The Monroe journal., 1920-11-30
NRAN PAYS \ BEAUTIFII.
TRIBUTE TO MRS. GRIFFIN
The Name Lady" Was Derived From,
Lives Like She Has Lead In This
Community.

'innluhitA.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
First Baptist church met in special
session Saturday afternoon. the meet
Ing being in the nature of a farewell
10 Mrs. Z. NJ, Griffin. who left yes
terday for Memphis where she will
spend the winter. After few intro
dGctory remarks by Mrs. W. c. SAN
ders, the president OF the society.
each member read a toast 10 Mrs
Griffin, who by her loyalty 10 every
phase of church work. her bright
saile and kindly nature, has endear-
ed herself TO the hearts of her CO.
workers. After the serving of deli
clous chicken salad, sandwiches. cof-
fee, waters and pickles. the hearts OF
all present were touched by the fol-
lowing lovely tribute 10 Mrs. Griffin.
given by Rev. John A. Wray, the pas
tor:
II beg to speak. for a moment Of
Mrs. Griffin, as Lady lady ad-
mired, loved, honored, and deserved
ly So In my recent reading | had the
opportunity of refreshing my memo
ry by the following story. The story
Of the origin of the word lady. Long
dgo, before the England OF to-day
was more than a waste of forest and
marsh land. its inhabitants were fore
ed 10 dig in hard ground for living.
the time came when there was class
of people who lived IN better huts and
wore finer skins than the others. II
was because they were finer work
men, more finished craftsmen and
in time these people banded them
selves together and organized the
first towns. We don't know when
the first mill was invented. II was.
no doubt, a rough affair of two stones
that the women pounded together
But by the aid OF il they managed TO
make -four, and then they proceeded
to make the first bread, and they
baked ii in great loaves; and then
famine, grim and terrible came upon
the land, and while the people who
had mills still managed TO exist. the
other people were starving. for the
supply of nuts and roots had been
blasted. And so the women who Iiv-
~ n the towns and baked the bread
banded together baked many great
!aafes ana carried them to those 9TH
or people who were starving. And
the other people seeing them come.
cried Loaf day Loaf day, Out
Of that time Of famine Il came TO be-
custom the giving of loaves. Ana
as the years went by The words we're
contracted and the people cried.
'Loa'ny. Lod 'D.y, And then aft.r
perhaps. the two words be-
came ono; and when the Kind won an
appeared. carrying bread in their
hands, the hungry people would fol-
low them, crying lovingly: Lady. La
dy. Now, We learn from the Book
Of Books aud too. from the diary OF
our own experience YOURS and mine
that We cannot live BY bread alone
and the hungry heart welcomes the
coming OF the Lady like the one 10
whom we pay tribute whose heart is
so surcharged with Gods love and
therefore, for her fellows. that Il gen
crates the smile which brightens uur
pathway when II is dark: and walms
he hand. whose clasp ihaWs Tie chm
IN 'hc heart, and changes our att.l
phcre The heart hunger the in-
iese'ihable ache tar more distress
NJ than Tie cry Of The body Tor
food Is supplied by The coming uf
his lady of love and smile and noL
'heer The One who roigns IN her
'aari has tniored her hand to plucl /
TIE thistle barb Of care ana pla 4 I
.gti- ol heauease There Fo N.s.|
he has often, with her smile and Eud
Word, transformed the gloom into =
.ican q The brightness Just behind /.
he cloud God bless Mrs Griffin /
Lay he live long aud MAY her kind
neroasc. % makc the world q hrirhI
Il 5eter and happier place 10 which /
> ISe!