The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-11-01
IN MEMORY OF MRS. ELIZABETH
HINTON TALBOT.

Mrs. Elizabeth Hinton Talbot, was
delivered at the funeral Wednesday
afternoon by Rev. w. e. Ellis, pastor
of the Paris Christian church. They
typify the beautiful life of this popu-
lar young young woman, whose pass
ing away has laid heavy pail Of
grief and sorrow upon relatives and
friends: t..A @
1--WE have just watched beautiful
voyager on life's sea pass safely into
port. The sails, despite all the ex-
periences of wind and weather, are
as white as when given to the breeze
when first it was launched upon the
sea of time. The cargo is rich and
abundant. No port has been touched
in all this voyage but has yielded
something to the precious freightage
of this queenly ship. At every port,
to every ship saluted on this great
sea of time, something has been given,
of rich supply-and, giving, has al
ways enriched and never impoverish-
ed. The voyage has sometimes been
against the current and the tide, but
the beautiful voyager has been
staunch and true, and never truer
spirit held the wheel.
"But at last the voyage is ended,
and the queenly voyager has anchor
ed in the peaceful harbor amidst the
triumphant shout of the great crowd
of witnesses that welcomed her into
that peaceful haven of eternal rest.
No more flashing of the waves of care,
no more tossing to and fro by adverse
winds, no more giving of her rich
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sea, but all is calm and beautiful
now, and the meanings Of the sea of
life have changed into the sweet
music of the choir invisible.
How queenly has been this voy-
ager. How thoroughly equipped for
this perilous voyage, how perfectly
she has sailed the sea of life. How
gracefully she has glided into the
harbor of safety. And now that she
is safely anchored in that peaceful
haven, what blissful rest in sweet re-
pose in the arms of the infinite love
of Him who is the Master of the
seas.
"This is the impression that the
life of this beautiful girl, so pure,
and blessed and sweet, has made on
my mind.
Il think of her as having gone just
"a little way from us, and, oh, how we
long to follow her into her new home,
to inquire into her new life and to
find in what her new happiness con-
sists. For the spirit would never be-
come quite so near to us and so real
to us as when we follow into it our
loved ones and sympathize with them
in the improvements and the enjoy
ments of that blessed life.
What a delicate refinement was
hers, and how tenderly she felt for
those she loved What goodness,
what purity, what sympathy. what
intensity of love she ever manifested
for her loved ones. And with it all
how gentle and sweet and lovely. In
her home she silently spread around
her that soft, pure light, the beauty
of which is never fully known until
it is gone.
How she will be missed from the
circle in which she moved. What ten
der services she has rendered to the
Master in the use of her beautiful
voice which God had given her for
ministry. In the social circle, in con-
and by the open grave she has used
that sweet voice to SOothe and COM
fort the hearts of thousands and stir
and cheer the hearts of thousands
more.
What a beautiful spirit she had.
There was a cheerfulneSS and sun
shine of soul that made her so attrac-
tive, and gave to her a sacred, place
in the hearts of others. There was
delicacy of feeling and a sympathy of
heart that gave to her the power to
communicate with ease and interest
the feelings of her own soul, and led
her to minister to every cry of need.
How gentle, how tender, how living.
Life was sweet to her and the world
was beautiful. She loved childhood
and flowers and sunshine and song
and everything that made for happi
ness and good cheer. Her heart was
full of generous impulses, noble aSpi-
rationS and unSelfish devotion.
How soul-inspiring it is to con-
template the transformation of such
a soul in the presence of Jesus, with
a new reception of his spirit, and a
new compensation of his mind, so
that she can enter into His vast God
like thoughts and associate with Him
in the great ends for which he lives,
with an unending admiration and an
immortal grandeur of love.
What must be the felicity of that
world into which she has gone where
souls are free from selfishness, open
as the day, thirsting for new truth,
free from all sin, and communicating
themselves with the freedom of per-
feet love-a communion marred by
no passion, chilled by no reserve, de-
pressed by no consciousness of sin,
and overflowing with innocent joy
a communion where perfect beings
give familiar utterance to their di-
vinest inspirations and where the
swellings of an unconfined sympathy
and love is amending.
1.-THE beautiful life is ended here,
but the blessful Immortality contin-
ues over there. Our loved one is at
peace with God. She has just gone
on before. One by one we shall soon
follow on. She has gone to join the
choir invisible and add to the music
of the angelic chorus. But she leaves