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

nyson spoke when he said Kind hearts
ana SIMPLE faith are more than Nor
man blood We need the faith of a.
| lttle child, without which we can
never see God, and when talked with
/; lhe enid on Friday, prayed with her
ana blessed her, I saw then that the
last enemy, Death, was making strong
1hroaos upon her vitality, and when
l, nad hnlshed praying, she said 4
thank you | said, Margaret, is your
way clear, are you seeing?' She said.
III IS not quite perfect yet, but il will
De soon. l said, My Lord, that is the
thlng to know, that if it is not, it will
De; and, pretty soon the blessing at
S:o6 told me that there was an linn,
lnatlon OF her countenane scuch as
they had never seen in all their lives
on face drawn with the ravages of
disease, lighted up as if God had inn
planted there another sun. It shone
i'll the eyes lige. a glory that was d.
vine. 1t was divine. 1t vas the trans
figuration of the glory of Christ. And
when mother cried and wept, she said
Mother can't you see?" See what?
l don't know that mother could quite
see.
1.-THE Superintendent of the Sunday
school said Margaret was faithful
IN the discharge OF her duty She lay
IN bed and had her card on the dresser
on pin cushion where she could see
1t all the time. No one could fail to
see it. She said to me do you see
my card?" l said Il do, nobody could
fall to see it, She filled her mothers
caro-. She always did so. | think she
SAID she had three or four dollars on
another card and then in the closing
hour she called for her card and
money and put them in bag and
sent 1t down with little note and
charged the president of the Stew
ardess Board to see the first thing
tomorrow morning that the money
reached the pastor of the church. Thai
was the last thing she did on earth and
1t came here on Sunday morning and
we made a resolution that by Gods
grace her name should 60 into =
memorial window or tablet in the new
church we are going to erect by the
grace of God on the corner.
She had remarkable fortitude, suf-
lerlng and sick for more than a year
without making any complaint. nev-
er found her complaining She never
seemed to have a dark day; happy all
the time. | looked at her often and
thought what a remarkable thing that
was. | wondered about it. often won.
dered why it is that so many people
seem to be out of sorts with them
selves and with the world and have
SO many complaints, but it was never
SO with Margaret. The only word we
ever heard her say was Saturday morn
ing, i am aWfully tired 1t was not
a complaint, just simply the wearing
out; the giving out of the vitality, the
spirit of energy. She was very weak
and we realized that. fiji
Tennyson said of his friend God
touched him with his finger, and he
Slept" God giveth his beloved sleep
and now my dear friends you are
not going to be sorry any more as
those who have no hope Young men,
young women, Margaret has lived her
lite. Now John, Alma and Edythella.
there is place over there that YOU
will have to fill. Gather around you,
mother and father. Don't let your
mother feel that she is lonesome; make
a shield out of your yourself; strenoin
shield out OF your self: strengthen
Ter when she gets weak. You can do it.
You came from the same good stock.
,aught and trained in the same Sunday
School; learned your lessons as well.
, hope, as Margaret did Now live
hem out. Let mother and father see
what they did for you has not been
lone in vain. thank you for the life
u little Margaret, it has been an in
'plratlon to me. l will be a better
nan and stronger man in the church
Ind Sunday school. I will take in
creased strength and go forward and
lelp to discharge our duty as faith
ully as she has endeavored to dis
charge hers and bring us at last to
he reunion where Sabbaths will have
10 end.
lhe choir sang 1T is well with my
SOUL while the friends were given an
opportunity to view the remains:
The altar at the church was appro-
'riately and beautifully draped with
White crepe, lavender ribbon, ever
green and cut flowers.
The casket was a square, fulgdroD
ouch, covered with light silver-gray.
Embossed plush with old silver satin
inish handles.
The honorary pail bearers we're:
Misses Alice Mason, Mildred Plum
ner, Irene Salters, Ruth Lawrence.
da Looms and Villa Moore.
The active pail bearer were: Messrs
henry Crawford, Ray Anderson. Law
encee Mccoy, Louis P. Moore, Caesar
Harris, Harold Cage.
The floral tributes were very bean
iful and with their donors were as
ollows:
Arrow and Heart-white and pink
oses-Mesdames F. D. Parker. G.. H.
Booker, j. E. Johnson, T. H. Lyles, G.
V. James, VIM. Liggins, w. V. How
I'd
Spray-Poinsettias- Mesdames Flor
nee E. Henley, L. M. Terrill, J. II.
Della Pettis.
Spray-White carnations and
'lrs. F. c. Spillers.
Spray-White carnations and mar
issus- w. H. Reynolds and
v. w. Mills.
Spray-Pink Observation-Disclosures
Ella Coleman, Garnett Penn, Miss
;athleen Pryor.
Spray-Pink Rosebuds and Narcis-
1s-Deaconesses of St. James 4. NJ.
= church.
Spray-Pink and white roses-Mr.
nd Mrs. Scott J. Mason.
Pillow-Wfite roses and Na-ciysus
"A dams family and Mrs. D. p.
rench, Chicago.
Wreath-Pink and white roses-Cul-
1re Club-Mr. and Mrs. A D. Ben
elt' Messrs. M. A. Boiling, S. L.
.anSOm. IL. C.. Walker Vim Gndattn