MISS MARY McCALLUM

White Ribbon, Volume 18, Issue 6, 1 July 1946, Page 7

MISS MARY McCALLUM

Too late for inclusion in the last issue of the “White Ribbon,” we received a newspaper report of the Memorial Service held in connection with the death of our late dear friend and comrade, Miss McCallum. A short report had already been prepared and included in the May “White Ribbon,” hut we are very glad to he able to publish some details of the outstandingly varied channels through which Miss McCalltnn served God and humanity. The Rev. \Y. H. Howes, in the course of an address, told of how Miss McCallum had, from her youth, a vision as to the future of the hoys and girls who went through her hands in the school where she taught. She and her sister received a long-service diploma for Sunday School teaching, an honour conferred by the Presbyterian Church. In Temperance and Mission work, as in all she undertook, she looked beyond the present to the future of those among whom she carried out her labours. Her home was always open to ministers and missionaries on furlough. She was the originator of the Frances Willard Hall. She was a combination of Martha ar.d Mary. She was practical. She and her sister had hut one thought—love for Christ’s Kingdom. After the address all stood during the unveiling of a beautiful Memorial Tablet, to he a fitting reminder in the Hall of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union of the life and work of its “Beloved President." Mrs. Holmes, President, read the inscription, and Mrs. McKenzie unveiled the tablet. The hymn, “For all the Saints," was sung, and a solo was beautifully rendered by Mrs. Scliroeder, “Trusting in the darkness, trusting in the light.”