Nashville Christian Advocate (Nashville, TN), 3 December 1847
Departed this life, in Madison county, Tenn., on Friday the 5th inst., in peace and https://www.findagrave.com/photo-request/location/hometriumph, Mrs. Judith Henning, consort of Rev. John Henning, and daughter of Gen. David and Mrs. Frances Meriwether.
Sister Henning was born in 1791 in Wilkes county, Ga. Her excellent parents were identified with Methodism in the South, when it was in its infancy; and their daughter was early impressed with the great importance of experimental religion. She was baptized by Bishop Asbury and dedicated to God in the morning of life. In 1806, under the ministry of the Rev. Dr. Lovie Pierce, she experienced a change of heart, and joined the Methodist E. Church. From that time, she was very decided in the course she had taken, and faithful in discharging her christian duties. She was married in 1810 to the Rev. John Henning, by the Rev. Hone Hall; and in 1830 she moved, with her family, from Georgia to Tennessee, where she lived a worthy and useful member of the church until she was taken from the scenes of the earth to the joys of heaven.
Our departed sister has left a bright example to all her surviving friends. She was an affectionate wife, a devoted mother, a sincere friend, and a consistent christian. Her piety was essentially practiced and became more elevated as she advanced in life. She knew of no worth in human actions, but as they belonged to christian faith; and this she believed to be so comprehensive as to embrace the motives and objects of whatever is good in human conduct. It was, in her estimation, the root and principle of spiritual life, and the very door through which the Holy Spirit enters the inmost recesses of the soul, to concentrate its strength, sanctify its affections and determine its will. She enjoyed religion in its life and power, and exemplified it in a holy life and a happy death. Having lived to witness the conversion of all her children, with the exception of one, and that one seeking redemption in the blood of Jesus, she committed her family to God and closed her eyes on the things of time, to open them on the glories of eternity.
When lying on the bed of death,
The crown before her eyes;
She triumph'd with her latest breath,
And claimed the glorious prize.
Her weeping friends were standing nigh,
And wish'd to keep her here;
But angels beckon'd from the sky,
And said she must go there.
The happy spirit took its flight,
Far from our earth away,
To mingle with the saints of light,
In an eternal day.
May God abundantly support and comfort by the powers of his grace, her aged companion, affectionate children, and worthy relatives, under this severe bereavement; and may they all follow her as she followed Christ, until at last they shall all reunite as a happy family in the kingdom of heaven, and swell the shout of triumph in another and better world.
November 12, 1847 B. H. Capers
The Southern C. Advocate will please copy.
∼TMSI [1847]: M1227a — 3G-Granddaughter of Nicholas Meriwether (1631–1678) & Elizabeth (?)
Departed this life, in Madison county, Tenn., on Friday the 5th inst., in peace and https://www.findagrave.com/photo-request/location/hometriumph, Mrs. Judith Henning, consort of Rev. John Henning, and daughter of Gen. David and Mrs. Frances Meriwether.
Sister Henning was born in 1791 in Wilkes county, Ga. Her excellent parents were identified with Methodism in the South, when it was in its infancy; and their daughter was early impressed with the great importance of experimental religion. She was baptized by Bishop Asbury and dedicated to God in the morning of life. In 1806, under the ministry of the Rev. Dr. Lovie Pierce, she experienced a change of heart, and joined the Methodist E. Church. From that time, she was very decided in the course she had taken, and faithful in discharging her christian duties. She was married in 1810 to the Rev. John Henning, by the Rev. Hone Hall; and in 1830 she moved, with her family, from Georgia to Tennessee, where she lived a worthy and useful member of the church until she was taken from the scenes of the earth to the joys of heaven.
Our departed sister has left a bright example to all her surviving friends. She was an affectionate wife, a devoted mother, a sincere friend, and a consistent christian. Her piety was essentially practiced and became more elevated as she advanced in life. She knew of no worth in human actions, but as they belonged to christian faith; and this she believed to be so comprehensive as to embrace the motives and objects of whatever is good in human conduct. It was, in her estimation, the root and principle of spiritual life, and the very door through which the Holy Spirit enters the inmost recesses of the soul, to concentrate its strength, sanctify its affections and determine its will. She enjoyed religion in its life and power, and exemplified it in a holy life and a happy death. Having lived to witness the conversion of all her children, with the exception of one, and that one seeking redemption in the blood of Jesus, she committed her family to God and closed her eyes on the things of time, to open them on the glories of eternity.
When lying on the bed of death,
The crown before her eyes;
She triumph'd with her latest breath,
And claimed the glorious prize.
Her weeping friends were standing nigh,
And wish'd to keep her here;
But angels beckon'd from the sky,
And said she must go there.
The happy spirit took its flight,
Far from our earth away,
To mingle with the saints of light,
In an eternal day.
May God abundantly support and comfort by the powers of his grace, her aged companion, affectionate children, and worthy relatives, under this severe bereavement; and may they all follow her as she followed Christ, until at last they shall all reunite as a happy family in the kingdom of heaven, and swell the shout of triumph in another and better world.
November 12, 1847 B. H. Capers
The Southern C. Advocate will please copy.
∼TMSI [1847]: M1227a — 3G-Granddaughter of Nicholas Meriwether (1631–1678) & Elizabeth (?)
Nashville Christian Advocate (Nashville, TN), 3 December 1847
Departed this life, in Madison county, Tenn., on Friday the 5th inst., in peace and https://www.findagrave.com/photo-request/location/hometriumph, Mrs. Judith Henning, consort of Rev. John Henning, and daughter of Gen. David and Mrs. Frances Meriwether.
Sister Henning was born in 1791 in Wilkes county, Ga. Her excellent parents were identified with Methodism in the South, when it was in its infancy; and their daughter was early impressed with the great importance of experimental religion. She was baptized by Bishop Asbury and dedicated to God in the morning of life. In 1806, under the ministry of the Rev. Dr. Lovie Pierce, she experienced a change of heart, and joined the Methodist E. Church. From that time, she was very decided in the course she had taken, and faithful in discharging her christian duties. She was married in 1810 to the Rev. John Henning, by the Rev. Hone Hall; and in 1830 she moved, with her family, from Georgia to Tennessee, where she lived a worthy and useful member of the church until she was taken from the scenes of the earth to the joys of heaven.
Our departed sister has left a bright example to all her surviving friends. She was an affectionate wife, a devoted mother, a sincere friend, and a consistent christian. Her piety was essentially practiced and became more elevated as she advanced in life. She knew of no worth in human actions, but as they belonged to christian faith; and this she believed to be so comprehensive as to embrace the motives and objects of whatever is good in human conduct. It was, in her estimation, the root and principle of spiritual life, and the very door through which the Holy Spirit enters the inmost recesses of the soul, to concentrate its strength, sanctify its affections and determine its will. She enjoyed religion in its life and power, and exemplified it in a holy life and a happy death. Having lived to witness the conversion of all her children, with the exception of one, and that one seeking redemption in the blood of Jesus, she committed her family to God and closed her eyes on the things of time, to open them on the glories of eternity.
When lying on the bed of death,
The crown before her eyes;
She triumph'd with her latest breath,
And claimed the glorious prize.
Her weeping friends were standing nigh,
And wish'd to keep her here;
But angels beckon'd from the sky,
And said she must go there.
The happy spirit took its flight,
Far from our earth away,
To mingle with the saints of light,
In an eternal day.
May God abundantly support and comfort by the powers of his grace, her aged companion, affectionate children, and worthy relatives, under this severe bereavement; and may they all follow her as she followed Christ, until at last they shall all reunite as a happy family in the kingdom of heaven, and swell the shout of triumph in another and better world.
November 12, 1847 B. H. Capers
The Southern C. Advocate will please copy.
∼TMSI [1847]: M1227a — 3G-Granddaughter of Nicholas Meriwether (1631–1678) & Elizabeth (?)
Departed this life, in Madison county, Tenn., on Friday the 5th inst., in peace and https://www.findagrave.com/photo-request/location/hometriumph, Mrs. Judith Henning, consort of Rev. John Henning, and daughter of Gen. David and Mrs. Frances Meriwether.
Sister Henning was born in 1791 in Wilkes county, Ga. Her excellent parents were identified with Methodism in the South, when it was in its infancy; and their daughter was early impressed with the great importance of experimental religion. She was baptized by Bishop Asbury and dedicated to God in the morning of life. In 1806, under the ministry of the Rev. Dr. Lovie Pierce, she experienced a change of heart, and joined the Methodist E. Church. From that time, she was very decided in the course she had taken, and faithful in discharging her christian duties. She was married in 1810 to the Rev. John Henning, by the Rev. Hone Hall; and in 1830 she moved, with her family, from Georgia to Tennessee, where she lived a worthy and useful member of the church until she was taken from the scenes of the earth to the joys of heaven.
Our departed sister has left a bright example to all her surviving friends. She was an affectionate wife, a devoted mother, a sincere friend, and a consistent christian. Her piety was essentially practiced and became more elevated as she advanced in life. She knew of no worth in human actions, but as they belonged to christian faith; and this she believed to be so comprehensive as to embrace the motives and objects of whatever is good in human conduct. It was, in her estimation, the root and principle of spiritual life, and the very door through which the Holy Spirit enters the inmost recesses of the soul, to concentrate its strength, sanctify its affections and determine its will. She enjoyed religion in its life and power, and exemplified it in a holy life and a happy death. Having lived to witness the conversion of all her children, with the exception of one, and that one seeking redemption in the blood of Jesus, she committed her family to God and closed her eyes on the things of time, to open them on the glories of eternity.
When lying on the bed of death,
The crown before her eyes;
She triumph'd with her latest breath,
And claimed the glorious prize.
Her weeping friends were standing nigh,
And wish'd to keep her here;
But angels beckon'd from the sky,
And said she must go there.
The happy spirit took its flight,
Far from our earth away,
To mingle with the saints of light,
In an eternal day.
May God abundantly support and comfort by the powers of his grace, her aged companion, affectionate children, and worthy relatives, under this severe bereavement; and may they all follow her as she followed Christ, until at last they shall all reunite as a happy family in the kingdom of heaven, and swell the shout of triumph in another and better world.
November 12, 1847 B. H. Capers
The Southern C. Advocate will please copy.
∼TMSI [1847]: M1227a — 3G-Granddaughter of Nicholas Meriwether (1631–1678) & Elizabeth (?)
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