The Portland daily press., 1891-11-25
THOMAS HILL,
BORN JAN. z, 1917,
DIED NOV. 81, 1891.

| DIED NOV. Il, 1881.
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| On the head of the casket lay q wreath
| of myrtle and box.
| Next came Judge Haskell of Portland
and DR.. Morrill, Wyman, OF the Haruard
Medical School, then DR.. 81. r. Walcott of
the medical faculty, and Mr. F. M. Stone of
Walths m, member of the Unitarian par
ish. Following the pail bearers were the
family Of the deceased, including Mr., and
Mrs. Lewis Pierce of Portland, Prof Hill
and Mrs. Hill Of Cambridge. DR.. and Mrs.
Worcester OF Waltham, Mr.. and Mrs
Monks Of Boston. Otis $. Hill, Miss Oath
arine Hill, Prof. Hills two sons, Rev.
John A. Bellows Of Portland. and Henry
| Hill Pierce, DIR. Hill's grandson. The fun
eral procession moved up the aisle to the
strains of the mount of Olives" rendered
In an impressive manner by Prof. Hermann
kotzschmar, the veteran organist of the
First Parish church of Portland.
| As the softened tones of the organ died
away the pastor of the church, Rev. A. j.
Young, rose and read appropriate sem
tences selected from the Scriptures. Prof
Kotzschmar improvised simple and ten
der melody at the conclusion of Mr..
| Young's reading being followed by Rev.
John G. Perkins, DR.. Hills colleague In
| the pulpit of the First church In Portland.
who offered prayer. sweep, Israel,
| Weep" from the oratorio Samson, was
IehucIeu III mastery manner Dy Prof.
| Kotzschmar.
Rev. DR.. Andrew Preston Peabody,
Plummer professor emeritus of Harvard,
| delivered most touching and forcble eu-
| logy Of the character of DIR. Hill. DIR.
Peabody said. substantially:
Or. Peabody's Address.
think we can, on an occasion like this.
feel peculiarly the force of the blessed
saying, II am the resurrection and the
life;" the resurrection, for 'he that be-
lieveth on Me shall live;" and still more
the life, for ''he that belleveth ON Me shall
never die, but shall have everlasting life.''
Christ abolished DEATH There is no such
life. The man of whom, today, we give
back to earth as little as Is necessary, still
lives. For him the eternal life has begun
nay, he has been living 1t for years. To
have seen him is to have seen that grace of
life over which death eau have no power
l have known our departed friend for
many years. and have never seen in him a
desire to live except for God. There was no
side Of his many sided character but
which had single purpose. to love God
wholly and to help others to do so.
have not been cogniZant of greater
life than his. If he had devoted himself
to any one field of science to the exclusion
of others. he would have reached world
wide fame. In mathematics he was in
of Professor Pierce, our greatest mathe-
maticiaD. In natural history he was the
close friend and fellow student of Agas-
siz. In classics and modern literature he
had no superior. There was no subject to
which he devoted his mind that he did not
make himself master of its truths and
principles. Mathematics he loved with a
religious love. All gifts of the mind he
knew are God-given, but in the pursuit Of
mathematics do we get nearest to God. To
enter its field he thought is to enter into
him saying when he had made some grand
generalization in the field of mathematics
on which was based the theory of all the
curves In the universe: "How glorious
this truth is with reference to the Divine
Geometer! How wonderfully, by it, we
can enter into His purposes in all the
beautiful things of creation aud see His
eternal LAVISH
He was pre-eminently a Christian. Ae
was familiar with all the grounds of scep-
ticism, for he had kept his mind open to
the uiterances of advocates of all new
ideas. however far from his own, but he
only grew more rooted and grounded In
the truth which is founded ON the Lord
Jesus Christ. He could not have given
frmer belief In the Divine Gospel than
that he lived it. He trusted in the only
safe guide that man can have, the AL
les, sore troubles, yet have ever seen him
living In firm and unwavering trust and
faith that wise Providence was ordering
all things to work together for good.
In all my acquaintance with him l never
heard him utter an ungracious word. |
never knew man all In all so kind and
considerate to all and solicitous to DO all
that lay in his power to help whoever was
thrown In contact with him, however short
or slight 1t might be. As president of our
University 1t was ever his desire to further
not only the good OF the institution, but of
the individual students whenever they
were brought to his notice. He was al
ways at such times taking hopeful view
when he could aud had a lasting belief
that benefit would be received In time.
Who of those here who remember him
as pastor Of this church but remember how
tender and loving he was, ever seeking to
raise all TO his own chosen standpoint. He
was the living example of all he preached.
You also who come from his more recent
place can testify that among you the same
Is true. He has not only been minister
of peace and thruth and love to
tire community he has made
name and praise that will last there for
years and years to come. He has won
lasting place Ia the hearts OF Christians of
whatever name."
DR.. Peabody then paid a tribute to the
habits of Industry and the immense
achievements of DR.. Hills life and the loss
sustained by the scientific and theological
world. He continued: Bus we must al
ways remember that whatever is, what is
our great loss Is his unspeakable gain.
We are thankful even that he was not
spared longer to reach the consciousness
of decline. When l last saw him he was
still hopeful not indeed of being able to do
further pastoral help but that his life
might be spared to. enable him to finish
certain works il the interest of eternal
truth that 1t was in his mind to do. We may
given the result of this work but are thank
full that he passed away while his intellect
was still bright. The silver cord was
gently loosed ana the golden bow gently
Stacked and so by easy degrees he passed
away to the life beyond where we trust we
shall meet him again.
Other Services.
At the conclusion of his address DIR.
Peabody offered fervent prayer and
solemnly pronounced the benediction. To
the measured strains of the Dead March
IN Saul, the sad procession passed out into
the vestry where the dead face was un-
covered and those who had loved him In
life looked once more at the familiar form,
clad in the familiar silk gown, before it
was committed to its last long resting
place.
The services at the grave in the family
lot In Mt. Peake cemetery were brief, being
simply the service "Dust to Dust" read by
Rev. Mr.. Perkins.
The floral emblams were few and simple
The First Parish church sent wreath of
yiolets, the Faculty of Harvard a myrtle
wreath, and friends and relatives beauti-
full designs In cut flowers. The pulpit re.
cess was nearly filed with ivy, ferns, palm
leaves and other greenery.
The flags on the public schools were all
displayed at half-mast, and the bell tolled
before and after the service.
There were many distinguished persons
present In the church, including nearly all
| of the older members of the faculty of
Harvard; Rev. James De Normandle of
Boston; Rev. G. M. bartol, of Manchester,
N. H.; Rev. j. M. Allen, of Cambridge
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| the Harvard library; General and Mrs N.
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