The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-30
Pathetic References Made
at tie Evening Session
Of the Sunday School
Convention to Wo-
mans Untinely End.
Yestsra~y's werk Breusht TO Close
the crsatest n<iisieu. Convensiea
q Rssisses. werAsr. That
Hss Ever been G.th<r<dia
the state Of Alsbana.

with the atmosphere OF. the conven-
ton that Of patbos. combined with an
undercurrent Of sympathy. this years
state Sunday school Convention was
brought to a climax last night, At lis
evening session. with . short memorial
service II, honor OF Mrs. @. q. Miles,
the wife OF George q. Miles. the pres
fdent of this years convention. who
PASSED away. at q. late hour Wednesday
evening. Every heart In the conven-
tion went out full of->sympathy last
night to Mr.. Miles In the darkness
which enveloped his home at the
loss he had sustained.
Hon. Jerome +. Fuller, the new Pres
idefit, called the convention TO order
at its nnal session last evening ana
asked Judge Brown to take charge OF
the memorial exercises Judge Brown
spoke In part as follows:
@sTt is hard to say what one would
ike to say in a situation so pathetic.
as no one here tonight. I presume. has
ever passed through such an ordeal as
that which Mr.. Miles has passed
through. vet. we have enough OF that,
which is human in us. enough mag
nation and sympathy, to imagine what
Ii has been for him. Every. heart goes
out to him tonight. one especially VINO
has served US 80 long and faithfafiv.
and whom we have all learned TO love
80 we'll, and although this Is great
convention, yet the very atmosphere II
one of pathos, and sympathy
death is always q terrible thing
even for those who have ~ Cbristiau
home. for II Is hard to say the last
word. hard to see the intelligence OF
the eye, leave those whom we lave,
hard ia say goodbye and yet there 10
4 voice II, cur soul which tells OF i'm
mortality, OF only temporary separ-
alton, and that We win meet In the
sweet beyond.
Concluding, Judge Brown said: we
hope, however. that in this hour.
Brother Miles will have the comforting
assurance that the life. which he had
learned to love- and which has been
so active in the church and home. 10
going on and some day he will feel the
sweetness OF that life again. across The
river"
DR.. Charles A. stakeiy. pastor or
the church OF which Mrs. Miles was o
member, next spoke in behalf of the
ministers OF the city and the couven .
tion Beginning. Or. Stakely spoke r.
part as follows:
II speak In the highest praise OF fhe
woman who has just fallen asleep. one
of the best women in the city and
State one who had her heart and life
IN her work. and one of the most faith
full members the church ever had. sha
was. a blessing TO all who knew her.
and great aid 20 her husband IN the
enterprise Of the Christian weprk he
was doffsM. VI
Continuing DIR. atai1etv said: mo
man in this community was more cIose-
~ associated with the ministers In
their work. more generally liked Nv
them than Mr.. Miles. vet one .tonch OF
sorrow makes the world kin. and there
IS a pathos in the very air fonighf-
which we all feel and tho grief which
has come to him. has touched 1.nna
hearts throughout this whole State to-
night. Every heart expresses the Mt
most sympathy to him in this hour Of
darkness, which envelopes his home tp
the loss he has sustained"
God Is constantly impressing upon
US the uncertainty OF life, and Is con-
stantly entering our family circles