Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-03-27
KATE B. SHERWOOD
Tribute TO Her Character and Work.
From Mrs. Allen Shadle Read AT
Memorial Services Held By Wau-
seon w. R. C. Wednesday March
18th.

This special call of today, is to pay
a loving tribute to one of the noblest
of humanity, it is nation wide. From
Maine to California her name is
known and revered for the life, long
spent in doing good to others. By
voice, by pen, by physical exertion,
by all the devices of her active brain,
by her unselfish deeds. She won a
national love and esteem, which those
who knew her best can daily testify
to the noble traits of her heroic char
acter, in forming and framing the
ground work for many of the noblest
of philanthropic societies the world
has ever known. 1t was for her to
suggest plans to operate on, and
hosts of other noble women were
ready to take up the line of march
and aid her in bringing about her
many plans for the good of the
young, the old, the weak and the
heavy laden. For nearly fifty years
we have been familiar with the name
of Mrs. Kate Brownlee Sherwood, and
her beautiful songs of praise, which
she freely gave upon every occasion,
| where the soldiers were collected at
encampment at reunions, or camp
fires, never faltering to commend to
all that was good and great, none
knew her but to love and admire her.
She inherited a high degree of in,
telligence and by constant develop
ment, were brought out to the bright
scintilations of purity of soul, loyal
| ty to country and humanity, and no
more devoted wife and mother ever
was than she for whom the nation
1 1x,@
been spent in vain, and although the
her good deeds will never fade, and
although we call her dead, really
| There is no dead. what seems SO is transit
''she is not dead she sleeps and she shall
| wake"
Wake to new joy. new triumph. and new
Wake to receive her birthright and her dow
Soon will the everlasting morning break,
Soon will the mists and clouds, her soul for
sake,
| And other mid leafy glade, and sunny bow
Shall live each tree and bloom each sweet
/ bright flower
i She loved on earth. her hearts home to re-
make,
| We mourn but when for her that Sun shall
We shall forget our grief. and earth born
i pain,
And watch the dawn with glad expectant
eyes
| That shall restore our dead to life again;
| As come bright birds along the Summer skies,
/ AS bloom bright flowers after the summer S
rain
i We say farewell, dear friend; for the,
/ No sob of shall mar the Angels song;
i No tears of ours shall do thy spirit wrong,
Dids't thou not ksow of loves eternity?
Death hath but crowned thee Death has set
II thee free
! Thou art thyselfl thyself freed. great and
II strong,
With all the powers which to thy soul belong,
And visions which no earthly eye can see.
We knew thy worth; we knew thy heart OF
II gold,
Rich with its treasures of life manifold;
Rich with its treasures of life masifod:
Those treasures hidden, hard to seek and find,
/ We know He giveth beloved Sleep,
And that for them place has been prepar-
H ed,
We who with thee our earthly love have
shared
Know well that Heavenly love thy soul will
II keep
Rest, rest loved one, in sweet slumber deep,
The sleep of earth is not to be compared
With heavenly rest which hath thy spirit
shared
And called thee hence, as shepherd calls his
sheep. "A
For thee we know that death hath had no
sting;
No victory the grave, and best art thou:
Therefore for thee no dirges will we sing,
But love thee do now"