Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-02-24

| Be AoroeYt Oavia.
ne announcement already made. of the
.eA'h OF MI George Herbert Davis. a dea,
"ieno and brother to many in this commun;,x
VIII De to not a few of his friends xha h.v.
known Of bis illness, mos, sad surprise
70 very many others who have not known. i,
VIII nave all the sudden force and painfulpess
OF shock For the last four veek. n.
DAVIS has been under the physician. care.
al MS grandfather's, the Hon. Jacob SIeeper
IN Boston, where also he has enjoyed every
service and attention which the loving solicit
tude OF devoted mother and kind friend.
could afford. 1t was only too apparen,
however, from the outset that his sickness
was OF most serious nature, and likely tn
prove fatal, and that he had probably con-
tracted the disease as far back as in the sum.
mer months. when, it is now remembered. he
took severe cold, which in time gave rise
70 serious complications and disorders. Had
MS malady been really understood by him.
self or his friends. he wonld have been 70.
garded az an invalid for the past six months.
As 1t was, he has only been on the sick Lis,
TOT as many weeks. and yet if known sooner
the disease could not in all likelihood have
been stayed, while the apprehension and
anxiety would have been greater. both for
himself and others.
The death Of Mr.. Davis will come to manv
with all the weight of deep. personal Attic
ton. or the loss to his family, wherein he
was so'endeared, it would be out Of place TO
speak here. To those Of his friends who
latterly have known him WE'LL and who have
been associated with him in business, in social
. n in he fh.xrn l.
with much Of the keenness Of that of near
and dear relative. His many friends in
Augusta, in deeply mourning his early death.
will however long cherish the pleasant mem
DRY Of his life spent among them. His in
teiligence, his genial spirit, his gentleness.
his fopdness for little children and their
pleasures. his gentlemanly ways, have been,
Tor these few wears past of his residence here.
so well and affectionately recognized, and so
| often commented upon, as to impress all-and
that the more deeply now that he is taken from
! us-with the real worth Of his character, and
the sweetness of his companionship II is
we'll known that Mr.. Davis had. in the late
fall, relinquished his business engagements.
in the Office held by his uncle, the late Benz
q. Davis, having concluded to study for Holy
Orders. lie became a candidate under Bishop
Nicely and had already begun his studies un.
der the supervision of the Rev. Samuel Up
john rector of ST. Marks Church in this city.
The best opportunities for thorough intel
lectual training, such as are furnished in the
Quincy School and Harvard University, were
eagerly applied by him, and served to give to
bright mind and retentive memory all that
was needed to lay the foundation for COM
prehensive and earnest grasp of the absorbing
topics which the theological system of the
Church lays in such attractive order before
the careful student.
The readiness with which he embraced not
only the minor details but the broader princi-
Piles of Divinity, was the subject of frequent
observation on the part of his instructor, and
gave encouraging indication of his aptitude
and taste for both serious and difficult work
1t was pleasure and stimulus to have as
soclated with one. mind responsive, and
heart which turned with such affectionate
sympathy to the suggestions and helps of re-
ligious devotion. His helpful companionship
" i'll be sorely misseds His intelligent appre-
citation and spiritual apprehension of subjects
mutually dear to himself and others, will be
gratefully and lovingly remembered-sub-
jects which he now, we trust, sees not
Through glass darkly," but face to face. ;"
1t is privilege to have had familiar inter-
course with one whose mind when once turned
to devote itself to things divine, so eagerly
upon IT'S pursuit. MOI IL WtuOut
its consolation to think of him one who in
the freshness of his first love, was thought
worthy to be taken, as we believe, into the
presence and before the substance of those
things which he so desired to look into here,
and of which 1--WE who remain see but the
image. Certainly it is an unspeakable COM
ft ri for those who most feel his loss. to know
that that communion begun on earth amid
the fond and devoted intercourse of friends.
remains unbroken by death; that
angels and living saints and dead
But one communion make.
Could he have remained among us, no
doubt but he would have proved himself a
good and devoted servant in Gods work. As
it was. he was to glorify Him rather in his
death than in his life. The calm fortitude
and manly patience. the cheerful submission
to the exacting WEAKNESS and pain of the last
weeks. and the unquestioning faith and JOY
with which he joined in the last offices for
the diving have given such close to the life,
which we would fain have kept among us. as
cannot fail to dwell AS a pleasant and blessed
memory in the mind, especially OF those
whose PRAYERS and hopes have latterly been
so centred in his welfare. The following is
a brief summary of his life. George Herbert
was the son of George n. and Mary h
Sleeper Davis He was boz n in Boston. May
!, 1856. He spent nine years in Rio Janeiro
where his father subsequently died. Tie
graduated at the head of his class at Adams
Academy, Quincy, Mass, and entered Har,
ward University, where he graduated
with high standing in June. 1879 lie was
baptised in infancy. in 1857. confirmed IN
| 1875. and partook of his first Communion In
st. Marks Church in the July following lie
became a candidate for Holy Orders in the
| Diocese of Maine, in October, 1881. He died
| on the morning of Ash W ednesday, Feb. 22.
| 1889. His funeral will take place from st.
Marks Church on Saturday the 25th inst. at
IL o'clock A. M.lAt 1905 A. NJ. Immediately
before the burial service. there will be a
celebration of the Holy Communion. atwhich
| IL is believed many will be glad to be pres
ent. The friends are invited.
GARDINER.