The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-12
CONVENTION IN DETAIL.
Expressions of Sorrow ON the Death
OF Miss willard


OF Miss willard.
The convention was opened ait a
O'Clock with prayer and conseora-
ton meeting, led by Miss E. w. Green.
wood, OF New York At the combustion
or this service the acting presjdenf
Mrs Lillian M. N. Stevens. Of Maine
called the gathering to order. The
members Of the convention read the
SrcSade psalm and sang the CRUSADE,
nynldl, and this was followed bv
PRAYER by Mrs. Annie w. Clark, presi-
Gent OF the Crusade state. Roll call
occupied nearly an hour. The several
committees were announced and at III
o'clock g. memorial service for Msss
FRANCES f. Willard began. This serv.
ice was conducted by Mrs. Stevens.
this hour, for nineteen years.
said Mrs. Stevens you have been
accustomed 30 hear the annual address
OF onys who has led the way to anotheJ
world, and this is to be the hour a.
memorial service"
The convention sang Miss WIZARDS
faVordte hymn, How Firm a. Founda-
Ilon, fe Saints OF the Lord" Mrs,
SteVehs read passage from Scripture
and Miss Graham sang, "Oh Heiehts
Of Power" which was written by Miss
Willard.
The name that heads the memorial
list, said Mrs. Stevens, "is that of
Frances q. willard who said as she
was dying: How beautiful it is to be
with God The committee planned
| to have Mrs. Monroe here to address
| the meeting, but she Is not here, but
there are others present who will voice
the sorrow of this gathering"
MRS. FORBES TRIBUTE.
Mrs. CoInelia B. FORBES, president
Of the Connecticut state organization,
was introduced as the oldest state
| president In point of service in the
organization. She said:
1t is a precious though said privilege %
| speak of our promoted leader. Only once be-
fore fore was che absent from our conventionfst
! come back. But now she cannot come to
us; though we shall go to her. She was
She was called to this work and we firmly
believe 1t. Only once In century is q
person called TO such work. She was
called at her mothers knee. Later on in her
forest home in Wisconsin she wondered IL
she would ever go anywhere and she was
called everywhere. God was fitting her for
said to her: Come higher She took
prominent place in educational circles and
the reformer, She did not hesitate. but
wherever called she was ready to do the
Lords work. She took es her motto: My life
Is Of thee. We who knew her recognize the
likeness that shone in her face and never 30
wonderfully as the last time she was with
work for by your votes you gave her your
confidence and love and whatever she aid Is
so largely attributable to this woman whose
great heart and loving syInpathies have gone
out to all the world
She is with US TODAY. We feel In our
hearts her spiritual II not visible presence.
soon and when we depart may It be to Us
the Joy II was to her to go ON In the way
q Christ May we Os &c aT to ,6 him
we shall be consecrated saints of God as she
is today.
COAST JOINS IN SORROW.
Mrs. Narcissa White Kinney, Of
Oregon, spoke for the Pacific coast.
She said;
Miss Willard organized all the temperance
societies on the Pacific coast, and 80 great
was our grief at her death that Il brought to
our ranks more than we had before she died.
The remarkable thing about Miss Willard
was that she has 50 many women friends.
shoulder and brought me to the temperance
platform. Most remarkable was her insight,
which enabled her 10 detect the latent possi-
bilities in women and make US live men ally,
morally and spiritually to the highest ide3lg
l once received from her letter In which
there wes sentence that did more to SWEET
That love Is comparatively worthless that
cannot trust" We weep when we look upon
that vacant chair, but she Is now at home
with God.
HER SOUTHERN WORK
Mrs Margaret Dye Ellis. of New
Jersey, said:
Miss Willard HELPED to bridge the chasm be-
tween the North and the South. rat with
her in Atlantic City. and she told me she had
got along well IN the South. Thousands Of
people attended her lectures and they al
wanted TO shake hands with her and have
her pin ribbons on their breasts. When rat
in the gallery OF the house at Washington
last winter. and heard the men Of all gee
tiong etaBd Loyalty by the flag, could see
Miss Willard In Nashville, where no church
would open its doors to her till she ad-
dressed the people. and then the pastors Of
twenty churches wanted her TO preach IN
their pulpits. Let Us follow her as she fol-
loved Christ
THE MIDDLE STATES
Mrs. Marian H Dlznham, OF Iowa,
spoke for the middle states:
We mourn for Miss Willard to6ay she sad
but the great busy world halted and realized
that II had lost q great citizen and leader
r.