National Republican., 1882-11-16
EDITH HARLAN CHILD.
Funeral ObScquies-Thc PniI-Benrers-pi
nnrtIctt'a Sermon.

The funeral obscquios OF Mrs. Edith Hnrlar
| Child were celebrated Wednesday afternoon q
o'clock In the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church. Mrs Child was married one year ngc
last october and died OH the 18th Of November
Her wedding wns conspicuous society event
Her early and sudden removal causes general
sadness. The pulpit was eaborately ornamen'cd
with greOtvarie;y Of floral tributes. Conspicu
o us among them was q large white "gotes njar,
sent by the teachers Of Bethany Mission, In which
she was Jealous teacher. The pail bearers com
prfed the Chief Justice and tue Associate Justices
of the Supreme Court, solictor-General Phillips
General sherman and Hon. George Bancroft Ap.
! proptiate music was impressively rendered ny q
selected choir. The brothers and cousins VINO
| assisted as groomslnen at the wedding carried
| the coffin through the aisle and lowered II with
loving hands to its last resting-place The SER
mon was delivered by the pastor,
| REV. WILLIAM ALVIN BARTLETT,
who took his text from Psalms oxliv. 12-" That
af or the similitude Of a palace" He said This
is David's aspiration In order to secure tile per-
snepGy @ O. h Sngd9m s ssks I[ To He HS
stones in the social fabric or in the state demaids
the most sterling and burden bearing solidlty: IL
isa exalted estimate of woman, She must be
trained in intellect, schooled in all womnnly du+
ties as daughter, sister, wife, and mother and,
& m Ree o ed3T s9e Sa sSsr G
tegrity instead Of fippuncy genuineness lhsteaa
of frvolty earnestness instead of triHing A
|
aud purity and affection into a community Is a
cornerstone Tho other quality is ms necessary.
Il is not an ordinary hewn put one -,
ii reflects the sun aud all beautiful things afler
the slmilitude of a palace" Her fingers may be
cunning with needle. work us well MS skilled In
that deiler embroidery which tteaches the neg
lectcd children Of want TO sew. Hcrvoice may be
elaborated with musical drill to charm. yet no
voice is fully modulatcd till mcllowed by prayer
| Her person may represent refined manners
THE OUTFLOW OF a DISCIPLINED HEART.
This woman, strong aud beautiful, King David
invokes to help save his nation. Dayid's prayer
in the form Of a declaration would not be an sx-
aegerated epitaph for this finished career. rms
atiiiction seems peculiarly intense. Inc bloom OF
dependent life within hearing OF the recedtng
echoes of happy school dGys-a bride whose hrs'
whose wedding festivities, with their crowd Of
well Wishing witnesses, are so rapidly succee 9cd
by the marriage supper of the Lamb-ret urhed 70
this city yeste day IN coincd sllcn &c on her birth
day, two days old in Heaven. Her ,womanhood
crowned by maternity, the loyal daughter,
and Rtfcciionatc wife aud mother the
broad hearted iriend-these fascinating rela;;
tionships charge the sorrow with aggraTalted
pOgnalcy. Many hearts reach out with the little
| supplicaling hands from the new cradle to detnin
her. This large assembly of sincere mouriers
testify the widespread grief Can she nave 1 van.
finite lover, before whom she often prayed, THY
will be done" takes the responsibility. We sand
bowed before the mystery. There is much to me
that is complete in this brief life, satisfactory IN
itself rs touching the whole round of human re-
lationship at its freshest, much which not only
claims our admiration and illustrates Gods good
ness, but suggests the possible career OF
ALL CHRISTIAN WOMEN
1t Is not simply the amiabiity and gentlencss OF
our departed iriend her Accomplishments, her
stately and beautiful presence whicn we would
mark now, but her strength. The Bible reveals
strong women who meet emergencies-as on tue
one hand the judicial and wurltke Deborah, oil
the other the atlectionate Ruth then the intutive
Nary of the Alabastron. Now Dorcas, with hel
love held them unawed at the crucihxiol. These
display foundation material, which warrants the
idea tnat they were cornGr-stones Of character, oi
society, OF religion, Of states The quality IN our de-
parted friend which led her TO self sdcrcln work
among the poor, TO teach the outcast, and elevate
by sistery sympathy the broad, wUmanly nature
expressed in enlarged kind!iness begotleu of her
early Christian training, makes all the heroines
her sisters. notice that when the rosts OF pen,
of Justice, II is woman. notice that when ma
t!ons crown their capitols with figure represent
ing liberty, they cast it in the form of woman
A character wrought out under Christian ideals
THE ESSENCE OF ALL POWER.
1t takes woma My intuitons rs divine impulses
and puts under this age which ACHES from crime
| AMI ignorance and unemployment the ndaman-
tine cornerstone of n true human affection
minds like birds out Of the Empyrean, idea'
which do not ceecp into the soul OH some cent?.
pede OF logic. THIS life had to be so strong pur
p"se. She helped; she chiseed memorial upoi
The iTdi yiduals she met. She is remembered iol
her cheerful earnestness, for her rare gifts o
heed / ca, and heart, suiIused by Christian love
stone polished after the similitude of q
paace"-reiinement, as well thought
Of pioneer age. the American Christian woman
to-day must represent that true gcn;iiiy which
speaks in graceful adaptation to the hig hest a.
well as the lowest conditions. Our daughters
must be "polshed after the simiit,ide of .
palace Our departed friend brought to her high
social state the grace which comes of goodness
| / met her evening, lew Seasons reCeiy.
ing an important delegation from the first East.
ern city with the President in the East Room Of
the White House during the absence OF Mrs
Hayes. She bore herself with such easy grac,
that the occasion was honored by
HER USAFFECrED AND SIMPLE woMAELISEss.
Next day she sat at Bethany Mission teaching
class of pauper children 10 sing and 10 love Jesus
Whether on the exa citing errands OF her socla
station, or in the nGrrowest circle of friendship
aud homo, or as an officer Of the Woman's Foreigi
room with the music of her rich and cultivated
voice, or employing her musical skill to lead In,
songs of the outcdst children, she maintained tina
moiest reserve and dignity which indicated TIN
completeness and sulldlty of her Christian char
actpr. What character more strong than tina
wrought out by familiarity with the Bible? Wha
lite SO refined as that modelled after Christ's
Under this Christian training, which her whol
soul accepted, which fed and satisfied her being
she grew 70 appreciate and assist the solution .
tho Majestic problems Involved i'll mission school
and enterprises for converting the heathen, AM
instrucung the young in the Bible. In such hgbi
tudrs she has matured for Heaven. We have n
IDEAS made real. The geomctrical figure canno
be reproduced by the saw. She was, of our Sit
smilten humanity, sinner saved by grace. Sh
reflected In the vigur and sweetness of her char
acer the uncompronislng poMe and gentlenes
VI Him who was strong enough to die on the eros
and kind enough to pray for his cruciti.rs. suc
lives interpret the past;
SUCH LIVES HELP TO sECuRE THE FUTURE;
they bring near eternity and Heaven n corner
stone polished; strength and refinement, wrougi
out by the power vf Christ. The continuity
such u lie cannot be doubted. Sne lives. A
things are dead in comparison. We are the burieC
She is the arisen. If precious in the sight of tn
LUGd be the death Of his saints; If blessed are Tn
dead who die i'll the Lord; ii 10 such us she "
live in Christ and 10 die is gain;' If it is "nC
simply us WELL but TO depart and be With Chri,
is far better if the fight OF Our risen Lord hold
\ that "where am there ye shall be also !" the
with Sarah aud kebecca and the Marys she walk
to-day in slppcIs OF light ON errands of mercy 1
the Joy of helpiulness in the sunshine of eterlu
. home. We shall feel the wierd power of her cx
alt.d influence. That babe will be touched by
mothers ministry; that stricken husband will fel
the certain presence of an immortal guide; thes
parents daughters solicitation; these brother
q sisters constituting aud uplifting love; all c
us, in this place, hallowed by her service, al
angels inspiration to higher thoughts and way.
Unseen, grant YOU but not unreal. Unseen a
the strands which moor this planet to the sun an
as potent. Unseen, yet seeing all, aud soon TO b
seen of Gll. "a cornerstone polished after tn
| nd pf n mil,