The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-04-06
0DITU RY.
DEACON JOSEPH nj. HAYES.

20 "blessed are they that SOW
Beside these waters, yea, thrice blessed, that 20
rins snsh prscisas seed though now they mourn,
Win joyfui sheaves they shortly shall return.
Needs muss ths full hps fruits In Heaven be good,
When a. the seed was glory In the bull"
There is now and then man whose use.
fitness may seem confined within limit
ed circle, vet whose death Is really public
calamity. Such man was JOSEPH NJ.
HAYES. who died last week In Ssco. For
more than thirty years past, his quiet, un-
benevolence. his strict integri.
Nv, his great moral and religious worth have
served as immediate examples only TO the
people Of a comparatively small town, or,
At most, of not very populous county In
Maine, But this same little town, during
that time. has sent out TO do battle WIN
the prea, world hundreds Of young men
and women, and who can say how much
of all that Is noble IN their character they
owe 10 Deacon Hayes, the constant and
earnest friend Of education aud instruction
in the primary school, the academy, the
Sabbath school, and the church yestry =
And who shall, estimate The good that these
may in their tnrn accomplish, tho result oil
The lessons impaired 10 them in their early
youth by their constant friend and monitor
| In tina, lille New England town! The
ltiny seed thus sown by single hand will
terminate ill its flowers shall spring up In
every land, and the air Of every CLINE be
redolent Of their sweet perfume.
Deacon HAYES was we'll known in BIOS
ton, not only in religious and benevolent
circles, but in the mercantile community,
having been for thirty or forty years con-
slant purchaser in our maris. Through his
active business talent and industry, he al.
ways enjoyed o competence, but never
wealth. His heart was too big for that
His means, above the liberal educational
expenses Of a devoted band Of sons and
daughters, were largely devoted 10 chariia
BILE purposes. The poor found IN him
constant giver and comforter, and lew wer'
the homes OF poverty about him that were
not oien made glad by his open.heariet
charity. He was extremely fond OF rura
pursuits and delighted in gardening. u
10 the time of his death, at the age Of nearl,
seventy years, he spent hours every day II
his pleasant grounds, cultivating fruits ant
flowers. and we never passed his mansion
/ RuLIup WIN
ldences Of his fine taste and OF his love 10
the beautiful in nature.
Deacon HAYES was public.spiriied, ant
therefore useful citizen, and Saco has neve
met with greater loss than in his deaih.-
He was liberal-minded Christian gentle
man, and the church in him has lost one
its nobest ornaments. There was no'hin!
of bigotry or intolerance in his character
His was faith so cheerful,
| @That all which he beheh
| Was full Of blessings"
His Heart, ..
~ fair, still house well kept
| which humble thoughts have swept,
And holy prayer made clean"
He was n friend TO youth, aud The cause o
education in his town will suffer BY his de
mise. He was The impersona,ion Of charity
and the poor will feel tina, they have los
fast friend. He was devoted husban,
and father, and the tears OF his children vii
ever keep fresh the flowers that bloom owe
| his grave. +. w. II.