The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-14

rowing ysiatiyeg and lowing friends Of
DEATH cast q pail 81 grief over MANY
homes IN MINNEAPOLIS and ST. Paul
last Friday afternoon. He was belov-
Cd as the pastor q thrs ss. Methodist : he S,t
his warm warn h heart and ID noble life by by al
with whom he came In contact. He
Paul, tie Foss Methodist church in
MINNEAPOLIS, and, latterly the Hennepin
Avenue Church, While still In his last
passionate he married Miss Harriet
Walker, daughter Of T. B. Walker He
was but forty years Of age, and has
fought his dread enemy, consumption,
for the past twelve years of his life.
The casket rested in state before the
altar covered with roses and fianked
with beautiful palms. A. M. Shuey
presided at the organ. The families Of
T. B. Walker and Platt B. Walker Sr.
occupied seats just Immediately back
Of the casket, with Mrs. Holman and
DR.. Holman's sister. The remainder Of
the auditorium was filled with old par
ishioners Of DR.. Holman's in the Foss
and Hennepin church. Upon the plat
form sat DR.. G. B. L. Mitchell, Rev.
John Douglas, a member Of the church
and Rev. w. Emory Miller. of Des
relatives of the deceased and were:
Gilbert M. Walker. Fletcher Walker,
Willis Walker, Dr. Dunning, Ernest e.
Smith and Clinton Walker. The serv
ices began with the hymn REST from
Labor" by the church choir, Miss AL
berta Fisher, soprano; Mrs. Walter s.
Thompson, contralto; Mr.. Harry E.
George, tenor, and Mr. r. r. Williams
bass.
In introducing Rev. John Douglas,
DR.. Mitchell said "It seems especially
appropriate that we could have with
us one who has known our departed
brother so well, and who, during many
years, was beloved by him as by
father. He has been requested to
speak at this time as one SO long loved
by his pastor
Know We not that great man has
died in Israel today were the opening
words of eulogy from the venerable
Methodist divine. He said:
Only those who have felt the inspiration Of
long friendship Of such a man can feel with
me today, as l speak a few words of him
and his life. How we who sit here have
been thrilled under his exposition of truth and
how our hearts have been affected We all
remember the frequency and tenderness Of
his minlstrations to our spiritual Ife He
was man Of great mental attachments. He
used them for good, but it is not for them
alone that he challenged admiration He
was manly man IN the largest sense Of
the word. He an honest man in the
highest meaning the mind can conceive Of
He was honest with himself and with his
relations with all others. He was honest
to his God and to his own convictions He
hated sham he hated the intolerance Of
sectaran rivalry. He was indeed "seen and
Known OF God" His heart was ever stirred
with the great truth that God so loved the
world that He gave His only begotten Son.
that he who believed in Him would not
perish, but have everlasting life" During
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testified that his faith he rested in God and
was secure. He was really a disciple of
Christ. man of great intellect, of large
attalnments, he surrendered himself to Jesus
and with his hope my heart was rested, too.
The death of such a man, cut down in the
prime of life, so magnifcently equipped with
such line prospects, may seem beyond our
understanding. How could God have inter
posed in the life Of such man. It seems
inconsistent with the love and wisdom Of
God. But it IS not so, dear friends it is not
SO. You remember how the Lord Jesus sent
the disciples to borrow a coat for his
cruciffxion. They approached and they were
but to say, 1.-THE Master has need of this
May we not solve the question in the same
way? The Master has need Of this He
has need OF him for other work. Would God
have endowed man with such possibilities
and then close all with the physical death
God has written law of Immortality, a rev.
citation that there is something greater and
better than what is guided by earthly circles
This Is our joy mingled with our sorrow Our
faith and our love for him we cannot forget
We mourn his loss to his fellow men. In his
last few days of life he sent for me, and
told me Of one regret of his life. II have
fought a good fight" he said, but for the
past three years have mingled with Chris
tan ministers, and no one has said a word
to me of my inner religious life" l bring
this as Gods message to you. God gave him
to us, and now he has passed beyond. Let
us so seek to fall in his ways, follow him
and follow the Lord Jesus that our lives may
be such that Jesus, our divine Master, may
approve.
DR.: Mitchell, of Des Moines, spoke
briefly Of his short acquaintance with
the deceased. The choir sang the
closing anthem, selecting that sacred,
splrit-soothing, REST in Heaven" An
opportunity was given the friends of
their dear pastor a last chance to look
on his face.
The interment Of the body was made
at Lakewood cemetery, the last sad
rites being performed by Dr. Mitchell
amid the presence of a large concourse
of friends, who followed in the funeral
the remains in the funeral cortege to
his last earthly resting place.