The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-03-22
Death OF Bombay Missionary.

The news of the death Of Miss Kate G
| Park OF the Alliance Mission on Saturday
asst, from coutiuent small pox, VIII come as
! surprise ami grief To many.
The illness following severe cold was
| sudden ana severe, though probably Would
not have proved fatal, but that IL attacked
| the throat and, it Is h, lleved, the lungs also
| Miss Park came TO India FIVE wears ago
! and aer natura! ability, combined with re-
! llanse upon Divine help, gave her speedily a
| correct know ledge Of the Marathi language
She has most OF that time worked earnest
! lv and faithfully in neglected. parts ot TINS
/ city among all classes, but i'll doing so telt
/ especially drawn to labor among the Jews.
| Accordingly about year ago, after very
| definite guidance, she gave up her mission
| Il uwaGue and entered upon life of faith
and toll among the Lords ancient people,
! l.Atterly, IN connection with this work. he
/ commenced the study of Hebrew and H IL
! dustani.
Miss Park seemed almost Indispensable in
/ Berachah Home. Her presence at the Eng
lish meeting Friday evenings. when she
| generally presided at the organ, and her
welcome and ready sympathy, made her he
| loved by many.
Since ner tecease testimonies to her help
! fuIness haze reached Mr.. and Mrs Fuller
| from many districts, and nearly all have
mentioned the beauty and ripeness of her
! CHRISTIAN character. One lady says "She
was Ike beautiful sheaf of ripe corn,
bending low and waiting to be gathered -
I A word here and there about heaven, and
desire to he there. have been recalled
since her death by her many friends and
have shown them that she was being prepar-
ed for the change Her home going was
bright and glorious although unable to say
much, prayer and praise seemed to uplift
her To remarkable extent, and one who
was with her to the end said, The disease
seemed oily ID veil through which her puri-
fed spirit shone.'
1t Is believed that the disease con-
tracttd she prosecuted her work among
! the poor, and looking back, it can only be
regarded the chariot by which the flight
was taken. The choice of the vehicle must
always remain with God, and though small
pOX is d dreadful form of sickness, yet Miss
Park, after the first few days, apparently
suffered hut little pain. She seemed mostly
to be- lifted above the consciousness of the
disease save for the great discomfort rather
than pain, hich afflicted the throat, and
the last few hours even this seemed to be
much less, and at the end little after noon
on Feb. 3rd. she passed away without any
struggle
We are sure much sympathy will be felt
with Rev. NJ. B. and Mrs. Fnller and their
associates in their sorrow at the loss of a
beloved Omrade and fellow worker.
The ali, v is an article taken from the
Bombay Guardian of Feb 10, 1900
MISS Park was born at Searsport Haroor,
April ., 1859, and the daughter of Capt.
and Mrs, Joseph LOOMS Park.
I! Those of her early friends who knew her
best feel that the tribute paid her by her
later friends in far India is none too great.
A private letter from Mrs. Fuller, wife of
the head missionary of the Alliance mission
at Bombay, says further of her: Miss NAL
| Tory and 1 We're with her to the last. God
is.faithful and true These are words heard
Kate say when her mind wandered. Katie
was our right hand, but all we can say is,
1T is the Lord let Him do what seemeth to
Him best She was a noble woman. !
know few like her.