The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-01
Mss Frances r. Willard's nemOry
HOnOred


lasting impression. The pulpit plai form
was decora cd with n large crayon Of Miss
Willard on an easel one side draped in
mourning the other in white ribbon, the
emblem OF the society. The musical
selections and renditi of the choir wero
very lproprate and beautiful.
The President Of the Local Union, Mrs.
| Darlington, tho vice-l'r sidents, Mrs.
Emerson. nd M,F. "a! ac were ca ed
on the PLATFORM D.fs. Alaul. made the
prayer, Mrs. Emerson announced the
hymn, Miss Mather who attended the
| funeral in New York, and reported
| the same was listened 10 with fearful in-
tereSt. The sermon was preached by the
pastor, Dr. w l.. 5. Murray, from the ext
Prov. 81, 80 "Mdny daughters have done
ylrtuously but thou excellest them all -
He said in part:
That Isabella in Shakespeares thought
was "Queen Of earthly Queen Miss
Willard in tine ,"ind of the most compe
tent to iudgowu queen among women. y
Ii Il queen then ..c possessed q kingdom,
If n kingdom u throne, ifa throne coro-
nation. All Of which she possessed for her
100000 constituents enthroned her and
crowned her the formost woman of the
nineteenth century, in leading what to
many has seemed forlorn hope.
Miss Willard exceiled as q student,
u
to the University Her natural equip
ment was generous, broad and deep. DR.
Buckley says of her "shc could fit among
the sciences as u bird from tree to tree.
She gained knowledge from everybody
and everything and gave out as freely Us
she attained.
1t was not stored up or self consumed
but poured out upon an inquiring an in
vestigaCing :.ge. We are told the Doe, the
SpiInr and tha huttnrHy H,yht hn
same flower one for honey, the other poi
son, the butterfly for nothing. Miss Will
lard gathered knowledge, honey from all
sources, never poison and did not gather i5
to hoard but TO aid and bless ignorant,
suffering humanity. She did not go about
woundins and decrying but healing, feed
ing and inspiring the people with the
thoughts of a blessed optisiom. The stu
dents habit and devotion followed her in
all her work; indeed she did not under.
Take her life work In the temperance cause
untitshehad OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the sub
JncvlntervleWel the leaders and convinced
herself that the temperance crusade was
OF God.
So thorou yhly was sho convinced that
somehow she was TO be identified With this
movement that she resigned good paying
position in university and and rejected
an offer OF s2, 400 u year and applied he'll
ary and sought To apply hor faith test for
food, rhlmen and the necessaries of life
that she might not only be qualified but
convinced withOut II doubt that God called
her. Through over exerlion, tramping
through snow, walking when she had not
u n!ckle to pay Car fare, fasting when she
had not the money to buy fo1d, she broke
down, wen to her mother and fell sick.
Madam Willard said Frank. listen to me.
Ypn have N Itva hy fnith nd hnv.,
tried to dictate terms 10 God. The ladies
wanted you to name your terms, you re-
fused. That was your Heavenly Fathers
way. Now my flour Il about all gone
lon arc out at tho elbows, down at che
heel and sick too.
Tho Lord Is not going to hurl loaves of
bread down my chimney, nor will he kin.
dle Tho fire in my stove Now write those
ladies' and tell hem the truth. She did
write. the iade, wept when they read
They sent her money. Her mother sent
for the doctor. God through faith and
human inslrumentalty raised her up and
the cause has been blessed with her ser-
vices.
Faith without works is dead. So the
man or woman who socks to set aside
divinely appointed agencies will also soon
bed ad, or tax Others with their support
while they seek toprOve their theory.
Alss Willard exceled as teacher in the
schools, the college and the University.
Serving a. professor of esthetlcs and also
as Dean. The Northwestern University
as broad as it was, was too narrow for her
and too much shut in for her far reaching
and abounding intellect. The pulpit, the
plntfnrm. ths prsss all furnished her
place on which to stand to lift this poor
drunken world out of the gut or up to and
upon tie solid rock Her University, the
w. G. I. u, has forty departments
through which she and all her asso ,ates-
The white ribbon seek to instruct brighten
and bless the world. What task she
took upon herself when she resolved to
speak in every town and city of 10000 in
habitants and often in the States and
territories. How earnestly and success
fully she has performed her task until not
oaly this land but the world knows Miss
" lizard aud has been sitting Mt her feet,
willing and anxious learners.
She excelled as q leader of unparalleled
uprising. Tho crusaders led by Peter the
Hermit. are not to be compared with the
crusaders Of the w. G. T. U. The Holy
Sepulchre in the hands of the Turks Is not
to be compared with tho men and boys in
the power Of the saloon The one made
an effort to rescue he hous, of the dead,
the other to rescue the living from death
eternal death. 10 this work Miss Will
lard gave herself absolutely The pro-
gress of the cause Is indebted to her and
to her leadership more than to any other
woman. Like Deborah Of old, sho has
made holy war against all unholy traffic.
During her reign the Holy Communion
has also been saved from tho unholy cup
OF alcoholic wine in most Of the churches.
The wine glass has been banished from
many homes, and conspicuous examples
bless the nation.
Miss Willard excelled in liberating the
womanhood of the nineteenth century
from tho bondage Of public silence There
great questions affecting tho heart
and the home Of wOmanhood but woman
dare not speak in public either in favor or
against. This woman led her sisters in
holy crusade against q longer silence. The
world and the church listened for n while
with bated breatl. L ter an occasional up.
proval, to day woman is heard and ap-
plauded by the largest assemblies. II we
think of tho sainted one Us an orator or as
an organizer or author and cont ibutol9
we are compelled to admit that she eXcell-
cd in every thing she touched.
Her tribute to her departed sistor "Nlne-
teen beautiful years" "rhe Glimpsos of
Fifty years" her autobiography. The gar
lands she has placed upon the favored
brow Of her agod mother will all live.
If 'ro live in hearts we leave behind Is
not to die" then this good and great wo.
man is alive forevermore.