MRS. MARY T. CHASE.
Mrs. Mary Tuttle Chase, wife of Prof. T. N. Chase, of Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia, died in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dr. Kirkland, Bellows Falls, Vermont, Friday, March 23d. Funeral services were held in the church in which she worshiped in her childhood in Acton, Mass. The president of the University, together with the pastors of this church conducted the service. Some graduates of Atlanta University sang some of the pathetic old negro hymns. Mrs. Chase came of heroic New England stock. She was graduated at Abbott Academy, Andover, Mass., and at once entered upon the work of teaching. She was married to Prof. Chase in 1862. Two years later they went to Washington, D. C. In 1869, with her husband, she went to Atlanta, Georgia, and entered upon the great work of her life in Atlanta University.
Mrs. Chase was a ready and able writer, and frequently contributed articles to the American Missionary magazine. Her heart was quick in its sympathies for those who were depressed and needy, and the heroic courage of her ancestors ran in her veins. She was always ready to defend the weak. She loved the work, and sought earnestly the interests of the people to whom she gave the larger service of her life. Her loss will be sorely felt in the ranks of faithful Christian workers, of whom she was one. A large circle of friends sympathize with Prof. Chase and the family in this hour of their bereavement.