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Description: Obituary
Date: May 15 1851Newspaper published in: Washington, DC
Page/Column: Page 79
Obituary.
Died in Cincinnati on March 6, of pulmonary consumption, Sarah P. BUSHNELL, wife of Dr. A. L. BUSHNELL, and daughter of the late Oliver HASTINGS, of Lisbon, Connecticut. Mrs. BUSHNELL was born at Lisbon, and at an early age made a profession of religion, and united with the Congregational Church in Norwich, where she then lived; and to the close of her life was a humble, consistent Christian, an ornament to the Church, and beloved by all who knew her. She loved the cause of missions, was a faithful advocate of the cause of moral reform and of the oppressed slave, and as a wife and mother was no less diligent in her household, bringing up her children in the "fear of the Lord." In the Church with which she was connected during the latter years of her life (the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church of Cincinnati) she was a shining light; and in the maternal association, and the circle of her relatives and friends, she yet lives in hallowed remembrance.
The closing scene was such as might have been expected from a life devoted to the service of Christ. For eight weeks previous to her death, she had felt that her end was approaching, and her mind, in view of it, was calm, and her peace perfect. She talked familiarly of death and the grave, and though her cough, at times, was severe, preventing sleep or rest, she was never heard to repine or manifest the least impatience. Her hopes to the last were firm, and her sun set on earth, to rise, we doubt not, in a world of unfading glory.