The Press., 1893-02-09
Number 45.

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 chiefly conspicuous was Japanese s'pall,
 six by eight feet, made of black velve S and lined with white silk, the gift of tht e Tokio w. c. T. U.. Embroidered witf . gold thread were Miss Vests full name y the letters of our union and the verse '"They rest from their labors and theil 0 works do follow them" There was also : an inscription in Japanese. An accom-. i, panying note explained that the pail was used with the white side out at the funeral l in Tokio, so as to better represent the
 wh.te-ribbon movement. Other Japanese 5 off 9rings were large floral star, made oi 7 native moss and artificial flowers, and two l linen banners, containing scriptural texts,
 Rev. 14:13, and 1 Cor. 15:59. The pail undoubtedly has large intrinsic value, as
 we'll as being priceless from it's historic ) and sacred connection, and is to be sent to the Temperance Temple in Chicago. The floral tributes were many and very
 beautiful
 -"Give to the Winds thy Fears" the cru sade hymn, was we'll rendered by the
 choir, then the pastor, Dr. Sturtevant,
 read from Revelations and offered brief
 but touching prayer, the first sentence of
 whlch~was: I've thank Thee, o God, for
 the long and safe journey that this prec-
 lous dust has taken, and that it is not to
 lie in foreign land, but is to rest in the
 same soil in which mingles the dust of her | narpnfS and nf hor 1ao
 fulness was voiced by every heart pres
 ent.
 After the singing of "One Sweetly Sol
 emn Thought" Dr. A. R. Thain of Omaha,
 Miss Vests former pastor, delivered the
 following beautiful
 l SERMON.
 When Mary Allen West died the multi
 tude of her good deeds had won her so
 many friends that if her body had been
 carried around the circumference of the
 earth before burial the tribute of sincere grief would have followed it's sad progress
 around the circle we'll known to the sun, l for it not too much to say that a band of
 mourning encompasses the entire globe,
 because the tenant of this tabernacle has passed into the unseen
 II should select motto to represent the spirit of her fruitful life it would be 1 these words, which fell from the lips of Him whom she loved so we'll and followed so closely, "Whosoever shall lose his life
 for my sake and the gospels the same shall save it." ...
 ccofding.to the estimate of Jesus there is such thing as uaaprofta6le gain, even though the gain should be represented by the whole world; and there is such a thing as profitable 1ass. This latter fact has been demonstrated many times, and seldom more convincingly than by the life which we to-day commemorate She lost her life for Christ's sake and the gospels. but it has proved a profitable loss to many, yes, and to herself, no doubt.
 What does Jesus mean when He says that one may lose his life in a profitable | way?
 He peans, first of. all, that the high | ends of Gods kingdom should always be l chosen rather than the lower ends of seeming selt-fnterest.
 Assumptions Peter had undertaken to | rebuke Jusus, because He had foretold l ''that the Son of man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and | chief priests and the scribes and be killed, | and after three days arise again." But | Jesus sharply lebuked Peter for enter l taining thoughts of carnal policy which l were satanic in their spirit, and then said | to the disciples and to the multitude, eff | any man would come after me, let him | deny himself, and take up his crosss and | follow me-" High ends should be chosen, | even though darling self may have to suf- fer, even though the way to them should be marked by daily self-denial, and should | lead at last under the cross.
 The loss of the lower self is great | gain, for then we find the higher self-the true self-which is centered in Christ. While Lady Huntingdon was riding in her carriage one evening towards brilliant | assembly, there darted through her mind | the thought, learned from the oatechism | in earlier years, Mans chief end is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever" Pleasure had been her chief end in life, but from that night she lost her life in | Christ, and it became "living sacrifice, acceptable unto God" and helpful to man.
 But there are so many in this world who chose the lower ends, that the aver age of living is reduced much below par. A philosopher once asked a man which of | these two he had rather be-CrpsusS one of the richest, but most self-seeking and | luxurious among men, or Socrates, one of 1 the poorest, but one of the most virtuous men in the world-and the answer returned was, that in his life he would be Cresus, but in his death a Socrates. So there are many who would wish to be Dives in life, but Lazarus in death; with gain-loving Balaam, they would die the death of the righteous, but live the life of the wicked
 Miss West early in life deliberately chose the highest ends, and she never fal- tered in the upward path. She might have lived a life of comparative ease. She might have grown old in the midst of her friends: By following her natural tastes she might have lived life of quiet study and literary activity, and in such a life she no doubt would have attained a good measure of success, neither could she have been accused of selfishness had she selected to spend her days in studious seclusion. Many of you know that she expected at one time to put the best work of her life into history of Illi- nois, and that through years she had spent the leisure hours of very busy life in collecting materials for such work.
 That history will never appear bearing