The Lexington intelligencer., 1907-04-20
COrueIIa Fltzlerala's AOnumsuL.
nsprinted by request from The
Christian Advocate,

far from tne lanu Wnere ner loVeu
ones weep.
Cornelia FdzGerald is lying;
Where Ceylon's breszes tendeTly
sweep,
And the ocean around her is sighipg.
A short distance south OF the eeua-
Ator, IN lho Indian Ocean, was buried
the body oi Bishop Coke. Five de-
erees north of the equator IN the same
ocean, small island sleeps the
body ii Cornela, the brilliant and
beautiful daughter OF Bishop j. n.
FitzGerald. To the western world
this spot is now but little known, but
to world wide MethOdism it is destin-
ed to become as familiar as the Tai
Mahal on the Jumna River, or the
poetic shrine of Elizabeth Barnett
Browning II beautiful Florence on the
Arno River.
Penang, pronounced by Rayard Tay-
lor 1.-THE most beautiful ISLAND in the
world" has an area of only 1O7
8 quare miles. In 1885 it was gwen to
an angl,,h oca Captain as marriage
portion with lbe King of Keddoh's
daughter. Dnclng 1898 as many as
6,114 ships landed at this little islaud,
which is now in the very middle of the
great roadway OF the nations. II is
not only picturesque, with It's noun
tains and waterfalls, but prolific IN
spices, cocoAnuts, tapioca, tin, sugar
and rice. The population IS quite
cosmopolitan: $4,000 Chinese, 5000
Japanese, Malays $4,000, Tamlls 10,
900 Euro oeaus and Americans about
1000; and EurasIans 1900 The city
OF Georgetown, the chief port, is
the capital. No one now passes
arouLd the world eitaer eastward or
westward without stopping here.
Few girls promised so much IL life
as c ell FitzGerald Her heart
fl ca love and enthusiasm for her
LORD, and with voice as full and tlex-
ible as that OF a mocking bird, she had
sung His praises not only over Amer.
lea, but over the land of pearls and
palms, OF monuments and memoir qs,
India, where the skies forever smile
and the oppressed forever weep.
Then in the very splendor of her
wOmanhood to nave the golden threed
Of life to 80 suddenly break in this far
away Island was be EilderIng shock
to her multitude OF friends. However
in her rom Antic resting place here by
the highway ol the nations, she may
accomplish more than she could have
done in long life. He who makes
DO mistakes may ove-rule her death
to the hip OF all Asia major, as Bish-
op Calvin Kingsley's tomb has drawn
the heart Of America to Asia Minor
In our address at the FtsGerald
Memorial Service Sunday afternoon
we suggested tbar all Ame.ican
Methodsm ;in hearts and hands in
mar' ing her grave with splendid
monument, and asked The privilege OF
making the initial subscription Every
heart in the great audience seemed to
respond instantly. Mr. George We.
rem Brown sugge'ted that movement
be as broad as possible, by allowing nc
adult TO give Tove than 81 90, aud oc
child to give more than tel cents
On Monday night the Methodist Clut
of St. Louis took up the work very
heartily in the passage OF aunanimou'
resolution authorizing w B. Palmor
and Ha, nfJrd Crawford, of 81 Loui
tt asS nj the Methodist editors, chur
ches, and children of North an
SoutA, to join us in the enterprise
Churches. Missionary Societies, Ep
worth Leagues and Sunday School
will receive individual subs cripuon
(alowlng no adult to give more tina
81 90 and no child to give more tina
ten cents), and send the aggregat
amounts to w. b Palmore, l414 LOT
ust street, st. Louis Mo, Each 81
cietY, school or League will be Gre;
tied IN the columns of st Lou
Christian Advocate with the sggrega
amount sent by each Society, Leagl
OIL School.
We coIdislly invite all our fellc
editors, and especially the Sapd
School and Epworth League editor
NJ the North and Gouth IN aid ms