The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-10-28
BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES

PoRTER-Life is measured by its
final and pertinent results; not by
the place we occupy before the public
and the frequency and loudness of ut
terances, but by the benefits anal
blessings left behind In our lives.
1t will be seen in the great consu.
nation that those who have wrought
silently and without Glamour or fame
haEGatAQnR1iy cases achieved the most
glorious pertinent results.
+ 'TheEefbre great multituted of lowly
lives on earth which have no name
among men, whose work no pen re-
cords, no marble immortalizes, hut
which are we'll known and unspeak.
ably dear to God, and whose influence
will be seen in the end to reach to,
furthest shores. They make no noise
| in the world, but it needs not noise to
make a life beautiful Many of Gods
most patient ministers are noisefess.
How silently all day long the sun.
beams fall, upon the fields and gar.
| dens, and vet what cheer, what inspir.
alton, what life and beauty they diff
! fuSe -.
! How silently the flowers bloom:
| And yet what rich blessings of frag.
rance do they emit
How silently do the stars move on
in their majestic marches around
Gods throne! And yet they are great
central suns representing incalculable
| powe'.
How silently thu angels work, step
ping with noiseIess tread through our
homes AMI performing ever their tire
less ministries for us and about us.
| Who hears the flutter OF their
wings, or the whisper of their tongue?
AMI yet they bring protection and
guidance, and bear the spirits of our
loved ones back to God, who game
them
How silently God himself works.
RE gives His blessings while We sleep.
lie mako no ado. We hear not His
footballs, and vet He is ever moving
about us and ministering to us in ten
thousand ways and bringing to us the
rarest AMI finest gifts Of His love.
Then, who does not remember the
qquiet life of our Savior. He Stunned
publicity and notoriety. His wonder.
power was life power, heart power,
which He shed forth in silent infiu.
ence among the people, but which is
IpulSing In millions of hearts.
Many of our Lords earthly servants
have caught His spirit and work SO
quietly that they are scarcely recog
nized in public.
Such was the life of our Dear Mrs
Porter
There was a quiet unconscious in.
jtluence ever going forth from her life
that fell like a benediction on every
life that came in contact with hers
Most of the best work she did was in
her home life and among her neigh
bors.
i There are mothers who sometimes
work because their spheres of use.
fulneSs seem so circumscribed. They
long to be able to be permitted to live
their lives on the mountain top in the
gaze of the world. Such was not the
aim or ambition of Mrs. Porter The
garden she cultivated for the Lord
was her home. The monument she has
erected has been the quiet and loving
work in the lives of her children.
Who can tell tn mighty. far-reaching
influence of the life of this devoted
wife and mother:
: The monument may not make much
show in the cemetery, but the monu.
ment she has erected in this house
hold will never CTumble.
Mrs Anna G. Porter was born in
Vermilhan, Ohio. Sept. Z, 1850. She
was married to Rev. Nelson D. Porter
in 1868. In 1870 they came to Iowa
and settled in Bloomfield where they
lived for two years. From there they
came to Oskaloosa where they lived
for number of years. God blessed
their home with Ave children, Harry
who passed away when fifteen years
of age; Chris c.; Fred N: Mrs. Ada
Jackson and Mrs Nellie Coats, all of
this city. who are with us today.
After the death of Mr. Porter, sew
enteen years ago, this noble mother
took up the duties and responsibilities
Of rearing the lite flock that was
| left to her care Flow vel she has
performed her task, the purity and no.
bility of character in her two daugh-
ters and two sons will testify Surely
| they will rise up and call her blessed.
For fifteen years Mrs. Porter has
been afflicted with rheumatism. Eight
years ago she came TO Los Angeles
thinking the more congenial climate
might benefit her. During this long
affliction she has shown those traits
OF Christian character that are wor
thy of a martyr and deserving Of q
saint. Such patience in tribulation,
such fortitude in weakness, such
cheerfulness at all times was enough
to convince her friends, and to
cause angels to wonder at the grace
of God manifest in her life. Hers was
love that "suffeTeth long and is
kind" that doth not behave itself
unseemly, is not easily provoked,
thinketh no" evil. beareth all things
and endureth all things"
She was never heard to complain,
but in the hours of grief and pain, she
leaned upon her God Such life can
not help but be a sermon to com.
munity, blessing to the home and
an everlasting benediction to her
children.
During these years of affliction all