Arizona republican., 1905-02-07
FUNERAL OF MRS. SHANNON
The Services at the Indian School
LaHt Saturday.

Funeral ser7z ices for Mrs. Eliza Roe
Shannon, moth er of Mrs. c. w. Good
man, held at tn q residence of Superin-
tendent Goodms n at the United States
Indian schoo! o n the afternoon of the
4th instant, we re conducted by Rev
DR. Lewis Ha.lsey of the Baptist
church, assisted, by Rev. DIR. Lapsley
=. McAfee of the Presbyterian church,
who offered prayer. Many sympathiz-
ing friends were present, and the SER
vices We're deeply impressive The
male Cuartette of the Indian school
sang Sweet Hour of Prayer" and
Beautiful Isle" At the close of the
service the Indian school band played
Holy. Holy Holy, Lord God AL
mighty" and 'How Firm a Founda-
ton"
The address, by DR.. Halsey. was in
part as follows. from the text: And
now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope
is in thee"
We meet, today. not to mourn, but
to rejoice, to celebrate the coronation
day of one whom the Lord has taken
to be with him and to share his glory.
Daniel wrote m any of his psalms when
he was in trou bic, when he saw that
men were as shadows pursuing shad-
ows, that wealth was nothing, that the
the emptiness of all things earthly to
the eternal fulnesi'. Mrs. Shannon was
converted in youth and served her
Master for more than half a century.
She was a daughter of the Rev Char
les Hill Roe. the son of an Episcopal
minister. Mr.. Roe was pastor, evan
gelist, and, later, secretary, of the
Baptist Home Mission society of Eng
land. Thousands of men and women
We're converted under his preaching.
He came to. America in 1851, and for
fourteen years was pastor of the Bap-
list church in Belvidere, Ill. He was
chaplain during the civil war, and
later was superintendent of educa-
tional work among the freedmen. He
was one of the founders of Chicago
university. 1t was said of him that he
united the enthusiasm Of Paul with
the gentleness of John.
Mrs. ShannOn's mother was daugh-
ter of Rev. DR.. William SUeadrlan, first
president of the Theological seminary
at Bradford. England. and q personal
friend of William Carey. Her motto
was, self denial is the Christians
greatest privilege"
one of Mrs ShannOn'S sisters was
the wife of Rev. John s Beecher, a
co-worker of Judson in Burmah. An
other sister is the wife of Rev. DR.. II.
c. Mabie of Boston, secretary of the
American Baptist Missionary union.
During the last ten years Mrs Shan
non had been a member of the Ruggles
Street Baptist church in Boston, Of
which Rev. DR.. a. c. Dixon is pastor.
Hers was a we'll rounded, glorious, tri-
umphant Christian life. She lived to
cheer to strengthen, to comfort. to
tighten the burdens and brighten the
hearts of all about her. All loved her,
for all knew that she loved them.
Especially touching was the SYM
pathy of the attendants and students
of the Indian school, which strength
ened and cheered her soul as she drew
near the end of her life Journey.
She loved the Bible, prayer, the ser
vices of the church, and especially the
Christian piety and the hymns of faith
and hope. We are told that her moth
er committed to memory a book of Dr.
Watts hymns, and it was the custom
OF her fathers family to spend a part
of each Sunday in committing hymns
to memory. Her humility was as
great as her faith. She trusted and felt