The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-17
Beautiful Tributes Paid to
Memory of Beloved Wo-
man at Baptist Church.

lkorroslng friends. the funeral Of
] Miss Afoiiie Virginia Smith was held
Int the. First Baptist church Thurs
day AFTERNOON. The services which
were beautifuI ana Impressive, were
In charge OF the Rev. b d. Stelie,
pastor OF the church. assisted by the
(, Rev. Lewis z. Peters. who delivered
la touching euIosy.. and the Rev Mr..
Smith. OF FaIr1nont. who read the
Scripture lessons. At the close OF
1.-THE services at the church the body
was taken to the Odd Fellows cem-
etery and placed in the grave.
There were many beautiful floral
/ tributes, among them being designs
sent by the board OF regents of the
/ Fa3rmont state normal school. the
faculty and students OF the school.
the Ladies' Aid Society OF the First
baptist church and the Clarksbnrs
woman's Christian Temperance Uni-
on Floral emb1ems We're also sent
by more than n halc hundred per-
sonal friends OF the deceased Voc
man.
Tho pail bearers We're George r.
Claude Gore. DIR. Benja-
min Shuttleworth. d. w. Jacobs.
Hugh Jarvis and Arthur Parsons
Many from surrounding towns and
cities attended the funeral. among
them being Dr. c. J. c. Bennett,
president OF the Eairmont Normal
schools Miss Id. Abbott Miss Ware,
and others OF the faculty and stu
dents OF the school: Mrs. smith,
Mrs N. r. C. Morrow. Miss Loll
Lowe and Mr.. and Mrs. Kcmble|
white, OF FairInont: Mrs. Ira G.I
Robinson. of Charleston; Mrs. \. o.
Dayton. OF Philfppi. who was n clasEI
mate OF Miss Smith: DIR. sinsel. of
Grafton; Miss Emma Robinson OF
bridgeport: Miss Nora Coon. OF
Roothsville, and Miss Nellie Martini
and mother. OF Bridgeport
AfoIlie Virginia Smith has many
friends who win eagerly read these
lines hoping to find in them consolaa-
ton for bleeding hearts. What
vain and useless quest. Under the
spell OF sacred grief the potency Of
words vanish and the beauty OF
rhetoric is unnoticed. Some one has
safd tIFat ut Inc Brink OF the grave,
Language hesftates and philosophy
falters.::' Let us hope. then. that a
voIceless homage may please herI
even better than great words or print !
cd euloEy.
Mollie Smith was in love with life |
and duty. but when death touchedi
her with his icy finger she was ready
and those who saw the bright peace
full face in its last smiling repose.
never doubted that her sleep wasl
sweet and her happiness eternal.
Now indeed are we wiser. Death
has given us new and clearer per-
snective ana we know more of theI
hearts she has uplifted. the lives she
has frightened and the burdens She
has borne. There is sadness not on
Is in the homes of the cultured and
prosperous, but in the little novels
where her unheralded charities gave
hope and comfort to those in dis-I
tress- She loved nature, the roses,
the birds and the children. and,
thanks to the thoughtfulness of herl
friends, her last month OF pain was
spent amidst "a wilderness OF flow
ers.'' Yes. those TO whom she bad
been kind brought ther blossoms
While she lived-then they brought
more when she dice and this Decem-
her night she will sleep beneath al
medley OF carnations. garlands of
sweet peas and rare chrysanthemums
and roses. Tho next Springtime will
not forget to send its Offering, and
above her. the flowers and grasses,
and winds will weave sweet lullabies
and whisper messages of love.
a favorite motto. and one she kept
conspicuously ON her writing desk,
truly gives us glimpse of her in-I
ner life:
Il live for those who love me,
Whose hearts are kind and true.
For the heaven that smiles above me,
And awaits my spirit too;
For tho task my God assigned me,
And the good that can do
Though her calling and life work.
was that of an eduactor she found
time to give her diversified accomp-I
lisfments wide range. n,the Bap-
list church, of which she was de
won't member, in the temperance
cause. in The civic reform move
ment, in the Young Women's Chris
tian Association, in the Bible cause,
in the Chautauqua circle. in fact, In
every movement The object OF which
was the uplifting of humanity. She
was ever willing to do her part.
When her health failed she was
interesting herself in the organtza-
ton of n branch of the DAUGHTERS of