Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-05-12
FUNERAL IS HELD
! FOR MRS. SHELLEY

Services Are Conducted
at M. E. Church for
Pioneer
The funeral service for Grandma
Shelley was held in the First Metho
dist church, Aberdeen, being conduct
ed by the pastor, w. T. Randolph. The
service was held at 2:30 P. M. Mon
day, May s, 1916, as follows:
The minister, w. T. Randolph, reat
the following passages from Scripture
John 11:25, 26, Il am the resurrec
ton and the life: he that believeth in
me, though he were dead, yet shall
he live: and whatsoever iveth and be
lieveth in me shall never die.
Job 19:25-27, Il know that my Re
deemer liveth. and that he shall stand
at the letter day upon the earth: and
though after my skin worms destroy
this body, yet in my flesh shall l see
God: whom shall see for myself, and
mine eyes shall behold, and not an
other"
1 Timothy 6:7; Job 1:21, eve
brought nothing into this world, and
it is certain we can carry nothing
out. The Lord gave, and the Lord
hath taken away: blessed be the name
of the Lord"
After which Jesus, Lover of My
Soul was sung by some special sing
ers for the occasion.
Then the pastor led in prayer, in
part as follows:
Our heavenly Father we thank
Thee that we may come to Thee at
a time like this, and feel that we may
have Thy comfort, Thy wisdom. Thy
grace. We rejoice that we do not
weep as those who have no hope Help
us to know that through Jesus Christ
and the redemption of Thy Son, we
may one day be reunited, and clasp
glad hands on the banks of deliver.
ance. Teach us the lessons that we
need to learn. Help us to be better
men and women. Help us to under.
stand that the death of Thy Saints
is precious in Thy sight. Strengthen
us for the tasks of life. Help us to
bear each others burdens; each 9TH
er's sorrows, and some day, may we
be reunited as loved ones in the Bet
ter Land. In Jesus name we ask
it, Amen!"
The singers then sang ASLEEP In
Jesus"
The Pastor gave this obituary no.
tice:
Matilda T. Shelley was born Janu-
airy IA, 1889 in West Virginia. She
resided in that state till she was sew
en- years old, when she moved to ILL
nois. She was the daughter of the
Rev. VIM. Rider, an old-time Metho-
dist itinerant of that state. In 1882
they moved to Kansas where they
lived about five years. They came to
Washington in 1888. She has lived
here ever since, with the exception
of two years she spent in Kansas
during this period.
SISTER Shelley has been a member
of the church ever since she was a
small girl-or nearly all her life. She
was the mother of four sons and one
daughter. Three of these children
survive: Henry E. Shelley of Co
guile, Ore; E. H. Shelley of this
city and George W. Shelley of Myrtle
Point, Ore. She has also one brother
in Colorado, seven grandchildren, and
a host of friends who mourn her pass
ing. She was also a member of the
w. c. T. u"
The minister's text was Psalm
116:15: Precious in the sight of the
Lord is the death of His saints"
He said in part:
Gods view point and mans view
point are different. From mans view
point he thinks of the broken home,
the broken circle; the broken pros.
poets, the blighted plans; the bereave-
ments, the sorrows, and all the at.
tendant experiences that accompany
death.
From Gods view point it is the
time of rest, Of quiet, the time of com
fort, Of peace. 1t is happy occasion
a time of rejoicing, of cooperation
with God and the redeemed hosts OF
Heaven"
He then offered the following rea
sons why the death of the saint is
precious in the sight of God:
/ Q) 1t is the saints honorable dis
charge from the scene of battle-the
field of conflict. 1t is the time when
complete and perfect rest comes tc
the soul which has had it's conflict.
Then it is precious OF God since il
is the transition to a glorified state
1t certainly means something to be