The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-21

OIL, because tney would make other:
better. A sweet smile, Oh, not silly
weak smile, but smile of strength
s and tenderness. Margaret's smile wa.
the smile Of a person of thought an(
energy The smile that knew gool
cheer when she was near you and saw
your feelings ruf1ed. I remember
we'll how she would say to me
Smile, man, smile,' and then the Sun
day School would seem a great dea
better. I recall the words spoken oil
Lincoln: You may bury the grand
old Mississippi as she rolls on towards
the Gulf; bury the Gulf, bury the
ocean, bury the mountains, bury the
EARTH but you cannot bury more than
the body of this good girl, for so lone
as we have memory this life will lead
us on. Margaret is safe. She has
been called from earth to glory and
we commend her to Gods own care
But this hour would be lily spent, Oh
1t would be so sadly desecrated if here
IN this sacred presence we did not re.
dedicate our souls and our lives to the
principles that led Margaret on. Mar.
garet knew that it was good to know
of Christ. Margaret knew that it was
better to tell of Christ. MARGARET
knew it was best to live like Christ.
She knew it was sublime to work for
His cause"
Rev. Joseph S. Strong was then in
troduced and said:
There have been times in my life
When l have stood here when the
speechless remains of some one lay
before me and there was a cloud of
sadness and heaviness of heart, but
there is something cherishing here
| now. Margaret can but tell it all. |
think that Is years of investing and
| sowing Kindness and sweetness can
not be told in so short a time. It is.
| indeed, a pleasure after all, when a
life, as was this life, has spoken to so
| many people. 1t tells it's own story. a
Life fraught with sweetness and with
JOY; life filled with the Christ spirit:
Kind word for all; a pleasant greet
ing Tor everyone; whose endeavors for
IL long years will stand as long as
the history of this church stands. We
are thankful for more, and that is,
even though she is not with us in per-
son to speak to us, the light of her
life will not be blown out. Truly.
there are those who invest, as thew
pass through life in that way, that
When there comes just a wind, like
chatt, 1t is all gone, but not so in this
case. she has invested in the hearts
or men and women and of girls and
boys until there is no burying or blot
ting out this life, and we'll might we
say to those who live and knew her.
you will do we'll, as far as it is posi-
pie, to emulate this life. The super
lntendent said that she said sweet
Things; nice things. Because of
what? 1t was in her. It was her verv
life speaking out. How many are thew
who speak mechanically, but with no
heart; no reality in it? Not so with
Margaret. She never forgot st. James
church at any time And was it the
church only? No, had it been only
the church, it would have died long
ago, but because there was a. relation
of the God spirit, of the Christ that
ablded within; kept it alive and it
continued to grow until it reached
that height wherein we are satisfied
to believe that it pleased God to call
her nome. You remember the scrip |
ture says God has no pleasure in the |
death of the Wicked We think it
pleased God to take MARGARET home
when she had finished her task on |
earth.
I'VE can look back 20 years. as we
call to memory, how in this church ,
worked one faithful soul, whom some
OF you remember. Her name was
Elizabeth Bannister, the grandmother
of this dear child who has gone to
meet her in the beyond, who strove
faithfully and whose hearts desire
was that this church might grow, and
that men, women and girls might be
saved, and she spent, as many of you
know, a good many years to make this
church go on; to give it good founda-
ton. Truly, this daughter has caught
the spirit On last Saturday night
she went to be with grandmother.
where enters no sorrow or sickness.
Who will take it up, carry it on? Sun
day School, she has gone, will YOU
meet her? Church members, will YOU
catch the spirit of an honest, faithful
heart one whose last desire was that
this cause might be perpetuated, by
Which we who are left behind may
cross over safely? Truly, truly, it was
this spirit of the Christ who gave to
her at an early age we know not when.
Never did Christ withdraw from her.
nor will He from you, though you may
from Him. When standing facing
eternity, she looked up in the face of
the Almighty God who promised to be
With her and said, The Lord is nv
I shall not want Won.
derful, wonderful. Margaret, by the
help of God, we are coming; we will
meet you there. Some tell us, Mar
garet, that this life that we represent
in Jesus Christ is foolishness, but we
will meet you there; we will shake
glad hands on the banks of sweet de-
[lverance some day. It will not be
long and we will walk through the
streets of the city and be with the
many loved ones who have gone be-
lore. Let us be ready She has Just
gone over there. Happy, if with our
latest breath, we can but gasp His
Mrs. Addie Crawford-Minor sang
The Homeland"
Rev. H. P. Jones' sermon followed:
Are you willing to sit for few
at the feet of a little child
and learn a helpful, inspiring and
1opeful messenger"
Let us consider for little while
some things which we can emphasize
Ind emulate in the life of my little
friend and the message that bring to
you this afternoon is not a sad mes
sage. 1t is cheering, hopeful and in
spring message. l want, if I can, to
scatter every vestige of the gloom
IND pail of darkness which, to my
mind, seems apparently to hang over
his presence this afternoon. and let