The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-12-02 00:00:00

DEATH OF MR. THOMAS BEACH.

lii. once more oar painful duty to record the Ice'
by death of usother useful mao from oer midst
ii•eufl in every NIEIIIII of the term, fee L, waved the t,owu
faithfully in many important pees to which he wee
elevated throudh she caveat of the inualuipcity so d
the esteem of thei ueishb iurhood generally. • few
*hart mooing ago, Me. T. 11.141•1 liceoh retired front
the pretty, but seclulel. rite leoos Walpole, where
be had /Mid for many years, 54.1 11101. a ii OW•bill1L• I
as the butepeos of toot politocel dengue —Mr.
looter. Kr. Wools cook I.lp hie riwideinni in Woe.
west, adjoutiag twit of the ecitLayor, mood soon after
his sojourn aosougst os It vrise eel, to see toss hie
strength eat gradually fialiad host, ae, indeed, was
almost to be sxpaotel at tie. refs age of 84 year..
Alas, will miss toe jostriaromal loop of Mr. armee,
whuse expreesive greclude emoted to echo the warmth
a h•ore within, bat inure pscsiciantly will be mtge.!
the reedy him I awl eyoepatheco Wei°, +blob were
tandsred for every dicerviag object which maimed
such from War. Hie mina* will be (catalog eves% to
the readers of Ainerwa awl Australia, for it hae for
many years bons ideutified with the meoutsotare sod
eels of • Po ii .11.411'11 friend," of world-wids repute,
and whioh oeiginatod wile lii. lot. and celebrated Dr.
filberts. It is remarkable that the deceased gentlis-
mon, from choice, ocitiouci to plains himself la aotive
oonstection with basioess up to tits hour to which he
me orotund to lois reeidenos. In room of the
late Joseph Gundry, Req., of The Hyde, Ile
deceased woe elected Aldermen in the year 1856,
sod ia 1860 wee Marred bl7or, sad in 1871 .
wee avail shouted to that °din sod following
ysor, Deluging about • reelection to th• civic seat..
Thei;• facts wield alone be sadielout to prove how
deep was the entertainment of ooaddesios, esteem, and
respect of hie fellow t mamma, hat there we. more I
than this. Toe poor, outside hie own religious °role,
looked upon him gratefally as a beactor, and
=toy • young man and women who have left Bid.
port to seek their formite io the wide, wide world,
will recollect on Imbruing of his removal toe .
Christian word of advios colonises' on parting from ,
U.. souses of their childhood. Although • stanook '
Wesleyan, he woe no bigot, for wherever' Outlet and ,
Himaraintied" woe taught and preached, there was his
been, cid, where practicable, his preesuoe oleo. for
nearly • quarter of a aleatory he was the Oirealit
steward of the Wesleyan (harsh, and both • lowa
precther aod the croodaoter of • class of Isle. Up to
the Hose of his death he we. presiding of the Young
IlLea's Christian Alsociation, the foods of which
were from time to time coadderably augmented by
Ids generosity. Added to these the responsible
duty of superustondeut to the Sunday &hook hie
time was 0000 pied up to the last, and lb* family, of
which be was the mast allecalooat• and devoted of
father; have the gala weloo of kitowiog that both
early sad floweret'', year. of their sire were
employed faithfully sad earnestly in those good
works which olionot fell to obtaio the "Well dons,
good and faithful servant." As goo* as news of the
death become koowo, most of the business setablish-
oleote in the towo were portially dosed, acid at many
private houses blinds were olosely draw.. With all
alacrity we add the following hoed to his memory—
Ga. happy spirit. *sot that bliedsl lead
Where 'salami MAW Le OA the glorious hood
Of tow who towns for troth ; blest spirit go,
And perfect all the goal begun below.
So, hew applauder seats delighted tell
How veiscolesed faleshiel at thy (ad lias fell. I
Bud is that Hama, who.. pita/ thy swam soaght ;
Blest la Mist 0,4 whoa. coots toos well out Icatakt.
0, tat thy ocrioared memory awe approve
A memorial hoe thou left of Kist love,
dose whose father, living, .14 their WU...
Grandeoas who 1:1I041/0 that sorb • griel sire died.