Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-20
Rev. william &. scandlin.

GRAFTON, March IS, 1871.
Editor of the Spy-Sir AT meeting of the
citizens of Grafton, held at the town hall this
evening, called to take some fitting notice of the
death of our esteemed fellow-citizen, the Rev.
VIM. G. Scandlin, the meeting was called to
order by H. c. Greenwood, and was organized
by the choice of Hon. Jonathan d. Wheeler as
chairman, and Henry F. Wing, secretary. 1t
was voted that the chair appoint committee of
three on resolutions, and Rev. John H. Windsor,
Rev. A. J. Bates and John Wheeler were chosen
said committee. They reported as follows, viz:
Whereas, it has pleased our Heavenly Father
to remove from us, after brief and severe sick
ness, our esteemed and respected townsman, the
Rev VIM. g. Scandln, we, citizens of Grafton in
public assembly convened, desire to offer some
appropriate tribute to his memory, and to record
our sense OF the great and general loss; there
lore,
Resolved, firstly, that we gratefully acknow-
edge favOring Providence in bein permitted
10 enjoy, these thirteen years past the life and
labors of our departed friend.
Resolved secondly, that we recognize in him
union of qualities which gave earnestncsS, attrac-
tiveness and success to his ministry; influence
and usefulness to his citizenship; a carefully con-
Sidcrate and Christian courtesy in the varied re-
latiOnships of social life; of clear and practical
generous-hearted benevOlence; of quick, living
and tender sympathy that reiOiced with them that
rejoiCed and wept with them that wept COM
prehensiye in plan and tircless in energy touch
ing whatever embraced the well-being of his
town, as the servant of which he was the pre-
siding officer OF the board of trustees of our
public library, he did so much to advance, and
of the town temperance society he was so ready
TO sustain, from their organizations to the day
of his death; of pure and self-denying patri-
otism, he responded promptly to the call of his
country, faithfully serving her in the chaplain
cy, and as untiinchingly suffering for her in
prison; so that whether as pastor in the homes
and hearts of his people, or as a citizen in the
promotion Of the general prosperity, his loss we
feel the more deeply as his influence has the
more widely diffused itself.
Recognizing also in this general bereavement
those deeper sorrows sacred alone to his flock
and his home, we
Thirdly, tender our heartfelt sympathy to the
church and society of our departed brother in
this their loss OF such man and such a pastor.
Fourthly. And to the stricken home whence
so suddenly the ever faithful, ever thoughtful
husband, the iudicious tender-hearted and COM
paniOnable father has been taken, we offer our
sncerest sympathy. And while theirs is sor-
row too hallowed for our intrusion, we would
mingle our griefs with theirs, and with them be
permitted to mourn in this great, this common
bereavement. May the God of the fatherless,
and the husband of the widow ever shield them
with his wing, and provide for them by his pa
ternal love-
Feeling and appropriate remarks were made
by Rev. Messrs. Windsor and Bates, James G.
Putnam, Leander Stockwell Esek Saunders and
the chairman, when, on motion of Jonathan
Warren Esq, the resolutions were unanimously
adopted.
1t was voted, that as a testimony of respect to
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