Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-03-03
In Memoriam.
MRS. ELLA VIRGINIA WATERS.

When the setting sun is returning just
beyond the western horizon, and even
tide" is manifesting itself, retrospection is
so frequently recalling incidents of the past
that at times the memory of mans mind
becomes exceedingly active and causes
us to mediate upon the wondrous and
divine plan Of our Creator. Our Heavenly
Father in His infinite wisdom knew full
well what he was doing when in the be-
ginning Of time He called into being and
breathed unto her an immortal soul. The
most sacred creation of Gods handiwork
was good woman. Not long since read
an item Of college professor asking his
students which word in the English Ian
suaee was the most sacred to themS And
they answered that the most sacred word
was mother" During the reignof Queen
Cleopatra in Egypt her child lay dying
with a deadly contagious disease. She
desired to give farewell kiss to her dying
daughter The physician cautioned the
queen that in that kiss meant death. AS
a result she contracted the disease and
died Of the same malady. But that act
represented mothers irrepressible love.
There is nothing under the canopy Of
heaven but death that will separate good
mothers love from her children. From
the beginning of time until the present
there has not and never will be anything
which rings so true and genuine as a
mothers devotion. There are three words
which mean more to grateful child than
any other words in the universe. They
are, Mother, Home and Heaven.
Mrs. Ella Virginia Waters represented
good mother in the fullest meaning Of the
word. Without her presence there is an
aching void. because wife and mother is
forever absent. Would that this world
contained many, many more mothers of
her type. then how different would the
words mother" and home" apply. Her
life and death was vindication of the
fact that she was home-maker that to
her the home represented an abiding place
second only to the celestial home; that to
her motherhood represented the most sacred
trust of womankind that to her personal
sacrifices for the benefit of her family
meant most pleasant privilege; that to
her motherhood was a sacred opportunity
through which she could leave to posterity
an inheritance that anyone could rejoice in
the privilege to emulate. Her many attri-
butes were the characteristics so well
demonstrated amid the home circle. We
are conscious of the truth and the irrefuta-
BILE immortality of the soul Of the one
whose children loved to call Mother" and
the husband call ELLA :" and we have the
assurance through the dispensation Of
Gods providence that she has reached the
heavenly destination where the countless
numbers who have gone on before are
awaiting those yet to be called home.
May we all profit by the goodness so trium-
phantly exemplified in her love Of home,
Of husband, and of children.
Mother. more sanity still in death,
Changed only by breath
For, since we see her not,
Her face is ne'er forgot;
Yet with us sainted soul,
Until the veil aside shall roll,
Our guide; and by her led.
Until she beckons husband and children
come home.
pay my tribute to her memory with
profound esteem.
I. N. SHIPPERS. M D.,
Germantown, Md.
February 20, 1915.