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Author: J. F. Fuller

Mrs. H. S. Edwards.


HARRIET STORY EDWARDS became a member of the First Congregational church of
Appleton, Wis., Jan. 15, 1854, and was identified with the inception of most of
its activities.

     Her interest in the church and in its individual members manifested itself
in many ways. A regular attendant upon its different services, she was one upon
whom rested a constant feeling of responsibility for the success of its various
lines of work.

     For many years she was a teacher in the Sunday school, and spent much time
seeking out children who from either neglect or poverty, had not been in the
school, and often provided suitable clothing that they might be able to attend.
Her private charities were very great: how great will never be known, for Mrs.
Edwards followed the Christ method in her almsgiving as in other departments of
her life. She was a member of the missionary and benevolent societies of the
church and city, and many a treasurer's heart has been lightened and many a home
and life brightened by her generous gifts.

     In her domestic and social relations. Mrs. Edward's life was an ideal one.
Always seeking to promote the higher interests of the community, her social
efforts were a help and never a hindrance to the life of young and old. The
center of a loving family circle, her home was ever a place where children and
children's children loved to gather, and around which fond memories will ever
cluster. Much of sorrow had come into her life through the illness and death of
members of her family, but through it all her brave spirit was upborne by the
faith she cherished, and she was able to carry life's burdens when a less brave
heart would have been crushed.

     Naturally reticent, it was only to those who were having similar
experiences that she gave a glimpse of her own troubled yet believing heart;
then the words of sympathy and the love and pity she was able to give to others
were not withheld, and many a saddened life has been helped and comforted by her
ministrations.

    When, as the result of an accident, she was laid aside from the active life
she usually led, she yet found it in her heart to say loving and appreciative
words of those who served and visited her in her illness.

    On the evening of the Sabbath, March 11, 1900, suddenly and unexpectedly the
Death angel came for this faithfnl spirit and bore her out from the home she had
made here to the one prepared for her in that country; out from the presence and
loving care of dear ones here, to join the circle of loved ones waiting for her
over there; bore her out from the cares and labors of the Church militant to the
rest and joy of the Church Triumphant.
                                          LOUISA THAYER FAVILLE.


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THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
APPLET0N, WIS.

PREPARED FOR THE
SEMI-CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY, DEC. 18, 1900.
BY
J. F. FULLER, A. M., Compiler of the "Fuller" Genealogy.

1850—1900.
APPLETON PRINTING CO.,
APPLETON, WIS.


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