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OBITUARY. ! **I haI(Of Interest to Colored People.) j veIhIn MemoryYBecause of tlie esteem 51 ml lovo-jim •which members of the Women's Home j is *. lt;*.. 1Missionary Soclcly of the Second M. j eeK. church possessed for Mr. French | 14Duller, one of their members who i Hi recently departed this life, they have jwritten a mcmoriam in his honor which is being: published in this column, j l-'J This memorium composed by Mrs.II Mae Williams and Mrs. Sarah Rogers, read as follows:During' the past year our ranks hr ve been booked, the golden chain Ik s parted, two links Iniyo fallen | M away.Kn one heard the door tlml opened When they passed beyond their call Soft as loosened leaves of. rosesOne by one our loved ones fall.* rThere is no heart so hard, nor ey.* so fierce that the presence of deathwill not soften and cause, a tender but- ■ *. * . . • •powerful stream of sympathy to flow;Great- nations, at war.wil;! stop long* * r - ■ 4 , .enough lo respect -the dead. How lid' * f ivlt; rv appropriate it is for us as.inem-jth bors of the W. II; M. S. who as fol. | sc lowers* of Christ. that Christ whom j’m; wo expect to take us unto himself mi when the rider of the White Horse MjNnoclasps his icy fingers around heart strings; that Christ who will extractwcDithe sting from death and snatch vie-1 NtUKwtlory from the grave, it is indeed very very appropriate for us as members of this great society to pause long j f enough to pay our last tribute of re *e sped to our dear departed brother. I cri God in Ilis infinite mercy saw fit to cad Brother French Butler just a few days ago from this world, to joinnoofHim and His angels and. yes. Sister i doMason, to a world of peace and hap. pi ness and joy. In fancy we see him with a smiling, beaming countenance singing his dear old familiar songs as his sou! wafted onward. ‘4I want to go to heaven in due time before the heaven 'doors close.”Words cannot express our sor* rowfi hut our loss in his gain. Brother Butler and Brother William Masonwere honorary members o ft he W. It.* »M. S. He was always ready and wii-| ling to abundantly, financially aid lien. asked and seemed happy 111 lining so. His doors were ever open for any meeting 01* entertainment,and all who came were made wel*/come. Yes,-lie shad be missed in the Jaime, church, club and class-room. But may the parting be temporary and the meeting general. God will 'St rengthen and uphold the bereavedfiwidow-in this sad trial. .We must a!-ways remember that while our dearones have gone from mortal sight*.11 hey are still with us spiritually. God calls our loved ones but we lose not .wholly what he has given. .They live .in earth, in thought, indeed as truly as 111 his heaven.Sleep on, dead friends, such lives as1 tlii noHave not been lived in vain. .. (But hold an influence rare divine«* On lives that here remain.We have often heard him say in»?Iiis prayers, “God bless our pastor land his family, aud before the endof the conference year, I pray it maythdo1 *10SllMa p of eh JoIV]be good for him to be here.” His I--prayers were answered, for it fS good Jfor Rev. Singleton to be here. So* t,many good deeds he has done for ^Brother Butler since he passed away. Ke stands by his members in distress. ' But hark, listen, they are calling.the roll in heaven. “Melissa Mason,* - *Freach Butler.” They answer “pres* .'sunt.” He is gone but not forgotten.1111aYctriaprelt;coT1erit 1 •*
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Connersville Daily Examiner
Connersville, Indiana, US
Wed, Feb 20, 1918
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