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Show ! EVrtTFUL ; CAREER ... - " rn "', The many friends of the late Ag- es C, Cassldy were pleased to know f that it was he'r wish that her ro-.jnalns ro-.jnalns be laid to rest at Logan. As lio was faithful to a wldo circle or loyal friends who know her best InJ life she llkowlse was faithful to them In death, and It was a splcn-' did testimonial to a sweet spirit, a Tilgh class, dignified, modest woman that a largorcongregatlon at personal person-al friends .Hid to her memory when they wended their way to St. John's elmrch to attend her funeral serrleo. 1 Musical numbers were furnished by Professor O. W. Thatcher, Mrs. Nettle Anderson and Roscoe Hess, with Mrs. Phyllis Splckcr at the vl-olln vl-olln and Mrs. Harry Stoney at tho piano. Tho 'Roverond Jacobs read tho service. " When the spirit left tho 'body of Miss Cassldjr, when tho "light went out" and her life and works in this sphere of action Were declared ended, end-ed, thero closed tho life of a success-rul success-rul and eventrul career. Wo say ' successful because1 she was one of t . tho greatest benefactresses that cv-i cv-i ' cr spent so many years In this city, IMUccessful in that her 'work was ep fruitful In moulding the characters tof others, In. directing others along the ways of culture, of knowledgo which means power. Eventful be-1 be-1 auso there Is nothing In life more 'Burthy of. the name than those who successfully direct the youth along the great pathway of knowledge. ' KfiBs Casoldy was born in Illinois, April 28, 1852. She obtained her early education In tho schools of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, where sho lind her first experience at teaching school. Later she. taught at Rock-rbrd, Rock-rbrd, Illinois, and In 1883 slio came to Logan with the late Mrs. A. C. Darrctt. Sho later taught in tho city nchools of Logan and attained tho height of her educational career as principal at tho Woodruff school. Greatly loved' by tho boys and girls nho passes to the great beyond with n word of pralao and a prayer of thanksgiving on their thousands of lips. Ono of her last messagos to Logan was sent from Los Angeles, Apll 10 1918, to tho Journal. This was read at her funeral and is as follows: "Seek first, tho Kingdom of (Jod nnd His righteousness.' And when asked "Whoro is tho Kingdom of -God?" tho Master answered: an-swered: "Tho Kingdom of God Is within you." "So now we find tho point of i J contact; now, wo havo our point of contact with tho universal. 1 "Tho Dlvlno Spirit within our- 1 ttclycs, the 'God Within us all-wise 1 and nll-perfcct; our link with tho KTcat ab&oute power of tho unlvorsel ' ""And bocauso tho All-Wise hns 'B ordered that wo shall know of Him 'K Ie has R'ven ua tll's p'nt of coni w tact. Dut Ho has alBO given to us, Bl tree-will, wo aro not to bo mere nu- HL tiuuatons, through which a force Wt J$ks wh,ch wo do not recognize. ,m Wo aro to becomo moro nnd moro BJ conscious of this all-wlso power; wo H are to seek Its direction. "God wIHb to glvo us all knowl- rdgo which will lead to our eternal penco and happiness; Ho wills to plve It to us In tho proportion to fl which we aro ready to rccoivo It;' iu( Ho will not take from us thai H Kioalcst of Ills gifts froo will . H und thcroforo wo must ask that Ho ,1 may be ablo to give. Ask nnd yo shall receive. 'K "Wo aro set wonderfully cqulppod . by; the Creator; wo hare our msirel-w msirel-w physical bodies, jwltb, objective Ulleotj pur obedient souls w'lh the plastic, subjective mind; our perfect per-fect spirits with supcr-consclons mind. "All wo need Is to know God will and try to do It; all else will follow. fol-low. "ttf our constant strife Is to know and do God's will health, happiness happi-ness and prosperity cannot help eotu-Ing eotu-Ing to. us n abundant measure. So our great prayer for ourselves and for that great wholo of which w .aro parts, should bo Knowledgo of God. and of His laws. So Barely an we ask In faith, 'we shall rocolr?, "Our Interpretation of what the soul receives may bs faulty: tils will depend uson the condition nf our souls. ' And let ua rjmuraW. we are responsible far thesf sotiln of ours. We can keep them pule and unspotted by making them i) e storo house of constructive thought; or wo can make them dark aril murky mur-ky by filling them with destructive thought. " In tho first case they wP lo puuk and transparent vehicles, transmit-i transmit-i ling to us. unsullied, tho truth of Mie spirit; thp second casj tlw will .obscuro and misrepresent trulh. "So what aro tho conditions le-i le-i quired of us whon wo pray "First Absoluto Charity to all Our Father, not my Fathcrl "Second An absoluto willingness to know the will of the HlghcM. 'Not my will, but Thlno be done. And always an unswerving deoimln-atlon deoimln-atlon to follow tho light w'iIo'i may be given us. "Only In the degreo to -ohler. wo do -this," shall $ra, make Jil possible for tho All-Fathor to glvo ut mow light. "Someone has woll ?ald :Be what thou prayest to bo mado'"' At Uio cemetery tho sifonu: .uIim to ashes, dust to dust" was pro .nounccd and tho mortnl remains of I I Agnes C. Cassllv wu'-o laid to ie..t i In tho city of ho departed In accordance accord-ance with her deslro and only l.er memory, treasured In tho hearts of her former pupils and tho friendships friend-ships sho formed whllo hero, remain. re-main. Peace to her ashes. |