Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-05-28

say, she was my daughter. - Five
as they think Of the counsels, loving
hand clasps, kiss of affection, and well
coming smiles. will say, "She was
my sister. One as he thinks Of the
years of loving. mpanionship, kind
ly service, and toll though it was
often accomplished with pain and
much WEAKNESS Of body the patience
and the ready sympathy, will say,
She was my wife. = One as he
thinks of the one who was ever ready
to reach out loving arms into which
he might fiee when afraid or hurt or
i'll, whose kiss was more healing than
any ointment to little bruised
finger or forehead, one who was
never too tired to listen to childish
story and to answer the hundred eager
questions put to her daily. In the
home to welcome when returning
from school work or play: All |!
saddest of all must come from the
depths of his heart, ''She was my
mother. - Dear Edna we shall all
miss that ever cheering smile
She made public confession of a
desire to join with the professed fol-
lowers of the Lord and was received
into fellowship of the United Brethren
church. at Boice Greek, when a very
young girl.
Now if [ were 10 say that from this
event Oh she walked straight along the
narrow way never turning to the right
hand nor the left, perfect in all her
dealings, never making mistake in
act word or look. never wavering,
never faltering, but kept journeying
steadily on right up to the portals
of God. You would say "impossib le"
I never heard of but one such she
was human, she must have mad some
human faults. Perhaps if we tried
we could recall some of what we
termed her faults. We usually can
search out the faults of others. In
fact I am afraid we spend too much
time at this kind of Occupation. If
we spent half the time looking up our
own faults. and - rectifying them the
world would not know itself in few
months. We could never unerri ngly
judge others; Christ the Gentle One
does that.
Whatever her failures may have
been we do know for a certainty that
she had many good qualities. Among
her talents she possessed the ability
to make herselfvsrv Useful in the sick
room. ''Alas there is so much need
of such here. There are many on
portunities for doing good in this
way. Very early in life, when at the
tender age of fifteen, she had the
chance to put this talent to the test.
The gentle mother was called away
leaving tiny mite of a baby daugh-
ter four months old whom none
thought could live. But Edna de-
termined that if sisterly devotion and
sacrificial care could save the little
life she should live. Of course the
other sisters and the father worked
devotedly by her side but Edna was
the little mother, until babe as the
father likes to call her still, was
through the first two or three tender
years of life. She was a tender
hearted nurse have seen her when
rhinistering to the needs Of the little
one, with the tears of sympathy fall
ing from her own eyes. SO God
blessed her efforts and spared the life
blessing to her and u.s. Edna stayed
with us for time years ago before I
was old enough to look after the
home. We used to enjoy quarreling
just for fun" One day she said
what if some one should hear us and
think we were in earnest? In reality
1 never remember of hearing her speak
an impatient word.
Later some years after her marriage
she lived near me for a short time,
but my own health being so poor just
then [ did not get to enjoy the pleas
ing visits at her home that I b ad
anticipated. 1t was not my privilege
to be near her in her last illness. but
one who was, said that through all
her terrible sufferings her thought was
for the comfort of others. and at the
last sweet smile frightened her
face as she seemed to look beyond
this dark night of sorrow and trial,
into that ten thousand times our
mornings, brightness of an eternal
dawn.
Bright's disease, that cruel enemy
of mankind had been trying to
fasten its fatal hold upon her for a
long time, but she fought it back
bravely and kept on doing her part
until few weeks ago complications
having set in making the burden so
heavy that she YEARLY sank down