Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-06-11
A BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE
To the Memory of Mrs. Ella
Wood.
Text of the Grafton Delivered at the
Funeral BY DIR. =. V. Leech-A Fit
ting Exposition of the Character of
the Deceased.

| AT 3 P. NJ. yesterday all OF th
parlors and main rooms of the spa
cious home of Joseph NJ. Wood wer
filled with the sorrowing friends ant
relatives of his late beloved wife
Mrs. Ella John Wood. The flora
display was one of the most elaborat
ever seen in Morgantown. The mag
nifcent casket was Of solid iron, GOV
cred with fine black cloth and stump
tuously draped within with white sat
in and white silks. The Methods
Episcopal choir rendered two of tn
fayorite hymns of Mrs. Wood, enti
tied Saved By Grace" and "Asleel
in Jesus The Rev. j. L. Marley
Rector of the Protestant Episcopa
Church, read appropriate SELECTION
from the Scriptures. Rev. DR.. A. M
Buchanan offered prayer. Mrs
Woods pastor, Rev. DIR. 5. V. Leech
delivered the funeral address, which
he has furnished at our request TO
the NEW DOMINION, after which tn
interment took place at Oak Grow
Cemetery. DR.. Leech made the fol
lowing remarks:
Funeral occasions are not primari
" appointed for the delivery of eu
logiums on the dead. They ough
to be dedicated chiefly to appropri
ate admonitions concerning mora
preparations for this life and TIL,
deathless life beyond the grave.
And yet when such wife, mother
Christian woman and church worke
as was Mrs. Ella j. Wood is ASLEEP
in Christ, it is beftting that he
pastor and personal friend shoult
not be entirely silent respecting TIL,
cardinal virtues of her character, O
the history of her life, in introducing
moral lessons appropriate to th'
hour. | knew her as a model wife
as an ideal mother, as a woman o
gentle address and winsome man
ners,. as a methodical and earnes
worker in the church, as a eonsecra
ted Christian. Many of You knew
her from these standpoints as wei
as those of social life and persona
friendship. / have thought muei
of the fact that she will be tremend
ously missed in this home; great,
missed on the Lords Day and Oh
Wednesday evenings at the Lord
house; conspicuously missed il
church activities and in the organi
cations sustained by Christian wo
men; immensely missed by a multi
tude of aeqaaintances and friends.
She was but AS years of age when
after a very brief illness, God tool
her, translating her from the Churcl
Militant to the Church Triumphant
When julius Caesar was aske'
"What kind of death would yol
prefer" he promptly answered "On
that ends quickly and comes withou
warning His wish was gratified
Death did not long sap and min
about the citadel of her life VIII
rests as though asleep on this couch
When our magnificent Bishop, Gil
/ bert Haven, was dying, after a brie
illness, he looked into the face of hi
friend Bishop Willard F. Mallalieu
and said II find the so-called rive
of death but little rill that / cal
cross by a solitary footstep." l be
lieve that this dead friend had
similar experience She did not 70
weary weeks and months, battle wit
the pillows of furious and widen
ing Amazon separating her from tn
Kings city. Her physical conditio
forbade much verbal utterance Blu
/ have a profound conviction tina
she felt the emotions expressed b
the dying Richard Baxter, Il hav
much pain and much peace"
How very uncertain is human life
On the morning of Decoration Day,
the last day antecedent to her illness
| sat in the front parlor of this hos
pitable home and conversed wit
Mrs. Wood. She was cheerful an
in hen usual health. Nobody dream
ed of her carly death. But none {
us can finally escape the shat
of death. The warrior and th
statesman, the orator and the poe
the millionaire and the rustic peas
ant, the babe and the patriarch, mus
all alike die. When Critic told til
illustrious philosopher, Socrates
that he would effect his escape frol
prison by corrupting the jailor, th
renowned teacher responded
"Whither shall / go to avoid til
doom of death, passed upon all mar
kind" Recognizing the uncertaint
of his early de tn, the ninth of til
Leo pontiffs stood beside his marbl
tomb in st. Peters, and discourse
ON the comparison between his Vat
can palace, with its ten thousan
apartments, and the narrow dinner
sions of the sarcophagus in whic
he should soon await the resurret
tion of the just. David spoke fc
us all when, looking Jonathan i
the face, he said, "There is but
step between me and DEATH" Deaf
never accepts bride to spare hr
man life. Culture, fortune, pedigre,
social rank, popularity nor huma
honors can delay the victories {
| death. The brevity of the longes
| life should profoundly impress III
A great German Emperor had il
scribed on his plates and goblets, til