The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-28
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her to shirk her duty. Many times
when she has been i'll and in pain I
nave known her to insist doing her
work. When we were standing around
her death bed and just before the end
came smile lit up her face and I am
sure she saw Jesus and I am also sure
that she is one of the angels now"
Miss Linn Wyatt then sang Burns
My Ain Countrie.'' She was accom-
panied on the piano by Miss Annie NJ.
P. Bundy.
Scott followed with a talk on Mother
Florence's character and her work in
Toronto, Canada, years ago. q be-
1feve,' said Mrs. Scott, ''that our be-
the lips of her Master, Well done thou
good and faithful servant. We pray
that Mothers death may bring many
to Jesus
Mother Florenee's favorite hymn
Keep in believing Jesus is near" was
then sung with a guitar accompani-
ment by Ensign Traub.
Ensign La Plont. in command of the
army here, spoke next. He said that
on Tuesday last Mother Florence was
at his house at dinner and that he had
said then Truly if there is an angel
on earth Mother Florence is one. She
is not only a blessing to me and mine
but she is a blessing to thousands. It
man is rich or poor she prays and
works with all alike. Mother was a
worker among souls and While her
death is our loss. it is her gain. She
stood true to God. She stood true to
all who knew her and she has gone to
her reward. She has laid down the
cross and taken UP the crown. She
was often called the Salvation army
quartette of army workers then sang
''She Died at Her Post" and Colonel
Scott then introduced Governor Hoch.
Governor. Hoch Speaks.
Governor Hoeh spoke with great
feeling. He said: - ger
I'VE are here today in the presence
Of that mysterious something about
which we know little and which for
the want of a better name we call
death. Sooner or later death knocks
at the door of all of US. And the wis
dom of life is to be prepared for death.
Rich and poor. learned and unlearned,
black and white, child and man, must
alike yield to this sceptre.
ut is only little while ago that
Mother Florence moved among US,
with twinkling eyes. CHEEKY voice.
radiant face and kindly words. She
moved among us Initiating her Master,
going about doing good. On the day
of the accident, which caused her
death, she came to my office with her
War Crys for sale and her welcome
God bless you And it seems strange
and unreal to think that we will not
be able to look on her beautiful face
again. For hers was a beautiful face.
The lustre has gone from her eyes and
the words from her lips but Mother
Florence still lives.
THAT great man, the late Senator
Ingalls, was once asked what was the
finest book that was ever written and
he replied that it was the Book of Job
1t is in Job that we find the question
If man dies shall he live again ??
7E1|o 81. fDr = se-
universal. It is only the insane who
have a desire to die. We go to the
men of science and ask about, a. future
life. They look wise and tell US there
is no real proof of an after life. We
ask the same questions of the philoso-
pher and he tells us that there are
many reasons to believe in immortal
ity But he gives US no definite an
giant oak springing up from thead de-
caying acorn and the beautiful butter
fly from the chrysalis and We wonder
But it is only in the Bible that We
have the positive assurance that there
is immortal life.
Mother Florence believed in the Bible
with an undying faith She talked with
as much definiteness of Heaven as she
did of Kansas City. She was simple of
heart and although uneducated she was
sublimely grand. Is there not a pro-
found philosophy in the faith of Mother
Florence? She did no great and endur-
ing work. She did not build colleges or
hospitals But she did the tens of
thousands of little acts of goodness that
made hers a great life. One woman
like this is worth ten thousand butter
flies of fashion who live in ease and
Incidence. All our hearts go out in love
and gratitude to this woman. Is there
one person here VINO is not grateful to
her? Can we not do something to show
our gratitude to her? ~
TT has been suggested that monu-
Tnent be erected to her memory. I have
a suggestion for memorial more en-
during and useful and one that believe
would have pleased Mother Florence
more had she been allowed to choose.
And let me say right here that it is
my deliberate judgment that no other
OrganiZa ton has grown so rapidly in
the kindly regard and esteem of the
American people as has the Salvation
Army. l understand that this organic
alton has no home of its own in Topeka.
Would it not be fine tribute to this
woman for the people of Topeka to
raise a building here and present it to
| her associates as their permanent home
1t would be a splendid memorial Five
| dollars piece from each man in To-
! peka would do it easily. I merely throw
/ out this suggestion
And now may God bless Mother
| Florence and those she has left behind
| for her kindness to US ALL"
The Salvation Army Work.
! AS the governor sat down he was
warmly applauded and Colonel Scott
thanked him for the suggestion he had
made for memorial for Mother Flor
/ ence Col. Scott then told of his ac-
quaintance with Mother Florence which
dates back some eighteen years. At
| that time they were working together in
Toronto, Canada, and Col. Scott said
| that she looked the same then as she
did when he last saw her few years
ago. He told of her and Dad" voIun-
teering to go from Canada to India,
despite their age and also of her work
| in Toronto when she had charge of
the drunkards home for women. Col.
Scott said that a memorial service for
Mother Florence would be held in the
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