Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-09-28
THE HAyxE MEMORIAL CHURCH.

THE HAYEE MEMORIAL CHURCH.
 The public exercises attending the opening of the church were solemn and impressive, and attended by large con- gregation. The religious services were conducted by Rev. John Class, of the Church of Atonement, Augusta, Ga Never has the memory of a poet been more conspicuously honored. The history of literature furnishes no example of love and admiration similar to this unique conception, materialized in Q form so suggestive of the pure and exalted character of the man and the poet whose life and genius this sacred edifice commentaries.
 This noble monument to the memory of Hayne owes it's existence to the devo- ton of an association of ladies at Grove town, who have been graciously aided in their labor of love by friends and ad- mirers of the late poet in all parts of the country and in Europe; Jean Ingelow, Blackmore, Swinburne and others in England; George w. Childs, Whittier, Holmes and others at the north. The architects plan was accepted and work begun early in last January, and the edi- flee, with the exception of some interior adornments, stands completed. It is one of the prettiest and most attractive rural chapels in Georgia. It is constructed of native pine, beautifully polished and painted. The interior. though plainly furnished, is a picture of simple grace and refined taste. The charming sylvan sanctuary nestles peacefully among the pines, of which the poet has often sung so sweetly, and is within a short distance of the little cottage at ''Copse Hill' (the Rydal Mount of the south), where the famous poet lived and died. The visitor is deeply impressed by the restful and holy calm which pervades the scene, and one feels that the name of this woodland shrine, "The Heavenly Rest" was sug- gested by an inspiration.
 A small but highly intelligent and re- fined congregation now assemble here for worship, twice every Sunday and twice during the week. The venerable and universally beloved widow of the poet, and her brilliant son, are communicants and regular attendants. The presence of Mrs. Hayne and her son at the open ing exercises added greatly to the i'm pressiveness of the occasion. The world knows that the home life of the poet and his family was an idyl of love and con tentment, communion of exquisitely refined and delicate souls. In his home the poet found an unfailing spring for his purest inspirations, his loftiest poetic i1Pole Tl,a <.f verse owe their richest charms to the beauty and the harmony which made this lowly and lonely cottage among the pines of Georgia the terrestial ante chamber of Paradise.
 In an eloquent discourse the reverend speaker formally announced the name and purpose of the building, as follows:
 "The Church of the Heavenly Rest is built to the glory of God in memory of Paul Hamilton Hayne, a man beloved, honored, revered by all who knew him a man whose gracious influence is not bound In to this land, but has crossed the swelling waters of a great ocean and been potent in foreign lands; above, beyond all, a man whose influence, whether expressed in life or uttered in sweet notes, was to the glory of God. | Such influence can never die. Today his spirit lives in the Church of the | Heavenly Rest.
 Tn whose still heights and most ethereal chime l Beauty, and faith, and plastic passion meet,
 "Of all memorials that will ever be reared to him in sculptured marble, ol polished brass, or printed book, none will be so dear to his purified heart a: this, because it is reared in and for tho glory of his Lord and Saviour Jesu. Christ. Here the pines and hills made sacred by his songs are mado more sacred by the presence of church in hi: memory, built upon the foundation o Jesus Christ and his Apostles to the glory of God"
 The church is situated at prominent point near the railway station, and i! the most conspicuous ornament of tho pretty village, which takes pride in tht fact that within it's precints are found famous ''Copse Hill." as well as tht poets monument, though his dust sleep in the cemetery at Augusta.
 The ladies of Grovetown are continu ing their labors endeavoring to secure an organ for the chapel and to still fur ther decorate it. No doubt they vii continue to receive, as heretofore, sub stantial tokens of affection and esteem from those who value the memory O one who, as man and Christian, wa the embodiment of our ideal of perfec manhood and whose genius has in creased the luster of American literature
 It is also proposed to place "memo rial window" as a special token O honor. above the altar. and on whic! Elr. Haynes transcendently beautiful and pathetic poem. "Face to Face, pub lished shortly before his death in liar per's Magazine, shall be ideally repre- santed in the designs. It is to be hope that this plan will be consummated.
 Imagine the sunshine streaming, il mellowed glory, through the rich, pris matic psnes, irradiating each separat design with ''the light that never was ol sea or land," until the spiritual splendo1 the divine soul of the poem, blendin
 with the sunbeams into one ineffabl food of heavenly glory, falls like wis ible benediction of God upon altar an