Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-07-04
EULOGY Of
ELMER EDISON
1876 Washington Street,
Hampstead, L. l.,
June %, 1918.
Mrs. Ida Edison,
payetta Idaba

June %. 1918.
Mrs. Ida Edison,
/ Payette. IDAHO.
My dear Mrs. Edison:
Last fall when the troops were
mobilizing here at Camp Nils, one
of the boys best known by our peo-
plC and most frequently In the SER
vices of our little Baptist Church
here was your son, Elmer Edison.
On Prayer Meeting nights he was
present with word to say for his
Master. On Sunday he was in our
services. On other nights he was
often at the church, where the SOL
dlers came to write letters or read,
or have few sandwiches and cof-
fee, and where our people came to
know him very intimately and wei.
There is hanging now on the walls
of our Sunday School room a picture
of the room with soldiers and church
people scattered about at the tab
les reading, writing, eating and
some about the piano singing. your
sen among the number
He was often in tie homes
some OF our people end with other
boys ate Thanksgiving dinner with
one of our church fanil ies, the
Fords. And so in one way and an
other We all came to know him and
to appreciate his sterling Christian
character, his wholesome manly per
sonality, his honest, earnest life.
1t was then a great shock to US
all When on Wednesday even ing, In
the New York papers, We found h'sl
name in the casualty list among the
killed in action" was on the
train with three of our young men
when 1 found-ehe- name One OF
them was Clarence Ford where he
had been Thanksgiving Day. We
had been Thanksgiving Day. We !
the name and initials and
address and We could not escape
Clle Sdu SOANluclOu blldL II GO oaA /
EGson who had made the supreme
sacrifice. The sadness shown by
these three boys showed the place
your son had in their esteem. As
he evening wore one and another
called the Parsonage on the phone
With tie sad news that Edison and
been taken. Then last might at the
Prayer Meeting he was spoken OF
oy all and it was voted that in ad-
lition to any personal letters which
night be written, that the Pastor
N behalf of the church people,
should write to you expressing to
rou our deepest sympathy in this
great loss which has come to you.
1 am writing then tonight both
or myself and on behalf of the
:hurch to try to bring to you, N
;ome small measure at least, our
,steem flor Elmer Edison and our
with you at this time.
1ou were in our thoughts and pray
rs at the service last evening and
-ou will be in the days to come.
rhe greatness of your loss can be
elt adequately only by those who
ire passing through the same or
Ieal in these trying days. But with
he sense of loss, may God grant
O you a feeling of uplifting pride
nd Nioy that it has been your priv
lege to give to a great and holy
alse the supreme gift OF your son.
Is you in these sad days enter in
o IF, llowship with the suferings Of
Ihrist'' may you feel also that He
,nters into fellowship with your suf--
ering and may you know some OF
HI joy which came to the Master
n laying down His life that men ,
night be saved, as you thus lay up
IA tho altar your supreme gift, that
ha world may be saved from the
,owhr of wicked men and that wo-
non and children may be saved
rom the power OF the despoiler
day Gods richest blessing rest up
IN you and yours and hallow to-
'o,.r hearts your sacrifice in the
lo,iest cause the world has ever
lnown.
Yours in Christian sympathy.
WILLIAM w. BARKER,
Pastor First Baptist Church,