Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-28
FRANCES WILLARD.
Memorial Addresses at Several
Services Sunday.
Rev. Or. Tuttle, Rev. 8. 3. Meeser and
Others Address the w. @, T. U.
Meeting At Trinity
Church..

The service at Trinity Church Sunday
afternoon, held under the auspices of
the local w, c. T. u, in memory Of Miss
Frances E. Willard drew u congrega-
ton that filled the church. All of the
local temperance organizations were
represented by large numbers The
services were beautiful in their charac-
ter, showing that, though life is ended,
the work begun is to go on for all time.
On table, on the pulpit platform,
vase held 58 white pinks, one for each
year Of Miss Willard's life, gift from
the Crusaders. Easter lilies, the favor
ite flower Of the deceased, We're sent
by the w. c. I. U.
Mrs e. J. Ware, president of the To-
cal union, presided. The services were
opened by Mrs. a. w. Harrington OF
Leicester, county president Of the w. G.
I. u, who offered prayer The white
ribbon quartet. composed of Mrs. A. B.
Shaw, Mrs. L. J. Ware, Mrs, Il. L. Cush-
ing and Mrs Hulda Barrett, sang
'Some day Wen understand" re-
sponsive Bible reading was conducted
by Mrs. Ware, and after a prayer by
Rev. R. f. Holway, she made few
opening remarks.
Rev. Dr. John E. Tuttle then paid a
tribute to Miss Willard, saying in part:
Not many years after the glory had
faded from the heavens into which
Christ had ascended, a band of women
gathered in a quiet room to mourn for
one whom all had learned to love for
her works sake. They talked of the
things that she had done, and, as they
wept for her, gave thanks for her life
among them, Again, after long years
have passed, as their sisters gathered to
mourn for Dorcas, 80 women through
America and the world are gathering in
great cities and in quiet country towns
to do honor to another who has wrought
marvellous work and passed on to her
reward.
The name and work of Frances Will
lard is today in the hearts and on the
lips Of people through all the world. The
death of no woman Of our time could
excite more profound sorrow. Victoria
is queen of England, and her death
would stir the hearts of all her sub
jects. Frances Willard was a queen
among women and her death has made
world of mourners.
One is sometimes at a loss to express
the beauty Of the pictures Of Sir Knoel
Patton. Their beauty is the beauty Of
contrast. In his pictures are beautiful
women, handsome knights, birds of
beautiful plumage, draperies of holy lus-
tire, but somewhere is his pictures, in
some corner is found some touch Of ug-
liness-a toad, a hideous reptile, some
thing in striking contrast with the love-
illness found elsewhere in the painting
So by contrast, the beauty of his work
is enhanced.
The beauty of Miss Wizards charac-
ter is not that of contrast. Under the
searchlight Of public life for 25 years,
her character betrays no weakness and
no taint. She was a perfectly rounded
and beautiful woman whose beauty was
the beauty of symmetrical and perfect
womanhood. She accomplished a re-
markable work BY natural ability
and by requirement, she was fitted for
| it.
Her life and work are an illustration
of the fact that God never brings one
to the performance of a great duty un-
| I'll prepared for it. Moses was trained
in a Hebrew home. in the Hebrew relg-
ion. Later he was adopted into an
| Egyptian home and trained in the cul-
ture of that land Of letters. Afterward
he had the experience Of a shepherd s
life in the wilderness of INDIAN. Then,
thus prepared, he became the savior OF
his people and the founder of his ma
tion-
So God prepared Frances Willard for
her work by a long process Of study
and experience. Born in 1889 CT noble
mother, She was educated in the best Of
schools, graduated from a university
and trained for the work Of teacher
With great success she followed four
years her chosen work For two years
or more she lived abroad In the centres
of European culture. Then with a dis
ciplined mind and ripened culture and
wide acquaintance God called her to the
great task of her life. From 1874 to the
day of her death she labored unceaslng-
ly for the cause of temperance and re-
form.
The story of these 20 years is one of
the marvels of human accomplishment.
In the temperance work she brought
light out of darkness and order out of
confusion. The W. c. T. u of today,
with its splendid organization and its
almost unlimited power in shaping pub
lie sentiment, is her monument. She in
stituted the battle between the home
and the saloon and conquered, so that
today every Thoughtful man recognizes
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