The Globe-republican., 1889-11-06
OBITUARY..

OBITUARY.
Died, at the residence of his sOn-in-
law, Mr.. I. B. Rice, in this city Monday
morning, November 4th, 1889, G.. w.
Wallace, aged seventy-one years.
The deceased was in his usual health
up to Sunday morning, the Sd inst, when
he was suddenly taken with severe spells
of vomiting, caused by an acute attack
of indigestion, after which congestion
of the bowels and kidneys set in, result
ing in his death the following morning.
G.. w. Wallace was born in Old Frank
lin, Howard county, Missouri, November
Goth, 1918. He was married May LIST,
1889, to Lucinda Jamison, who preceded
him to the grave about fourteen years,
dying in 1875. He was the father of
eight children, one of whom died in in
facy another at the age of fifteen years.
Six are still living, married and with
families; two reside in Saline county,
Missouri, one near, Olathe, Kansas; one
in Bates county, Missouri; one in Dallas,
Texas, and the other, Mrs. Mary L. Rice,
in Dodge City. He was converted and
joined the Baptist church in this city in
1886.
The funeral services were held at the
residence Monday evening, at eight
O'Clock, conducted by the Masonic fra
ternity, who attended in body to do
reverence and pay tribute to their de-
parted brother. The remains were ship
ped to Saline county, Missouri, where
they will be laid beside those of his wife,
Rev. W. H. Rose, of the NJ. E. church,
made short and beautiful address, Of
which the following is an outline:
''The presence of the dead always
makes US sad. When we stand by the
open grave or at the casket where lies
the life!ess form of friend or neighbor
a feeling of deep sOlemnity takes hold of
US. Our hearts are troubled with our be-
reavement or we sympathize with the
bereaved. But whatever may be our re-
lation to the dead our thought and feel
ings should be influenced by the circum-
stances of the life and death of the dead,
the age attained, the suffering relieved,
the spiritual condition and preparation,
and the condition in which the bereaved
ones are left for life's struggles, are inn
pOrtant factors in the makeup of our
thoughts on such occasions. 1t always
seems better to US that one should reach
ripe old age than to be cut off in the
prime of life, when its responsibilities
are heaviest upon them. 1t seems better,
too, that one should die natural death
with their friends than meet with an &C.
cident. And further, We recognize it as
far better for their eternal good that our
dead should have made their peace with
God and stand so related to His Divine
Justice that there would be no fear of
the judgment. The sorrow must come
to us in bereavement. But these condi-
tions as well as our own trust in God are
helpful in allaying our grief. We are
happy to point the sorrowing ones to
these conditions as having been met in
the case of our brother. He had lived a
little beyond the allotted three score
and ten He had reached this mature
age without being compelled to give up
active life. Naturally fond of out door
exercise and sports he had been able to
continue them to within less than two
days of his DEATH.
'sHe had seen his children grow up to
maturity and to be blessed with families
OF their own. He had witnessed the
death OF the wife Of his young manhood
some fourteen years before his own de-
cease. Llfe's responsibilities had been
very largely removed from him. More
over, he had committed himself to the
mercy OF God and exercised faith in
Christ - his Savior and was able to trust
Him. Should not all these considers