Gloucester County Democrat., 1904-11-17
THoRoEARE.
aStillborn Silence thou that art
Floodgate OF the deeper heart !
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Floodgate OF the deeper heart
Offspring of a lovely kind
Frost othe mouth and thaw the mind ~
1t was very hot day in early Septem-
ber-that first Sunday in the new school.
The pupi had been marshalled two and
two, and we had thus gone to a church
which was deeply, darlSly, and sleepily
gothic, and / had not been able to keep
awake The clegyman seemed, to my con
trary eyes, at least mile away, and his
voice came to my unwilling ears so muf-
fled in the reds and blues which enveoped
him that it made no impression. | COM
planned to my room-mate that / couldn't
stand going to church that way, and that
should never be able to keep awake in that
dark, musty place. HWell, said she. s'if
you were Quaker You need not do it. y
questioned, and she explained that any
pupil who was Quaker conld go TO the
Quakers' meeting unattended, and that she
believed their Meeting Houses were light
and bright. | had never been in a Qaak-
ers' meeting in my life, but / became a
Quaker on the spot, and the next Sunday
/ went to one. | shall never forget that
delicious Sunday ] went quite alone and
took my seat by an open window which
looked out upon the grave-y I'd The
grass still grew green, and waved about the
old-fashioned brown tomb-stones earess-
ingly, and tall trees made grateful shade
Without was the cangor Of bels;--' the
city's noise and humming,n but here all
was peace and quiet, A visible, tangible
peace, and stiffness that could be felt.
Even the little birds twittered in subdued
notes, and the cloud shadows passed over
the place lovingly. And SO | sat through a
service in which no word was spoken, and
at the end | was sorry that it had been so
Short and | went out feeling that it had
been good to be there. There had been a
sermon but it was one not made with
hands. | had bathed in stiffness and felt
purer and stronger for it; and | have had
occasion lately to long for a second baptism
of it, but, alas I'VE have no Qaaker's
meeting here A great author has said /:
'Dost thou love silence deep as that before
the winds were made p go not out into the
wilderness; descend not into the profun-
dities of the earth; shut not up thy case
ments; nor pour wax into the little cells of
thy ears, with little-faithed, sef-mistrust-
ing Ulysses; Retire with me in a Quarkers'
meeting. For man to refrain even from
good words, and to hold his peace, it is
commendable; but for multitude, it is a
great mastery.
The W. C. T. U. held it's usual meeting
meeting in the basement of the church on
last Tuesday afternoon. The President,
Mrs. Mary r Low opened the meeting and
conducted the devotional exercises. "Peace
and Arbitration was the topic under is
eussion. The election of superintendents
for the different departments took place.
Tlrr %lae
follows: for Literature Mrs Rebecca
Gleason, for the Treas, Mrs Emma Wilk-
inson; for Scientific Temperance Institution,
Mrs. Rhoda Eastlack; for Parlor Meetings
Mrs. Ida Heritage; for Medal Contests,
Mrs. Julia Gibbs. The Flower Mission
will be in charge of Mrs. Josephine Gibbs,
and Mrs. Rachel DeHart Wilkins will
stand for Sabbath Observances
On Friday evening November 18th, the
Epworth League will hold box-Iunch
social at the home of Mr. L. K Wilkins
The young ladies will furnish the boxes
each Of which will contain tempting
lunch for two. These will be auctioned to
the gentlemen, and the fortunate bidder
will eat his lucheon with tine young lady
whose name he finds in the box This
arrangement promises fun for all, and
money for the Epworth League.
Mr.. Alonzo Potter Jr, is enjoying the
warmth of Florida sunshine, aud inhaling
the perfume of Flordia's flowers while we
are shivering in the unusually cold winds
of a New Jersey November
| am told that an effort is being made to
stock the woods in Jersey with deer, and
one Of them, in search for his lost home,
- g.. -
FL. Budd, last week.
Miss Ladie Tredway. from Camden, is
visiting her grandmother, Mrs. John Tired
way.
The Misses Lille and Laura Budd were
guests, last week, iii the home of their
uncle, Mr.. John G. Budd, at Woodbury.
Mrs. VIM Forbes and son Lewis, from
Philadelphia, is spending sometime in the
home of her mother Mrs John Tired way
An event which has brought sadness and
sorrow to the hearts Of many in Thorofare,
is the death of John J. Wilson, a former
resident. He died on last Thursday morn-
ing November tenth, in the home OF his
daughter, Mrs. Clark Reed, of brights di-
sease. Mr.. and Mrs Wilson have been
living for sometime in Ocean City, but
came to Thorofare few weeks ago, hoping
that the change might benefit him. He
was only fifty-six years of age:
Full short his journey was; no dust
OF earth unto his sandals cave;
The weary weight that,old men must,
He bore not to the grave
The funeral took place in the NJ. 4
Church on last Monday where large num-
Der of his friends gathered to pay him the
last tribute of love and respect The pastor,
the Rev. George S. johnson, and the Rev.
Isaac L. Fowler both spoke, bat the funeral
sermon was preached by the latter, who
had known him many years. 1t was full
of sympathy for the living, and of tender
ness for the memory of the dead. The
burial was in Ellington cemetery. Mr..
Wilson was q man of fine intellectual gifts,
and of advanced ideas. While a resident
of Thorofare he was very active in church
and Sunday school, and in the Epworth
League, He had organized asimilar society
among che young people and carried on sue
cessfuly for a year before the Epworth
League became recognized organization of
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