The Washington bee., 1893-07-01
DEATH OF MISS IDA NUT.
TER.
IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL SERVICES,
(BY E. P. CLEMENS

Ida O.. Nutter, cusin OF DIR. Il. J.
Shadd Prof. of Materia Medic a
at the Howard University Medic al
Department, was held in t be
G. M. E. Church. at the foot of
the Capitol. The church YVES fall
to overflow. Many unable to get
seats, or even on the inside.
Rev. DR.. B. Wallace pastor
of The church officiated.
The services opened by singing
81 would not not live always"
The Doctor read his text from
the 31st Chap'er of the book of
Proverbs, and the 10th verse
8. LIer price is far above rubies'
He commenced by saying
"when Washington Irving said
"l'here is in every true woman
heart a spark Of heavenly fire,
which beams and blazes in the
dark hours Of adversely, he
had in bis mind an image of the
type of women described in this
text IA virtuous woman who having
ltarhed by long chain of observa
tons and experience that fawning
is decittul and beauty Is valu
He further remarked that, ssit
was mors easy to weigh the earth
in balances and to number the
stars of heaven at glance, than it
wss to settle, or determine, the
value, to the community, to the
state. TO the nation, to the race and
the vital to all interests OF hum
manity, OF truly good woman;
herprice is above the rubies
He said that the comm cree of
nations had been so syste matiz-
ed in this great age OF prngress,
that there were tixad Standards
by which all alike might know
the real price of the commodities
necessary for human life, no COM
sumer was so poor as not have
the right to investigate the move
ment OF the market values and to
know the margin al, owed 10 the
debtors on their goods.
But be said, that character was
surrounded with no such definate
methods; it could not be under
stood by any determined process,
1t was known by its manifesto
tions only and its real value was
pass finding out.
He compared character to noun
tian whose base was own earth,
deep rooted in the valleys, but It's
summit was lost from view in the
heavens.
He said the subject which lies
before us, had spotless character
and none knew her but to
love her.
He said that all could die,
of Miss Ida G.. Nutter, lay before
him at that time; but her charac-
ter, her influence, the cluster of
Christian virtue, which stond out !
so prominently, in her life, in all
of it's bearings, still lived, ard
would 60 On fulfilling it's mission
upon a larger and more varied
scale of action.
lie paid glowing. tribute to
the active spirit of the deceased |
as ateacher in the public schools |
as alaborer in all charitable mea
sure Ginning under her care.
As Sunday school worker and
ss liberal christian philanthro-
plst.
He disclared her to be faultless
in all her dealings with others and
an example of Christian piety, de-
votion and sacrafice, to the very
day of her death.
Closing with the beautifulre-
citation.
"Go to the grave in all thy
glorious prince In full activity
zeal and power, Christian cannot
die before his time, The Lords
appointments is servants the
hour. Go to the grave at noon
rom la Dor cease.
Rest on thy sheaves, thy har~
vest task is done, come from the
neat of battle and in peace.
Soldier 60 home, with thee, the
tight is won.
AS the pastor took his seat the
choir under the leadership of
Prot. E. 2. Clemens, sang that
beautiful piece "Rest, Spirit,
Rest" by Rookie
Miss Lula Hsmer, by request,
ang the Solo s'lead.'' The choir
never sang better. They seem
ID 10 catch the spirit of the
oiece, and sympathy of the be-
'eaved. At the close a series of