The herald., 1897-12-15
Chicago Chronicle.


directly in front Of the pulpit. The same
remarkable self-possession character
lstic Of his whole life was manifest on
this occasion. Hhe showed no outward
evidence Of the sorrow he experienced
In this. his hour Of bereavement.
On behalf of the officers of the First
Methodist Episcopal church, Hon. r. A.
Cassidy, formerly mayor Of the city and
one of the directors Of the church, read
a memorial adopted by the board Of off,
cials, reciting briefly the life Of Mrs.
Nancy Allison Mckinley and her con-
nection with the congregation.
The singing by the quartet OF Lead.
Kindly Light" was followed by the
eulogistic remarks of the pastor, Rev.
DR.. c. 3. Manchester. Rev. Manchester
spoke as follows:
THE PASTORS EULOGY
IT think the first feeling that comes
to US all today Is one Of personal be-
reavement. She who has gone out from
our midst was friend. The nation
knows her as distinguished mother;
we OF the home city know her as one
whose kindly words and smile have
been a cheer and benediction to many
q heart and home.
For her, The long, long night has
passed, the morning breaks at last but
her place upon this earth will be vacant
forever. Hers is unspeakable gain, but
ours Is unutterable loss.
1T is given only now and then to a
pilgrim to spend SO many years upon the
earth. and she wrought for herself a
placs in life that can never be fllsd by
another. But the great comforts Of this
hour are those spiritual ones that we
have right to appropriate to ourselves.
when we remember that, above every
thing else, Mother Mckinley was a
Christian woman. Like Enoch, she
walked with God and Is not, for God hath
taken her.
1T was this that so enriched and
beautified her life upon the earth. When
Jesus said. He that abideth in Me and
In him, the same bringeth forth much
fruit He uttered larger truth than
we have been wont to accept. Holiness,
the roundness, complete perfection,
symmetry, and then, beyond, beyond all
human ken. everlasting life! This Is the
abiding of the child of God. The word Is
not transient in Its meaning. To abide Is
to remain. When God said Of Jesus, by
the mouth Of His holy prophet. He shall
not fail or be discouraged He also ut
tered the great truth that his own
should not fail or be discouraged, for the
abiding Is in Him. The everlasting life
means what this means. The full depth
Of this for such brave and gentle spirits
we cannot understand now, but we may
know hereafter.
1T is not given to many to have such
grace of life, such perfection Of charac-
ter, as crowned her whose going -out
from among us we mourn today. II
were to indulge in an analysis of her
character, think would place first of
all her glorious motherhood The wisest
man said of such as she: The heart Of
her husband doth safely trust in her.
She will do him good and not evil all
the days of her life.' Strength and honor
are her clothing, and she shall rejoice in
time to come. She openeth her mouth
with wisdom, and in her tongue is the
law Of kindness. She looketh we'll to the
ways of her household and eateth not
the bread of idleness. Her children
arise UP and call her blessed. Give her
Of the fruit Of her own hands, and let
her own works praise her. It Is worth
all the care and trial and sorrow to be
worthy Of such divine portraiture as this.
and she was worthy Of 1t. Her mother
hood was the crowning glory Of her days.
She was, by divine right, the mistress Of
her own house. Always tender and true
in her loving sympathy, self-poised and
sturdy In her personal uprightness. she
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The law OF Kindness was the law Of her,
life. and none knew her there but to feel
the gentle influence of her presence. She
might have been proud mother. but
think none heard her say so, Her
great, loving heart throbbed with tender
est anxieties for those whom the kind
Father had given her, and her children
arise up and called her blessed
Another characteristic of Mother
Mckinley was her unvarying cheerful
ness. When her pastor suggested to her
once that the way must be growing
brighter as she advanced toward her
heavenly home, she replied that il had
been bright always.
"Her faith that God does all things
well, that he makes no mistakes. was
the one creed Of her Christian life. She
was Christian indeed. Undemonstra-
tive and unobtrusive, yet she was well
known as one " the disciples of Christ.
Until the infirmities Of increasing years
made it impossible, she frequented the
prayer service. and when she could no
longer do that. kept her place in the
morning service on the Lords day. Now
the end crowns the work. She has come
down to her grave like the we'll ripened
grain ready for the harvest.
She grew old'beautifully because she
walked With God. We may paraphFase