Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-03-29

undergoing painful operations at the
hands of skillful surgeons with only
partial success, and with prospect
ever hanging over her of total blind
ness at some future day. Still, no
word Of complaint.
AT length there came the final
stroke and Fate had done its worst.
In the midst of apparent health, in
the enjoyment Of life and the aSSocla-
ton OF frlendS-her little cottage built
and ready for its tenant-cheerful and
content with all her surroundings a
thunderOolt OF doom came out OF her
clear, fair sky. All unawares an awful
Crisis was npc:, her. Stunned and
overwhelmed she sank to earth and
cried in the anguish of soul: What
shall | do?-Oh. God. what shall [
do?" But she faltered only for the
hour. Calmly and bravely she braced
herself for the final ordeal. Life
might be prolonged for few months,
perhaps, but the end was certain. A
surgical operation might save her.
Well aware that the chances were
against her she bravely resolved to
take them. She arranged all her little
worldly affairs, and cOntided the future
of her boy to trusted and faithful
hands. Accompanied by one who
stood to her in the place of mother she
went forth to face Death as bravely as
the hero who scaled San Juan'S hill.
She fell as many hero fell, and now
she is at rest. "He giveth His
beloved sleep"
"a sweet and lovely soul-a flower
modestly blooming by the wayside of
Life which the throng hurrying by
would scarcely see or notice--yet
beautiful withal, and eXhaling fra
GRANGE all its own. A conscientious
soul, deeply imbued with religious
thought and ideaS-charitable Of the
failings of OtherS-One of those who
spoke no evil of anyone.
Her life was not lived in vain. She
will sleep the long sleep on the banks
of the Wisconsin, but she will live,
while life lasts, in the hearts and
memories of those who knew and
loved her-whO hOnOred her for her
blameless life, who revered her for her
Womanly virtues, and who now mourn
her loss as something gone out of their
own lives"
The Rev. Mr.. Weller's funeral SER
mon over the remains of Mrs. Walter
Wood, at ST. Johns Episcopal church,
on Monday last, was generally ad-
mitted the most logical and convincing
argument ever heard here on the SUBJ
ject of The Resurrection. 1t was
an grafton of which the most cele-
brated divine might we'll be proud-if
pride could have place in such con-
nection. He complimented the
intelligence of his hearers by treating
this lofty theme in an original manner,
and for nearly an hour held the close
attention Of the crowded church
beautiful images, apt illustrations
from nature, clear and luminous
statement, cogent and convincing
argument flowing from his lips, with
out apparent effort, in continuous
stream. 1t would have been an easy
matter for such an orator to have
melted his audience into tears by
appealing TO their emotions but for
this he seemed TO care nothing. No
one there present, will ever forget the
tall thin form of the priest, clothed
in his white vestments swaying to and
fro with the intensity of his feeling
his pale, ascetic face lighted up
with the glowing thoughts he was
expressing, and his whole soul absorbed
in his work. Whatever views some
may have held no one could doubt the
depth and sincerity of his.