THE LATE MRS HORNE.

Waikato Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 3493, 13 November 1894, Page 5

THE LATE MRS HORNE.

The-late Mrs-Horne was so well known and ;heUinvjsucli h i esteem for h er. d 6 voti on to charitable works that on Thursday v morning the... news of her death cast quite'.a -gloom over the township, all sections of the community deeply sympathising with her bereaved relations in ihe loss of so valuable and useful a life. The deceased lady devoted her life to visiting the poor and needy, and when sickness entered their homes she was ever at hand to nurse and administer to the wants of 1 the sick. Mrs Home was also a frequent visi* tor to the Waikato Hospital ever since the institution 1 ' was 1 established, and so long as her health permitted she would be seen every week in the wards, speaking words of cheer and comfort to the afflicted.

The; funeral took place on Sunday afternoon in the Hamilton West Cemetery, the corteze being one of the largest ever seen in Hamilton. Immediately behind the chief mourners came members of the Salvation Army (of which body she was a member) numbering nearly sixty, under Captain Nicholls. Then followed the teachers and scholars of: the .Wesleyan Sunday School, and a large assemblage of residents of the the town and district on foot and on horseback and in buggies, forming a most imposing precession, fully a-quarter of a mile in length. The Kev. J. J. Mather conducted the burial service, and at its conclusion Captain Nicholls, after the hymn "My Jesus I Love Thee, I Know Thou Art Mine "had been sung, gave a short address, in which lie bore loving testimony to the Christian life and character of their deceaso»l comrade. He had never, he said, come across an individual whose life was one of such self-forgetfulness as the one whose remains.were now lying in the open grave before them, and he concluded by exhorting all his hearers to profit by the beautiful example the deceased had left them of what a true Christian life could be made. Mr Johns, a relative of the deceased also spoke a few words, and the solemn service closed with the singing of the doxoloey. It having been made known that a memorial service was to,be held at night, at the Wesleyan Church, the building on that occasion was filled to'the doors, and many had to be contented with a seat in the porch. In taking his text from Hebrews, ,IV, chapter, find <9th verse, " There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God," the Rev. J, J. Mather, after alluding it some length to the Wairarapa disaster, made very feeling reference to,the death of Mrs Home, and said in the whole of his experience he had never come across a more cheerful, Godly woman, and her life and character was a : previous heritage to the whole community. All would do well, he said, iu following in the footsteps uf their, departed sister; they would then not only experience a satisfaction which the pleasures of the world could neither give nor take away, but would receive their just reward in the end. The rev. gentleman preached.a very solemn 9ermon, breathless attention being given to his remarks The church was draped in mourning, and suitable hymns were sung, which added to the solemnity of the occasion, •

The collection, which was in :i>d of the Wairarapadisaster, amounted t0,£513s 3d, and the money will be forwarded to Auckland without delay.