This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HAYNIE Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mkB.2ACI/386 Message Board Post: Apparently from a Galveston newspaper - Mrs. Ann C. G. Haynie departed this life, at the residence of her husband, Jas. A. Haynie, Esq., Lagrange, Texas, on the 24th day of January 1867, aged 59 years. During her last illness she suffered intensely, for days and nights in succession, but amidst it all was calm, patient and resigned. Comforted in spirit by the influence of the sustaining grace of God, she felt, did Job, “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in Him.” The subject of this notice was for many years a resident of Lagrange, and her loss is deeply felt by this community generally but especially is it a sore bereavement to the M.E. Church, South, of which she had been a faithful member for more than forty years. There were some very important and striking characteristics exhibited and principles of religion displayed in the character and conduct of our deceased sister, which it would be well for all Christians to ponder. Endowed by nature with a strong mind, and that well cultivated and stored with varied and useful knowledge - particularly well versed in the sacred scriptures, the great source of all truth and wisdom. She was familiar with most of the standard works on Divinity and Theology; and she was thus enabled, at a glance, to detect vice, however cunningly disguised; and to discriminate readily between the philosophy of the world, “falsely so called,” and that wisdom which cometh down from above. Th! is power to discover and point out the very “appearance of evil” rendered her counsel especially valuable to the inexperienced, while her words of wisdom (hallowed by a spirit of unpretending simplicity of manner and Christian humility) were listened to with pleasure and profit, even by the learned and experienced minister of the gospel. During the greater part of her life, she was actively engaged in forwarding all the enterprizes of the Church of God; and long will her work and labor of love be remembered by those who are familiar with the history of the Methodist Sabbath School in Lagrange. Moving in the sphere of action allotted her by the “Master of the Vineyard,” her time and talent were wisely employed in building up the kingdom of our Lord and Saviour, and “spreading scriptural holiness over these lands.” The example and influence of Sister Haynie will long be felt in the community where she lived, while many way-worn pilgrims will shed tears of sorrow when they read the announcement of her death. The religion of our sister was not of that momentary impulsive kind that prompts the possesser to engage in spasmodic efforts to do good, but was rather a religion of principle; a fixed decision of mind; a settled purpose of heart, that causes an individual to do right; because in doing so they meet the most imperative demand of their nature. The grace of God that renews and sanctifies the carnal mind seemed to have penetrated and diffused itself through every fibre of her moral being, giving strength and tone to every word and act of her life. It was, therefore, not surprising that she could observe with comparative ease all the requirements of the law; attending as strictly and punctually to what the world calls minor points of duty as to those of a (seemingly) more important character. We do not claim for her, angelic perfection, but we do say that her life very happily and plainly illustrated Christian perfection; “ready to every good word and work;” “abstaining from foolish talking and jesting, which are not convenient;” “shunning the very appearance of evil.” Grateful to God in the day of prosperity, and in adversity “enduring affliction, as a good soldier of the cross,” “walking perfectly in her own house,” no wonder that when she approached the “Jordan of death” her heart, responding to the declaration of the apostles, prompted the words, “I know that if this earthly house of my tabernacle were dissolved, I have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.” It is always beneficial to the Christian to witness the death bed scene of the righteous, but never was the writer so powerfully impressed with the triumph of religion over the last enemy, as while beholding the serene, unruffled countenance, and listening to the whispered words of peace and assurance of our deceased sister. Fully conscious of the near approach of death, assured of her early departure from earth, she nevertheless exhibited no signs of excitement or confusion. Calling around the members of her family, she gave them each a parting charge and blessing, requesting them to remember the admonitions she had given, and the example she had endeavored to set before them, with an assurance that, if faithful, all of them should meet again, “where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are forever at rest.” In ever relation of life, Sister Haynie exemplified the Christian religion. As a wife, she was to her now bereaved husband, not only a comforter in misfortune, but also a wise and safe counselor in all matters, whether pertaining to the pecuniary, social or religious state, and circumstances of the household. As a mother she was affectionate, yet firm in her discipline, diligently instruction her children in the ways of righteousness. As a friend, she was faithful and true. As a member of society, she avoided bringing a reproach upon the religion she professed. As a member of the church, while quiet and unpretending, she so conducted herself that others were constrained to acknowledge that she had been with and learned of the Saviour. On the 26th day of January at 4 o’clock, P.M., her remains were followed to their last resting place, in Lagrange cemetery, by the Methodist and Episcopal Sabbath Schools in procession, and a large concourse of sorrowing relative! s and friends. On arriving at the grave, in compliance with her request, the pastor of the Methodist church read the burial service, and the choir, assisted by the audience, sang her favorite hymn, “Jesus, over my soul,” also, “Thou art gone to the grave.” Rev. Mr. Loughridge, of the Presbyterian Church, offered up a fervent prayer to Almighty God, after which the Apostolic Benediction was pronounced and the congregation slowly and sadly dispersed, feeling that “our loss is her eternal gain.” ---- Quin M. Menifee