Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-07-21
PASSES AWAY IN HOTEL ON Elk
!. s%5 POSITION GROUNDS. aE

This paper feels that in as much
as only meager details Of the sudden
death Of Mr.. Terril were to be had
last week, more complete statement
Of the facts should be made. AS
stated last week, Mr. Terril and his
wife had been visiting with friends
In Fortuna and other northern Cali
fornia points for several weeks pre-
vious to going to Berkeley and San
Francisco. They arrived at Berkley
on Saturday, July 10th, and spent a
short time with Mr.. and Mrs. w. A.
Friend. On Tuesday morning, July
18th, Mr.. and Mrs. Terril went to
San Francisco, intending to spend
several days at the exposition. They
secured rooms at the Inside Inn,
within the exposition grounds. After
q day OF sightseeing, they returned
to their rooms in the evening at
about ten o. clock. Mr.. Terril had
been In the best Of health al through
his trip, and almost without a mo
ment's warning death fastened its
relentless grip upon him, and before
medical aid could be secured he pass,
ed away. q Attendants at the Inn at
once. communicated with Mr.. Friend
at Berkley, who assisted Mrs. Ter
I'll fns the work of preparing for the
lonely Journey homeward. Mr.. Friend
accompanied Mrs. Terril to this city,
arriving here on Saturday morning,
and remaining for the funeral. &5st I'd
4 Services were held in the First
Congregational, church in this city
on Monday afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock,
and interment was made in Oakland
NJ d inf To- nj GtsiO
nell delivered the funeral address,
and Rev. J. Frank Moore of Water
loo read the Scriptures and offered
prayer. III Rev. w. ]. SuckoW, the
pastor Of the church, read one Of Mr..
Terril's favored hymns, and In the
following lines, expressed his person-
al tribute to the memory Of the de, de,
ceased: Y 5S s:% Il 15sss} II X
know not how the frozen earth may
e shield ;5.s +,
The secret germ Of future bud and
flower, a ,$i. 5l5 L
Nor how in all the white and desc
B late field sa s Z :5 5f
The slumbering seeds escape grim
winters power.
Secure beneath their winding sheet
rs Of snow; yl
s5 But this l know:
When yernal hosts, meath skies Of
balmy blue, "a 81. - -
Roll. back the Icy legions Of the north
A Voice goes whispering all creation
4 through: s5 & s..
.tYe myriad dead. come forth"
And see, in field and forest, hill and
plain,
5s They rise and live again.
! know not how the sacred ' forms r 1,ss.'i Of
Can turn to dust, while we in grief
And yet higher Power. for higher,
@ ends, S.s "a
Preserve, midst all decay. the spark
81 divine n.
That once in these frail tenements
did glow; "a e, X ~: &$s II &.
But this know: + 4 .-.s.t. 55g s
When Gods great purpose points tie
vernal hour, q .ttE s$ s s;
And years and centuries halt their
solemn tread,
A, Voice Omnipotent shall speak with
power:
Earth. sea. give up your
And in the joy Of winters broken
reign
They, too, shall live again.
Rev. Mr.. Tuttle, in delivering the
funeral address, spoke feelingly OF
the close friendship which had exist.
ed between himself and Mr.. Terri
for SO many years, and how, as the
years went, he could see in his life
a constant growth in Christian char-
acter. From the time that Mr.. Ter
rfl was converted to the Christian
faith he labored untiringly for the
success of the church and sabbath
school. 1-..
Soon after the death of his daugh-
ter, Lillian Louise Terril, he gave to
Grinnell college the magnificent pipe
organ, as a memorial to his daugh-
ter; who, like. himself, gave nany
years Of unselfish service to the Man
chester church. While on the bronze
plate OF the organ is inscribed the
name Of the daughter, the Christian
character of the donor will ever ling
er as sacred memory in the hearts
and minds of those who have loved
him, and the young people who in
future years come in touch with
the life Of the college, and the inspl'
ration of, the sweet tones as they
come from the Terril memorial or
gan. ~ II I so
The Presbyterian Missionary SO
ciety will hold baking day on Sat
urday, July oath at the office of May
or Richardson The ladies Of the
church and congregation are request
cd to donate.