The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-08-24
DUST TO DUST.
All That Vas Mortal of Mrs Il
w. CiOney and Mrs. j. vi.
Offield, Yesterday
Laid to Rest.

Never before in the history of Soda
liza has death and its attendant Obse-
quies created such a deep and wide
spread interest as has been the case
with Mrs. T. w. Cloney and Mrs. j.
M. Offield. 1t was not alone that
they were of prominent family and
were possessed of wealth and influence
but they were unexceptionable in their
pure womanly attributes, their
thoughtful consideration for others,
and their unvarying kindness to the
humble and sOrrowful. Rich and
poor alike, came long distances to pay
last tribute to their memory. and
long before the funeral cortege, with
its two hearses and two collins reached
Calivar church, where the last rites
were to take place, every inch of
available space in the church neigh
borhood was occupied by the throng.
In fact it was impossible for all to get
in after the doors were thrown open,
and seldom has such an audience as.
sembled in this city.
The magnificent caskets w,re borne
into the church by the pall-bearers, Us
follows: For Mrs. Cloney-Gevernor
John :. Marmaduke, John l.. Hall,
Phil. + Chappell, III. III. Marean. &c.
Thompson, Geo. T. Brown, J. J. Frey.
For Mrs. Offield-ThOmas III. Kehoe,
l.. +. Dawson J. III. Boutwell,, VIM.
Curran, John B. Jaynes, and 5. Bel
Ter. The pall-bearers and their sad
bur hens were preceded by Rev. j. j.
wilkins, Rev. DR.. Foster, and Rev.
Davis, of Lexington, who. in full can
Onical robes, chanted the burial ser.
vice for the dead, commencing
am the resurrection and
the life" accompanied by Prof
Lucy at the organ, who render
ed ChOpins funeral march in a minor
KEY. After the cOffins had been care
fully placed on their separate rests,
the choir chaunted Burial of the
Dead"
Rev. Davis, of Lexington, in
solemn and impressive voice, then
read the lesson from the ID h chapter
of st. PauPs First Epistle to the
Corinthians, commencing at the Goth
verse, as follows: ''But now is Christ
risen from the dead ami become the
first fruits of them that slept" and
ending at the 5Sth verse as follows
Therefore my beloved brethren, be
We steIdfast unmovable, Away abound
ing in the work of the Lord. For as
much as We know that your labor is
not in vain in the Lord"
Rev. Wilkins then came forward
and made a most beautiful, appro. |
PIRATE and tender address to which it
is impossible to do full justice, but in
which substantially he said: "Of all
the words in use. life, death. eternity
are most comprehensive, vast and sol |
emn. In the presence of this dire |
,alamity, stricken sore we grieve and
we bow low our aeads before the in
wisdom of GOD. Every |
home to-day is filled with sorrow and |
from many hearts there rises the up
lifted cry of pain. How true it is,
that the mystery of life ends in death.
and that death is the greatest mystery
that vexes the soul of man. Mind |
cannot understand it; science, with |
all Its penetration, cannot reach it or
tell what lies beyond. We may pom
der, speculate and dream, but neither
prophet, priest nor saint can penetrate
the veil between this world and that, |
nOr can We journey beyond those
shOraless seas on which, some day, we
all must launch our barques, and yet,
with all this, there cometh the
blessed assurance of beyond and
know We will shall live again, since
Jesus died for us and has given It's the
promise that with God we shall arise !
again. In our Fathers house are
MANY mansions" and in that blessed /
and NO eyes grow dim or feet weary