The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1893-12-21
IN MEMORIAM.

do to you under like circumstances.
IN MEMORIAM.
Again we are called to record the
of Mrs. A. M. Wilcox, of
Hancock, which occurred Dec. 18th,
1893. She was a woman of true worth,
highly esteemed; one whom to know
was to love, respect, and admire for
her genial qualities of heart, her
of character, her sympathy
for those in trouble, and her ever
welcome presence at the bedside Of
the sick. We confess to an uncom-
Portable struggling at the heartstrings
as we breath the word farewell; but
when we think of the beautiful
welcome "Over There" we are sure
has been given her, for the words of
gladness, the happy greeting received
from loved ones and know that her
might is ended and her day dawned,"
we teel rather to rejoice that she has
burst the narrow limitations Of the
flesh and scared away to Celestial
realms, where she is dwelling amid an
influence OF harmony with one grand
aspiration fora high and holy future,
thrilled with the beauty of eternal
life. The deceased had been indis-
posed for years, and has passed
through some three months OfeXtreme
suffering, ere her release came, during
which time loving children, one sister,
and several brothers ministered to her
every wish, and were untiring in their
efforts to alleviate her distress; but to
no purpose, consumption had claimed
her She leaves a sacred legacy to
the charge Of Mrs. Stone, her sister
a dear OLD mother, upwards of eighty
years old, and for whom she has had
the greatest SOlicitude upon each
attack of illness.
Choice floral offerings expressed
the love i'll which she was held, and a
profusion of exquisite flowers rendered
each blossom a token OF love and
kindly remembrance. A standing
pillow Of which hyacinth, camelIas
and Gala liliias, presented 10y the clerks
in Mr.. f. WIlcOX'S employ, Il lovely
anchor OF roses maUe OF white
carnations and adiantun, a cross of
white chrysanthemumS and roses and
fern leaves, with beautiful bouquets
and numerous other tributes from
friends. SmilaX We're feStOOmed on
the pulpit and the arrangement was
very pleasing. SO our friend Was laid
to rest amid the fragrance Of flowers,
in mother earth, with cvergroens
encircling her casket.
"And, though her body lies asleep,
Onr favoritp is not dead,
She rises through dark deaths bright
birth,
With joy upon her head.
And she IS Just our loved one still,
And loves us now no less:
She goes away to come again
10 watch us and to bless"
eff ever from your garden bed,
You pluck a rose bud blushing red,
See hither!
Tho ere the morn it bloom a rose,
Yet shortly it will drOop and close
And Withcr."
How deeply do we regret that we
cannot always keep with us those we
love- How reluctant are we to part
when the great gate which divides the
two worlds is opened, and some rlys
ferrous power causes to glide there
through one of our dearest friends
Mrs. ANN NJ. Wilcox. What sense
of pain we feel to see her disappear
into the world beyond, even though
such separation ends all suffering
and begins another life of such hap
piness and sublimity. But,
''By Gods decree, each loving heart,
Some day, from all it loves must part
In sorrow.
We exc our lives out day by day,
Nor grasp if we should live Away,
The morrow"
And yet it does not seem possible thai
she has gone, even though she hac
made such preparations for the jour
ney for so many months. Can it be
that we will never speak to her again
that her smile is only a deep remem
brance, and her blessing but a laid-by
treasure? Oh, would that this sleeI
might be ii trance from which she
might awake to us again! But it can
not be thus, for the poet has said:
"ShOuld passing years tOy0u have brought
One whom you cannot from each though
DlSSeVer,
BE certain that the time will come
When one will bear the other home
Forever.
She was born in Canda, in 1881
where she was educated; she was al
ways known for her sweetness of dis
position and kindness to others, eve
dutiful wife and loving mother. Sh
came to Hancock nearly twenty year
ago, and has none but friends to re
member her there. In the past, It'll
have we thought
"Whilst our life was pulsing strong,
And round our hearth dear ones thrOngC
| TO remember,
| That summer does not always last,
That afterwards there follows fast
December"
Are there any who are not sorrowe
by this departure? Any who are nc
chilled by this "December"? VIVA
an exemplary life! If there be
"Book of Cold" there will be write
therein opposite to Mrs. Wilcox
name "dutiful, lovable and true" Ye
''The day is done and darkness
Falls from the wings of night,
AS a feather is waited downward
From an eagle i'll his flight"
And then looking to her future, W
think that
"The night shall be filed with musi
And the cares that infeSt the day
Shall fold their tents like the Arabs,
And as silently steal away"
G. c. T.