The record-union., 1898-02-28
IN MEMORY OF MISS WILLARD
A MEMORIAL SERVICE BY THE
w. c.. T. U. YESTERDAY.
Addresses Delivered by Revs. Hos
kinson, Carroll, Banks and
Russell.

temperance apostle were held at the
Sixth street Methodist Church yester-
day afternoon. under the auspices of
the Sacramento City and County Wom-
ems Christian Temperance Union.
The church was well filed and the
services throughout were impressive.
The pulpit and altar were approprl-
ately decorated with flowers, and a
portrait of Miss Willard occupied
prominent place.
At the request of the ladies of the
w. c. 7. T., Rev. Carroll, pastor of
the church. presided. Prayer was Of
Tered by Rev. Russell of Oak Park
and the congregation sang a hymn,
which had been dear to the great w c.
T. L. leader and repeated the I'D
Psalm, which also had been favorite
with her
A NOBLE WOMAN
Rev. S. j. Carroll took the initiative,
and said the Womans Christian Tenn
perance Union was the greatest move
ment of women in the worlds history
and that the services to be held were
peculiar because in the history of the
organization none had taken so promi-
nent part as the great leader who re-
Gently passed away. Hers was an
tive ability and wide scope of thought,
coupled with her high aims and purity,
stamped her as being more than woman,
and admitting her masculine character
istics. she was more than a man. She
had the scope of power generally at
tributed to the broadest masculine
mind, added to which was all the finesse
and delicate tact of a woman. In the
history 10 81 IA
by neither man nor woman.
Miss Willard had an exceedingly keen
perception. and did not go too far
ahead of the rank and file who followed
her. She taught them only the things
they We're able to understand, and sub
1ects that were complex to them she
had grasped and mastered years ago.
and wondered why her sisters could not
do likewise. She was, at the time she
gave up the fight for the cause of hu-
mainly, fifty years ahead of the age
in which she lived.
During her life. he had known and
talked with Miss Willard. Hers was
a beautiful character in that she al
ways stood for purity and truth which
was represented in the organization
she formed and Of which she was the
leader She was the friend of the
hearthstone. the home the mothers.
the little children. and of all humanity.
and her teachings, he said. will grow
and expand until they have become
universal in all churches and her name
will &C down TO history as the enamel
pator Of motherhood and of childhood
and the protector of the home
DIR. BANKS TRIBUTE.
Rev. A. B. Banks. pastor of the First
Baptist Church. was introduced and
laid his tribute at the feet of the de-
parted leader of the w. c. T. L.
In the history of the nation Dr.
Banks said there had been many
grand and noble lives. and into
every one Of them had been woven the
work Of women's hands. and love of
Women's hearts. Frances F. Willard.
he said. deserves to be numbered
among the fallen heroes of the land. 1t
was only yesterday, apparently. that
the nation had been saddened by the
news that Neal Dow was dead. and it
was but recently that the great tenn
perance orator, John B. Cough. had
passed away. They were heroes and
their work will be lasting, but the life
of Miss Willard, the last hero to go.
was woven into an organization which
VIII move onward until the liquor traP-
fic. that most potent destroyer of
homes. will be driven from the land.
Her life went out into the pulse of a
million women and million men, and
Will live on and on until the human
race is extinct
In the soul Of the late W. c. T. L.
leader DR. Banks said. beat A great
love for all humanity She conceived
he
moral forces of the world in her battle
for God and home and native land. She
was marvel of her kind. and she was
bright and morning star which had
opened to women door. and with her
strong hands held ii open. and the
hour had come when they should enter
I'm and continue the battle she had
fought while life lasted The women
of the world VIII raise monument 10
the departed leader. and her glory will
be told in those whom she died to
emancipate
MISS WIZARDS CHARACTERS
TICS.
Rex. Mr.. Russell of Oak Park spoke
next He said the life of Frances E.
Willard was an open book. and that
even those who did not know h..r had
learned to love He had known her
personally for five years. had lived in
the same town with her, and was con-
nected with the church she attended
a Boston editor had spoken of Miss
Willard as an uncrowned American
queen. but as the angels see her. and
as God sees her. she is no longer un-
crowned She had the advantage OF
being well born and had been well
raised. Her mother had been remark
able for her equipose OF mind and for
her serenity in the midst of trials and
suffering
The chief characteristics of Frances
E. Willard. the speaker said. We're in
credulousness. firmness and studious-
ness. Her incredulous disposition. he
said. was due. in part. to her wonder
ful success. as il led her to examine
into and criticise everything presented
10 her. but she had been ever ready tn
accept the truth when she found IL
She had been schoolteacher for thir-
teen years, and during that period had
acquired remarkable degree of firm
ness. and had evolved method OF gov
erning. which threw her scholars upon
their honor The same method was of
incaIculable value to her in after life
Miss Wizards work as an organizer
began early and while in the bloom OF
youth she organized temperance unions
not only In her own town. but all over