The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-03

bleness proved her akin to p,ll.
There may have been a time when
she thought herself the least of all
saints, but ever since | have know,
her. her vision of what needed TO b,
done. which she felt that she coull
o do. but wished she could. made
her feel that she was the chief
OF sinners She did what she
could. and we know that the measure
OF III was great. but it seemed to her
to he literally nothing, that her rest
oeeds needed %atonement, an advocate
to make an apology for her. Aud
now that the Lord has said to her.
- was hungry and We gave me
meat, she has looked up into His
face with glad, yet half doubtful Sur
prise and said, ''When? DO you real
ly mean it, Lord?n We have felt
that she would be, and ought to be
glorltied, while she felt that if she
was ever saved it would be by grace,
that she could not hope 10 be re-
celved up INTO heaven. except as she
WAS washed and made white IN the
Blood OF the Lamb.
Doubtless she had her share of
the lntirmities that are the lot OF
our common Humanity, but it is
doubtful if so much as this reference
to Them is not a trespass upon the
s~acredness of this solemn occasion.
1t Is, however, certain that justice,
not TO say charity, requires US to say
that taken all in all she was a very
worthy woman. most estimable in all
relations of life, and that she has
left us an example of devotion as
nearly disinterested as TO the re-
wards of earth, and extending
through half a century, beginning
when her womanhood was only i'm the
bud and ending only with her latest
breath, that is worthy of u diligent
imitation. Goodness was not in
her as the morning cloud and the
early dew. 1t was not confined to
sacred places and hailowed times, it
seasoned all that she did and strove
to be. A solemn hush and sense of
bereavement came upon all who knew
her when il was whispered, "Sister
Kratz is gone Earth is the poorer
for her removal. The members of
the choir, who have mingled their
voices with her music so long, and
know her value in this department
of worship, hang their harps upon
the willows and weep; the city in
general ..mourns, and this church in
particular feels a sense Of personal
bereavement, in.lhe departure to the
church triumphant, Of this noble
woman, who sanctitied the common
duties of the home, and ministered
to the elevation of the people by
sacred music.
We speak her name with reverence.
She will be rememberd by what she
has done honored not for an act. but
for a habit Of goodness, not for a
spasm of enthusiasm, but for a uni
form, long continued, in season and
out of season, we'll doing. Rest, my
sister, The triumph OF holiness is
thine. The reward OF a life we'll
spent in the fear and service of God
is thine.
"O'er earth and time, my soul,
mount high.
Ger death and ore mortality,
Upraise thee, trembling soul,
Thy fatherland rs there, in heaven;
The resurrection was but given
To lead thee to thy goal.
Fen here. amidst the wreck OF death.
The higher nature CLEANS beneath.
Then. full OF JOY and reverence deep,
Today thy resurrection keep
With Christ. thy life. thy light.
he blessed hope of Heaven regained,
The endless, God-like life attained,
In his W holy height.
Was not Christ's coming but for this;
Man to perfect. and fill with bliss ~
The flowers will bloom upon thy
resting place. The winter SHOWS and
summer sand will hide from man the
spot where sleeps thy sacred dust,
but He who loved thee, and 1e-
deemed thee will not forget. When
lie shall return to be gloritied in the
multitude of them that love Him,
thou wilt he IN the countless multi
tude He will bring with Him, and
may we he caught up in the air, to
be with Him and thee in the con
%gregation of the just.