The Cairo bulletin., 1910-10-17
Rev. McGill's Address.


Lutheran Church, made the following
address,;
Il am glad to have part in the eXer-
cises this afternoon. to pay brief
tribute of respect to the memory of
Miss Pelley, whom | knew as a girl
and young woman.
1t is especially meet and proper,
under the awful circumstances of the
death of Annie Pelley, that those who
were associated with her in church
and business life, and her friends and
|neighbors, should in this marked and
united manner give expression to the
feelings that almost oveTpowered
them, by the erection of this memoir
al which we have just unveiled, to
mark the resting place of her body,
Bat Annie Pelleys best and truest
monument is in the hearts of her
friends, where, by a life of purity
love, and usefulness, she is enshined
in immortal affection, No granite
shaft erected over her grave can as
truly honor her and preserve her
memory, as the fact that she was a
womanly woman. and sought to live
within her Gol-given limitations con
tent to be her own unadulterated and
genuine self.
THE greatest power in the world 4
yesterday, to-day. and forever--is
character And character in woman
> the most priceless possession of the
race. 1t Is even mere valuable as a.
spiritual asset in woman than in man,
womanly woman seeks the pearl of
purity, not for its prudential, but for
Its essential value. This heavenly
tame CLOVIS in her heart; 1t is a quail
lty of her blood; it shines as a light
from her face; it distils as a fra
france from her presence; it is the
life and breath of her being.
There Is a divine something in
he mere outward contact with an in
stinet vely modest woman, which acts
on men like a spiritual tonic. One
scch woman moving about her little
World In the quiet beauty Of character
is worth more to the men and women
VINO compose that circle than all the
sermons they may ever hear preach
ed For her inhuenc is as peryasive
as the light, and as purifying as good
ness itself
The womanly woman Is at heart
full of sweet seriousness and noble
purpose. She is governed by good
sense and by good judgment. She
Keeps her mental balance and moral
poise through all the giddy oscilia-
tions of the social machine: stands |
square on her feet, and looks at the |
world with honest eyes and an ear
nest mind.
The wonmanly woman Is also a |
deeply religious woman Favor Is |
deceitful and beauty is vain. but a |
woman that feareth the Lord, she
shall be praised" Yes, and praised |
by the worldly as well as the Cody. |
For, after all, there is nothing as
beautiful and attractive in a woman
as her religion. It is always some.
thing of a moral shock to meet an IT.
religious woman; and the more cul- |
lure and charm she has the more one |
misses this final touch of complete
less.
Thank God for these unsullied
fountains Of purity and holy modesty
We men owe to such debt as high |
rs the Heaven from which they came,
md we bow before the high beauty OF
heir character with only less rever-
'nce than we pay to God himself.
Therefore, let me repeat. that it Is
meet and proper that this monument
should stand on yonder grave, and
hat we should have part in its cree.
ion and dedication. For, while those
Who knew and loved her need no me-
norial stone to remember her, 1t shall
'emind those who come after us, that
lere lies, in the fullest sense of the
word, womanly woman"
Before the close OF the exercises
VIZ Schulz led Miss Ella Dolan to the
font of the speakers stand and intro
Iuced her to the assemblage. Theyl
wanted to see the young lady who I'M
'eiled the monument and who was the
losest friend Of the unfortunate dead