Thus God gives peace and rest to his people

Harriet Clark, an aged colored woman of the old school, and who used to belong to Mr. Isaac Smith’s family, a member of the Episcopal Church for many years, baptized by Rev. Joseph Blount Cheshire and confirmed by Rt. Rev. Thomas Atkinson, Bishop of North Carolina, passed away to the unseen land Monday morning, December 30th, in the full assurance of the living faith in her Lord and Saviour. She went off as peacefully as a little child falls to sleep in the mother’s arms. Thus God gives peace and rest to his people.  The burial was made in the Episcopal cemetery Tuesday afternoon, December 31st, 1907, at 3:00 o’clock. Many of the colored people, old and young, gathered to see their aged friend laid to rest. For she had taught them through many years of patient suffering and sickness how to live for the right and to keep the way of peace and good will to men. 

(Source: Messenger of Hope, January 1908, 2)