The Mankato free press., 1895-05-03
AT REST.
REMAINS OF MRS. j. F. TEACHER
CONSIGNED TO EARTH.
An Able and Appropriate Sermon By
Rev. John Prior Follows the Beau
tiful Requiem Mass = Unusually
Extensive and Pretty Floral Offer
ings and Decorations.

o'clock. 1t consisted OF Mr.. Meaghe1
and daughters, Misses Katharine,
Mamie and Agnes, and Mr.. Ked
Meagher, and Mr.. p. II. Kelly and
daughter, Miss Agnes, of st. Paul.
These were met at the depot by the
pall-bearers and a few sympathizing
friends. The casket was taken to
John Klein & Co.'s undertaking rooms,
later to be conveyed to the residence,
and thence to St. Johns Catholic
church, where the funeral services
commenced at 10 o'clock.
The residence was prettily deco
rated with flowers, and the floral offer
ings were bounteous and unusually
beautiful, and highly appropriate to
the season. Among these offerings
was a large cross by the directors OF
the National Citizens bank, pillar
by the Elks lodge, a wreath Of fifteen
roses by the Ladies' society OF the
church, and a pillow by the children
of the church. Besides these were
numerous baskets, wreaths, bouquets,
cut roses, carnations, ETC., from indi-
viduals.
The interior of the caSket was lined
with carnations, and circling the out
side was a rope of apple blossoms.
The top and sides were almost hidden
beneath white, pink and yellow roses.
A large number Of friends called at
the residence during the morning to
offer their coincidence and assistance,
including many from outside of the
city.
At the church the large audience
room was redolent with cut flowers,
and the sweet fragrance was even
waited out upon the street. The
front of the altars were covered with
flowers and wreaths, and presented a
very pretty appearance.
The church was crowded, and when
the services began, the people who
were unable to get in extended out to
the sidewalk. The attendance was as
large as that of any similar services
ever held in the city, and testified to
the high respect in which the de-
ceased was held by all, more elo-
quently than words could be framed
to express it.
The beautiful requiem mass was
performed by Rev. Father Sutor,
assisted by Rev. Fathers Joseph T..
Busch of st. Paul, Fox, of Mapleton,
O'Connor, of Madelia, and Prior, of
Mankato. The perfume of flowers,
the swinging censors, the sonorous
Latin service, and the rich tone of
the pipe organ combined to make the
scene sweetly solemn one-as i'm
pressive as it was sad. The mass was
performed fully and without a hitch,
and the very large number from other
churches present were deeply i'm
pressed with it's grandeur and sacred
ness.
During the mass the music was of
four parts, or four-voiced, by Schmidt.
Miss Josie Menth rendered solo very
finely in one part of the mass.
Afterwards, Clement Schroeder
sang "Nearer My God to Thee" in his
rich tenor.
Rev. Father Prior spoke elequently
and we'll. He quoted words of Christ
and the epistles of St. Paul and said
that they were comfort to the living
and hope to the dead. There is no
sorrow but finds relief in contemplate
ing these words: no life however i'm
bittered but is sweetened by the
words, 81 am the resurrection" These
thoughts occur to us while the days of
Easter are yet fresh before us-of the
Easter resurrection. AS all nature
pays the penalty of death, so it shares
In the reward by resurrection.
In this beautiful Easter we have a
proof of the resurrection, in which all
nature grows quickly. A few months
ago, during Christmas and Lent, all
nature. seemed dead and dried up,
there was no song of Bird ripple of
river or leaf on tree. Behold today
the resurrection of nature and the
renovation of the world. If expert
ence did not show us that each year
brings change, no human intellect a
few months ago could have prophesied
such a change as has occurred. We
also have proof of the resurrection of
the dead. Everything seems to enjoy
new life and hopes in the resurrec-
tion of nature, but this is only small
type, only poor image, of our resur-
rection after the manner of Christ.
We shall arise again brighter than
the stars, more shining than the noon
day sun. ST. Paul assures us that we
shall rise from mortality to immor-
tality and every living soul cherishes
this idea. We are not satifed until
we return to our true home and true
country, back to the arms of the Al
mighty, from which we came.
On earth, we follow after empty