The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-07
LIFE ETERNAL IS
SUFFERERS BALM
Reverend Alternately Has
Words of Cheer for the
Friends of Mrs. Brand
WAS PIONEER TULSAN
As Charter Member of Her
Church. Her Life Was
Full of Usefulness

Following funeral services which
rare held In the Boston Avenue
,rgrch Thursday afternoon, the body
~ Mrs Lorene Brand, pioneer Tulsa
woman. was laid to rest In Rose
1u cemetery. Mrs. Brand passed
...Hv at her home, 1894 South Bos-
.# avenue. Tuesday morning fol-
ing a long Illness.
Hasides a husband, James Y. Brand,
wind has been more or less promi-
atty identified in civic affairs
..a since the familys removal TO
.a from Maysficld, Ky, in 1900,
ST.. Brand is survived by two
sbicrs. Mrs. Eula Tucker and
: NF Mabel Miller. both OF Tulsa,
AM by three sisters and two broth
Mrs. Parris Sings.
urccedlng the funeral sermon Mrs.
g.r Paris. an early friend Of the
t,u1v. sang Memories OF Mother"
which was one OF the favorite hymns
%. Mrs Brand. a picked choir also
sang several selections.
Rev. John Abernathy, presiding
elder OF the Methodist chhrches IN
this district, preached the funeral
e-ruon In which he told of the un-
diving devotion and work OF Mrs.
Grand in behalf OF the local church
.. which she was a charter member,
In words OF comfort Reverend Aber-
ratAy told the large assemblage Of
relatives and friends Of Mrs. Brand
that the Christian belief OF life
eternal was balm to the sorrow
that comes from the passing OF our
loved ones.
Is No Dark side.
4 We are too prone to look on
tha dark side" Reverend Abernathy
said What we sec as the sunset
and the darkness is really but the
dawn OF a new day. What could be
more beautiful today In the nearness
OF the Easter tide than the evangel-
lists story ef Jesus resurrection
rom the belief OF death. 1t was in
the morning hours, in a garden and
angels were there. we read.
What ioyfulness and gladness
there is manifested in the morning
hours. There is no sorrow in the
dawn. The sunset on the other hand
Is somehow tinged with sadness, as
u IL were the death Of a day. But
in the morning hours, there is Joy.
They are full OF birds songs and
everything Is fresh and invigorating
as II IL were newborn.
And 30 we liken the dawn and
sunset to our own lives. At this
hour of sorrow, 10 the relatives and
close friends OF the deceased, 1t
seems as the sunset. But how com
fortlng It is TO know that what
seems to be the sunset here Is the
morning hours, the dawn OF new
born day for the one who has gone
before. And so as Christian follow
ers OF the Christ we are enabled
TO turn our eyes unto heaven and
declare in biblical language, % grave,
where Is thy victory o death, where
Is thy stingY
Was Christian Mother.
1T Is a comforting though 10
know that our loved ones have gone
from labor to refreshment. No one
could be more richly deserving of
heavenly blessings than the Chris
tian mother. Kind, ever full of good
cheer and devotion to the right
things of life, there Is nothing 50
heavenly as the Christian mother.
And Mrs. Brand was a Christian
Mother, Early identifying herself
with the church OF her choice, she
came TO Tulsa in the early years
Of this church and gave OF her
strength to the then small group OF
workers, and so she continued ever
ready 10 give the helping hand TO
ALL She lived TO, see the fruits OF
that labor grow and increase.
AS / think OF the near approach
Of Easter, am reminded once again
Of the story Of the death and ressur-
rection of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
To the relatives and friends gathered
here today, the mortal body OF Mrs.
Brand is dead. But like unto our
beloved Master who died to show us
the way, there is the resurrection, IN
tho morning hours of a new day.