The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-02-23
OGDEN, UTAH.
CECIL M'cARDLE LAID TO REST.
Former Pupil of Sacred Heart Acade-
my Passes Away.
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Just when a career of usefulness wa:
opening out for her. when she ha(
found the field in which she felt her
sell destined to labor. when she haC
learned in a practical way the blessed
ness Of ministering to suffering human
lty. God called Cecil McCardle to Him
self. and a stricken father. a sorrow
ING mother and an afflicted brother anC
sister are left to mourn the loss of g
dutiful child and devoted member OF
the family circle
Born III Ogden and reared in the bo-
som of a good Catholic home. She
learned from the wisest of all earthly
teachers, devoted mother. the first
tender lessons of piety. Passing thence
to st. Joseph's school. she knew but re-
lgious training. and the influence OF
her education and environment were
evident in her life as they were in her
last moments. Owing to failing health
size was obliged to discontinue her stu
dies at Sacred Heart Academy though
the hOnors Of gradua ton were almost
IN sight. Seeking the genial climate of
alitOrnla- she recuperatcd sufficiently
TO obtain there & position in training
school for nurses. Her gentle unOb-
Strusive yet thoughtful manner won the
''N'ii'il ttlpAi VI an. anu JtON GU llGI IlIG
possessor of qualities and uualifica-
lions so essential in those who minister
TO the afflicted members of Gods fam
lily.
When medical treatment was found
imperative she returnued home and
submitted TO an operation. which was
successfully performed at the Ogden
City hospital Feb. 13. On Thursday
unfayorablc symptoms appeared and in
the early hours of Saturday morning
God called her to Himself. Thoroughly
prepared for the last journey. fortified
by the rites of Mother Church. with
perfect consciousness and beautiful re-
signation, she yielded her pure soul to
God.
If, in fulfilling the duties of ones
state. perfection consists it is safe to
assert that Cecil McCardle was in her
own sphere perfect To quote the words
of SOrroWing father, as ne stood be-
side all that was mortal of his child:
Never from the time she spoke her
brst baby words. did she utter an UNI
kind syllable to her mother or to me. -
This in a time when respect for age
and Difference for authority are so
lacking, is the highest praise that could
be given. and her teachers during all
her school years can honestly confirm
the statement regarding her Difference,
respect dOcility and obedience.
ROBBED in white. with the badge of her
conservation to Mary Immaculate rest
ing on her young heart. her compan-
ions of years could not but feel as they
gazed upon her for the last time that
she was indeed blessed and their
hearts echoed the poets lines:
open. o Heaven. we bear her.
This gentle maiden mild.
Earth's griefs we gladly spare her,
From earthly joys we tear her,
Still undefiled:
And to thine arms we bear her,
Thine own. thy child.
Open. Heaven. no morrow
SWill see this joy % ercast
Nc pain, no tears. nor sorrow
Her gentle heart will borrow:
Sad life is past;
Shielded and safe from sorrow.
AT home at last
The funeral from St JoseDhJ church
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock was one
of the most impressing ever witnessed
in Ogden. The procession headed by
the Children of Mary, marched from
the house to the chcrch, where they
formed in double line between which
the remains were carried into the
church and placed before the altar, at
which the deceased had so often kneIt
to receive into her heart that God who
had clasDed her to His embrace. The
Children of Mary acted as honorary
pail bearers and occupied places behind
the family
After the celebration of the High
Mass of Requiem, Father Ryan paid a
feeling tribute to the virtues of the dear
deceased. and bade the members of the
society initiate the virtues which had
so endeared her to all with whom she
came in contact and Won her a home
v-bnra SORROW shall Oayer enter