The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-12-06
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.


LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
FurHRAL or Mas. AnrDoH.-The funeral
OF the late Mrs. Amidon took place at her late
residence, corner Of Seventh street and vir-
ginia avenue, at Q O'Clock yesterday after-
noos. The choir Of the E-street Baptist
church sang sweet hymn, after which Rev.
ETY. Of the New Jerusalem, delivered a very
interesting address, making frequent allu-
slons TO the virtnes Of the deceased. He was
followed BY the Rev. DR.. Samson in the fol.
lowing feeling and appropriate address;
"a woman that fcareth the Lord, she
shall be praised. She opencth her mouth In
wisdom; and In her tongue 10 the law Of
Kindness. Strength and honor arc her cloth.
Ing, aud che shall rejoice In time TO come"
This picture Solomon gives OF "The yir-
tuous Woman" came instinctiveiy to mind
% hearing unexpectedly Last evening Of the
dsccsee Of our loved friend and sister, whose
form how sleeps before rs. What weight
Of words, Whist pregnancy Of meaningl
what m echo, too, Of them all, and In their
fnliesk extsas Gomez ont Of that coffin!
"The woman thaa fearcth the Lord" 10
10 nos siavish dread hsrs spoken Of, but that
alluded 70 In The declaration, 1.-THE fear Of
the Lord IL the beginning Of wisdom" and
"Thsn they that feared the Lord spake often
one 70 another" Il Is that rcverential re-
gard for the Being who made us and claims
us ~ His which every sincere spirit feels as
instinctivcly as the reverence belonging TO
an earthly parent. "she openeth her mouth
In wisdom" Such 0 woman cannot be hid
any more than light at night. II she do
not open her lips her looks viii spsak With .
voice clear and expressive. Her counsels,
100, thougn mot profound, nttle esteemed oy
the supposed age, VIII aiwau be wise, and
nappy the man mat learns 70 respect them:
AND IN ner tongue ~ inc iaw OF kindness"
None Of the censorious and often severe
sPiit OF reouke VIII give eoge 70 ner advice,
but the very "to,s q ks"dsesr' VIII make II
seem the son Whispers OF an angel friend:
bsrengtn and honor are her clothing."
buch strength a. Christ spoke OF when, as
the children around Him cried "Hosanna,"
He quoted the Psalmists words' "Out OF the
mouth OF babea and sucklings hast thou
ordained strength 70 stu ths enemy and the
avsnger."
encc Of such woman when vice and i'm
plety dare TO show their face and utter their
voice. A single look from such an eye, and
they shrink away a. from the aim Of sweep
Ing battery. And "honori" Above IL was
SAID "she shall b praised" and now we
have learned the reason. "Honor!" What
y this coveted meedi Who gains iti Not
he who does not know Il, who without
merit gains high position. But she has IL,
"good measure shaken down, heaped to-
gcther and running over" she has II. Who
In our city has not the fact now before their
eyesf Who wins the hearts esteem of q
whole community BY the virtue here pic
turedf
II seems, does IL not, as II this were writ
ten TO serve as the eulogy Of Mrs. Margaret
Milburn Amidoni How every utterance of
the sacred writer Is eIemplifed In her char
acteri What means this crowd a. far as
the eye can reach 10 this Indictment winters
storml What man occupying the highest
position In our city ever gathered at his
funeral such thousanda of sincere mourners,
In each Of those spherea where woman was
made 70 shine Mrs. Amidou was eminent.
| In the family, from earliest childhood a lone
orphan, What respect. what 0lial attach
| mani. What a Iight and low wss sbe 10 tho
| household Of Which she was a member
Beginning In carly age n ripcped Win he,
maturity, widened With her counections
aud became stronger and sweeter TIL M
bands were severed by death, In the Church
Of Christ her early love, her soul seemed
made for that broader, higher. bolier
family. Twenty years aRo. On The Atm of
March 1s49, she made a profession of faith
| In Christ, That stropeest Of impulsea.
duty, urged BY conscience, led her TO the
| She said to her pastor, "you do mot know
how bad am, for the spirit most alive "a
heavenly purity sees most clearly how IN
abort IL comes,H Then. However. "a in he,
last hours she knew that no one In making
| a public Religions copsecration professes b
| he Imperfect; but rather that being imper
feet their only hope is In Christ's Divine 70
demptiop. then as In her last moments Sab,
| knew that In this earthly tenement wors
dissolved she had a building ofC;od, a house
not made with hands eternal in the heavens.
| She believed as truly as she believed her
natural existence In q spiritual life, i'm,
| planted by Divine influence, and from thu
hour when that power wrought change II
her soul, she had "the earnest" as a dset
signed and scaled by her Heavenly Father
hand, which assured her Of home prepared
for her alone.
More than all, Mrs. Amidon occupied q
sphere OF public usefulness such as few
women or even men attain. For years she
had been the leader In female education in
our public schools, until her pupils have
come TO NIL q large proportion OF the POSI-
lions as teachers In the primary schools.
Besides this, from the time she united with
leading place i'm the sabbath schoo, as
tfaCneT hnalneRa 0t
| teaching was the absorbing idea of her IIfe
she carried the spirit Of t6e family and 81
the Church of Christ with IL. and what ar
example she has len of fidelity and efficiency
| In III
| "She shall rejoice in time To Gomez Who
| can II she does mott What a fuIfllment II
/ her of the words, "They rest from theil
/ labors, and their works follow themr' II
cannot be that such q life will cease to hay,
It's influence. Mere men Of the world ma,
rejoice II they arc forgotten when dead, i
their example dies with them. Not SO will
such spirit as that which has lust left thIi
clay. II will be repeated and re-repeated IL
those whom she moulded. These pupils Of
blessed. Her virtue will reach the mothers
| OF another generation, and our whole city
will feel the influence Gin time long tc
come"
At the conclusion of DR.. samson's re.
marks, another hymn was sung and prayer