The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-31

, sure YOU, mourners of Memphis. il
? whd- esteem the deceased was held
/ whilst living with US In dear Cairo.
g Among the many characteristics
} would confne myself to mentioning
his intense love for his home, hi
; high regard for the nov bereavel
: wife, and the solicitude for his weep
/; ng daughters Your grief and your
tears on this sad occasion are justified
: and our hearts go out 10 YOU in full
; est sympathy. No expense and NJ
ipain was spared to make your Cairo
home as comfortable and as pleasant
as his love for you could make it, You
loved aud you enjoyed home together
The hours which his very active bust
ness career in his heatfu days per.
mitted him TO take for rest. were
Ispent near the hOne.side among YOU
and will remain the happicst of your
/ Hives. Well do | recall his determine.
/ tior to build a fireplace patterned
after the old style. and his saying to
me, q believe big old chimney in
the house will make home dearer to
me than anything that | could place
! in this house
When cruel disease grasped our de
parted friend so violently. he fought
| il at home. Though his means would
have permitted him to leave his own
and seek health in hospitals. he pre-
ferred the company of his own family
| Compelled to seek more salubrious
climate the thought OF separating
from his own never entered his mind.
When finally in Florida be found the
| inyiPoratng climate his exhausted
System demanded. he resolved to
build him a home, where with you he
could enjoy the home-ife which he so
much loved. | diu not know before
coming here that this ardent desire
that beautiful home, to the construc-
ton of which, sick as he was. he had
given his every attention. Is about
completed | was very much panied
to learn that he was disappointed in
not having found it ready for occu-
pancy when he returned 10 Florida
a few days ago, as had been promised
In the text just read we were told
that in our heavenly Fathers home
there are many mansions hope
that the heavenly Father who has
transferred the home-loying soul Of
Marion c. Wright to the eternal /
home, will grant him, who built a /
model home for Won in Cairo. the I
scene of his active life, whose last
act in his invalid days-now really (
on the Threshold of eternity-was 1
the building OF a home in Florida's |
healthfu climate, to select one Of /
those heavenly mansions for You
MAY your lives be so, that when the
summons come, the heavenly Father
will transfer YOU to meet again your
husband and father in the home
above where what he has appreciated
and shared with you on earth a happy I
home, may be your everlasting happi
ness in heaven. a home without dis
ease without suffering, without pain,
without separation. a home replate
with heavens everlasting bliss
The other characteristic to which
I would refer is his honest. his loyal
business activity Marion c. Wright
at times. did not only the work for
one man but work too much for
three men He was successful he
cause of his methods. never hesita !
inc to take hold and do all that need
I'd "a be done Having superiors over
him he always cndeavored to accom-
Dlish the greatest good for them. He
was strong willed. had talent for bust
ness and a ripe experience, which
enabled him to carry ont plans
economically and with advantage.
md yet when his method was not
agreeable to the superior he would
)ear the sacrifice. comply with the
FISHES of those over him. and with |
lagder work accomplish what might
rave been done easier As he grew
stronger and his superior declined
u was given fUll sway and handled
he enormous business interests. more |
lager to achieve success than If it
we're his own What he has accom-
.lished the sacrifices he has made
hose of us interested and knowing.
ICED not be told.
The speaker before me told YOU Of
low life was not the mere living cnly
ni living for a purpose All creation
alIe3 into existence by Divine Proyi-
ence, has a purpose. the tiniest
reature as well as the grandest have
purpose for being We all believe
hat man with his physical power and
trength, but especially with the noble