The Portland daily press., 1888-01-27
Henry A. Hart.

At meeting of the Presumpscot Grange
held Wednesday night, the following memo
rial was read by Past Master l., B. bennett,
and ordered to be extended upon the records
of said grange.
Master of this grange, and Master Of the
Pomona Grange of Cumberland County, died
Thursday evening, January 18th. In his
death We have lost an ever faithful and en-
thusiastic brother, who never ceased In his
endeavors to promote the highest welfare of
the order, and by bis constant attendance at
the meetings of this grange cheered and sls-
tanned it. No meeting when he was present
ever failed to be instructive and entertain
ing. He was so gentle and considerate that
he never offended anyone, and uniformly
acted as peace maker when he saw others
drifting into Misunderstanding. His edu-
cation and extensive reading rendered him
an invaluable instructor, and we do not yet
know, or realize the gravity, OF our loss: Il
such be the case with us, how indefinitely
greater is the loss to his family. in all the
relations of husband and father, of brother
and son, he was affectionate, considerable and
helpful. As friend and neighbor no one
worthy ever appealed to his generosity in
vain. AS citizen he was progressive and
public spirited As a business man he was
honest and enterprising. As Christian he
was entirely free from cant ana magnani-
mously tolerant. Busy and laborious through
not % rest, but preached and taught without
pay, and furnished the cash In no small pro-
portion to sustain both church and school.
He struggled valiantly for the temperance
cause. He was cautious and wise adviser,
and many there are who have profited by
his counsel. He was singularly unpreten-
tious in his ways. His contempt for snowy
shams was absolutely supreme. So great
was his abilities he could have easily occu-
pied a commanding field in the public eye,
but he preferred the equal usefulness of these
other pursuits.
His loss is irreparable in many places,
which shall know him no more. Those, to
whom the conscientious OF religion are the
sweetest, may dwell with satisfaction upon
his consistent life, in which the highest
Christian light shone with genial rays, and
they may we'll believe with an unfaltering
trust, that it may be said of him, that
though sunk low in death, "he is mounted
high by the dear might OF HIM that walked
the waves"
His biography, in brief, has already been
published from an able pen, wherein the OBJ
rated. We wish to speak of him from nearer
view. His soul was magnamimous, bright,
gentle and loving; and the life which it in
spired was good, and death terminates not
its useful career. Such qualities are con-
served. for they proceed from infinite bene-
fcence,. and they blossom and fruit. per-
petually, and the memory Of them cheers
forever those cherish them.
Therefore we, who survive, do well to
dwell upon these qualities of our departed
brother for the good which such medta-
tons bring to us. 1t is not in vain that we
commemorate the good, the gentle and the
great Such lives illuminate the way. The
grand procession of mankind to the height
humanities has been along this green and
fowery path. The traveller therein needs
the guidance of no creed artifcially formu-
lated, for his heart knows the way, as the
child knows the steps to its mothers knee.
Our brother was traveller in this bright
and happy way; cheered also by the dear
assurances Of the gospel which he believed.
Having now departed to other shores with
these credentials, the best this world can
afford, let us bid him an affectionate adleu.