The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-08-26
Nancy Hamilton.

'Inscrutable are the DEGREES Of
Omnipotence.
We wonder when he gathers his
harvest of golden grain why he takes
what seems to us the flower of the
field, the plant that leaves the earth
desert place.
Why not spare us the beautiful,
the useful, the leavening influence
of heart and mind inspiring faith,
hope and love in the children-why
not leave her whom everyone knows
but to love.
Why should the homage we bear
be treasured with the tomb?
Thus the human vision when God
calls our beloved friend and teacher,
Miss Hamilton. Perhaps he hath
need of character so beautiful.
Perchance the angels have appeared
at the throne of grace seeking one Of
Gods children to lead and teach
them.
Quietly she moved in her sphere,
sublimely unconscious of ephemeral
rewards, but with an abiding faith
in the affections of her pupils she
found new inspiration every day for
the work of training and forging the
character and destiny of hundreds of
the children who delighted, every
one, to be in her class rooms. She was
blessed with intellectual gifts, a
mind cultivated and tempered with
sympathy, essentially and singularly
attached to those whom God had
placed in her care and tenderly win
ming her way to their hearts and con-
thetic current in all her associations.
Nearer and dearer they came as time
wove its silken fabric in our lives
Day by day her inner life Powered
into beauty, and year by year it
ripened in the golden sunlight.
1t was my privilege for two years
to be with Miss Hamilton in school
work, and the memory of those two
years will ever remain to inspire and
lead me onward and upward 1t was
always labor of love to aid those who
came to her for help, to cheer the
lonely and to rejoice with those who
were happy. Everyone loved her.
Our two years together will be
chapter to treasure in my heart She
was always faithful, helpful, bounti-
full, sweetly obliging and cheerfully
serving her friends. 1t was indeed
pleasure to ask her for a favor.
The city and the schools have suf-
fered distinct loss. The teachers
have lost friend and co-laborer. 1t
is hard to realize the extent of our
loss. 1t will indeed be difficult to
find one capable of taking her place.
memorial tablet, but her influence
among the children will endure in
their ideals and affections. The
shrine of true devotion is a mothers
love- The daughter worshiped at |
this shrine. And she who was also |
dear, sweet sister is called from the |
sacred precincts of home to that |
Celestial City, where there is light
and life everlasting and love en-
dures, and where in a glorious re-
union we may all meet her again.
Our friend and associate was d
child of God. The foundation of
christian character was laid in Sun
day school. She was pupil and
then a teacher. These her religious
devotions prepared her for a larger
service in the schoolroom, reflected |
in her life andf the city schools.
At the summit of beautiful life
God called, and to-day she is smiling
and greeting those who have gone
before, walking with her father and
rejoicing in the fact that they are
reunited and bringing him a message
of love from those who are waiting
on the other side.
Our loss is Heavens gain.
A FRIEND.