The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-29
TRIBUTE IS PAID
TO MISS COLLINS
Or. Frank NewhalI White and Dr.. Fred
w. Long Speak in Appreciative
Terms Of Her Great
Work. ~
FUNERAL YESTERDAY
Services Were Held In the First Con-
gregationaI Church and Many
Friends Were
There.
YESTERDAY

A tribute as sincere as it was beau
tiful was paid the late Rev. Miss
Mary c. Collins yesterday by DR..
Frank Newhall White, at the funeral
services held from the First Congre-
gational church, DR.. White represents
the American Missionary association
under whose auspices Miss Collins
carried on her work. DR.. White
characterized Miss Collins as a pion-
eer in the nth power, and spoke Of
the hardships which She faced as she
went into the great western country
to carry the gospel to the Indians.
mo name shines with greater
lustre or more commanding brilliance
than that Of Mary Collins" he said.
Il wonder if we can measure tho
of her life
The Rev. Fred w. Long, pastor of
the First Congregational church,
spoke of Miss Collins work and life
in brief way and said that to him,
one word described her, and that was
unsehishness. "She found good in
everything" he said. For me one
word, unseltishness. expresses her
life. She expresses the meaning of
the glorified life" he declared, after
reading bit of verse written several
years ago by the late Rev. w. L.
Byers. .-.
Romance and Chivairy.
Romance, philanthropy, religion and
charity, magnanimity and chivalry
were all component parts Of Miss Col
Inns life, DR.. White said in his tribute.
Although people usually considered
a word to use in speaking Of
men, he thought the word had no
greater or better Interpretation than
in the life Of Miss Collins. No one,
he said, could ever express the conf
dence, reverence and affection with
which Miss Collins was regarded by
the officers of the A. M. A
Hers was a life of the pioneer
brought to the nth power, he declared.
Miss Collins went out not to take part
in the upbuilding of some great COM
mercial enterprise. but to pour her life
into the lives of others. She went out
a frail young woman, unafraid OF the
obstacles ahead of her. Patiently she
waited. he said, until she had over
come the distrust of the red man, and
had conquered the Indians heart with
love-
He described her fighting single
handed against clever schemers ana
selfishness, aiming to take
away the lands and property Of these
same Indians.
Claim for Honor.
mo achievement Of law, Of engin-
eering, Of mechanics, no mastery OF
the forces of the world rises higher
than life with record like this.
keokuk has given much to the world.
1t has given a great military leader,
great juriStS and statesmen, but Keo-
kuk has no greater claim to honor
than to have been the home of Mary
C. Collins, the missionary" i
In his tribute to Miss Collins. Dr.
| .ong said that he met many of the
Indians in the Dakotas whom Miss
Collins had brought the message of
Christ to. and spoke of the love and
reverance which they bore her. He
spoke of meeting a Sioux Indian on
the fields of France and how when
he asked if he knew Miss Collins, the
Indians face broke into smiles and
he felt that meeting one who knew
her. was meeting friend indeed.
The musical numbers included songs |
Ivy the quartet composed Of C. r. Joy,
John HUDSON, Mrs. Schouten and Mrs. |
Hughes, and a duet by A. w. Hulson |
and John Hulson.
Sam CIari<'s Editorial.
In connection with the death Of Miss |
Collins and tributes which are being |
paid to her, one cannot help but re-
call Sam NJ Clark'S words in The |
Gate City, written at the time Of her
1t is given here by request |
Of some of her friends:
Love of home is human instinct, |
but that is very different from the love |
that Keokuk people have for keokuk. !
Keokuk is mother, brother, wife and !
friend all at once to its people who
here long enough to become in
into its great spirit. Here -:
in Keokuk when one needs a friend. a
thousand friends spring out of the
very air with outstretched hands of
aid When one needs sympathy, ,
thousand heads are bowed, and a i
thousand tongues speak the words
hat are salve and precious ointment. T.
When one needs advice, he knows 4 /
thousand places where there are men
md women of wise judgment and big
.ralts. When one is in Keokuk. he is .
safe in the arms of the best wife that
aver soothed a troubled heart or pro
tected from pitfalls. When Mary