Daily Republican., 1880-01-30
Funeral services,
For the Republican.

The funeral Of Miss Mary r. Torbert
Yesterday afternoon reminded us that
Cra fades our faifest lilies. |,
Brought up also .eet memories OF the
departed ones. No one who knew this
young lady could have doub. as to
be- coristian life or tue sweetness Of
her christian character. The reminis-
ct-r-s vi her by her pastor, Rsv. Dr..
S,rv -usOn, were touching. His mau.
tlou q. h-r we'll used ana we'll worn Bi.
bic urr liked iAitu, evangelical expert
enr-, ard uniform attendance on the
means OF grace, were worthy examples
to young and older christians. Miss
Iorbert year or two ago had dream,
" lea she was impressed to record in
h-r diary. She went to the G ate OF
Heaven. Everything was beautiful but
the Angel would not allow her to enter.
she looked through the gate and saw
Jesus. He gave her such a smile o.
sweetness as she never saw. aud tod
her 10 % back and live for others. She
3mm-diately became better, and liv-d
oa 10 beautify and adOrn her home, the
&. u-r4 and society, and has now real
I'D t-r import of her dream, "Enter
B.. "l+ "f,er Of this docs pot wish
Sc - nnuusIve, hut only 70 enforce the
testimony that the memory of the just
isEblessed.
lle mention Of cue characteristic by
tie pastor, comes hOma with force to
tue writer; her love of the cultivation
Of lowers to take and bestow on the
tl'icted. Well does he remember h.
ministries to his beloved ones. 70 the
oue no SEES God in flowers, these gifts
are doub y dear. To those who rgcog
n ze them as the creatures of God, op
precate the form, color know tie r
names and their meaning, they are
precious gifts, sweet and fragrant and !
comfortin :, and leading from Earl to
Heaven. Another to whom she thus
ministered and whose room was ever
full of beauteous flowers, said to her
dqnghters: "study flowers, s,udY fDw-
rs NY G"ars. Tkrre j. not a faw-2
{ -: 5Ot5 not move nay heart 70 f-nl tn
v.l. i,as 2 cnii. The reroiL c'pu Of
t e., = Who kept hoTsrs IN their Sot
Lor. tOr the burial If their loved
q. .- clu never he forgotten.
r. . writer Of tbs can row live Over
i. is iragiuation and see this young
I .Sv lrirg flowers TO the door - deco.
r-'- ;le chamber Of sickness, alleviate
affection aud leai tl- mind from things
temporal to things spiritual ard eternal.
Tire is rot an earthly b a1'Y that !
look upon that has not something spir-
''tai III it, type of what sIall n..
T. 4 NJ as it w3re my oF1 b ing aud
' oul to et-r.ly.
The writer 0. this had been opposed
to the 1prorat n Of the deed sin flow
,.s rHtii toe d.ath If a iog-i o.o. bG'
wnpn tl.y N-rr brouqh' IL by loving
hands ana scattered a-ou2i t4A Chr'.-
tt<u deed, and so '@-t-fo "a raaErd s~
. spPpar natural, AMI q "3rr,u-; b; og
r la Of b autv, it ss,m,i to second
Christianity in depriving death Of its
t trrors and making it an anErI OF l'Ent.
Well might one on the occasion alluded
to, lifting up her hand exclaim "Why
they have bedded her in bed of flow
els"
The funeral Of Miss Torbert was not
protuse III flowers, hut they were ap-
ard suited to her character
and had more than an earthly meaning,
Suffer grateful one to bring tribute
to her memory and cast single flower
upon her grave. The great Master has
come down into His own garden and
gathered foweret of earth and trans
planted it in the paradise of God. Upon
the tombstone of many young chris
tian it is written 81 love them that love
Me, and they that eek Ne early shall
find Me-" Blessed are the dead who
die in the Lord" Who would rot
prefer the red cross flowers of hol ness
and the Hearts Ease of Religion, and
the blooming flowers of Immortality, to
the pOifOnel flowers Of Siu. H.