MARY ANN ADAMSON.
Hastings’ grand old lady, Mary Ann Adamso.i, passed to her rest on November 29th. To those who knew her she was a benediction. So interested in all the details of the household, so fond of the simple joys of daily life; so quietly sympathetic in all around her; yet withal taking an interest in the wider sphere of women's activities and the work of her Church. The Sunday before she passed away she attended Divine Service, and whenever opportunity and occasion offered she was found in her seat in the house of prayer. Sitting in her company for a short space, one felt that by her the joy of living had been realised, for peace, contentment, and a deep satisfaction with life was hers. So like the flowers which she loved, and which her women friends brought in hunches of all sizes and shades and laid beside her mortal remains, was the closing of her long and useful life. In it there was a fragrance, a quiet dignity, and a gentle relinquishing of earthly beauty, to take up the joy and Iwauty of the 1 if* that fadeth not away.
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White Ribbon, Volume VI, Issue 6, 18 December 1934, Page 6
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193MARY ANN ADAMSON. White Ribbon, Volume VI, Issue 6, 18 December 1934, Page 6
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