Obituary: Mrs. S. A. Cain, 2 Oct 1893 - Smith County, TX Contributed by Vicki Betts 12 January 2003 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************************** TEXAS CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, November 9, 1893, p. 7, c. 3 CAIN.—Mrs. S. A. Cain (nee Butler) was born in Wetumpka, Ala., January 29, 1842, and died October 2, 1893. How brief these years! how rich the blessings they have brought to this sorrowing and yet redeemed earth! Among the million of blessings which our Father has given in this time, we mention with gratitude the life and character of our departed sister. Of large natural endowments, she was elegantly reared in a home of material abundance and Christian influence. She was happily married August 5, 1858, to Mr. W. G. Cain. "Her husband doth praise her in the gates." It is hardly possible to conceive of truer devotion than was found in both. While living there was a thoughtfulness for each other's welfare and happiness that could only rise out of purest love. Now that she has gone up on high the husband's grief is seemingly inconsolable. We commend him to God's Word. Her influence and hold on her children was as great as on her husband. They are making a strong effort to find consolation in the grace of God which so long guided and sustained the mother. In the social walks of life her judgment was eagerly sought and gladly followed. She was a diligent worker in the Church. She was a member and a great promoter of the Woman's Missionary Society; also a member and the first President of the Ladies' Aid Society. In both she had the confidence and love of her fellow- workers, as attested by the appropriate and tender memorial service which was held by them in her memory. How we all shall miss the delicate touch of her hand in the arrangement of flowers on the pulpit every Sunday morning! Her pew is vacant. Her presence was a stimulus and a benediction to the pastor. During the past summer she became greatly interested in the doctrine of sanctification. She read her Bible much on the subject. She prayed and sought earnestly the witness to her perfection in love. We mourn, but not without hope. PASTOR.