Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-01-26
Mrs. Martha n. Barr.

| Mrs. Martha H. Barr was born In Ian.
caster county, Pennsylvania, March IL,
/ 1907, and departed this life In great peace,
at her home In Springfield, Ohio. Jan. Is,
1885. She was the daughter Of Christian
and Mary Hosstctter Smith, and grew up
under the refining and ennobling influences
Of . cultivated Christian home. In the year
1859 She was converted and united with the
Presbyterian church in Strasburg, Pennsyl-
vsnia. becoming ut once an active worker
in the church, and especially In the Sunday
school. in which she was q successful and
devoted teacher. In after years, when the
cares Of her home life withdrew her from
active church work, she frequently said that
her happiest hours In life were those spent in
the study and teaching Of the word, visiting
tho sick, distributing tracts, and appealing
to the unDnverted to seek the Lord. A
short tine before her triumphant death she
said that Tie peace Of Ged which filed her
soul at her conversion never for moment
left her in after life, and that her abiding
trlst IN God had never faltered, even amid
the greatest trials.
She was happily married Jan. 81, 1884,
to Mr.. Amos Barr, man Of remarkable
purity and loveliness of character. and a
Jealous member Of the Methodist Episcopal
church She at once joined her husband in
church fellowship, and until transferred ~
the church triumphant remained In that
communion, an earnest, cheerful worker in
the cause Of her Master.
In June, 1884, they came to Ohio
to establish Q home In the then rapidly
growing west, and settled near Lebanon.
Here. in ''Quiet Retreat" the name by
which their home was called. seven chill
dren were born to them. three sons and
four daughters OF these. the eldest born,
Francis. died when two years old, and
Franklin. noble. promising young man.
after o brief illness, in his twenty fourth
year, at Cincinnati. The other children,
Mrs. Mary b. Winger, Mrs. Ann L. Smith,
and BENJAMIN H. Barr. Of Springfield; Mrs
Martha A. Sperry, Of Nashville. Tennessee.
and Mrs Emma B. Scholl, wife of Rev. DIR.
George Scholl, of Hanover. Pennsylvania,
Are all earnest Christians, ornaments to so
riety where they live, and were all permit
ted to be present when their revered mother
fell asleep In Jesus.
Mrs. Barr was woman OF many
qualities rs Christian. In the |
midst Of the greatest suffering she was heard |
10 say. Though He slay me. yet trust In |
Him." The day before her death. at her |
request, her children sang at her bedside |
me Of the sweet songs of Zion, and she /
poured out her soul In audible and earnest |
praises of her Savior Mrs Barrs married |
ife extended over . period Of more than /
ifty years, and Il was hard to decide wheth- |
4 Il was more Q tribute to her husbands /
lOble character or to her own sweet and 1
sentle spirit, that she could say. Is she did
hOrtiy before her death, that during all
heir married life she never spoke harsh |
" unkind word to her husband. Her life.
ike that Of her husbands, was indeed o
,ure and beautiful one, and rich legacy to
he loving children who sO0thed her declin-
Ig years with the tenderest ministries of
owe.
The funeral services were held on Friday
fternoOn. Jan. Is. Rev. DIR. Rust. her pas
Ut. Rev. Dr. Falconer. OF the First Pres
'yterian church; Rev. Mr.. Warren, Of the
,ongregationalist church: Rev. DIR, Got
gald. Of the Second Lutheran church and
he writer taking part The burial, which
ccurred soon after, was private. and the
emains were consigned TO their last earthly
esting place. beside her husband in Fern
LID cemetery. J. F. MARLAy.
In this connection the following beautiful
'oem is reproduced from former issue of
he GLOBE-REPUBLIC by request:
THO WILL MEET ME FIRST IN HEAVEN
Whom shall see 6rst In Heaven
When that happy land gain
When my hands have ceased from toilinR,