The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1895-08-08

position, WMch was read as part OF the
funeral service:
LIFE or THE SOUL
Helentlessly the years have flown
50 swiftly, one BY one
That |, unconsciously, have grown
TO see my life's work done
The busy work of earth, j lnean
With hands and voice and eyes;
But there are fields of fresher green,
And clearer, brighter skies,
Which lure me on with promise fair
Of better things to do
a land Of love and beauty, where
All things are real and true.
Life of the soul with naught to stay
Its progress; ever on,
Where it shall grow and grow always
Its limitation gone.
But WHO can grasp i thought like this
OR family comprehend
a state OF pure Of perfect bliss,
4 life without an end.
But it IS wiser. better so,
That While below We live,
We should not vanly strive to know
The wonders heav n will give.
Enough to know tis life, not leath,
When We shall ltass from earth
THAT W. resign our mortal BREATH
F9r an Immortal birth.
Mrs Buwiil was horn in Lam aster Mass,
Jan. M 1876 and WAS a daughter 9f Charles
and Elizabeth MHeks AiliertoM She WIN
the iasi -arvvoi VI \ taMly NJ -igAt. feur
sons an,t foui daughters When ehill n-r
parents moved IN Portland aud afterwards
to Prospect, daow Sealspor1) and C;tstine
She married Wn. II. Hurrill, i.si., in Sears
lort, snd shortly after came To Belfast
Thes iirsi hve,i im Tux house mow occupied
w Postmaster kigore. ana afterwards in
thr Ci. Il Wells house ol Church street.
About 1874 Mr.. Burril built tle holtse on
tile corner of Church and Peach streets, in
which he and his Wife spent the remainder
oi their DAYS. The children who We're given
homes III her family, mentioned above,
We're Mrs. Robert 4. Emery IF Belfast, John
A. Martin now If Penrod Ky, Joseph Will
hanson. Jr., now Of Augusta, ana Ralph H.
Emery, now Of Detroit, Mich. The funeral
ternoon, and was attended ly large num-
ber Of friends and acquaintance, including
a delegation from the Womans Christian
Temperance Union The floral tributes
We're numerous and beautiful, and included
a wreath from Mrs. Il. I. Emery, crescent
from Mr.. and Mrs A. G. Sibley, % buff roses
from Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Williamson, Jr,
wreath from Joseph v Williamson, Sr., and
daughter Ada, baskets of cut flowers from
Mrs. II. A. Starrett ana Win. ". Pratt, tile
w. &. T. Y. Offering Of white plnks from tile
local union and bouquets from numerous
friends. The services by Rev. j. NJ. Leigh
ton We're very touching, and his euiogy was
the departed, AT the meeting Of tile W. o.
y. v last Thursday afternoon, nearly every
member present spoke words Of euogy fur
the deceased. Mrs. s. G.. Bicknell, Pres-
dent of the Union, sends us the following in
relation to her work in that association:
In the death Of kebecca, widow Of the late
WIN. II. Burrill the Women's Christian
Temperance Union has been called 10 mourn
the loss Of one of their most valued mem
bers. She had been a member since its Or
ganization iii March, 1874 and her wise
counsel and strong earnest words Lave been
tower of strength To the band OF workers.
Mrs Burrll became the first acting Pres-
dent and held other minor offices until fail
ing health compelled her to lay aside many
cares. When the Union was formed, she
fonnd opportunity u devote herself to 4
cause in which her heart had always been
deeply Interested and she entered it az a
work for God, relying HIS strength for
success All pbilanthropic and Christian
enterprises met with her sympathy and en-
couragement and, 50 far as She was able, her
cooperation. Many We're tle words Of
cheer, that came 70 the Union after She was
unable to be present - sometimes coming
az a message borne BY one Of its members,
sometimes as a letter of greeting One who
has been so thoroughly identified with all
our interests cannot but be greatly missed
Her amiable life together with her firm faith
in an existence beyond, saved her from the
fretfulness Of declining Years and with quiet
patient step, she drew near W the Land of
Rest.