Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-05-27
FUNERAL OF f. w. TAYLOR
The Following Reports of the
Funeral of the Late f.. w.
Taylor is Taken From the
Aberdeen Daily
Papers.

Field.
In the beautiful home on Seventh
avenue last evening there was a loneli-
ness pervading the rooms never known
before because the husband and father
was away and in the finality of it
there was realization of the loss that
death had brought.
The funeral of E. w. Taylor was
held Friday at $3.50 p. m. at the house
where there was prayer and a read.
ing and then at three o'clock the Pres
byterian church was packed with
friends of the dead man.
Flowers banked the rooms at the
home and filled the altar at the church,
tributes having been sent from many
organizations, such as the Commercial
club, city council, the Masonic bodies,
the Knights of Pythias and Masons of
Webster and the Bar association.
Rev G. H. Bruce, pastor, officlated,
and Rev. j. w. Taylor, of the Method
ist church preached from the comfort
ing words of Jesus where he says,
"Let not your heart be troubled; We
believe in God, believe also in me. In
my Fathers house are many mansions;
if it were not so, would have told you.
l go to prepare place tor you thai
where be there We be also"
The escort was made of the following
bodies in the order named: Command
cry, in full uniform; Blue lodge,
Masons; Elks and the Brown county
Bar ASSOCIATION. The services at the
church were in charge of DR.. @. II.
Bruce and DR.. ]. W. Taylor delivered
the funeral address, which was accorded
one of the strongest and most comfort
ing beard here. Rev. Mr.. Taylor took
for his text, LET not your heart be
troubled; ye believe in God, believe also
in me. In my Fathers house are many
mansions; if it were not so l would not
have told you. go to prepare place
for you," John 14:1-2 With these
words of Christ the speaker sought to
comfort the scrrowing family and
friends and in part said Edward W..
Taylor was a man of many qualities
which prophesied large success in life.
He was discriminating aud careful in
his chosen profession and always hon
orable where there were temptations to
be otherwise. Iu politics he came for
ward because the people wanted him;
he was no place seeker, neither was he
one to shirk duty through any false
modesty when he believed the people
would impose responsibilities upon him
His public career was above reproach
and the favor in which he was held and
the confidence reposed in him, united
to his ability as leader, argued that in
due time his name would be connected
with the commonwealth in national
politics.
"Those of us who knew our brother
in more private way have heard him
declare his faith In God under condi-
tons where mems hearts are barred to
their brothers and their faith and pur-
poses declared In these relations we
know Edward w. Taylor to be true
brother and we today cry with one of
old, Lover and friend, thou hast been
put far from me-" We sorrow with
this stricken family in the breaking of
ties so strong and sacred. But l must
hasten to say that while our citizens
delighted to honor him, and the fratern-
tiles to which he belonged reposed con-
fidence in him, yet his worth was best
known where he was best loved-in the
sanctuary of the home. Only the
mother who bore him and brought him
to manhood's years and the wife that
leaned on his strong arm and shared his
deep affection, and the children who
ran to greet him, the envied kiss TO
share-these, and these alone, are capa-
BILE of measuring the full statue of this
man. He is gone from as. He was
ready TO go. He called his family
about him and told them he was ready.
Then he prayed, prayed so earnestly
for God to pardon all the past and to
defend his little flock in all the future
years, and then he left them mourning
his departure.
But 'let not your heart be troubled,
Ye believe in God, who will keep you
unto the end. Then:
"When soon or late you reach that
gate
Ger life's rough ocean driven,
Nav you rejoice no wanderer lost
A family home in heaven -
The music was especially beautiful