My wife is laid to rest in the Higher Cemetery, Exeter. The chapel was crowded with those who came to show their sympathy with me in my great and abiding sorrow. After the short and reverent service in the Chapel we went to the grave, and when the precious dust was laid in the sepulcher, the following farewell words were said by my dear wife’s brother, who buried her, in the presence of the great number gathered around.
“In the faith of Jesus Christ, who loved us, and gave Himself for us; in the blessed hope of His coming again, to take His people to be with Him in the place which He has prepared for them; in this faith and in this hope have we laid the mortal body of our beloved sister in the Lord to rest in this place. Through the cloud and the sunshine of her life, she ever looked upward to God. In her home she was a devoted and faithful wife, and a loving mother. Her friends found in her one whose friendship stood the test of time and change. Nothing gave her greater pleasure than to hand on to others the gospel which she had received, and to extend the Kingdom of Christ here upon earth. For the grace given her to live such a life as this, we bless and praise God’s holy Name. May He give His grace to us according to our need.”