The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-05-17
St. Phillips Memorial Meeting

The St. Phillips Literary Society met
at the residence of Mrs. Geo. Hunton
on Wednesday evening last the occasion
being the memorial meeting of Elizabeth
Hilyard. The numder in attendance
was tribute within itself, as we'll as the
splendid rendition of the program,
which begun with the Society singing
"Asleep in Jesus" followed by prayer
"From the Episcopal Service" by Rev.
Pope Rector of The Church of the Good
SHEPPARD. Mrs. Carrie Webb played an
instrumental solo, and Rev. Pope de-
livered the memorial address, conclud-
ing with an original poem, written on
Good Friday, 1887, and presented to a
friend in California, and requested it's
return to read at the services. Mrs.
Geo. Hunton sang select solo and the
president introduced Mr.. Z. H. Lyles
who spoke as follows:
Mr.. President, ladies and gentlemen,
me have met here tonight for the pur-
pose of paying tribute of respect to a
deceased member of your orga nizatlon,
she was also an adopted daughter of the
State OF Minnesota, and one of St. Paul's
purest and best of women. None know
her but to love her, to honor her. and to
respect her, for those stirring qualities
of womanhood which she possessed.
In the summer of 1890 three young
ladies visited our City, one was from
Detroit Mich. and the other from Ann
Arbor Mich and the other from Windsor
Ont. thew came to us so highly RECON-
mended; that we felt it our bounden
duty to make their visit pleasant one,
hence reception was rendered them
at what was then one of our most beau
tlful summer resorts, Lake Como. Up
on an invitation form the committee of
arrangements, the good citizens of st.
Paul, Minneapolis, Saltwater and Du-
luth, turned out to pay homage to our
visiting guests: it was one of the pleas
ATTEST affairs that it was ever my pleas
ure to attend. Little did we think that
either of these ladies came here for the
purpose of stealing the hearts of any of
our young men, but fate had decreed it
otherwise, and in reasonable short
time, goodly number of our citizens
was called upon to assemble themselves
at the old Music Hall, corner Sd, and
Wabasha streets to welcame back to our
sanity city the young lady from Windsor
Ont. Not by the name she bad when
she first came but bearing the honored
name Of one Of ST. Paul's noblest sons.
They took up their residence here and
resided in our midst until the grim
monster death layed his icy fingers up
on her and bore her to that land ssfrom
whence bourne no traveller returns"
1t has been said by an able writer that
one of Gods best gift to man is a good
woman, and my friend Mr.. VIM. A.
Hilyard sheared one one of Gods great
est gifts, and should ever be thankful to
him for that blessing. He enjoyed the
companionship of one of the purest and
noblest Of women. She has gone and
can't ever return to us; but we can 20 to
me- Dy leading that pure and undefled
christian life of which her life was an
example that shall lead us as it has led
her safely over LIES tempestuous seas,
and finally safely land us in the harbor
OF eternal rest, where We are told that
the wicked shall cease from troubling
us, and our wearied souls are at rest.
May Gods blessings rest upon her -hus-
band; may the God OF mercy bless her
motherless children; may his blessings
rest on her friends and the members