OBITUARY.

White Ribbon, Volume 29, Issue 345, 18 March 1924, Page 3

OBITUARY.

\iis< alu -;\a Bl ITBKIi k Altei a long UKI wtansoiiit illness, • xi. nding <>\' ; man) moot hs, there .1 « art h m t be earl) '. hui - uki >. I '• in hi ij ;i ii, tin ransomed i> I Mi fare :iii"l ;i beautiful spirit more in ihail i übies m ilutterick has bed in those win. knew hei :i rich legac) In consecrated service, and a boundless faith and confidence In the and powei of I tod N permrtt< fficient to satisf) the yearnings oi her longing, soul, which wtu ever reaching upward ana : for ;i doaei and more realii tic i ontact with the Infinite. The central figure In the home tor man 3 yeara, it was there thai Ifiss ! tertck's outstanding charaotertstici vealed then moat prominently, and with excellent results, ' - ..i who came undei her Influent • \ burning desii el >irit u i w mi to • nriched the home life. \ more h chaj rarel) walked this earth. Little d< of kindness, little of Chri charity, thoughtfuln others, at home an«l elsew hei e, stamped th< cord of her dally Ufa. "To ,; " "•"> it the rate" hei kindl) hospitality and cheer) welcome claimed life-long • tudk and loyalt) n nous liberality towards ever) '• '"" . marked her as one who deepl) realised her responsibilitj to Him Who giveth all. Hei sympathies wen tun:!.l. and deep, and lasting, and were lavished rlchtj upon all Th. n< eds of the weak and suffering, the t< mi-'* d and down-trodden especially, la) near her heart and such never app< aled to her in \':'in Kmni her rich Btoreh< there ever Bowed i love and oompaa■ioa which had kta source in thi I of the Kternal. la a quiet unostentatious waj she brought hop'' .in.i .)<>> t<> man) i weary troubled soul Out of the depths of i, rr marled experienoei shi felt hn pelled to help other- nearer th< Q pjurdenbeai er, and tol ad s|v thai the "crooked places might bt made straight, nnd the rousrfc lt i,- (~, -1,, rollaw af* ■ llfas Butterioh waa an kVaal mem bai Of our Ashburton I'nion Always

present when circumstances permitted; hopeful when shad when difficulties pi I ■ oted then * onacientioua, s< u • 0 i>m raadj to <Hj to tht- utmost thai w hit ii la) in her powei to do Thi causM pi Ti mi • >i Purity, and i vac • all ia> neai to her heart, and her unshaken confidence in I >i\ in< and a Isdom i \ed to put new lift and ! "'<> Into man) a dl» heart. Pur I period of 15 yeai she ; th. position of "White Ribbon il with inai ana abilit) fc?ver) subscribe] a "pnid up" one was always her aim, and she n heraell tmtl] tl icMeved. 'i - h. deep lnl sver t<><>k In her work, and the practical help rend* in man) ca» iv< aled a nature thorough and gen< reus In tl ■ m< ( sji '• i haa paaai d to higher, nobler service, but she has left ui memory, swei | and fragrant, ot good ae. of heights a. bieved, and an Inspiring exam] Wi 11 ma) w. pra) that bi r mantle of oonu ma) lex-end upon UI and that • nth and humil t) ma) follow mi "m quiet ways ol set \l< i honourtfl '<ord and advar* Ini HI cause. \ nded and \ei > Impres ■ i\. dn M. mo ras con ducted in the Wakanul M> 'h< i 'hurcfa "ii ivt.i uai > 17th '►> Ri r. T w \'• .i • At the close letl ation " • m the I' of ihi w . T.U. and otfa the work and worth of oui bel< White Ribbon sister, follow* b: the organist pla) Ing tin "Head March." 8.1