St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-05-03

and we spread all these sorrows out be
= fore thee, and we ask that thy blessing
. may rest upon us. Let thy blessing be
!; upon the home. Come thou and fiji
those halls, we pray thee, and abide with
: thy servants who shall still dwell there
and light up those rooms, we pray thee,
with thine own presence and let thy
,, football be heard everywhere, and make
thou these tender, sorrowing hearts to
be conscious that the God ofther father
/, and of their mother is with them. We
commend, 0 Lord, this home to thy
keeping, and we know that we can COM
nit it to no tenderer care. Bless thou
the church, 0 Lord, which was to his
heart the next dear thing on earth. Oh,
how he wove himself into this structure,
into its very walls, and we cannot look
upon a single stone without thinking Of
him who helped to plan and to build it
all.
But he entered most truly into this
spiritual structure-the real church. Into
the heart and into the life and into the
character OF these men and women, and
how completely did he weave himself
into this whole spiritual building of God,
mparting to us the blessed qualities that
were in him, giving to us his faith his
love, his enthusiasm. For all these things
were in him so richly and shone out from
him in the light of the eye and even in the
very music of his voice to such an extent
that they became really contagious and
we took them on involuntariy. He gave
them to us and we have been uncon-
sciously moulded into his image by the
inimitable power of his own sincere ear
nestness. And had we been less dull and
more quick and responsive to such things
how much more would he have moulded
US into that heavenly fashion.
o bless the church today, whose strong
heart and willing hand is now still in
death. Let the presence of the man still
walk among us, in thought most tender,
in memory most precious, in loye that
will not let one thing about him that
was good, fade away. Let thy blessing
be upon the Sunday School which was
the very idol of his heart, how many
generations has he led i'll the study of
Gods word. How many children upon
earth have been taught by him and have
grown to manhood and womanhood
under the inspiration of his presence and
counsel. Bless the Sunday School. Gath
er these children and youth and teachers |
and officers into the arms of thy love and |
hold them close to thy bosom and even
make them to be a great power, as he
would have them be- Bless, o Lord, we
pray thee, the town, for o how he did
identify himself with it, in all its inter-
ests, and it was all to him like part of
his own business upon earth o bless
thou these men upon these streets aud in
these stores, who go in and out and walk
to and fro and bear the burdens of this
town. We pray thee, o Lord, that from
this time on they may have a greater
sense of responsibility to God, a greater
feeling OF integrity in every personal re-
lation and in every business transaction,
in the store, in the Office, and everywhere
where men buy, sell and labor for earthly
gain. o let the spirit Of this first citizen
of our town enter into mems hearts and
lead them and inspire them And wilt
thou let thy blessing rest upon the facto-
ry, upon the shops that were so dear to his
heart, identified as they were with all his
life. o how definite and minute was his
of them all. Every wheel he
knew, and every man he knew, and loved
it all with all his heart and wrought for
the good of it all with his power and
skill. o Lord, we pray that thy blessing
may rest upon the head and the heart of
every worklngman, upon everyone that
is i'll any way connected with that great
enterprise Be thou with them, we pray
thee. May they go to their toll hence
forth with new inspiration, with new
hope. May they see in all the work of
that place new meaning may they un-
derstand that hammering at the forge
and working amid the dust of the shops
God can be praised. Even there God can
be found and manhood can be developed
and built up into its best beauty and
for its best coronation in the
skies. And we pray thee, O Lord, that
the remembrance of this good man NAV
hang over them and abide with them,
and be to them precious treasure as
long as they live. Let thy blessing be
upon all that great interest in all it's
as it spreads itself from city to ,
city, across thecontinent and around the
world. o God, be thou we pray thee, in
this great thing and make thvself mani
fest. 1t has all been baptized in Chris
tan prayer. 1t has all been prayed over
by men who believed in God.
So let thy blessing be upon all these in
terests that are today bereft of warm
hearted and strong handed helper. 0 God,
bless these great institutions, moral and
and religious. And sanctifv
and make helpful to them this which
seems like an irreparable loss. Let thy
spirit be with every one who has any
hing to do with this service today. Let
heSe brotherhoods, these different com {
,anics of men that come out with full 6
anks to follow him to his last resting ,
,lace feel that the Lord is with them in ..
I'll this sorrowful service, and NAV they !
urn back to their lodge rooms and to I
heir places of assembly and to their /
work. in the world with nobler hearts I
nd purer purpose because of this afflc- t
ion.
Grant us these great blessings, our ,
father, as we tarry before thee, and
ulde thou us while on earth we live, and
Ihen thou art done with us here in this i
world, gather us with the redeemed to +
raise thee in heaven, through Jesus
,hrist, our Lord. Amen. +
The quartette then sang Forever b
With the Lord after which the ben 7
dlctlon was pronounced by DR.. \
1eath. An opportunity was then :.
iven to view the remains, and over I
500 people paid their last respects +
o dear friend. This was a sight t
which will never be forgotten, and 7