The Portland daily press., 1893-01-26

to his sagacity, to his patience, to his
pains-taking care, to his love OF the
| right. One is not here today, your
brother, who would gladly be present in
this house in this solemn moment, the
early friend, the beloved classmate, the
comrade through all these years, who is
detained at his home in Fryeburg, by
sickness. He would join with all his
| brethren of the Bar in bearing their tes-
| timony to the upright ness of the man.
| As member of the legislature he also
did his work faithfully.
| 1t is not fitting at this time to enter in
| to any of the details, nor is it fitting up
| on such an occasion as this to dwell so
much upon these other departments of
activity as upon the great services he has
rendered to the commonwealth as one of
| the judges of the Supreme Court. He
loved this commonwealth of Maine, and
| it is fitting, therefore, that it's chief ex-
ecutive and the gentlemen of his council
should be present to represent this COM
| monwealth. [ remember very well that
| one day our brother said to me, ssWhen
the census shall be taken it will be seen
that Maine is not as poor state as some
people have thought her to be- And
in the tone of his voice / could detect
the pride-the noble pride-of citizen
of the state of Maine.
But, dear friends. in this hour it is for
us to dwell upon the high themes of the
sacred memory of his life, our faith in
Immortality and of our belief in an as
sured reunion in the spirit world, to
which no separation shall come. Let us
thank God today for this sacred memory
of this noble man. What he was to
those who were nearest to him it is not
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partially measure it. What he has been
to all his comrades upon the bench and
in the bar, and with his companions here
in this city, you all know So it is for
us to say to God in this hour that we
thank Him for this gift of memory, SO
that this dear friend of ours shall ever
more stand TRANSPORTED before us as we
see him by this wondrous power. And
who can doubt an Immortality when we
think of this life which is ended now,
conscious almost unto the last,
speaking such cheering and help
ing words as he could in all
the weakness of his body; who can be-
lieve that this intellect is quenched be-
cause of that which we call death? And
as today we think of that noble intellect,
the noble form of that noble Phillips
Brooks, and there comes before our
minds the thought of what he was in all
his royal presence and with all the ampli-
tude of heart and brain, who can believe
that this is the end OF all? And in these
days it is the teaching of philosophy and
of science that there must be a life be-
You'd this present. one. The men of this
generation will not turn so much to the
Scripture for proof as they will to reason
and philosophy and science. As a min
lister of God and an ambassador of
Christ, am here to declare the knowl-
edge which is given me today from all
sides that science as we'll as philosophy
is teaching us the truth; that there is a
life higher than this. And s we think
of that life before us, to which our
brother has gone, and behold him clothed
in the spiritual body and radiant with
immortality, what thought can bring us
any peace and joy comparable with this?
That when we are to go hence we, too,
are to meet him again; that love endllres
and is deeper and holier there; that he
waits for the coming of those whom he
has left behind, and that heaven shall
not be complete until that union comes
to which there is no end.
The choir then sang most beautifully
Sullivan's "Heaven is my Homeland.
after which DR.. Blanchard offered prayer
the choir sang Marston's tHeaven is my
Home,'' the contralto solo being espe-
cially effective, the benediction was pro-.
nounced, and after taking last look at
the features of the deceased, the great
congregation left the church to Chopin's
funeral march. The remains were in
tered at Evergreen.
Among the distinguished visitors from
out of the city were Horatio G. Herrick,
sheriff of Essex county, Mass, and Rev.
George M. Adams, D. D., of Auburn
dale, Mass, Charles W. Larrabee of
Bath, classmates of Judge Virgin; Elk
Governor Robbie of Gorham, Hon. J. W.
Wakefield of Bath, John w. Ballou of
Bath. so long sheriff of Sagadahoc coun-
ty, Fl. E. Hamlin, Esq, of Ellsworth,
General Isaac Dyer of Skowhegan, Hon.
A. Il. G.. Smith of North Whiteheld, Ex-
Mayor Lane of Augusta, Hon. Abner
Cakes of Augusta, Hon. f. M. Simpson
of Carmel, Hon. George G. Purington of
Pennington, Hon. Kimball Eastman of
Westbrook, Hon. Richard Harding of
Yarmouth, Judge Frye of Bethel, Hon.
Edward Hastings of Fryeburg, Judge A.
H. Walker Of Bridgton, Hon. w. H. Vim
ton of Gray. Hon. A. P. Gordon of Frye
burg, Hon. A. S. Kimball and Hon. S. S.
Stearns of Norway, Hon. John P. Swa-
sey of Canton, Hon. George D. Bisbee of
Buckfield. and Hon. Hiram Bliss, Jr., of
Washington, Me.
The largest delegation of the Cumber-
land Bar ever assembled, headed by
Hon. S. G. Strout, its president, with
Mr.. William FL. Clifford, Judge Henry G.
Peabody, Judge j. A. Waterman, Hon.
J. A. Locke, Hon. c. F. Libby, and near
ly all the lawyers in the city were pr s.
ent.
The York County Bar Association was
represented by its president, Hon. John
M. Goodwin, B. F. Hamilton, George F.
Haley of Biddeford, A. E. Haley of Ken
nebunk, County Attorney Perkins of
Cornish and many others.
Across the Continent.
This evening at Kotzschmar Hall Mr..
Charles Flint of Boston will give his
illustrated lecture "Across the Con-
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