The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-04-07
A PLEASANT EXCHANGE.
Compliments of the Geo. W. De
Long Post to DR.. Beekwith.


Long Post addressed letter to Dr.
Beckwith, to which they have re-
ceived a reply which was laid be-
fore the Post at its last meeting
Both letters follow, and they will
be found of interest, both TO men,
bers of the Post and to the friends
of DR.. Beckwith, which includes
about everybody:
REV. T.. CT. BECKwITH,
DEAR PASTOR: AS the time draws
near for your departure from our
midst, memory naturally recalls the
many occasions in which you have
appeared before this community not
merely as the advocate of holy reli-
gion, but of education, good citizen
ship and patriotism.
At a meeting of Geo. w. De Long
Post held lately the undersigned were
appointed a com ,Gittee to express for
the Post, the high esteem in which
your name and character are held,
and to tender the special thanks of
the Post for the generous response you
have always made when requested to
address it on memorial occasions, or
TO serve in place of chaplain.
The impression made by your words
and manner at all times has been that
in your heart of hearts you hold the
duty owed by the soldier and the
citizen to his country and flag, to be
scarcely less sacred than that while
he owes to his God, and that love for
God, for country and for humanity
should be written in each mans
creed. So true and perfect has been
your sympathy for the soldier in the
various phases of his life as to beget
certain feeling of comradeship with
you, and make it seem as if you your
self must have had experience of a
soldiers life
Your departure from this COM
munity will be felt as loss and be-
reavement, not only to the church
whose pulpit and passionate you leave
vacant, as we'll as to the numerous
interests in this community to which
your aid has always come as sup
port and benediction, but also to the
comrades Of Geo. w. De Long POST
1t is our earnest prayer and hope
that health and strength may long be
granted you to work in the new field
you have chosen, and that your life
may be crowned with blessings and
peace.
With thanks for the past and
We remain, dear sir,
Faithfully yours,
Y. b. EMERSON, Surgeon,
II. j. GREENE, q. NJ,
j. N. WRIGHT, L. c.,
l.. l.. LA PIERRE, Adjutant.
To Messrs. w. b. Emerson, Surgeon;
l.. l.. La Pierre, Adjutant; II. j.
NJ n IfI[ kasarr
Post Commander; Committee of
Geo. w. De Long Post, @. A. r.
My DEAR FRIENDS will you par
don the long delay of this commune
cation? The days have been too full
of the cares and the rough work incl
dent to our transfer, 10 leave any time
for the gentler courtesies.
But now that we find ourselves
domiciled once more, and able to get
a few moments of leisure, / hasten to
acknowledge, with sincerest thanks,
your kind testimonial received at the
hands of your Post Surgeon just before
our departure from Honolulu.
1t gave me more pleasure than L can
express, to be- so lovingly remembered |
by the members of the Geo. w. De |
Long Post. 1t is body of men whom !
/ hold in highest honor. L not only |
esteem them as friends and fellow |
clClZ0nS, DuC l. COUNT Lne1r names |
sacred, and hold them in grateful |
veneration as men who bore noble |
part in the grandest conflict the world |
has ever witnessed. j should think |
very meanly of myself if had not
shown in every possible way my SYM
pathy with them, and my high appre-
citation of their deserts at the hands of
all truth-seeking and liberty-ioving
men. 1t has been one of the happiest
things of all my glad experience in
Honolulu to have shared, in my hum
BILE way, in their festivities, and to
have had their kindly goodwill. L
only regret that I could not have
served them better and been more de-
serving of their loving regard. But
none the less I thank them most sim
cerely for the kind words and good
wishes of their parting testimonial.
/ shall always hold them in honored
and grateful remembrance.
Please convey to the members of
the Post my warmest greeting and
my heartiest gratitude for their mes
sage of love and cheer, and accept for
yourselves personally the assurance of
my most grateful esteem.
Very sincerely yours,
+. O.. BECKwITH.