Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-01-29

AN ENORMOUS GATHERING OF sYMPA-
THETIC PERSONS.

AN ENOhMOUS dAIHhhlNo Or o1MFh-
THETIC PERSONS.
The funeral of Miss Terrell, the MUIR
dered girl, was held in Shepherds
town Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
No funeral has ever drawn such an
assemblage of persons in this section.
The Southern Methodist Church, in
which the services were held, was
filled to its utmost capacity. Every
seat, the gallery, the aisles, even the
vestibule and steps were crowded un-
til not another person could find
standing room. And even then the
street and sidewalks and the college
campus opposite were filled with peo-
pie unable to even get in the lower
doors of the building. Every heart
seemed to be be filled with sadness
and a gloomy silence pervaded the
vast throng. The choir of the church
occupied the space to the right Of the
pulpit. A vacant chair, draped in
black and white, stood as a mute but
touching remembrance Of Susie, who
had long been a member Of the choir.
The scene as the funeral party en-
tered the church was one never TO be
forgotten. The pastor, Rev. j. r.
Van Horne, preceded the coffin, read
ing in broken voice the funeral ser
vice. The father and mother and
brother Of the poor girl, her grand
parentsand other relatives and friends
followed slowly after. AS the heart
broken mother walled piteously for
''Susie-my little girl,1 the great au-
dience was irresistibly moved, and the
tears of men, women and children,
mingled with those OF the grief-strick.
en- family. 1t was an occasion to
melt the stoutest heart and stir the
most indifferent.
The pall-bearers were Messrs. Will
liam Seton, Fred Roberts, Frank
Cost, Victor Gloss and U. V. McCar-
dell, of Hagerstown. Frank Mcdaniel,
OF Carlisle, and w. P. Licklider and
Harry Wintermoyer, OF Shepherds
town. Accompan. ing the coffin were
Will Myers, Stanley Long. and James
Bell, who had belonged to Miss Susie's
Sunday School class. They carried
the beautiful floral designs sent by
the friends Of Miss Susie. Among the
lovely flowers were a harp from the
choir; a star from the Southern Meth
odist Sunday School; heart FROM
the M. E. Sunday School; gates ajar
from her yonng friends in Hagers-
town; a wreath from Col. Douglas;
pillow of immortelles from Mrs. Fech-
zig; a box of carnation pinks FROM
Misses Rose and Emma Rouskulp; a
bunch of Gala lilies from Misses Lucy
Schoppert aud Carrie Show; and
many other offerings from friends
here and elsewhere.
The services were conducted by
Rev. j. r. Van Horne, Of the NJ. K.
Church South; Rev. Charles Ghiselin,
of the Presbyterian Church; Rev. d.
NJ. Mossr, of the Lutheran Church,
and Rev. p G. Edwards, of the NJ. E.
Church. The hymns sung were with
thy sweet spirit" "Lo, the prisoner is
released" 1T is not death to die"
and "Safe at home" The sermon
was preached by Rev. Mr.. Van Horne,
who had been the dead girls pastor.
Mr.. Van Horne said that there
come times in the history of commu-
mites and Of individuals when silence
is better than speech. Calamities so
appalling. events so dark and ipscru-
table, occasions so tragical and awful,
that the heart stands still and men
are dazed, bewildered and speechless
while they contemplate the awful
crime or stand in the presence of some
terrific and overwhelming calamity.
Such q time has come to this commu-
nifty. Upon this home and these
hearts has descended such clouds and
darkness as rarely come to hearts and
homes in this world Of sin and sorrow.
David, the chosen servant OF God,
once stood in the grasp and shock OF
a great sorrow, and said, II was
dumb, opened not my mouth" 1t
10 better to be dumb than garrulous.
Better silence than to speak and to
speak not wisely and well. Better
open not the mouth than speak unad-
visedly with the lips. When swept of
our feet by the great waves, or caught
in the grand swell of some great ca
lamity, it is we'll if we can but call
upon the only lone able to save and
strong to deliver"
God, though He seems to tarry, and
evil and wrong and outrage seem TO
triumph, will right all wrongs. He
will correct all the evil that is done on
the ear,h. There is coming a day Of
settlement and of your vindication.
vengeance is mine, l will repay
saith the Lord.
But to the bereaved and sorrowing
ones themselves the silent and unut-
tered sympathy Of tried and true
friends is often more precious and
helpful than the cold and formal words
of human coincidence. Words, words,
are cold and hard when the heart is
breaking At such times better that
heart should speak to heart in the
language OF the SOU. If there is all
unspeakable JOY, an unutterable sor-
row, so also, there is sn unspeakaoie
sympathy which communicates itself
to the troubled soul and affords
solace and comfort which no spoken
,,o,d. cauld vivp Who can estimate