Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-24
>NATHAN<
GROC'Y co.
In The Heaven Land.

Tin loving memory of good woman-Mrs
Robert Hicks.I
do they love us still, those spirits bright,
Who far fro N our homes have sped,
Do they love us still in those realms of bliss,
Our blessed, beautiful dead?
Do those dear ones safe in the heavenly land
Meier think of the loved ones here,
Who are missing the touch of loving hand,
The tone of voice most dear?
Dosthey talk as they climb the painless. hills
In ia miliar converse sweet [sti1l]
OF those who are treading earth'S pathway
With weary, way-worn feet?
All, yes, though their light in this world has
paled,
Dream not that their hearts forget,
Can we doubt their love when it never failed
Aye, we know they love yet.
They call our names in the twilight gray,
When the shades OF evening fall,
Those sweet, low voices from far away
In heavenly cadence call.
Full often they stand at the beautiful gate
When Gods children are gathering home
And with eager, expectant faces wait,
To see if their own have come"
When the sun is sinking in the west.
and the shadows of night are falling;
when the feet are weary with the long
iourneying, and the head is bending
low, how sweet it is to draw near
home. AS it's ha11owed lights glimmer
across our pathway, we hasten our
tagging steps, and at its threshold the
burdens are laid down, and we enter
into rest. elbow sweet to know there
is an eye will mark our coming and
look brighter when we come.
After seventy-seven years Of earthly
conflict, three score years of noble fol-
lowing in His steps, our friend has
entered into that land where "many
mansions Be- And that Home place,
no V beautiful it must have grown to
her, with SO many dear, reckoning
hands, so many sainted faces waiting
to welcome her to those realms of bliss .
And to hear again the sweet voices of
those lovely babes long since removed,
to clasp them in her tender arms, and
see the Masters face-the Master who
had been to her, through all of 1ife's
joys as in deep Affections, the Zone
altogether lovely" What a home
coming that must have been. @
During the many years of Mrs.
Hicks's residence in Grant county she
drew around her a large circle of warm
friends whose interest and affection
followed her to her Kansas home; and
many of those old time friends awaited
her on the farther shore. Ali who re-
main will read with sorrow the notice
of her passing over. To know her was
to love her, She possessed those traits
and virtues that make the true woman.
She was her husbands wisest coun-
sellor, her children truest friend, and
they rise up and call her blessed.
She was a frail little body yet she
proved bigger than every conflict that
confronted her. It was no effort for
her to sacrifice herself for another.
One of those great hearted women
whose highest joy was in helping
others. Nothing was too much for her
to do for one she loved. And yet she
was ever ready to share with an en-
emy's sorrow. Her old neighbors re-
member with tenderness and love her
high christian character, her gentle
hospitality and he1pfulness. She not
only profered the cup of cold water in
His name, but her helpful hands were
always there in time of need. She
gave of herself until she could give no
more. And then resting on the lever
lasting arms" she gently fell asleep.
A loved one writes of her that, in pass
ing, all lines Of age and suffering fad
ed away, ''ard she seemed as she
might have looked fifty-four years be-
fore-a BRIDE
Her last earthly work was assisting
the children in some decorations for
Rally day in the Sunday school. Some
five or six years ago she sustained
fall from which she never recovered.
But to such as she love gives wonder
full strength. And she retained her
usefulness until the Masters swell
done, faithful servant called her to
the better land. On the aged husband
the loss falls most heavily. May our
Father have him in His holy keeping
until he shall join her in that ''city of
peace" where sorrow and parting come
no more.
Margaret Trainer was born at Dun
das. Canada-west, Oct, %, 1926. Mar
ried to Robert Hicks at Ancaster, Can
ada-west, Nov. 2, 1849. In 1851 came
to Chicago, and from there to Beetown,
Wis, in the fall of 1882. Resided in
Grant and Crawford counties until
1884 when they removed to Be1oit, Kas.
From the home there the beloved wife
and revered mother entered into rest
at 9:30 p. M. Oct. 4, 1908.
She was the mother of ten children,
four of whom, with their father sur
vive. The daughter Grace came late
in life, and was so frai1 an infant, and
so great burden that to our unseeing
eyes, death would have been a bless
ing to the child and parents. But she
grew into womanhood, strong, helpful.
reliant, can angel of mercy in the home.
And now will share the missing day
by day with her aged father, of that
one dear face, the mothers, that makes
of home heaven.
She with her father and brother,
James T., the grandson and grand
aughter-Edward J. Morse and
Bertha Mrs. w. G. Dickie) minister
ed to the beloved mother in her last