Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-05-23

heart so full of love 10 God and man
oaased IA heat

"And SO we bid him farewell. Build
him a marble monument IL ye will; he
needs IL not; for he is enshrined In the
hearts of the enslaved, the wretched,
the sinful whom he lived and loved to
blesa
"Let the pen of some ready writer
give him a place in the records of his
country, as he please, his name is writ
ten in 6od's great Book of Life. His
white hairs-Ake the nimbus of q saint
were crown of glory won on many
q well fought battle field.
THE freshness of his early piety
never died away, he loved the
old revival hymns to the last He
chose to Join this church because it
needed him, and he was always in his
place. He had known his pastor less
than a year, yet the pastor will no
his warm and oft repeated God bless
you, Bro. Bateman."
Now the laborer's task is o'er
Now the battle day is past,
Now upon the farther shore
Lands the voyager at last.
Father, in thy gracious keeping
Leave we now thy servant sleeping"
"And thou, poor frail remnant of our
dear departed brother, loving hands
shall gently bear thee to thy last rest
ing place. The birds shall twitter
about thee in the morning, but thou
shalt not heed them; the flowers shall
shed their fragrance above thee, but
thy late tenant is in a land where
everlasting spring abides and never
whitening flowers" Wait awhile, and
other loved ones shall lay down to rest
by thy side.
Until the Easter glory lights the skies;
Until the dead in jesus shall arise
And he shall come but not i'm lowly guise-
Good night.
Until m ade beautiful by love divine;
Thou, in the likeness of thy Lord shalt
And He shall bring that golden crown of
Good night"
At the close of the pastors remarks,
seven little children sang that
well known Sunday School hymn,
There is Happy Land, Far,
Far Away" after which the Rev. A. c.
Dixon of Brooklyn made a few re-
marks. He said that he first met Hor-
ace Waters at a prayer meeting, and
ever since he had never been in his
presence without taking away with him
q new inspiration. Horace Waters
would find out where God stood on any
question, and then he would go to
that side He did not consult
public opinion or expediency, but did
right for rights sake. He was an
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and that all righteous reforms would
succeed. After another hymn-"A bide
With Me"-from the quartette the
benediction was pronounced and the
congregation were given the opportu-
nifty of gazing on the features of Horace
Waters for the last time, before his
body was taken to beautiful Greenwood
cemetery to lie by the side of the wife
he once loved.
w. Jennings Demorest and John
Lloyd Thomas, perhaps his most trusted
frie nds and loved co-workers in the Pro-
hibition party, were among the pail
bearers
Notes.
DR.. Funk, of the Voice, was one Of
the Prohibitionists present
Rev. D. c. Hughes, D. D., of Scranton,
Pa, a former pastor of the church,
came down 10 attend the funeral
It was said that memorial meeting
will be held in about three weeks, at
which the several pastors of the church
and other friends of Mr.. Waters will
make addresses.
The quartette that rendered the
beautiful music under the direction of
the organist, c. S. johnson, consisted
of Miss Catherine Whittier, soprano;
Miss Theo. Hazen, alto; Mr.. Horace
Clark, tenor, and Mr. Samuel A. Will
mot, basso.