MRS SULLIVAN HONOURED

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21729, 11 March 1936, Page 17

MRS SULLIVAN HONOURED

TO THB' EDITOR 07 THE PRESS. Sir,—ln "The Press" to-day under i the heading "News for Women, there I is quite a long report or summary of ithe meeting which was held, to do ! honour to Mrs Sullivan. While I read [that interesting report I cried tears I of joy. Allow me to repeat a few of the gems contained therein. Mrs Kent-Johnston said, "Women of wide religious thought had gathered to honour a woman who had done ner duty nobly and well." What a gathering, a company of Christian, women doing "honour to whom honour is due. It was a meeting where dogmas and creeds had no place, where selfexaltation (if there was any) had to take a back seat. Miss E. Cardale said, "The cause of the peace oi mind of many expectant mothers was attributable to Mrs Sullivan " We have a useful society in our midst; yes, the Plunket Society attends to the babies, but to be able to create a peaceful state of mind with expectant mothers is of far more importance than caring for the baby after birth. , , , , Adjutant Wood said, "Love had been the great compelling force which had constrained Mrs Sullivan to give her services so freely." Ah, that is the grand secret of life-love. The power of love was the force that urged the Creator of the universe to part with His only Son. Love was the propeller" with-the Son. Though He was rich, yet for our sakes He became P °There are others, but the last, but perhaps, not the least in Quality is what Miss M. G. Havelaar said, Mrs Sullivan did all the odd jobs no one else wanted to do." What a wonderful epigram! Could any person have a better epitaph, "She did all the odd jobs no one else wanted to do. Yours, etc., r ~.,, OLD MAN. March 9, 1936.