The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-03-23
SERVICES AT PEACE.
The Beloved Wife of DIR. James Dinwid-
die is Laid to Rest at lakewood.

Yesterday afternoon at Peace InSti-
tute there were gathered together in
tender silence the friends of the family
|of DR.. james Dinwiddie. They were
come to give precious tribute to the
memory of the beloved wife and mother
The rooms opened into one another
i'm the spring afterncon-'into Railways
and chapel-the casket resting in one
Of the suite of darkened parlOrs.
There were so many gathered-and
those among them who had gone out as
graduates from under the motherly hand
of her who was not
As nearly as possible in the sight of
all stood the dear pastor of the
family, Rev. Dr. Eugene Daniel, of the
First Presbyterian church.
Blessed are the Dead" was sung by
the quartette composed of Mrs. Bry
amt, Miss Potter, Messrs. Newcomb and
Primrose.
1t was followed by the hymn: "Sfncc
Jesus is our Friend"-sung by the young
women of Peace.
Rev. Dr. Daniel read with emotion
hardly repressed, from the scripture,
job, the Nth chapter; LIST Corinthians,
the 10th chapter; Revelations, the 9TH
chapter.
sleep in Peace: The singing of this
by the quartettc, touched deeply all
tbosCarwho heard AT the close, the cleE-
s,yman announced that the services
would he concluded at the cemetery.
1.-THE Home of the Soul" by the quar-
tette was the concluding selection.
Out through tine big, deep-heal'ted
grove the remains were taken, the cas-.
ket having been borne to the hearse
by the following active paH-bearers:
Messrs. G. +. Wharton, w. s. Prim>
rose III. w. Jackson. S. w. Whiting,
A. A. Thompson, w. Z. Harding.
The honorary pall-bearers were as fol-
lows: Messrs. A. NJ. McPheeters, Julius
Lewis, J. NJ. Monte. d. FL. Hill, w. A.
Withers.
The floral offerings came in overflow,
in white of lilies and purple of violets,
sweet tokens of friends that were grieved
in the sending.
One piece, 1.-The Gates Ajar." was
placed at the head of the grave in the
green and white col0rs of the Institute.
Calla lilies touched with tracery of
smilax. 1t was from the young women
of Peace Institute to her whom they
loved.
The standing piece at the foot of the
grave was in pure whfte from the Ladies'
Aid Society of the Presbyterian church.
Then. among the rest, was a Pillar, in its
loneliness, with other designs in violets.
Rev. DR.. Daniel stood in the midst
of those present and offered prayer-it
was beautiful on the slope near the brook
where the family section is
The quartette sang, ASLEEP in Jesus.
the young women pupils standing in
gowns of black in a double row from
the grave.
The Christians Goodnight" mingled
with the lingering afternoon.
Between the lines of young women, |
the casket had been borne, and now
they came up, one by one, those young
women. heart-stricken, sprinkling yio-
let's as the grave filed.
In the midst of that sigh of silence
that sigh which is the breath heard
only by the inner ear of those who come
to bury their dead-came the benedic-
ton. and then that silence was broken
for moment, but ii came again-for
friends and kindred had departed unto
their homes, Swallowed now even as the
light was being Swallowed in the quiet
west.
AHu all JUOSP lIldL were IHefe. DS-
thought them of the good woman that
was gone-gone. too, under one of those
shocks, unbearable it would seem, eX-
cept it were for the hush of after-wOrd
that comes to loved ones unsp0ken, but
always from natures that are noble
bringing somewhat Of sereneness. She
who was gone had been. in the eyes of
family and pupil. under the word of pas
tor. and in the sight of God, and of those
assembled from Sabbath to Sabbath to do
Worship with her, sweet i'll the benign
ness and consecrated peace of her after
noon, even as the hallowed calm of the
afternoon ut lakewood.
This city feels deeply the loss Of her
going and gives its sympathy to those
who are stricken low.