The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-07
Memorial Services Held at Shcarn
Church Yesterday Afternoon.
MANY EuLoGlEs WERE PAID HER.
Oesienated ~ "The Child Of the
world"--Her Early Life and Her
Noble work for Mankind

pulplL anu Inc BISuEe IN ifuHt VI ~ W Wv Ue"u
.ifully adorned with roses, callas. ferns an
palms aud a life-like picture OF the lamente'
leader OF the woman's Christian Temperance
Union occupied prominent place at the al
tar.
Tho services were opened by tho hymn
Blast be tho Tie that Binds. sung by thu
congregation. After this the 146th Psalm was
read by Mrs. Fannie Reese Pugh. a fcryen
prayer was offered by Or. Storey and
Nearer. My God. to Thee" was sung.
Tho following paper ON Frances Il, WI.
lard and her noble work for mankind was
then read by Mrs. u. s. Tracy:
Frances 10. Willard is dead. and tho great
est woman OF the uge hns passed out OF the
worlds onyirons. She was greater even than
her friends knew, or than she herself but
dinly romprchcnded, Too busy and too bright
for lntrospcction. her time WAS spent In ac-
QuiriDg knowledge, and 1t was given again 70
4 humanity, a9 tho cloud returns tho dew and
the cooling shower to the p8rchod#rarth. No
talent OF hers was ever hid In Il napkin She
was a great temperance woman and worker.
but she was Infinitely more. She WINS one OF
the best Informed women In matters socioiog-
ical. She understood the windngs and colt
volutions of the labor questions, and was of
ten called In to adJudicate or nibitrate In
difficult cases. She had u mans broad View
OF such questions with wonuns quick In
tuition and capacity for looking on all hIdeg
at once. Her opinions were h0nofcd, her
decisions were accepted and deferred to, She
was at a oneness with the wage Garner but
at the same time so strong In her absolute
sense of justice that employers recognized her
fairness, and woro content To have her sit
In judgment. Then she WIS u writer NJ
books an editor an orator. teacher nnd
professor of applied science, one Of the two
women who have attained the title OF Lib.
Moreover she was shrewd, keen, kindly SYM
t,.Ntt. All f,.tt
Ten aB one OF tho greatest OF her time, u
woman to be recorded on tho same page
wherc are registered Browning, Tennyson,
Gladstone, Herbert, Spencer, Susan B, an
thoDy and the queen OF England. The I'M
crowned queen of America, Saint Frances
she was often lovingly called As tho years
go by, the beauty and magnitude of her life |
viii unfold itself. until the perfect flower nf
her greatness stands revealed In tho strong |
white light which shines upon the iiumoriae, |
those whose names can not die, for theirs |
Is the heritage OF fame. No woman hi Amer |
lea WIS better known or more universally |
beloved Her friends are legion, and her |
death IL the cause Of personal sorrow to every |
ono OF them.
Most people nowadays know Frances Il.
Willard only as the worlds and National |
president OF the Womaps Christian Temper
ance Union, and forgot " they eyer knew
tbnt fhol WIS ever anything more. She wns SO
closely Identified In the past few years Will, |
TINT grand organization and was 30 great
part Of II, TINT many people Forgot thu
sbc had an exlstenco before that time She
was 9s years OF age. Mt the time OF her death
and the Wcmans Christian Temperance
Union was not organized until the year 1874,
when Miss Willard was "A years old. Real
reforms are always more divine than human
and are ushercd In by a revelation to souls
prepared to understand and heroic enough TO
40 Gods Will Such o preparation and reve-
latlon had cotuo TO the heroic soul Of this |
incomparable leader OF the white ribbon host. |
Mics Wiliard'h vivid and Impressive person
t.i.A r...r A.
the hearts Of her co-workers who loved her.
nut upon the history nf her time In lines |
that can never be cffnccd The church. tho |
homo and the public school have been per
,nea.oa by right thinking through her efforts. |
berc 10 a noble Immortality. One OF ths |
marvcls OF her leadership Is that she hna |
ofawn around herself other women in their
way equally strong. III any one had Tho
least ability she was quick to recognise ihe |
thereof
The name Of Frances ". Willard has Eunc
10 the ends OF tho earth. SYNONYM of NH
that is pure and true. while Its owner onslly |
stands pre-cminsnt in the place she holds
ana IN the work she has done. As soon az |
sne was able TO be something more than Il
csro-freed echool girl she became n teacher /
Sne said: between 1885. whom logan, and |
1874, when forever ceased. to De d media |
koRue, had thirteen separate seasons or |
~. .vaenlng IN eleven separate Institutions IN |
tM separate towns; my pupils numbering h, |
uli ABOUT spoO In the field OF education she \
rose step by step. until she became president !
OF inc , sSilesn from which she graduated
81 the Southern States, coming TO this civ
whcro she organized u Womans Chrlsiinn |
temperance Union, with Mrs Il. s, Trrnv AZ |
prvsdent, Mrs. j, NJ. Cotton Whose guest ghc |
was, recording secretary: Mrs ~ T. Ayers |
rnew Of San .Antonio) ms treasurer and Mira. |
Robbie Crank tsincc doeensedl. Ms cnrfcspond,
ING gccreiary, This orsuniaation was enfectra
~ ~ p p,n snenrn church, under the pastorate
W. Wrrlpin A f%r...
SCI ~ motion which has never died out wilma |
on ms trip shc found there was no bloody |
t in NJ, she said, In speaking Of tho MAJ,
Ter. That trip was the most uniome or nj, |
my history; 1t reconstructed me She VIVA
fhc hrst ono sufficiently National in snir,t ~ |
cross the sword limo between the North md
opa ho bearing me llies Of peace to homcs
nhu nenrts ON both sides OF the line unti,
me past wns bcguiled OF Its sting in the hiri,
ennfavor OF common cause, sbo know no |
M MOI. no South. no East. West. In her
work ior mankind Her motto was Nm Soc.
i!nrianism In religion no scctlonaiisn In nnl
itioa. no sex IN eitigcnship' - W.
10 quote M authority: THE snlIent fo,,
~ ose hs o. Miss WIZARDS fame, and the source
2 per power, lay IN the fact TINT she com.
pinea m extraordinary talent for wrltinr
spenking and organization In 1854 aic fos,9,
S v1atea eng presented her nan for tho World
scheme was adopted at once mud 4 po,,,,., y,
petition Was sent broadcast over thc VAIL
~ mas SINCE received more thah l,0s, ono IL. ~.
shsu az, anu has had attcstations ID moro
MISS Willards request. the dernrfmemt 81
socini purity was added 10 the othors ~ ~
* sm nas n, Christian Tempcrrncc Union, aud
Mils Wizards work 81 late yenr. q, ~
cmlnn % wnat has already been mcutIonsd
;Hr eis tho cditins Of the Union sIgnal on,
Il W. az crssn, ana other editorial work.
dc.eyssythine policy o. thc Wo1n, nrsse The
-. 2 Ir,nperanee Union and the nrcanl,at,on