The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-21
TOUCHING WORDS.
Eloquent Tribute to Miss Sally r.
Tower

The funeral services of the late Miss
Sally r. Tower took place yesterday af-
ternoon from the residence of her
brother, George Tower at the Evans.
S45 Main street. and was largely at
tended by the many friends of the de-
ceased.
The services were conducted by Rev.
Almon >Gunnison, assisted by Rev.
Moses H. Harris of All Souls Church.
They were opened with selection by
the Weber Quartet, Still, still with
Thee" which was followed by prayer
by Rev. Mr.. Harris and reading of the
Scriptures. The quartet sang Gross
ing the bar" after which DR.. Gunni-
son delivered a touching eulogy, in the
course Of which Ihe paid glowing
tribute to the life and deeds of the de-
ceased
The period Of her life covered three
generations. The great changes Of our
modern life have all taken place since
she was girl. She could trace the
growth of the city from the time when
1t was a wilderness, to the hamlet and
later into the bustling city. The great
changes that have 1svolutionized the
industrial world have all happened in
her day. 1t is a marvellous thing for
any one to have lived in this age
Her memory to the last was unim-
paired. She was enabled to live again
and again the events of the century.
Yet, with all this, she has lived a very
uneVentful life. free from ostentation.
She occupied no public station, but
worked out her useful life in that era
which preceded ours. The real work
of the world is being done by just such
as these. 1t is the same in every sphere
of life. 1t is the soldier in the ranks
that in reality wins the battles, but il
is the compander that receives all the
glory. He alone of all the number is
remembered. She bore the burden of
her life with no heralding and no muir
murings, and now she has passed to
her reward
One of the secrets of her long life
was the fact that while the body was
growing old, the mind retained its
youthfulness. She kept the sunshine of
life ever before her and transfused it
into the lives of all who knew her. She
could always see the happy and bright
side of life and thus was enabled to
add lustre to those round about her
She was woman full of courage, of
hope and of faith.
One of the most remarkable of her
many remarkable traits was her de-
votion to the Sunday school, her at
tendance there continuing UP to the
time when she was over 80 years of
age. She was regularly in her place
and kept her place, faith and courage
to the last Beyond all this she had the
talent of human friendship Most
people allow their hearts to
grow old with their bodies. Not
so with our departed friend. She
put the new friend in the place of the
old one who had ceased to exist, and
in this way was continually surround
ed by devoted friends. One of the
strangest points of her later existence
was the fact that up to the last she
could repeat the hymns that she
learned in her youth. She was aecus-
toned to sing many of the old familiar
airs with a wonderful expressiveness.
After a selection by the quartet.
There is no night there" the benedic-
ton was pronounced by Rev. DIR. Gun
nison, after which the friends were al
lowed to take q last look at the de-
ceased
The body was placed in the tomb at
Hope cemetery and later will be taken
t Charlton for burial.