallied, and she rose again; but it was only for a little while. On the sacred Sabbath morning she sunk in weakness again; and though reviving a little through the day, yet she felt that the hour had come, and she calmly looked for the messenger. At night-fall he came, and she sweetly slept in Jesus. A bereaved husband and three surviving children mourn her absence; other three were waiting on the shore to welcome her.
J. E. C." [Elizabeth's brother, James Ewing CARUTHERS]
Presbyterian Banner, 26 May 1869, p 8.
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