The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-03-30

Death q Mra James = Rsals.
sshs ~Aols 'somnunitywss shosksd On
~ s1rid1v moening when The word
passd from Up to iip that "Abbls Roeds
Il dad" Her beautiful, sunshiny lie
had been lived 20 unobtruslvsly among
us, and she had contributed 20 largely
10 our enjoyment Of LIE, and ws had
vixen % matter Of iact what had besn %
swsetly andso szaciously glvsn that We
never drasmsd Of the great fatality which
came 20 suddenly. UnselAsh to do.
gree seldom known, Whatever had been
her state Of health, to her most intimate
friends she never complained. The an
swer to the greeting always was "Oh,
not very well," In careless, off handed
manner, and then right into something
else a. IL anything in reference to her
self was Of no consequence and need not
be dwelt upon. This spirit Of self-for-
eetfulness made 1t ell the harder for the
friends to realize the awful truth which
came to them with such surprise. Weak
human nature that We are-we are 30
prone to criticise our friends in life. and
sing their praises in death. But not 90
with thefone we mourn today. Many
were the tributes OF love and spprecia-
ton which have been laid at her feet
when present. But when absent, the
same generous words of love and appre-
citation have been spoken by those who
were associated with her. She lived
such an unselfish, lovable life that one
could do nothing less-because OF the
life she lived. The tributes OF her
friends we're only the results Of her own
living. She was one of the few who
was known and appreciated in life. The
broadness of her character cannot be
better told than In the words of one who
said, ..She had her favorites whom she
liked better, but you never could tell
who they we're for she was the same to
all and met every one alike" Her kind
ly greeting, her bright, sprightly respon'
ses and the happy little laugh which
concluded 80 many of her remarks abides
with US today like the sweet perfume
which we cannot see but still enjoy.
Our hearts are sore. We do not mourn
as those without hope, but love is strong
and when it's cords are broken the heart
bleeds. Only God can heal that wound.
The greatest example of loving service
is recorded in the Bible and Jesus never
let fall from His lips such words of royal
commendation as when He said OF her.
"She hath done what she could" And
wherever woman may roam, over fields
Of discovery, science, logic or invention
It is in the home that she finds her 50.
preme realm, and the woman who makes
her home a resting place for him she
loves, and q happy place for the children
whom God has given to them we'll de-
serves the enconium which Jesus paid
to the one Just mentioned. A bereaved
husband once said of his wife, "She was
Gods best gift to me, except Jesus for
my redemption. It is not too much to
say all of this of our sister whom we
know 80 we'll and whose loved ones can
80 we'll testify. I've known her we'll be-
cause I've studied her always, and under
many circumstances. And as I've stud
led her I've never been disappointed in
her and the yearning of my heart has
been, "Oh that were more like her, oh
that I might be self erased, that every
one who comes in contact with me might
wish that they were better" Her field
was not large, only her family and her
friends who loved her. Had it enlarged
it would only have added to her friends
who loved her, because to know her was
to love her. She lived modest, unas-
suming life, but she lived it perfectly.
I have often talked to her about Christ
and "being good" - she oppressed It.
Her Christian life was beautiful because
Of its utter simplicity, always steady and
we'll defined, always quiet; no signing
for the mountain tops, we'll content to
walk in green pastures. No restless
chatting for something else, but quiet
dwelling in peaceful valleys. When it
was made known to her two weeks ago
by trusted family physician that an
ordeal OF great suffering was upon her,
she met it just as she had her whole
life-"Well it is all right. Let us get
through with it and have it over" We
know nothing of her inward thought.
Nothing of what 1t may have cost her
and her burden bearer to 60 through
with it and the great shadow which we
call death following 20 soon thereafter.
But We know her death was like her life.
quiet. sweet peaceful. So like her and
in the words of the immortal Bunyan.
II saw in my dream, they went in at
the gate, and 10, q they entered they
were transHgured and they had raiment