The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-10-14
REV. WRITES

Rev. T. H. Youngman of Canon City,
Col, formerly pastor of Mrs. J. w.
Heston in BroOkings, who died at
Madison on Saturday, October 2, wrote
a letter Of sympathy to President Hes
ton, the husband, last week. The fu-
neral services were held from the Bap-
fist church in Madison, following a
brief service from the home on North
Egan avenue in that city. A large
delegation of the Eastern Star lodge,
of which Mrs. Heston was a member,
was at the services in a body and the
church was completely filled with
many friends of the deceased. A mix
ed quartet sang, Heaven Is My Home"
by Nevins, 20 Paradise, o Paradise"
and There Is a Blessed Home"
Rev. Palmerton, in making his ad-
dress spoke of the fine qualities of the
beloved sister, who had passed beyond
and took for his text the subject of
oplllludl III DOuiSo' WI
souls are the personalities Of our ma
tural bodies and in the eternal life we
are the image of the God who made
u.s." said Rev. Palmerton. eve shall
live again as it has been said in the
scriptures and our consolation in this
life when our loved ones pass away is
that by entering the eternal life Glory
awaits those who have lived according
to the wishes of their Master on this
earth"
The pulpit of the church was nearly
buried in floral decorations and a large
blanket of flowers, the gift of the
Eastern Star lodge, covered the casket.
Interment was in Graceland cemetery
in Madison.
Rev. Youngman's Letter
The letter from Rev. Mr.. Youngman
read as follows:
Canon City, Colony Dear Brother
Heston: Memory and home gloriied
each other in my heart when | read
your tender reference to your dear
wife. Mrs. Heston made ideal sweet
ness and gentleness actual, practical
and experimental. That which others
can only at best imagine she was, is.
l refuse to think Of her as somebody
who has been, but is not. Her form
and covering was very lovely and now
that she is separated from that, and is
u~nclothed, the covering is not put out
Of the great creation, it is still a part
of the handiwork of God and is per-
mitted, though discarded by her, to
minister to the perpetuation and beau
ty of that element of which it was
made.
The body, the gross element of earth
in which she was embodied, still is
and is still of use in the great infinite
process of creation and recreation. 1t
is not lost-even the dust in which we
tabernacle continues after our friends
say we are dead.
How much more Of the soul in the
palace is taken down and the stones
are removed and built into other struc-
lures. If the great God in ordaining
all that is, though it is worth while to
thus perpetuate and make imperish-
able the material that composed the
palace, He surely did not foreordain
the humiliation of the queen that
dwelt within it's walls. The dust re-
turns to the dust, the spirit returns to
God-each finds it's original source
neither is destroyed.
Let not your heart be troubled
| there is no noise, clangor or ever
rumor of wal in the city of our God
whittier we hasten and to which the
mother Of your precious boys may
have gone before you receive this
May the peace of God which passetf
all understanding keep your heart ant
mind in the knowledge and love of Coz
and eternal life through Jesus Christ
Amen. Your friend, T. H. Youngman