Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-12-21

condition 50 that the mIldcr iniluences
NAV come in contact with It. Sometimes
impulse moves us much more than reason
and is equally important IN the courses
we take and the distance we make. OF
course the building requires firm founda-
tons and strong cohesive force. but its
convenience. elegance and even the beauty
ofits architc, turc are just as essential To
it's purposes and to the comfort and
happiness of its occupants rs Is its
strength. As society grows more and
more cultivated. force, strength and the
grOsscr clements are less and less in
vokcd
! 1t Is no longing for a purely scnt,mcn-
tai or ideal existence, nor devotion to
any person born - Sdch conditions, that
occasions these reflections, but it Is the
loss to friends and soc city OF a beautiful,
consistent. considerable and Christian
girl and woman who was adorned with
the choicest. simplest and yet most
qucculy virtues with which naturecrowus
her finest types OF womanhood. To he
beautiful and To be unconscious OF It, 10
be art!tSs without art, to he kind with
ont Alteration, to be ever dong kindly
oih>rs OF good TO all around her without
designing any returns, and to have a
.aith Tree from worldly considerations
are the crown Jewels which nature be
slowed on one kncw-one that we
found and lost. | saw and watched her
as tender child; for IN rude Minds she
was as an cxoticri northern chine rs
day bv day. or. rather year by year. III
her tender mind the world developed, IN
her conGding fancy men and women
seemed TO her to move about designing
no i'll, but softly touching each other In
these gentle conditions rough aud
sturdy kins.nan often found her; and 50
curiously works, She came t. be very very
much to him. The gentle influence of her
hc and death on him and others has
been more than the force and mental
strength OF many giant mcn.
am sitting now where forty years
ago many OF us were amId early loves !;
as beautiful, rs am,ah,c as patient oras
good as she has been. She has come and
gone since then. We say poor girl
Alas, We know no. what We say. The
noisy hJnorS that strong mcu and intel
lcctual women WIN by rudcly pushing
aud kcculy cutting each other, or the
harsh rattle Of their gains, is coarse and
gross when compared with the elegance.
the beauty and perfect amenities OF her
, womauly and Christian characteristics
Grci has its compcnsations. Let US
look on he blessings which it's cause has
brought us. Take any view OF HE wc
, may, even II We now see NIL there is TO be
OF oar existence, then let MS he thankful
; for the coming and going OF such being
II we do not row see the utmost bound
: aries of our existence then let our graft
, tudc he rs boundlcsS rs our vision shall
/ be Let MS be thankful it this transit was
} only TO snow how ,nr a flower in para.
! disc may bloom" We did weep. We
{ will no more; but only look to the bless
{ ings she has brought us, to the purpose
II of this grief; aud then the calm rcsigna
=, sorrow and draw the folds of comfort
Il ,,I,Sr lr,uuJ our LrnrtS
Il There is no sickness of the body or tho
l. soul without its autidotc. \ peaceful
- death Was hers. She made life and ever
J. death beautiful She did not seem tt
= de. To me her going was not like death
{ She said Il Will be better when YOU com,
{ again" And SO she was. Once bctor
Il she went away and then returned from
{ her Pacific home stopped, then wen
u again as noisclcss as She came. She vii
" not again return. Her last Journey VA
d too long Coming from the west the,
' sad she had reached her home. She ha,
Il rot then. She has now. 1t is a hom
in one of many mansions. Kind, gooC
women wait, and call on hcrin her home
> Look not in the casket. She is not there
c To us mortals she is only a plcasan
y memory on which she patiently worke,
u al her days to carve these words Iii,
t is sweet or bitter as we make it,"
- 6. y. d.