THE LATE MRS RYBURN.

Waikato Argus, Volume VII, Issue 486, 12 September 1899, Page 2

THE LATE MRS RYBURN.

The funeral of the late Mrs Ryburn took place on Saturday. The Rev. Walter Smith held a short service at the house, after which the procession started for Te Awamutu ; the coffin was covered with wreaths, crosses and various other floral tributes of affection. About a dozen buggies and over fifty persons on horseback joined in the procession, which, by the time it reached the beautiful cemetery at St. John's Church, Te Awamutu, had increased to probably nearly 200 persons, many coming out from the town on foot, and people were there from far and near to show their respect for the dead and sympathy for the living. The Rev. Mr Latter conducted the services in the church and at the grave. On Sunday, the Rev. Walter Smith referred to the sad event during his discourse here, his text being from John x«. f 33 : " These things I have spoken uuto you that in Me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer ; I have overcome the world." After giving an appropriate sermon, the rev. gentleman closed his service with the following beautiful and sympathetic remarks : —" I have spoken to-day on the inevitable presence of lo?s and tribulation in the lot of all. 1 have been led to this subject by the sad event which for a few days past has filled so many of our thoughts, and awakened universal feelings of sympathy in the district. And lam sure as I have been apeaking, your thoughts havo been reverting to the visitation of God's providence which has made a brother's home inconsolable, aud cast a gloom over all the community. To our bereaved brother and fellow communicant, who has lost in the departed his devoted companion of many years, and to the bereaved family, who mourn the loss of a devoted mother, we tender our heartfelt sympathy. We commend them to the God of all consolation, who is able to comfort and sustain them in this their hour of sore trial. May they be enabled in faith aud with perfect trust to look to Him, who is the God of all comfort. Aud may they realise that, though the shadow lies upon them now, the Lord's mercy is undimmed. May they find comfort in the thought, that the memory of her, who has gone, will abide with them, that whatever has been sweet and strong aud sacred in the presence, which here they shall know no more, is imaged in their hearts, that the voice they have loved may yet reach them through the solemn silence. I am sure that our heartfelt prayer is that He, iu whose Holy keeping are tho living and the dead, and with whom all are safe till He bring them to His everlasting light, will be the help and stay of tho bereaved family this day. And may we all, who are thus solemnly reminded anew of the insecurity and uncertainty of human life, be led to dedicate ourselves anew to the service of God's will, that in the faith and spirit of Him who was made perfect through Buffering,' each of us may be ready to say whenever the hour shall strike : " Father, I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.' " (Paterangi Correspondent).

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