The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-15
Mrs. Nancy Allison Mckinley and her
connection with the congregation.
THE EULOGY,


connection with the congregation.
THE EULOGY.
The singing by the quartette Of Lead,
Kindly Light" was followed by the eu-
logistic remarks of the pastor, Rev. DR..
c. E. Manchester.
DR.. Manchester was a comrade-in-
arms of the presidtut during the war.
was a member of the famous Twenty
third Ohio volunteers infantry.
The doctor spoke briefly, but feelingiy
OF the woman so greatly beloved by the
whole congregation and by the people
of the city at large. Almost overpower-
ing emotion was manifest in his voice,
AMI as he recalled the lovable traits by
known by her immediate neighbors, the
eyes OF many in the vast congregation
filled with tears.
Rev. Manchester spoke as follows:
81 think the first feeling that comes to
us all today is one of personal bereave-
meIt. She who has gone out from our
midst was a friend. The nation knows
her as the distinguished mother; We, of
the home city, know her as one whose
kindly words and smile have been a
cheer and a benediction to many 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 an unutterable loss.
at is given only now and then to
pilgrim 10 spend SO many years upon
the earth. and she wrought for herself
place in life that can never be filed by
another. To go out and in for nearly
nine decades Of years, to see generations
come and go. to see the Kingdoms OF
panions OF childhood and womanhood,
and still 70 live on, is to become a part
of many lives. But the great comforts OF
this hour are those spiritual ones that
we have a right to appropriate to our
selves when we remember that above
everything else Mother Mckinley was a
Christian woman. Like Enoch, she walk
ed with God and is not, for God hath
taken her. 1t was this that so enriched
and beautified her life upon earth.
when Jesus said He that abideth in
Me and in him, the same bringeth forth
much fruit He uttered a larger truth
than we have been wont to accept. We
think of those things that the world is
pleased to call successes-a certain meas
ure Of achievement that puts one well on
in the race Of life-facility in accumula-
tion-eminence in position-things that
that are visible and earthly. But the
larger truth is that who abides in Him
has fruit unto holiness and the everlast-
ing life
Holiness, a roundness, complete, per-
fection, symmetry and then, beyond all
human ken. everlasting life. This is the
abiding of the child of God-the word is
not transient in its meaning; 10 abide is
TO remain. When God said of Jesus, by
the mouth OF His holy prophet, He shall
no. 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. Their everlasting life
means what this means. The full depth
of this, for such brave and gentle spirits
as hers. we cannot understand now, but
we may know hereafter.
'.It is not given 10 many to nave such
grace OF life, such perfection of character,
AS crowned her whose going out from
among us we mourn today. If were to
indulge in an analysis CT her character
think 1 would place first of all her
glorious motherhood. The wisest man
said Of such as she: The heart Of her
husband doth safeI-- 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 wis
dom; and in her tongue is the law OF
kindness. She looketh well to the ways
Of her household and eatetn not the
bread OF idieness Her children rise I'D
and call her blessed Give her of the
fruit of her hands and let her own works
praise her doings.
''It is worth all the care and trial and
sorrow to be worthy of such divine por-
traiture as this, and she was worthy OF
il. Her motherhood was the crowning
glory of her days. She was by divine
right the gentle mistress of her own
house. Always tender and true in her
owing sympathies, self-poised and sturdy
n her personal uprightness. she ruled
ike queen over her own home. The
aw 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 a proud mother. but I
-hink no one heard her say so. Her great
owing heart throbbed with tenderest
snxieties for those whom the kind father |
had given her and her children rise up
and call her blessed
Another characteristic OF Mother Nc
Hinley was her unvarying cheerfulness |
When her pastor suggested to her once |
nat the way must De growing brighter |
is she advanced toward her heavenly |
home, she replied that it had been |
'rigflt ali OF the way. And yet there had |
,een many and more bereavements. She |
rod fer weary years the path OF widow |
hood She laid away her loved ones one |
lfter another, and
The messy marbles rest
On the lips that she had pressed
In their blooCn.'
But her loving cheer vas never abat-
u. Il was as If the sunligh: from the |
hrone of God played upon her soul and |
Kept il warm and bright And, after all, |
hat was the sublime secret OF her daily |
Existence. she might have said 20 a sor-
lid, grasping world. in the words OF the
Master whom she loved: L have meat 20