The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-07

principles Of the white ribbon TO the utter
most parts Of the earth.
Rev. u. A. Rogers. rector OF ST. Stephen
| Episcopal Mission, at Houston Heights, wa
| the next speaker and In his remarks he eulo
| gizcd the dead woman to nigh degree
! God, no said, knows better than man VIVA
he wants done aud who he wants. TO DO !.
/ Women who do such work as did Frances "
\ Willard arc not accidents They are caiie'
| by God to perform their labor OF love- an
\ was here Tor n purpose, ana trcsaru "a, :,
| character as the embodiment OF all tast
best In Christian art. science, love ana amer
| lean womanhood."
| Rev. Or. Wiseman OF the Methodist Epis.
| copal church said that Frances. IL. WIZARD
WIS n areat and good woman. nc knew her
well and associated with her during her mt t.
time, particularly during the time she was
acting IA the capacity OF president o. q. ic.
male college ut Evanston, ILL.,, wncfe sne "no
respected and loved by all who knew her.
Al the close OF her work there she took up
her labors in the temperance ileld, which
suited In such great good, ne i,vsv.'ea a.
she set In motion" SAID the speaker ~
closing, "wil not die out Other women VIII
BIO called and the work viii go on grander
and better than before.
nov. George w. storey OF the TInrdy Street
Presbyterian church was the next speaker.
~ knew Frances Il. Willard from her earliest
glrihood to her DEATH, he sad ~ was born
same State She was a typical country girl
rugged. yiyacious, energetic, One day | said
TO her: Frank. what are you going to be?
what are you going to do she answered:
George, am going to represent u principle
And Bho did. have never met with u nopler
character In man or woman. As To the re-
marks OF Dr. Leayel regarding the question
OF her never marrying, can say that. while
Of school In Illinois she had
proposal OF marriage from young theological
student who is now Bishop Fowler OF the
Methodist Episcopal church. But, although
he represented all that was good and noble
In man, she refused hts proifered hand. for
She thought that there was something even
higher than wifehood and motherhood. In
1872 she caught the Inspiration and started
% work out her principle. That she sue
,eudod Is well known. She was the child OF
he world she was larger than this continent
md her work will go forward, though she Is
lead
Rev l.. D. Lamkin of the First Baptist
'hurch. the last speaker, stated that he had
Known Miss Willard since 1856, and had had
he honor of lecturing from the same plat
orm with her lie said
lin paying tribute to this grandest type
woman, wish TO speak Of the conditions
hat called her to such noble work, Tho
ross struck the chains from woman and the
hacklos dropped from mind and soul. She
3 advancing with the progress Of the world.
The Is rising with tho tide of the gospel OF
'hrist. She Is entering higher and richer
phcres. The influence of woman in the his
ory of the world has been of those un-
cen forces which silently wrought great rev.
buttons in the progress of nations All the
piGhty springs of our greatness are In the
cart Of woman She II Is who defends. pro-
Gets and purfles the home. The greatest
nown enemy to tho home is the saloon To-
Yard this woman has assumed an attitude of
eadly hostility. II the men of America had
ulhlled THAR obligations to their home. their
lives. their children and their country. the
Woman o Christian Temperance Union would
ever have been necessity. And had II not
cen for their resistance to the encroachments
this ruling power in American politics, IL
'ouid have. long since. engulfed us In ire
fievable ruin. The uncompromising enemy
this evil, and the untirng friend of woman |
ias tho incompatible Frances II. willard. |
he was an illustrious scholar and n God |
allied and heaven born leader. She was In |
he broadcast sense the Christian humanitarian !
tho first woman of the world. Hers was a |
ublime character Of inner sweetness OF life |
nd active sympathies with humanity. She |
{ all hstory-a movement to rescue the |
alien and wrest from tho iron grasp and |
destructive ranges of the organized liquor |
rattle, home, virtue and nation She was |
he embodiment of moral reform. She Is |
cad, but the cause to which she devoted the |
est energies of her soul lives With the |
shite-ribboned host OF our country We bow In |
nph on the monument of her goodness |
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord !
hey shall rest from their lahors and their |
works do follow them F"
The services were closed by the song Of |
Rock OF Ages" followed by tho henedic-
Ion. pronounced by Rev. Mr.. Ward.