Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-05-05

at the same time trusting that in doing this last
thing in a religious way, we may be inspired
with feeling Of resignation TO the ruling OF an
all.wise Providence we are hoping that from
l,these sacred surroundings and these significant
ceremonies we may take that hope and that
consolation that can be given only by the voice
of religion and can come only TO the believing
mind At the same time that we perform these
last rites over our departed friend, ana tSEt
from them the cOnsoling thought of an eternal
life II is but proper for rs to look back upon
| the past, aud to draw at the present time feeh
/ ings Of consolation from the lite OF her from
/ whom we separate today until the end OF the
world.
There are so many things that can be said
about Mrs. Gorm8n--so many things OF con
| ISOLATION so many things Of inspiration for al
| of u.s. that take time to say but small
| fraction of those things | think, however, II
| is but Just to refer to this life that has Just
| closed. Our departed friend, as you all know,
| was a woman Of deep religious faith, and am
| sure, my dear friends that " any one OF the
pastors of our church from the very beginning
| were asked TO testify. he would be forced to
| say what / have just said. that our departed
/ friend was woman OF deep religious faith.
My dear friends how often it has happened,
and especially the past few days that / nave
heard grown men and women say Why, Mrs;
| German, she was my SUNDAY school teacherI
| How long ago was that? oh, twenty years
ago. thirty years ago; from the very beginning
| ri her life she sharing the knowledge OF the
faith she had with others. She was worker
| in the vineyard of the Lord, an able cO-helper
| in every cause for the good of the Church of
God for many years; there has never been
time in all these years that the cause OF religion
lacked support on the part of our departed
| friend; there was never day when her ears
were deaf to the call for help in the vineyard
OF the Lord. My friends, she has borne the
burden of the day and the heat of the day, she
never faltered in all that time and we know
that when the Master of the vineyard appor-
tions His rewards she will be surely taken care
Of in ample way.
"It want only that she was woman Of deep
religious faith, but hers the kind of re-
ligious faith that makes the world more cheer
full and better place; she wasn't the kind that
thought religion gloomy something put upon
others burden she was the kind that made
religion cheerful that made religion helpful in
her own life, in her own home and among her
neighbors. II / asked TO show how reli-
gon could be used a means of brining JOY,
would point to the life Of departed friend.
Why, she made her religion thing of JOY, she
lived it, praeticed it and obtained consolation
and joy out of it, and that is what religion
ought to be. II ought to bring MS happiness in
the practice of il, it ought to put Joy into
hearts and confidence and fervent hope for the
future. | ii gave this to her and
made her the best in her fellow
Her life in this community is SO well known
and so much better known to many of you than
II could possibly be to me, that 1t is useless for
me to dwell upon 1t now; our friend was in
terested in every good work for the welfare of
means her time and her efforts for everything
that for the good of the community.
know how hard she worked aud how interested
she was in the days of the war how glad she
was she could do her share that was the spirit
that typiRed her work here in the ladies soci-
cites, and IN everything we did, and in every
thing we tried to do. | know how charitable
she and how interested she in the
Federated Charities, and how she gave not only
OF her means but her time to look after those
who were in need OF assistance. How many
times | have heard her say There's a poor
woman needing help over here or a little
boy or "a little girl a crippled child
what can we do for them2' Hers was an active
life illustrating the words of the Gospel for the
fifth Sunday after Easter:
Religion pure and indebted with God
and the Father is this: to visit widows
and orphans in their tribulatiOn.'
why, she was visiting the widow and the
orphans, she was looking after the widow and
the orphans in their sorrow; how many are
there who were in sorrow TO whom she ght
cheer aud consolation, and actual help when it
need
My friends, / could go ON, but shall only
call attention to that splendid, noble life the
contemplation OF which is an inspiration for uS
who remain. As to her home life, and oh, that
home was SO dear to her, the feeling of loss to
these relatives of the deceased, her husband and
her children is too tender and too sacred for
me to dwell upon at this time | know her
heart wrapped up in her home, | know that
next to her Cod IN her heart and her mind
was ntf nome ana she TOOK an honest pride IN
lar home and in her family: you know that
ter than ! can tell you. Her lie. my dear
rendS on this earth is closed. but there re.
mains for those who were dear to her the in
spiraton of that splendid life dedicated TO God,
her country, her home and her community, and
td put into our lives some of the splendid vr,
tues we admire in her life.
After ALL my dear friends, are moving
towards the grave as she was; we have Ger.
tan time that is given To us here upon earth,
but that time is short, and even the longest
life quickly passes away; have her
taken away il had 10 come as IL must come
u all of us. and she has gone, we also
shall go. and the only thing we ought to he
Interested in is that we shall leave behind us
something worth while she did What u
blessed memory She has left behind for hun
reds and hundreds TO cherish and to be led
~ IN the years To come What blessed mem
my she has left behind for her children her
,nns and her daughters, the memory OF that
'.lsjian mother will be benediction in the
'nys 20 come and whether in joy or in sorrow,
he knowledge and memory OF her splendid life
vii be their support, and the memory of the
ccmpanlonShp of many years will console the
sneEtng spouse who remains behind, and in all
ha DAYS To- come Won will have the memory of
his Christian mother 10 remain with you.
She had her days of pain and affection, she
Aad her great burdens 10 bear and She bore
il m rs only mothers know how to bear their
burdens she thought OF the future of her loved
Ne~; She had all the cares and anNieties thai
weigh SO hard aud 50 heavy upon the heart at
'an bear them and because she did So and be-
cause She was that nobleSt OF all heings~-a
aithful mother knnw she has gone TO her
Maker aud received His reward | know that
the vision Of God was opened to her. and the
,plcndid life of that loyal and faithful mother
approved by the Lord and Master who put
ser IN this world; she has returned 10 Him
shaving She has used the talents God gave her
and increased them the hundred fold the Lord
lnNeS To see and il = for Him to give her eter
nal reward. and | would say to her Surrnwpg
children let thai he your conSohRg memory, and
let that memory he your guiding star thru all
the days to come oh, what splendid thing
or q child Ia live that he can look his
mother IN the eye when he meets her in eter.
nifty, While our mothers are with uS, we want
their confidence. want 10 he able 10 look
them in the eye and so when they are gone, we
want To live No thar when II our mothers
again we can look into their lowing faces. and
into their beautiful eyes withuut being ashamed,
nd | have every confidence that the mother
who is taken will be Interested IN her loved
ones and She will pray before the thrOpe Of Gud
that the grace they need viii he given Ia them,
oh, u mother would cease to he mother il
she forgot her children. and we know our
theirs are praying for Us before the throne Of
tod, and would say to the faithful companion
4 th.,, Of .,v ~. ,.hf