Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-07-12

its own home. And who is he that will
hinder the home coming of the chosen ones? AS
we'll arrest the marches of the stars in heaven.
The saints cannot be kept out of their inherit
ance; they must rise from their beds of silent
clay, for Jesus wills it
Then let our sanity ones GO home if that be the
design of our Saviour. Since all comes of divine
love and sets forth divine love, let them 70 to
him who loves them. Let divine love fulfill its
purpose in bringing many sons and daughters
into glory. Comfort yourselves with the
thought that you will go to them, you cannot
bring them back to you.
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REV. Mr.. ROBERTSoN'S REMARKS.
We cannot bring ourselves to realize, much
less to accept, the fact that sister, so lately
in the bloom of perfect womanhood, full of
vgor and sprightiness, rich in mind and
heart and character, so strong in physique, so
talented. so accomplished, successful in past
achievement and full of promise for the future,
has suddenly gone from our midst; and tn at to-
day her spirit nhabts "the vasty hall of death -
Gods ways are full of mystery. Had it been
left to any of us to predict, still more had it been
LEFT to usto choose what was to be we should never
have named such blow as this. But God is
universal God, taking account of an infinity of
things of which we know little or nothing, and
so the success failure of His ways is not to
be judged in the light Of our lower thoughts and
ways. Though we cannot understand, we still
may believe that in some way this mysterious
stroke is for the best, and that the day will
come that shall declare it. Meanwhile let US
know that we not shut out from the sympa
thy and compassion of God.
To measure our grief it would be necessary to
express our appreciation of all the beauty and
| a. n, bod al,fa
marble form; but were we to succeed in doing
this, we should find our sorrow swallowed up in
a feeling of joyful gratitude that for long
time such presence graced our earth, and
helped to uplift and transfgure our human life.
Let not our foolishness dwell rather on the fact
| that God appoints day of bereavement to Us,
than that we by Gods award tasted the joy of
such presence for SO long.
1t is not possible within the limits of brief
word to express full appreciation of this beau
tifnl life, but do wish to mention particularly
the symmetry Oft; the equal alround devel-
opment of the mind and heart and spirit, of
moral nature and artistic faculty We may
know-by the witness OF this life that it is fully
and thumphantly possible for one to possess the
artistic sense and temperament in a high degree,
and aitthe same time show in equal mcclure a
BALANCED judgement and elevation and
strength of moral character. Here
whose devotion to what is good and trde and
pure " as no less marked than was her devotion
to tho! beautiful. She one in whom were har-
monSously combined the best qualities of the
/ Greek and OF the Puritan.
| So
| a FRIEND SAYS:
1t is impossible to put into words any
adequate estimate of Miss Metzger's
character and works. She entered
largely into people'sliv and in varied
ways. In every friend, and even too,
in every acquaintance, she met some
distinctive personal need. And it was
this broad, sympathy and loving,
| devoted service which has called forth
from grief stricken friends letters full
of the sense of lrreparabe personal loss
heart broken letters. Her friends
depended upon her for comfort, for
good cheer, for entertainment, for a6-
vice in times of doubt, for companion
ship, intellectual and sympathetic, for
enthusiasm, and for inspiration. Her
love OF beauty, and, particularly, her
/ desire to see beauty expressed in visible
form helped to make almost countless
homes more homeEke. She had an in
finite capacity for giving and her life
has been a gift of service to pure living
and high thinking.
She had that sense of hesen or
which invariably accompanies quick
intelligence. This with her charming
conversational powers made her the
merry centre of many social groups,
and popular in every society into which
her duties called her.
Miss Metzger was an artist. At tim es
when others would have been in doubt
and gloom she found her way to cheer
fitness through her piano and her song.
No one can measure the good she did
with her glusic. She had aside from
her ability to do artistic work, the rare
power of accusing enthusiasm in her
pupils and giving to them knowledge
of the value of music in their lives and
its large possibilities for them.
Her life was an active one, so much
so, that she seemed never to rest. Even
her summersin the homestead, to which
she looked forward with girlish delight
throughout the winters were full of ac
tivities in the interests of others, as
many of our townspeople well know.
To be pure, to be strong, to be happy,
and still to be human! How near the
perfect life! Miss Metzger was all of
these-and yet in naming these quail
ties every friend will feel that the esti-
mate of her character is still a general
one and does not express the precious
personal relations between themselves
and her.
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TRIBUTE FROM FRIENDS.
Lynchburg lady who is ia u position to
know and appreciate the worth and the work of