The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-26
BURIED In FLOWERS.
Funeral Services in Memory OF
Amanda HildebrandL
CHURCH FILLED BY mouRnERs.
The Beloved Teacher Laid sf Rest
obseqaies 1t the Church and
Tokens OF Affection.

sfration Of regard as is rarely seen in this
city and in sponfaneity IL far eeiipsed the
public mourning over the death OF men
who had long been In the public eye.
Il was the tribute from those who kne"
her 10 one who had led heroic but quiet
life and had died q heroic death, indifier-
ent to her own safety If only her young
charges were safe.
All through the morning the horai
tributes were pouring In 70 the church so
rapidly that 1t was impossible to keep any
record of the donors. They were no
sooner received than COMMITTEES oil the
Y.P. S. c. E., OF which Miss Daisy Leon
hardt was chairman, with the help OF Mrs.
W. 4. Wickware. took charge Of them and
arranged them for the artistic decoration
Of the church. E. G. Kilbourne's class In
the Sunday school, OF which Miss Hide
brandt was a member, sen. an emblem oil
the gates ajar" In roses and carnations,
and Mrs. Xii bourne's class sent crown oil
evsrIastings and roses, while the Degree OF
of Honor lodge, Of which Miss hildebrandt
was a member, sent a pillow In which the
letters I'D. of H." were worked IN purple
pansies on q ground of white roses. Floral
emblems came in such profusion that
no attempt was made 20 keep any record
Of the senders and they were arranged on
the pulpit and organ of the church, the
top of the railing being lined with them
and the front of the organ being covered
with them, while loose flowers garlanded
the ratings. wound up the pillars at the
sides of the arch and covered the platform
10 a depth OF several inches 50 that when
Rev. Wallace Eutting stepped 10 the
desk he literally walked on flowers. The
flowers were tastefully set off with ivy and
emilax and the whole floral decoration OF
the church showed the esthetic taste of
Mrs. Wickware and the thirty members of
the COMMITTEES which had charge of the
work.
The assembly which gathered in the
church was such as to prove in the most
practical say possible the high regard felt
for Miss Hildebrandt by all who knew her.
BY 80. half an hour before the service
Was to begin, every seat was filed and still
the people came pouring in until they
overfiowed into the halls aud on the stairs,
and half an hour later the eye could see
nothing but wide vista OF human faces
stretching from the platform to the in
visible distance beyond the doors. 1t
was an assemblage in which women and
children predominsted and sorrow showed
In oil eyes. The board of education
was present in body and oc-
cupied reserved seats. About $50
teachers in the public schools sat in the
center OF the church, and In the two front
rows of seats on the left were Miss Hide
brandt's class in the Rainier school, while
behind them was the Y. p. s. g. Z. of the
church in full force. The Degree OF Honor
lodge was also present In q body, and &C.
~up,ed seats reserved for IL, and the re-
mainder OF the space was filled with the
other friends and members Of the church
TO the very last corner. Miss Hide
brandt's vacant seat In her Sunday school
class was occupied by device in white
roses and pansies. Altogether, at least
1850 persons must have been present.
The people had been waiting some time
when Mr. Nutting entered from the right
OF the pulpit, saying the words SCI am the
resurrection and the iife," the pail bearers
following him with tho casket which con-
tanned the remains. Then from the main
entrance came the family of the deceased
and her most intimate friends and took
seats In front Of the platform. The quar-
tette. composed of Mrs. +. q. Kilbourne.
Miss Jennie Houghton. Mr.. L. ]. CoIman
and Mr.. q. A. Colman, then sang the
hymn, 'Thy WIN BE Done" Mr.. NuttiRe
recited tho Scripture Lesson, snow Is
Christ Risen" and Mrs. Kilbourne sang
the solo. "Come. All Ie Weary"
Mr.. Nuttine then delivered the funeral
GRAFTON, in effect taking for his text the
name Amanda. aud dwelt in feeling terms
on how closely the bearer had lived up to
It He said in substance:
"The name of this sister was Amanda
to be loved. one who ought 10 be loved
and people are born into the world 10 be
loved. The end of true education IL that
the soul should become lovely; that one
of the names OF every soul should be
Amanda Every child is presented To the
world TO love aud be loved. 10 enable il TO
have q character to love and be loved.
ut Is seldom proper to dwell on the
character Of one who has passed from us
bat II IL Was ever so u 10 in this case. This
soul was peculiarly fitted to be named and
thought of AZ Amanda. This girl was am
bilious. and regarded education simnty as
a means OF making herself lovely and of
making the children love her. There is
no other adequate aim of the teacher, no
other object worthy 20 live for but thiS-the
ambition to love aud be loved. Know.
edge Is only useful 20 be an ornament 20
affection. Here grows bud; the sun
comes upon is. the care OF the owner
comes upon it. the soft wind blows upon
10. and fer what Is this education of the
rosehuaf IL Is 10 make is lovely, 90 make
II show itself IS beloved object. The
human soul Is worthy of more than this
60 unfold petal after petal 20 become more
lovely.
"This glrl Was ambitions 10 learn. WHY ?
That the thoughts of her heart, the smiles
oi her face. the grasp Of her hand, might
IN all the relations of her lie cause her 10
blossom Gus and be loved. some peonle
like 10 he great that they may have power.
others that they may excite amusement
hat IA all this there IN something lacking
You and l know that. from the irst one
that looked on Jesus 30 she last one that
~ save others went mp ia a chariot II
flame. What Is there that makes hi.
character 80 lovely while yet so young :
Others have been taken away; for Others
there are monuments and thrones. But
the Yersoa who Is enshrined IN
your hearts has taught yoa that she
wants you 20 be lovahie: you know that
shls soul has told you this hv her life. She
has hesn ia this church for three years and
she always sought 90 sin men 10 it, Ike
shsse flowers. she never took any thought
Scr the morrow. loved her, you teachers
ani scholars loved her. you Christian I'm.
dsavoreFs loved her, ali persons who knew
her IA the church aud in society loved her,
Jesus loved her, les as here have no other
sneomiam for her thaa that all loved her.
Therefore let as believe that lie no has
taken her did for tho best
As Mr.. Mating thus recalled the eeausi-
fol characteristics Of Miss Hlashranat'.
Ifs, taking her name most appropriated
fer text, many eyes became mosstenea
with tears, Nos only among the grown peo-
PIE. eas among tns children Who bad had