The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-14
FUNERAL OF MISS MARY FROST.
Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon Delivers a
Touching Address.

The funeral of Miss Mary Frost was
held Monday afternoon from the resi-
dence Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John E. Frost, 935 Western avenue
DR.. Charles NJ. Sheldon delivered a
beautiful address from which the fol-
lowing is taken:
Those who knew this gracious life
whose entrance into paradise we cele-
brate here today are debtors to that
which all of US are privileged to owe.
To those who abide under this roof
and those who are of kin elsewhere it
does not need any stranger or chance
acquaintance to say to them their
lives are all more full of life today be-
cause of hers. It is a wonderful gift
of God when he puts within our reach
an influence of a personality SO true
and strong, so sweet and wholesome, so
free from bitterness, so full of sympa-
thy, SO enthusiastic in devotion to
things that are most worth doing IN
this old world. Such lives make pos
sible our clinging to the divine ideal.
Even when we have lost our own, If
we ever had any, we still owe the
eternal thanks Of our poor hearts for
what has been true in earthly lives
like hers.
one who knew this now fully living
soul and comprehended with insight
her qualities of heart and mind says
this of her.
Mary Elizabeth Frost gone now a
little way from US has left to US the
memory of life that was daily
benediction. And while I turn to the
emptiness of coming days. the sweet
ness of that benediction falls about me-
To have known her was to know
"A full rich nature. free to trust,
Truthful ana almost sternly just,
Impulsive, earnest, prompt to act,
And make her generous thought a fact,
Keeping with many a light disguise
The secret of self-sacriflce-
To have known her was to know an
elder daughter in whom her father
and mother relied with unbroken
trust. a sister. whose gentle care and
sacrificing love were unfailing, a
friend stea dfast and sincere, an ear
nest christian whose faith was a liv-
ing reality. Mary was possessed of
a fine analytic mind. She was a keen
student who loved knowledge for its
own sake and her Unborn sense of
refinement, couple with her scholar
" culture, developed a mentality COM
prehensive and artistic. To questions
of public interest she was thoroughly
alive and unwavering in her fine
sense of justice and her adherence to
right issues. Socially she was a
charming companion. In business az
fairs her judgment was most excel
lent In church association she was
an untiring force. To know her was
to rely upon her. How could such be
an existence other than a benediction.
Out of the life beautiful she has gone
into the sunlight of the hereafter. The
hereafter wherein
we shah ind her again where SORROW
comes not.
Beloved friend, companion, sister, daugh-
ter.
Safe in thy immortality
What change can reach the wealth I
hold2
What chance can mar the pearl and gold
Thy love hath left IN trust with me?
1 can not feel that thou art far.
Since near at hand the Angels are
And when the sunset gates unbar.
Shall I not see her waiting stand.
And, white against the evening star
The welcome of thy reckoning hand y
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