The Press., 1893-02-09
w. C. T. U. DEPARTMENT. Mary Allen West Promoted. "Enen Christ pleased not hiqnseJ."
 THE TOXIC FUNERAL.

"Euen Christ pleased not htmselr" THE TOXIC FUNERAL.
 l3 Tsukijt, Tokio, Japan, Dec. F, 1892 To the relatives and friends of Mis
 Mary Allen West :-I wish you could hay
 seen the large and representative assen
 blaze gathered together yesterday to pa
 the last honors to the one whom we ha
 so fully expected to welcome back t
 Tokio. General Tomita and the Amer
 can minister, MT. Coombs, were present
 beside large number of foreign" an
 Japanese friends. Many white haired ol Japanese ladies were there, few Chris tan temperance soldiers, few nurse from the Red Cross hospital, and man others. The service was half in Englis and half in Japanese. A large proces sion followed the remains from the churc] to the station, and some of us accompa nied them to Yokohama, where we wer met by many friends. The girls from tn, various Christian girls were drawn up il line on either side of the road and fell in to the procession as the hearse moved from the station towards the church. Tn, latter was simply but tastefully decorated Down the sides of the church and on tho wall were the words in evergreens, "Sht hath done what she could" On either side of the pipe-organ we read, ''It is al right" taken from Miss Vests own words when asked if she had any final plepara. t1ons to make, Everything is all right. The stars and stripes and the Japanese national flag adorned the face of the or gan and two Japanese banners completed the simple decorations. The pail was laid the white side uppermost over the coffin, and wreaths of flowers upon it. The ser vice was again conducted in both Ian guages, Rev. W. H. Daniels, in whose church in Chicago the Illinois W. IT. U. was organized, being the English speak CT.
 Yesterday Sunday, for I am now writ ing December 19) afternoon a memorial service was held in g large public hall here in Tokio, g meeting in behalf of the temperance cause having been appointed for that time, Miss West herself to be the principal speaker. All the addresses were In Japanese, and every speaker spoke in terms of highest admiration of MissWest,s faithful and self-sacrificing labors in Jap an and for the Japanese. It is pleasant To know, too, that these expressions of esteem have, not been called forth only since Miss Vests death, but were freely accorded her while she was among us.
 The American minister has been ex- ceedingly kind in doing everything within his power towards lessening the difficult culties arising from the remains having to be prepared so far from the capital and carried so far. And all the Japanese gen. tlement and ladies associated with Miss West sn her work in this country have spared neither time nor strength in their loving service,
 Yours in deep sympathy,
 MARY BELL GRIFFITHs. RECEPTION OF THE BODY IN SAN FRANoIsco
 The funeral of Miss West was attended by all the leading officials, Governor Suz- uki doing all in his power to show honor and respect to the illustrious woman who had come among them only to do them good.
 After the ceremonies her body was borne by twelve Japanese policemen, headed by faithful Sho Nemoto, on foot thirty-seven rt, OF one hundred miles to Tsuruga, the railway terminus. Kanazaway is three hundred miles from Tokio. The body was received at Tsuruga by Rev. Dr. Worden of the M. E. church, who con- ducted it by railroad to Nagoya. There it was met by Rev. t. A. Cassidy and brought to Shidzuoka, who, in turn, con- signed it to the loving care of Rev. James Ballagh, one of the oldest and most re- Vered Presbyterian missionaries in Japan. He accompanied it to Tokio, where it was placed in the hospital under charge of Dr. Whitney. skillful surgeon and physician and interpreter of the United States lega- 5ion, "A dear, good man," emphasized MT. Saunby, "who carefully prepared it for shipment"
 The memorial services, which were held Tn Azabu previous to their departure, were n the Canadian Methodist church. Dur ug the progress of these services a bell was tolled by Japanese woman. "It was the most mournful sound to which 9ver listened,' said Mrs. saunby. The bell has peculiar, history which is we'll worth telling All classes of Japanese women (as well as menl are addicted to very mild tobacco which grows n Japan, The bowl of each pipe is tiny md contains little of the weed about ihe size of pea. Each pipe has metal stem and bowl cover Mr. Sen Tsuda, an enthusiast upon the subject of temper snce, had collected hundreds of these pipes from his converts, melted the metal md converted it into large bell accord ng to Miss Vests suggestion, which is % be presented by him to the temple at Chicago. The bell is tenguelesc; the sound is produced by striking it upon the 'utsside. It had been completed when Miss Vests body arrived in Azabu and was oiled for the first and last time on that occasion. Azabu means flax | growing. Miss Vests last address was given at Fukui, at the house of Rev. Mr. | Fulton, Presbyterian missionary
 Yours in tenderest sympathy, San Francisco, Cal. NELLIE B. EYsTER.
 THE HOME COMING AND BURIAL
 The long journey of thouands of miles | seress Japan, the trackless Pacific and fer native land, terminated at Galesburg, H., at. three o'clock on Sunday morning, January 15. Mary Allen Vests body was 'nce more among relatives and lifelong riends, and reverently was it received and ,ared for.
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