The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-08-09

ship, upheld and strengthened by grace
sufficient to his need; it was this that
kept his hope sunny and Joyous; it was
this that gave him good cheer to the last
and lighted the kind smile upon his face
just before passing over to the other side.
Death is sweet as flowers are. To be
death called is to be God called; and to be
God called is to be Christ found and 10
be Christ found is hope, home and heav-
en-. "Let not your heart be troubled: ye
believe in God, believe also in me. In
my father's house are many mansions: if
it were not so would have told you. /
go to prepare place for you. And if
90 and prepare place for you, will
come again, and receive you unto myself;
that where l am there We may be also"
Personally, 1 speak with very tender
feeling concerning this brother. l have
lost friend, and good one. never met
CHEEKY, pleasant smile, an encouraging
word, and hearty hand clasp. honor
him, hut not less did | love him, and |
shall love and honor his memory. "The
righteous shall be in everlasting remem-
brance." HIS memory shall live, his
virtues survive and shall ever think of
him as living manifestation of the kind
of character that human Judgment sc-
cepts, the kind of character that divine
requirement calls for, which divine grace
produces, which divine approval crowns
and which divine glory eternally re-
wards, for it is to such that the King says:
"W ell done, good and faithful servant"
"The good that men do lives after
them" All that Doctor Morrow has done
will survive him. BLESSED are the dead,
for they rest from their labors and their
works shall follow them" / am conf
dent that | speak the thoughts of the
friends that have assembled here to-day,
when say that we give our sympathies
to the bereaved one ofthis house, in whom
his heart trusted and to the other dear
ones of the household. May you, the
children of the household, honor your
loN1CI bJ ObuJ lhE SOui hO
Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord
lift up the light of His countenance upon
you and give you peace" How pure and
sweet and beautiful and happy should be
your lives. Let it be your ambition so
to live that you shall appear "A whole
family in heaYen," Be submissive to the
divine will. "All things work together
for good" Look TO God for comfort. He
has dwelling place for all His children.
Anticipate reunion. His promise is 81
will be with thee in trouble" To honor
Doctor Morrow best is to live so that peo-
pie will honor us as they loved and hon
ored him.
John Wilson Morrow was son of
William and Martha Hutchison Morrow,
and was born near Rural Valley, Pa,
June 2, 1887 He was educated in the
public and private schools near his home
and in the Dayton Union Academy. For
many years he taught with marked sue
cess in the public schools of Armstrong
and Indiana counties and as principal of
the Freedmen's Mission, Vicksburg,
Miss. In 1873 he graduated from the
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia.
From 1873 to 1881 he practiced his pro-
fession in Armstrong county, when he
removed to TioneSta, where he has since
resided. DR.. Morrow served one year in
the Civil War as member of the Fifth
Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery and his
only brother, the late Rev. James Hutch
ison Morrow, served as member of the
Second Pennsylvania Cavalry from 81 to
'65. On Feb. 3, 1868, he was united in
marriage to Rebecca Malinda, daughter
of John and Nancy Harrison Mcfarland,
who died IN 1885. In 1887 he was again
married, to Miss Martha Uncapher, of
Indiana county, who survives him. OF
ten children born to DR.. Morrow, five re-
main: DR.. w. G. Morrow, of West
Hickory, James ID. and Misses Martha,
Mamie and Sarah at home. The doctor
was life long member of tho United
Presbyterian church and a member for
many years of the Venango County Med
ical Soc ETY. and of the American Medical
Association. He was a member of Capt.
Geo. Stow Post, G. A. II. For number
of years he was member of the Tionesta
school board. AT the time of his death he
was serving his sixth consecutive term
as Coroner of Forest county, was the
health officer for the county, aud mem
ber of the county board of pension ex-
aminers.
There was large attendance of neigh
bors and friends of the family present at
the funeral services, and larger attend
auce of comrades of the civil war than has
attended the obsequies of deceased vet
eran for many years in this place. All
alike honored and respected DR.. Morrow.