The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-01
IN MEMORY OF MRS. REID.
A Beautiful and Touching Tribute b,
Her Pastor.

REID. conducted from the First Bap-
tist church at o'clock Wednesday af-
ternoon, by the pastor, Rev. DR..
Brown, assisted by B shop R1ndthal-
er and Rev Robt E. Caldwell, were
! attended by large concourse OF sym
pathiZng friends
1t was one of the most impressive
services ever held in the Twin City.
| During DR.. Browns remarks nearly
! the entire cgegrfgatic., were moved
| to tears And so shall we ever be
with the Lord" was his subject,
chosen from 1st Thessalonians All.
He referred to the beautiful life aud
| character of the deceased and said to
| him it was like preaching the funeral
of mem Der of his own family.
Mrs. Reid's Sunday school class
accompanied the members of the
family and eight OF them, five young
ladies and three young men, decorated
the casket with lovely flowers.
THE MEMORIAL READ.
Dr. Brown read the following beau
| tiful memoir:
Sister Mary Banks Reid. wife OF
Bro. ID S Reid, was born in Halifa3
departed this life June 22nd, 1897;
| aged 50 years, s months and 13 days.
When child her father moved from
| Halifax county, to Person county, N.
! c., and after residence of several
| years, located near Abbott's Creek in
| Davidson county.
| On the 18th of OCTOBER, 1871. she
was happily married to Bro. D. 5.
| Reid and their union was blessed with
six children, three of whom preceded
| her to the heavenly home, while the
| other three remain to mourn their
| loss She was possessed of very
| happy disposition which always mae
| her presence in the home benedic-
| tfon to all who were associated with
her. Kindness to everybody was
leading characteristic of her life.
! For more than 25 years she had
lived with her husband without CIV
| ing or receiving one ill-tempered
word Like broadening and deep
| ening vein their affections bad flowed
| on through the changing years. She
was devoted wife entering sympa
| thetically into all the successes and
| reverses of her husbands life. To be
| with him and to contribute to his
comfort constituted one Of the chief
| joys of her earthly existence. She was
! d patient and loving mother, ready TO
| make any sacrifice for the welfare Of
| the dear children whom God had given
| into her care. With unwearying iD-
dustry she endeavored to make home
| the sweetest and brightest place on
earth to her cherished sons.
While she was yet young she made
| profession of faith in Christ and
| connected herself with the Baptist
| church at Abbott's Creek. After her
marriage she moved her membership
! TO Sum meffeid.3a poiso e'sidE5iF, q ill
| ford county, apd when she made her
home in Winston, in the year 1877,
| she joined the First Baptist church
/ 80 hot oh haG
| been one of the most faithful and un-
| firing workers. She has, for many
years, enjoyed in a marked degree, the
| sweet evidences of a blessed assurance
OF her personal salvation. She loved
her church, her Sunday school, and
every department OF labor for her
| blessed Lord. She was greatly con-
cerned about having larger house OF
| worship for her church, and Tor TINS
object she had been planning and
| working for many months. She made
| tender mention of her interest ia this
| matter during her last hours on earth
| and asked that her cherished plans
| might be carried out.
For more than twelve months be-
fore her death she had grown increas-
ingly fond of searching the Scriptures
daily. 1t had been noticed by all the
members of the household how fire.
quently she had made mention of the
help she had gotten from her daily
reading of the word of God. Many OF
the most precious promises were at
her tongues end. Little did her
loved ones think that through this
silent companionship her spirit was
beink ripened for the inheritance OF
the Saints in light. Her eyes were
opened so that she beheld wondrous
things in Gods law. His word was
lamp to her feet and light to her
path"
After her fatal injury on Friday
last, she fingered until Tuesday
O'Clock p. m. During those hours OF
intense physical suffering she bore
frequent testimony to the precious
ness of Christ to her soul. Some OF
those testimonies were surpassi ingiy
beautiful and triumphant. Many en-
couraging words were spoken to those
about her and many kind messages
left for absent friends. She wanted
) to hear, ere she passed over the river
, a description of the beautiful city
with its gates of pearl and its street:
of gold. The 21st chapter Of Revela
tions was read and she said: II shall
. soon be there and I'll be watching
.. | and waiting at the beautiful gates.
| And who will say that there may no
have come to her enraptured vision |
view OF the shining city and the beau
| tiful gates and that she may not have
heard the echoes of heavenly musi
while she was passing out of th'
: shadows of earth?
= 'sOh the transporting rapturous scene
That rises to my sight;
Sweet fields arrayed in living green
|, And rivers of delight
stO'er all these wide extended plains,
Shines one eternal day,
: Where God the Son forever reigns
And scatters night away