Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-03-20
MRS. ]. f. TURNER
Rettie Clara (Mrs. ]. E.) Turner
Mother Of Edward, Dorothy and
John Turner.

against disease. So it is merely mark
ing a date to say her spirit left th'
body in the earl ymorning of Thurs
day, March 10, 1919. Services in hel
honor were held in the Presbyterian
church Saturday afternoon. Not many
Of US can expect to have at our de-
parture so great a number of people
Selpless to tell their mingled sorrow
and joy, as there were in this case:
because not many are living so loftily
so deeply, and so comprehensively. A
few of her intimate friends wrote
down one thought each to be woven
into the address at the services. These
are words they used: 'Inspirer to all
p that is best, leader, counsellor, com
forter, one of Gods noble women, my
friend, queen of an ideal home, sanity
in motherhood"
To evoke such praise means an out
pouring of vital energy, enought most
of us think, for any woman. But it
is rare to find another who maintained
interest in so many good things out
side the community and home. Hers
was an international mind in the best
sense of the word. She demanded "the
open door" into all lands, nor for their
mines, their forests, their wealth of
soil, things to be exploited for profit
to the exploiter. She was as well in
formed about these as any we'll read
woman, but they did not engage her
interest What she saw and felt con-
cerning the far off lands was people
swarming millions of people, so des-
titute of TIE things we enjoy so law
ishly-yea SO destitute of the word of
life which we so often neglect because
of its very familiarity. She accepted
q mandatory" from God for every.
sin laden people under the sun. On
the walls of "That more stately man.
sion which her soul builded for ITSELF"
were linned faces, black, brown and
yellow faces, sad, weary, wretched fac
es, having no hope and without God
in the world" She bore them up TO
the throne Of grace in intercessory
prayer-that most exhausting of all
soul exercises. For her prayers were
not of the Observation-Disclosures
trouble-me sort. AS treasurer she set
a standard of stewardship for the
Missionary People of the Presbyterian
church, by which they will be measured
So long as any of the present genera
ton are left to do any measuring. And
not only did she make her life felt in
the local work The Presbyterian Mis-
sionary committee, of which she was
ice-presfdent elected president, but
unable to accept on account of war
v-cri- ut the tirel declare their per-
sonal esteem, and they say "in all
planning for our missionary work we
depended on her judgment and found
it invariably reliable. Her death isl
an overwhelming loss in our work"
She had just pride in her ancestry,
of which much might be said. But
there was one event in which she felt
boundless pride. 1t was when her
Preacher Grandfather took and main
tanned stand against fellowship with
church members who held slaves. 1T
was on the border line between North
and South. His congregation forsook
him for the most part. The mission
,ary Society that sent him out re-
1S2aiated their promise of support, and
tfk denomination behind it endorsed
the reputation. But he lived to see
the whole denomination making it
their highest boast, that they led in
helping the black man. In the bad
days of France Voltaire was asked,
"why can not Frenchman found al
religion as well as the half-mythical
Syrian of eighteen centuries ago?"
The reply was "You can. All that is
necessary is to get yourself crucified
for a faith which, later, every body
Will recognize dS Inc lIlIii lhe SOii-
gregational denomination did not cru-
city Grandfather Seward in 1S43, but
they turned him out to starve for all
they cared. And, Lo, The American
Missionary Association, which arose
to back men of his vision, has become
their society which more nearly than
any other fulfills the scripture, "the
poor have the Gospel preached to
them" 1t was Mrs. Turner'S good
fortune to have such an ancestry. But
it is her own glory that she fixed upon
this heroic Americanism as the most
valued memory.
But her interest in the distressed