The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-24
AN ELOOUENI@TBlBUT
To tho Memory OF the Late Franees Il.
Willard, PRECEDENT OF ironian,s National
< Christian Temper anee Union, and ono OF
4 tic Gre test Pirurvs of the Century, 3 y

Willard, PRECEDENT OF iyoman,s National
Christian Temper ance linton, and one OF
the Greatest RiSurss OF the Century.
TO the Editor OF the Intelllgencer. i
s1R:-Will you kindly allow space In
your paper for a few words OF tribute
to the memory OF Miss Frances Z. Will
lard. president Of the Woman's Chris.
tlan Temperance Union?
Miss Wizards interment takes place
to-day tThuredus) at Rose Hill ceme-l
terry. Evanston, Illinois. where her re-
mains will be laid to rest beside the
salnted mother who was, the inspiration
OF. the daughters life. &.
4 The writer esteems II a privilege to
have known Miss Willard and to call
her "triend," at whose feet the woman
hood Of all Christian lands may feel
proud to lay their own laurels, whether,
won at the front OF the battle against
every form OF sin and soclal pollution.
or In the quiet sanctuary OF home, amid
the happy surroundings OF domestic life.
Mss Frances L. Willard was, pre-emi-
nently a national historic character and
one whose influence has reached all over
the world. Wherever the gospel OF the
Lord Jesus Christ has been preached
Mss Willard voice or pen has gone as
an evangel OF good Will on earth and
peace toward men," Her battle cry
against the awful curse OF intemper-
ance and the social evil, was For God
and Home and Native Land !" and yet
Ike John Wesley. the father Of the so-
'ciety with which she early in life be-
came identified. "the world was her.
her parish" And to-day throughout
the length and breadth OF the land.
thousands OF men, women and children
are dropping tears OF gratitude upon
her bier and raying lilies OF pure affec-,
ton upon her virgin tomb. Among the
noble ban. OF Christian women who
have devoted time ard talent. together
with the wealth Of well-stored mind to
the service OF God in their work for the
uplifting OF the fallen. and the regenera-!
ton Of humanity, Frances E. Willard
Is justly admitted queen" And there
can be no more appropriate chant sung
over her mortal remains to-day than
that found In holy writ, MANY daugh-.
tiers have done virtuously, but thou ex-
cellest them ALL" IndIsputably may
this legend be applied to Miss Willard
as public speaker. Standing upon
the rostrum. holding spell-bound the
land-as she travelled Throughout Its
length and breadth.-her very poise OF
body gave evidence OF the highest phys
ical control, and the we'll mo6ulated
tones Of her voice spoke the language
OF the enviable degree Of mental culture
this truly noble woman had attained.
From q well-stored mind and a con-
secrated heart flowed forth the words
OF truth and soberness In marvelous.y
we'll chosen and appropriately applied
dictlon. Above every other woman to
whom It has been the writer's privilege
to listen. Miss Wizards words were
.'as apples Of gold In, pictures of sill
YER" Whether delivered In warning or
in exhortation, not a word ever fell from
the lips OF this devoted woman that
could offend the taste OF the most fastid-
ious listener. II she did not always con-
vince, neither did she ever wound or
offend. Even when speaking upon. the
social purity question. and recit,ng in
stances OF thrilling detail. every word
she uttered bespoke the virginia. purity
Of her soul. -.gt n
Frances Willard was carried to the
front of the battle against the curse
intemperarce; the foremost position
sought the woman. The circum-
stances that thrust this modest,
womanly woman to the eXalt-
ed position that she has filed with
honor to herself and-credit to the cause,
are well remembered by your writer
those days of crucial test that are in
corporated not only in the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, but are
among the important events that must
ever form part of the history OF our
country during the latter quarter Of
this century. s =
The movement that first reached a ma
tional pre-emiHerce. through the execu-,
tive ability OF Miss Willard has from
her Afar-reaching thought spread over
land and, sea, till to-day the Woman's
Temperance Union and Its kindred So
cIetles enc!rcIe the earth. and the name
OF Frances E. Willard is spoken with
love and reverence, and her requiem
will be sung and her praises sounded
from hearts Of various nationahties,
ard by tongues Of various speech. II
Miss Willard needs O. monument Of
stone erected to her memory, the Wo-'
mans Temple in Chicago stands as q
witness to her heroic AID self-sacrlfic-
ing deeds. s.
Seif-sacriiicIng? But few Of her CO.
workers, but fewer sti!i OF the multi
tudcs who have sat entraEced by her
persuasive. eIoquence. choice words and
modest bearing. ever dreamed OF what
1t cost this daughter OF the King when
she left all to follow wherever He chose
to lead. And now let her epItaph be
as simple as her own beautiful life: "She
hath done what she could" and her
works do follow her.
Her friend,
NJ. S. H.
wheeling W. Va, Feb. "a, 1888.