Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-08-01
OBITUARY..

OBITUARY.
HINrs-Died On Saturday g. i1:90 .. n. July
q, 1885, In the city Of INK fOlns, s. Q.1t the
residence of the deceossd. Joshu4 Vaughn
rom cancer.
For months friends and relatives
have been sadly looking forward to
the event which is chronicled In the
above notice. After being examined
by the ablest physicians In the nation,
none Of whom could give the victim
any hope, the aged and venerable
Father Hines came home to die
among his friends, who each morning
enquired tenderly and hopefully. re-
gardless Of the apparent decree Of
fate, as to his condition, and finally
when the angel Of death released the
soul from its earthly encasement the
grief Of all vas apparent in the tone Of
every voice when referring to the
dead. The funeral took place in the
Church OF Our Savior at 1890 on
Monday morning. Bishop Hare con-
Quoting the services. He was assisted
by Revs. w. J. Weeks Of Springfield,
Fillmore of Vermillion, Marshal and
Wah-on-hapi OF Pine Ridge Agency.
After the service the remains were car.
ried to the depot by the pail bearers,
Messrs. G. d. Lufkin, Maj. Coxhead,
George Apsted, George Reynick,
Samuel Holman, II. II. Blair, John r.
Reid, George r. Freeman, w. T.
Buchanan, A. o. Ringsrud and M.
Holman. The procession was led by
the congregation, then came the pail
bearers with the remains, then the
clergy and finally the relatives. The
burial took place ut Sioux Falls, the
services in connection Herewith being
conducted by Dean Trimball.
Joshua Vaughan Hines was born at
Wickfrod. r. l., May 10, 1906, the
first OF seven children OF Stukeley
and Elizabeth (Vaughan) Hines. The
Hines family were of Welsh descent,
and first settled in Rhode Inland about
1920. Stukley Hines was a West India
trador. He had intended to give his
children a liberal education. He in.
tended to educate Joshua for the minis
try of the church to which he himself
belonged-the Episcopal communion,
being a communicate of the ancient
ST. Paul church at Wickfield. But all
this was changed by a business disas-
ter. MI. Hines sent u a valuable
cargo to the West Indies. The cap
tain and supercargo entering into q
conspiracy sold both vessels and freight
and ran away with the proceeds, and
the boys instead OF going to Brown
university We're taught trades. A
younger brother, John c., became u
m%achinist, went south, and was a
valuable man to the c~onfederates during
the civil war. An iron clad built UNI
der his supervision at Bay st. Louis.
Miss, never got out OF harbor, but was
sunk to save her from the Union fleet,
and lies there today, a monument Of
the Hines faculty Of achieving work
under difficulties, for Mr.. Hines part
of the work was successful. He built
his ironclad, but he was not a sailor,
nor responsible for her destruction.
Joshua was sent to New Redfield
Mass, and bound out until twenty-one
after the custom of those times, to
learn the cabinet makers trade. Here
he learned that M of tools which en-
abled him when nearly an octeganar-
ian to assist with his own hands in the
building..of his churches in Elk Point
and Vermillion. In New BEDFORD Mr..
Hines found no church of his fathers
communion, but came under the in
fiuence Of a comparative new aud
strong New England sect, commonly
called Christian Baptists, and at the
age of eighteen he joined the New
Bedford branch of that church. The
following year he received a license as
an exhoster, and began his marvellous
mork as a minister. He sought OQt
destitute neighbors, and in school hous-
es, or any place that could be used
to hold meetings. To obtain time for
preparation of his dtscourses, and for
an occasional week day meeting it was
his habit to work overtime, until he
received q license for work in q larger
field. His gift as a preacher DON at
tracted attention and he was encour-
aged to undertake wider work. He
soon developed notable gifts as an
organizer and leader of men.
In 1925 he was commissioned as mis-
sionary of the conference of Christian
churches. There was no plan or
means for the support OF missioners, 9
says Elder Hines, and / resolved to
enter into business for my support and
preach what I could
At the age OF q, in New Bedford, on
a November day in 1926, the subject OF
this sketch was married to Miss Mary
Thompson Handy, a most estimable
young lady, who proceeded to devote
her energies for the cherished hopes
Of her husband, who was determined
at that early day to c~onsecrate his life
to preaching the gospel. In 1928 he
left New Bedford. not with mispiyinQs
or lack Of energy, but with q deter
mination that was bound to win, going
to Plymouth, where he preached Gods
word in school houses, in impr0yised
rooms and wherever he could get q
hearing. In 1929 he prosecuted the
same character of work at Fall River
until 1890, when he moved to Boston,
and here he remained for thirty-three
years.
Father Hines was by nature q re-
former of men and things. He always
wished evils done away with and the
present condition Of mankind Inn
proved. He was also radical and an
enthusiast by temperament. Whatever
work he undertook he entered into
with q whole heart. He never faced
both ways. Elk Point people know
this. Whether in great public con-
Germs, or in trying to save a single de.
spised outcast he was always In earn
est and worked with faith in the end
in view.
In Boston he became interested ii