Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-18
The G. A. R. of Jacksonville and Rev.
 Sc D. Paine.


 At the election of officers of the o. M.
 Mitchell post, Grand Army of the Republic,
 Jacksonville, Florida, Rev. s. D. Paine, pas tor of the East Side M. E. church, New Ha- ven, was re elected chaplain of the post for another year. He has been post commander,
 was for three years department chaplain and
 has been for number of years post chap lain and was for two successive years chap- lain of the department of Illinois before he went to Florida.
 The Grand Army men of Jacksonville and the old Union soldiers, widows and children of Uuion soldiers, all feel grateful for the in-
 terest their chaplain has taken in them, and for the practical sympathy he has manifested for them in their hour of need.
 Through the generosity of G. A. R. men, and the true friends of the soldiers in the North, they have been well taken care of during the yellow fever epidemic.
 The time to find out who are the friends of the soldiers is when soliciting for their
 practical sympathy.
 The following is an item from the Jackson vile Daily Times Union, Nov. 30, and refers to the chairman of the G. A. R. relief com mittee in Jacksonville and the work they are doing:
 Iu MT. Charles NJ. Ellis the G, A. R. have found the right chairman of the relief committee. He has big heart and knows what is requisite in time Of need He it was who conceived and carried
 into action the idea Of giving every old soldiers
 widow and children as well portion of the resi- dent members of this post an old fashioned sub
 stantial dinner in the form sf turkey and hxings,
 with the other dishes usually enjoyed at the season,
 and in consequence Q number of highly worthy, though poor families sat down last Thursday to a
 old style Thanksgiv ing dinner at their homes
 in spite of famine and pestience, gratifying fact to generous northern comrades
 The members of o. M. Mitchell post hope to see their chaplain back again before long in the land of flowers. Rev. J. H. Board, 8 local preacher and chairman of the board of trustees of Trinity NJ. E. church of Jackson vile, of which Rev. s. D. Paine was pastor for six years and which church he left last January, visited New Haven last Friday to offer the Jacksonville pulpit again to their old pastor if the presiding bishop at the con- ference in January will consent. Unless compelled to leave New Haven on account of | the severe climate Chaplain Paine will com I tinue to preach to his people at the Four Corners, to whom he is deeply attached. He has promising field of labor. His church stands on the site of the old tavern, but where now is live active church, a Sab bath school of over 8 hundred and division of the Sons of Temperance, of which the rev. | erend gentleman is worthy patriarch, are car rying on their good work.
 ! Chaplain Paine intends to see that his old ! comrades who kept step and touched elbows I in the Union army during the dark days ol | the civil war and are now in Jacksonville anc vicinity shall not want for the comforts o | life and soldiers burial while he can lecture \ or raise money among generous people, vh' | do not forget what these men have made pos | sible to ther1 now and in the future.