The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-10-28

AT REST !
THE MOTHER OF THE PuRLIsH
Frs OF. THE APPEAL
Pays the Last Debt OF Nature and Goes to
Her Reward In That Abode Whore All i.
Peace and Joy: and Love ana Par.inss are
no More. s 80

Her Reward In That Abode Elhera An 1.
Peace and JOY and Love ana Par.in e are
no More.
1t becomes our duty this week to
chronicle the saddest event in our his
tory since entering jonrnalism-the
death OF our mother, which occurred
at Jenersonville, Ind, Saturday, Oct.
Il, at E: 80 p. m. Words are utterly in
adequate to portray our sorrow at
parting with her who gave us birth.
and who brought us up through the
troubles and trials of childhood and
watched over us until we reached
mans estate, and who never ceased to
love, care for and pray for us until
called to her reward in that blessed
abode beyond the skies. Her funeral
occurred at 8 M Tuesday Oct. ~
at Fifth Street Baptist church. Louis
vile, KY, the church founded by our
father, the late Rev. Henry Adams,
and Dy him pastored for over thirty
three years and until his death in 1872.
The funeral services were conducted
by Rev: John Frank, the present pas.
tor, who read an appropriate lesson
| from the Scriptures and announced the
hymn, Asleep in Jesus. The hymn
was sung by the choir under the lead
ersh1p of w. H. Steward in a very feel
Ing manner! Rev Frank then offered
up very fervent prayer, after which
he read the following historical
sketch: Z
Margaret Priscilla Adams was horn
Nov. 3, 1923, in Richmond, Va. She
was the eldest child Of William and
Susan Corbin, who very shortly after
her birth moved to ChH11cothe, O., and
there reared family of eleven chill
dren. She was married to Rev. Henry
Adams in Chillicothe in 1874, and
went by stage coach to Cincinnati.
thence by boat to Louisville there
being no railroads in those DAYS. Her
husband was the first pastor of Fifth
Street Baptist church, of Louisville,
and also conducted private day and
night school. Shortly after her ar
rival at Louisville she joined the
church, and for more than fifty years,
and until her death, was faithful
member She was an active worker in
the Sunday school, and also taught in
her husbands private school. She
bore her husband ten children, four of
whom are still living, viz: Mrs SUI
san E. Penn, teacher in the public
schools Of JeffersonviAe, Ind; j. @.
Adams, one Of the proprietors Of THE
APPEAL, and clerk Of the civil
branch of the municipal court of St.
Paul, Mimi; Mrs. Mary C. Waring,
wife of the principal of Sumner High
School. st. Louis, Mo-, and CT.
Adams, of THE APPEAL, Chicago.
She has one brother living, Prof. J. G.
Corbin, principal Of the Branch Nor
NAL School, Pine Bluff, Ark, and a
sister, Mrs. Mary White, wife of Rev.
II. H. White, Of Paris, Mo.
Mrs. Adams lived in Louisville the
most of her married life, and until the
death of her husband, which occurred
in 1872, but in recent years she has
lived in Jacksonville with her Wild
owed daughter, Mrs, Penn. Her health
was generally good until about two
years ago, when she had a fall, which
injured the sciaticsnerve, and she was
confined to her bed and was "a great
sufferer for a long time, but finally she
was able to be up and out again.. "A.
short time ago, however, she was
stricken down with nervous prostra-
ton and gradually grew weaker until
last Friday, Oct. IA, when she became
unconscious and SO remained until
Saturday evening. at $3.50 O'Clock,
when she died. Her two daughters
were at her bedside when she entered
into her eternal rest.
Pastor Frank then preached the SER
mon, associating the life and charac-
ter of mother with lessons embodied
in the text, Job, 5:6, ''Thou shalt come
to thy grave in full age like as q.
shock of corn cometh in in It's sea-
SON." Speaking off his acquaintance
with mother for number OF years, he
enlarged upon the elements that con-
stituted her fine character. Her
thoughtfulness, purity, piety, faith,
humility, her unassuming disposition
and far-reaching influence were re-
peatedly referred I to as the pastor
dwelt upon the imagery of his text, the
certainty of death, the submission of
saints to the divine will and the hap
py contamination of an aged Chris
tian's honorable career as therein set
forth.
AS the attendants passed to view the
familiar face, the choir sang Sister,
Thou wastsMild and Lovely, Gentle as
the Summers Breeze" and following
the benediction, family and friends re-
paired to Eastern cemetery, where the
mortal remains Sot smother were laid
beside those of father; who went home
twenty-seven years sago.
The pail bearers were: J. C. N.
Fowles, John Talbot, Thomas Parker,
Matthew GOOdall Of Louisville; r. F.