The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-06-06
Tribute 20 Mr. Thomns laing, Of Kenlom

At Il meeting of the corporators of the Darling.
lington Town Hall Association held in the Oar
Iington Academy, on the %id of May, to take aC-
ton concerning the death OF the late Thomas
King, the following tribute to his life and works
was unanimously adopted:
The corporators OF the Darlington Town Hall
Association having met together to take action
concerning the death of Thomas King, of Ken
ton, one ofiheir number which occurred sh sud
denly on Sunday, the 18th of May, in this year of
our Lord 1884, desire Ia place upon record their
sense of the great and irrcparahe loss they have
sustained in his death, and To add their tesimo-
nial To the greatness oi his worth as friend and
benefactor to his race, and to his noble large
hearted and self sacrificing generosity displayed
whenever and wherever there was need.
In the death of Thomas King, Hartford county
has lost one of its best citizens and the people OF
Darlington and vicinity one of the best and ir'lest
of friends
God mad given to him II kind AMI sympathizing
heart and generous impulses. II any one was
troubled afflicted, he WAS troubled and alllict-
ed with them ana mingled his tear! with their
weeping. He had been blessed with an ample
income and realizing that il was more blessed
To 1iue than to ttcelfe he used all of this in max
ing others rich, by ministering to their ncces-
sites AS each one had need; or all enterprises
intended for the public good he IN earnest
advocate and supporter. whether having refer
ence either TO life here on this earth or to rest
ing place when death should summon The spirit
home to its God, or Ia the spiritual life beyond
the grave.
RMS Association, with its noble object of in
telectual improvement, owes Its existence t1-duy
mainly to his assistance anI encouragement -
The beautiful cemetery which lies So near to us,
ing place of our love and blessed dead, is large
ly the fruit of his noble and generous gifts; and
the Houses of Prayer wherein we gather every
Lords Day to worship the God of our fathers
after the manner Of our fathers, display his
friendly muncencc in the comforts and adorn-
mcnts which he provided But the hands that
so freely gave, and the tongue that was ever wont
To speak in words of loving sympathy and the
heart that beat in uniS ~ with his fellow men,
now lie cold and still In death We recognize the
Hand that has dealt the blow. at is the ord"
And as Eli, the aged servant of Goa once said ::
Let him do what seemeh Ia Him good, "a, do
we now say, for he dOcth all things we'll. There
fore we murmur not. We bow with rcsgnatiu ion to
His will, for Ills wisdom is uncrring, hui we
would embalm the memory Of Thomas King in
our hearts. and write his name las one who low
ed his fellow men,"
And to this our humble tribute To his memory
we would add the following:
R,SOiCtd, That as Il further tribute to his worth
the name of this association he changed from
The Darlington Town Hail Association 10 the
II. King Memorial Town Hail Association.
And BE- IL FHlh6r HtS0lyed. That these test ..
monas he spread upon the pages Of our record
book, II copy thereof be sent t. the county papers
for publication, and II copy be sent Ia the broth
ers of MIR. King.
Isl rnedD T.. w. WROTH, Secretary.