The Portland daily press., 1888-05-14
PULPIT AND PLATFORM.
IN MEMORY OF THE LATE REV. DIR. G
ARK

IN MEMOht UT AhE LAlE REV. Dh. Z. -
CLARK.
A large audience assembled in Pine Street
church yesterday morning. to do honor to
the memory Of former pastor and beloved
friend.
The pulpit, ON either side Of which was a
vase of fragrant flowers, was draped in
black and ON its front bore portrait Of Mr..
Clark, beneath which were the words; 'If
the Lord can glorify himself more by my
sickness than my health am ready; or If He
can glorify Himself more by my death | can
also say l am ready
The services commenced with the pathetic
rendering Of Gathering Home." by male
Quartette. Then followed the reading of o
portion of the Goth Psalm.
Prayer was offered by Rev. ID. b. Randall
and then the Rev. Mr.. Gerrish commenced
his address, taHing as his text Psalms
xxxvii, VS.. 3T-"Mark the perfect man and
behold the upright; for the end Of that man
is peace" He said in brief: These SER
vices are tribute of respect and love to the
memory of Brother Clark.
He was preeminantly a manly man. This
element in his character | consider contrib
uted very largely to his success in life. Can
did, genial, manly and open hearted. He
possessed deep convictions upon all the
great questions of the day. These he was
ever ready to declare and defend, but he
with him in opinion also had convictions of
right and wrong, and he was always willing
to grant unto the other man the rights which
he claimed for himself.
AS Christian gentleman l have never
met his superior. 1t required no argument
on his part to convince an unsaved world
that he was Christian. believe that the
best definition Of Christian is to be Christ
like, and the perfect Christian is he who
most closely resembles the true ideal Of
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from his home up yonder to the commercial
centre of your city. Look, there is the ia
miliar form. The countenance sparkling
with sunshine. The cheerful voice. The
merry laugh. The. warm grip of his hand
A kindly greeting for all whom he meets.
And how glad they all are to see him.
As a methodist preacher he was enthroned
in the heart of the church. He was the idol
Of the conference. AS preacher he stood
well at the front, not merely on special oc-
casfons, but was at the front fifty-two Sun
days each year. AS pastor he won the
hearts of all classes, especially the children
of the homes he visited. As presiding elder
church tnancier, trustee of our great semin-
airy at Kents Hill. member of our book
committee, and as secretary of our general
conference, he was brought into contact with
the greatest men of our country. But in all
these he was conspicuous man and hon
ored every position in which he was placed
Maine methodism c0mprehends that in his
death it has lost its foremost man. He was
always devoted to the Masters service.
With but small share of physical strength,
he for years was giant in all departments
Of our church work.
Our brother died just as such a man would
like to die upon the field of heroic toll. For
him there was no ambulance train; no hos
pital confinement. He was at the fore front
Of the fight, looking upon a vast army of
comrades.
Brother Clark has vanished from our view,
but IN these churches and through these
communities his influence will linger for
years, and will transform other lives into the
image of our Saviour.
As we close up the ranks and 90 forth to
press the conflict we shall feel that he Is
looking down upon us. But we shall think
on you, and sympathize with your efforts
what an inspiration it will be. 1t will give
us nghter step and greater results L have
no doubt"
The congregation sang "Jesus Lover of
My Soul, and the benediction was pro-
nounced.
SOUTH PORTLAND NJ. L. CHURCH.
Memorial services were held yesterday af-
ternoon at the NJ f. church. for the Rev.
Chas. j. Clark, ID. ID. The altar and pulpit
were neatly and appropriately draped in
mourning. A large wreath of flowers with
a portrait of Dr. Clark in the centre hung in
fastened with evergreen and beautiful flow
ers. An able and eloquent sermon was de-
livered by the pastor Rev. l.. Ii. Bean. from
the text, Phil. 1-21-"For to me, to live is
Christ and to die is gain"
SECOND PARISH SUNDAY SCHOOL.
The Second Parish Sunday school cele-
brated its list anniversary last evening and
notwithstanding the storm the large church
was full. The church was most profusely
decorated with great banks Of evergreens
and potted plants in bloom, to the number Of
a hundred. Above the desk was seen 1917
1888; search the Scriptures" and on either
side "a lamp to the feet" "a light to the
path" Eleven bouquets were in memory of
those who died during the past year. Mrs.
Lucy A. Fogg, for so many years in charge
Of the primary class, Mrs. Geo. G. Way,
John Bishop, Mary Beattie. VIM. H. Soule,
Mrs. Ruth A. Hale, Isabella May Andrews,
Hattie ID. Liscomb, Belle Maynard, Tommy
Tribble and Annie McGregor. In the midst
of all this floral display was placed the open
Bible, illustrating the subject of the evening.
The exercises of the evening were conducted
by the Superintendent, Mr.. w. W. Mitchell
and consisted of responsive readings and
singing by the school; exercises by the prim-
airy and Chinese departments; recitations by
Cora Alexander and Sammie Merrill, also by
classes of the boys and girls; singing by the
young peoples quartette, chorus OF child
ren, with solos by Miss Nellie Webster and
Mr.. A. b Hall. Miss s. H. Robinson pre-
sided:at the piano.
The superintendent's annual report re-
viewed the work of the year which has been
has been a very successful one. The school
has three departments; the primary, with
five teachers and 121 scholars; the Chinese,
with % teachers and "a scholars and the gem
eral school, with 45 teachers and 4O2 scholars.