The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-10
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arose the demand-tA Speech. A

diately from a thousand throats there
arose the demand-eA Speech. A
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In response to the demand the
sculptor arose, and placing his hand!
upon the statute. modestlyf said:
This Is my speech
In like manner Aunt Carries life
Is her best funeral Grafton. I am not
ayerse, however, to reviewing the life
of the dead. It Is Gods way. In his
book the lives Of the illustrious dead
are reviewed for our instruction; and
in His program OF judgment the lives
Of all will be reviewed.
His reviews differ in two regards
from ours. His Is impartial; ours Is
prejudiced. He tells both sides, the
good and the bad; weltell one side.
There is a reason for these differ
ences-He is infinite in knowledge,
and infallible in judgment; whereas
We are finite and fallable. It Is Gus
tomary for a preacher to choose a
text, fitting to the memory of the
dead, as a guide to the funeral mess
age.
Aunt Carries" life was so many
sided as to demand many texts, each
being suggested by the angle from
which her life is view. When viewed
in the light OF her daily life the tex
suggested is. HE That Loses His Life
Shall Save It" or 81 Came Not To Be
Mustered Unto But To Minister" In
the day Of her strength she a con.
tinually sacrificing for others, ire
~spectiye Of relationship. creed or
color.
Into the homes Of the poor. aud the
sick. and the dead she entered as an
angel of mercy. It was her hand that
prepared the dead for burial, 1t was
her undaunted spirit that feared not
the touch Of contagious disease. VIII
lingly she entered every door through
which the finger Of duty pointed. En-
trusted with the care of those who
had been left motherless. she proved
beyond a shadow OF a doubt that hers
was a motherhood that did not need
the physical basis of maternity.
Her life when viewed In the light
of her experience in death suggests
the text: "Let me die the death Of
the righteous. and may my last end
be as his" Without a trace Of dis.
ease, absolutely free from pain, she
came to the end Of the Journey. No
day ever died more peacefully. No
leaf ever left its place on the tree
more easily. The fire simply burned
low, and went out. How normal and
enviable her manner of dying!
Her life when viewed in the light
OF that for which she will be longest
remembered suggests the text: "Suf-
fer the Children to Come Unto Me,
and Forbid Them Not, For Of Such is
the Kingdom of Heaven"
AUNT Carrie" will be remembered
as a crusader, as a long time member
of the w. c. T. u, as a loyal member
of the Methodist Protestant Temple,
known In the early days as "the
church on the HILL" as n Of a family
Of the early settlers of Fairmont, and
as a public benefactor, but 1t is as a
lover of children, the teacher of the
Sunbeam class for over 60 years, that
her enduring record IA made. BY
her untiring efforts in this regard she
invested her life where it counted for
most. East. and West, North and
South and in foreign lands as well,
her Sunbeams, grown to manhood
and womanhood, have scattered. and
are today blessing the communities in
which they live. Viewing her life in
its completeness suggests the words
of our Lord concerning another
woman: "She Hath Done What She
Could"
Fortunately for Aunt Carrie her ex.
perience was an exception to the gen.
eral rule. She did have honor In her
own community, and among her own
people. In many ways 1t was made
plain to her that her work was up.
preciated. To no other woman cd the
citizens Of this community ever pay
such honor, as they paid to Aunt Car
ric, in the now famous Lyon Parade"
Of two years ago.
Seated in q carriage deliberately
decorated, drawn by a white horse.
driven by white ribbons In the hands
Of her old time Sunbeams, who walk
ed by the side of the carriage Us q
guard Of honor, the assembled thou
sands along the line Of march cheered
her to the echo. 1t was a worthy trib.
ute to a noble servant Of God.
We think this experience was dupli-
Gated when she entered the city of the
New Jerusalem. Awaiting her home
coming were those whose feet she
early directed toward the Lamb Of
God. With what delight would they
escort her into the presence of the
Lord she loved, and from whose lips
she has heard, We'll done thou good
and faithful servant, enter thou into
the Joy Of thy Lord"
Sunbeams have you been true to
her teachings?
Are you answering her prayers for
you?
Is Aunt Carries God your God, and
her Christ your Christ? VIII you
meet her in the skies?
Friends, neighbors, and loved ones,
are your faces turned in the same
direction al was Aunt Carries?
Do you know you will meet her
again?