Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-05-04

calm, truthful and cheerful to the last, with word,
| OF cheer on his lips and good wishes anu soo"
! bye for all his friends, he fell asleep IAN. a
Just ten days before he passed on, slI ~, ~,
my yfsS So 40 one Of his best days
him free from pain, quite comiortape hlu w, ~
cheerful. He met me WIN ms ,
and we spent half hour in pleasant eonE
racaIIing mast scenes and discussions OF mmlhar
| themes with illusions TO tue resolutions anu
action of the pending SanS a bsd No
misgiyinqs or fears and looked forward 70 the uil-
| known future with cheerful trust, There was
! nothin0 of gloom or sadness IN the SICK chamber.
| Xii his surroundings were as pleasant as heart
could wish NIinistered unto by those nearest and
dearest to him, supplied by thoughtful friends with
flowers and delicacies, and messages OF love, ahu
good cheer, and above all, sustained by perfect
trust and "a hope full of immortality" he felt that
he had abundant cause for thankfuness. The sem
timent of gratitude was uppermos in his thoughts,
and seemed indeed almost oyerpowering. Every
body Is so good to me-" he remarked, $50 roadN 70
show me Kindness, that think better Of human
nature. better of my fellow-men, than ever hefore.
Then alluding to an understanding between us,
already referred 10, II had hoped he said, and az
once recollecting the word, and substituting an
other as more appropriate, Il had thought 20 ont.
live you, and that should be called upon to dis
charge for my older brother the last offices % NJ
ligion and friendship, but SO might ii not be- Aud
so we parted to meet no more This side the river.
He has gone from u.s. but he Is with US stu. We
shall see mis- face more, but he has left Us pre-
cious memorial in the memory Of noble, lsetai
and well-Spent llte-aD example worthy ltllss-
ton, showing US how much can oe accomplished
BY indomitabe industry, hxedneSs Of purpose, and
high aims without brilliant Senias or the psiroD-
age Of Friends OF any sHtTa9FGiSSTy a AZ Rsy
Shipper, of Worcester, after appropriate NilsrSS
comprising feeling. tribute TO the deceased was
unanimously adopted;
Tnasmuch as we have recently been called 70 part
with our beloved friend aud brother. Rev. Or Hill
who has passed through life unto death,
Resolved, that we gratefully remember his never
the churches here represented; his genial Below
shin and friendly usefulness by word md work his
devoted spirit and faithful career; hls testimony
to the truth, and his excellent example; and that
as a conference, desire TO express our most ten
| der sympathy with the bereayed wife and family.
commencing them to the loving care OF the Irood
Father who doeth all things wei.
Rev. George 5. Ball Of Upton was then introduced,
| and gave memorial discourse on the late Rev.
| VIM G. Seandlin Of Grafton. The speaker began
by alluson to the career of the deceased from the
time when, a child of seven years, he lefl wld,
owed mothers home for seS faTing lite. soon he
ginning to heel the stlrriugs OF preermsnt but de
MED il BY the rigors Of deSpotc discipline which
confined him 10 the humbleSt sphere, till his daring
eScape at the age Of seventeen His hope in life wa,
to rise through fathfalneSs 10 some post Of honor
1 in the nsvy. He was, however, under the despouC
power Of his commanding officer He was at The
age of seventeen, on a small vessel of war doubling
Cape Horn. Here We touch his own narrative
| opening in the Salt Water Sketches Of the LAST
/ number of "Qld and New" His ambition Tor better
| things was to be thwarted by the bidding of hi
superior, who installed him q mere cook on board
He was q man-of.war of the inhoSpitable shore o.
/ South America, IN the harbor Of Cslao. HI;
| only escape from his CALLING. hopeless servitude
was by swimming ashore from the vessel The dis
lance was great, the risk appalling. The story OF
his escape related BY himself illustrates the dar
ing ntrepidity of his chsrreter He then and there
promised, If he escaped death in the undertaking,
to 1--we for God and man. The event called him 10
| new life, perfectng him by suffering. He took
refuge from this perlOus service board coaster
| secreted on which with friend, whom he called
/ ffIa. l., cha -ha sfa-
| again took passage on a mail steamer for port
farther north but they soon saw it was no place for
them. Then followed a walk of more than 200 miles
over the desolate regions of that coast. Here we
lose sight of him till the opening of his
experience on board the "0hlo" in 1913
up to which time he states that for two years he
gave religion no serious thought at ALL" but that
"from that time it had ever been his wish to serve
his God, beseeehing him to point out some way to
serve him faithfully all the remainder of his days.
Here he entered upon the work of preaching the
gospel unconscious to what end 1T tended He
gathered little band of one two at first the
deck of the vessel when it possible to do So for
an evening hymn prayer. The full spirit of this
is see when it is stated that there were about one
Thousand men on board, with whom this young
man of eighteen or nineteen, stood up boldly, the
acknowledged leader in such an enterprise, HIS lit.
tie band of followers increased in numbers so that
soon ne had greater influence over his comrades
than the chaplain himself His devotedness to tine
sick board the Ohio, and other Christian acts OF
selfsacrifce outside his regular duties, were
illustrative of his character as manifested in after
years. Landing in Boston from this cruise he was
convinced that God had religious and moral work
for him, and noby has he performed it. Entering
Meadvile theological school through the influence
and efforts of Father Taylor and others, who had
become interested in him, he went out upon that
ministry and mission which, beginning in 1851, ac-
| complished so much for humanity and the cause of
| religion, Cut down by disease in the vigor and
prime of manhood, possessed of a constitution capa-
| Bile of so much endurance and activity, and en-
dowed with so many admirable traits of character,
all bent for the good of his fellow.men, his prema-
ture decease was the occasion ofuniversa grief Mr.
Ball passed to sketch of the of his friend
| after his entrance upon the ministry, paying an
eloquent and touching tribate to his character and
closing with an earnest appeal for sympathy with
his family in their severe bereavement.
The following resolutions, read by the chair were
unanimously adopted;
Whereas, in the course of events that seem to us
mysterious and unexplainable, it pleased that
providence in whom all the affairs of life to re-
move by death our late secretary, the Rev, VIM. G,
| Scandlin of Grafton, therefore,
Resolved, that this conference chershes his men,
DRY with aectOnate regard for his personal activity
in the cause to which 1t is devoted, and for the
Christian zeal and earnestness with which he de-
voted himself to all matters pertaining to its well
fare, and for that Christian selfforgetfalness with
which he entered heart and soul into all affairs
which could further the objects for which we are
associated.
Resolved, that we hail with joy the efforts now
making by Christian benevolence in our churches
and sister conferences to make provision for his
family, which his devotion to the cause of Christ
and humanity, and the limited income of a PASTORS
salary has prevented him from doing in his life
time
Resolved, that our heartfelt Christian sympathy
is rendered to his family for their deep and rrepar
able afliction, and that we commend them to that
Savior who was so near the heart of the devoted
husband and father.
Resolved, that copy of these resolutions be trans
mtted by the secretary to his family and that they
be also entered upon the records.
Resolved, that in him we recognize the spirit of
Christian life and love energZing the weakness of
into the strength of hero, and seeking to live
for the end that sin might be banished from the
souls of his fellow men, and that by his word act
and prayer, he might convince us that the life is
more than meat and that to live is something high
than to obtain only those enjoyments which must
end with the present life.
Resolved, that in his death we recognize the
working of that benefcent power that moves hid
den from human view, beneath all events and which
still works through seeming good and i'll to bless
alike in what it takes away as in what it gives
After remarks by several in feeling tribute to the
worth of the deceased Rev. Messrs Shipper and
Ball and j. Warren of Grafton were appointed
committee to have charge of the contribution of
funds in aid of his bereaved family.
The thanks of the conference were extended to
Rev. Dr. Allen and Rev. Mr. Ball for their able dis
courses to Rev. Mr. Barton of Athol for his sermon
on Tuesday evening and to the ladies of Clinton for
their hOspitable entertainment
Rev. F. l.. Hosmer of Northboro was appointed
to deliver the essay at the next session of the con-