The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-09-02

or hospitals or nurses. As long as she
had home It was hard Tor her to
give up the habit OF making II place
for people to stay or q hospital or a
refuge as the case might be.
I used to demonstrate with her for
this. remember once saying to her:
II am really vexed with you" and OF
course she smiled continued. You
go on taking strangers or the dis
tressed into your house and nursing
the sick day and night as II there
We're no other provision for such
cases. You must not do this. you must
remember you are no longer young.
You must. you know. obey your Bis
hop" She smiled again and went
away 10 do as her heart prompted her
90 do "Fuu Of good works and aims
deeds which she did" "Fun OF faith
and the Holy Spirit" And what
faith and what lovely lifei And she
has gone.
AN Angel form stole DER the earth
And bore our well beloved away
And now we call her dead"
In this world we shall see her face
no more. But We can II we listen hear
her voice calling us to come up where
she is. We shall sorely miss her Hoo
nolulu and Hawaii will sorely miss her.
We ask ourselves what shall we do
without her? Who will fill her place.
My friends we shall have to try I'm
some way to do what she did, Her
life must be an inspiration TO US. We
sorrow because OF the separation not
as men without hope Her interest
her prayers are still with US and-we
are still in the same church. we strug-
Cling on, she at rest. If she could
speak she would say for our encour-
agement in the words OF her favorlte
hymn:
80 long Thy power hath blessed me
sure II still
Will lead me on
Ger moor and fen. Ger crag and tor
rent, till
The night is gone:
Yes. the night is gone for her and she
now can sing fully the last two lines
And with the morn those angel faces
smile,
Which I have loved long since and
lost awhile"
I have never at such service said
as much which seems to be personal
But what l have said has not been
laudatory, it has been a statement Of
that which is profoundly true You
know how far from expressing the
whole my feeble words are. You
know how far the words of st. Paul on
the subject of love were fulfilled in
her, how she suffered long and was
kind, how she envied not. Wanted not
herself was not pulled up did not be-
have herself unseemly. sought not her
own, was not easily provoked thought
no evil, rejoiced not in iniquity but
rejoiced in the truth. While with us
she saw through glass darkly but
now she sees face to face and knows
even as she is known. She leaves an
impress on many lives on
these Islands and as many who knew
her have gone away all over the world
her influence is far-hung.
Many hearts feel a deep loss. Many
cali her blessed. In her unselfshness
we have brought visibly before us that
the root sin and the cause of unhap-
piness is selfishness and that unselfish-
ness is the root of saintliness. We learn
that the greatest in the kingdom of
God has nothing to do with place, 1t
has to do with service, the one who
serves most is the greatest.
Such a life should not be allowed to
go out of the world without substan-
tial and enduring memorial which
shall stand as a witness of our love.
and shall be to our children that which
shall recall the lessons of her devoted
life.
Here on these grounds the center of
her activities 1 should like to see go
up a fitting memorial to Alice Mack
intosh, the friend of the people and the
friend of Cod What shall it be? Shall
it be a tower and spire which shall
point heavenward to teach us of her
faith and source of power? or shall
it be a house built of Island stone
which shall be a center of activities
in work for men, women and children
The Alice Macintosh House, on the
spot where she was married. A build
ing from which shall go on and go
out the work she used to do in help
fulness and sympathy. Whatever it
may be it should be an enduring monu-
ment to her name and work.
And now we 60 to our homes. Many
of us are better men and women be-
cause we knew her. Let her memory
be a power that shall keep our faith
steadfast. our hope sure and our SER
vice active until the end, until the
master calls us.
Thank God that we think of her not
with the guess work of philosophy or
the fancy of poets. We think of her
in the light of the Resurrection of
Jesus Christ who brought life and
Immortality to light. We thank God
for her life and We pray that at the
last she with us and We with her may
have our perfect consummation and
bliss In the Eternal Kingdom of God.
PHOTO mr. TILT