The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-14
A MAN OF MANY CHARITIES.
MEMORIAL SERVICES TO THE Lite
ROBERT M'INTIRE.

Trinity Church CFOwded-The Speak
ers Tell of the Lifelong Charity
of the Deceased and of His Humble
Christian Character Memorial
Services to BE Held by Trinity and
Wesley Sunday-schoOIs and n Me-
mortal Tablet to BE Erected by the
Trinity school.
The memorial services at Trinity church
last night in memory of the late Robert
McIntire were very largely attended. Ow-
ing to the numerous benefactions Of Mr..
McIntire to all the Methodist churches of
the city there was a general interest in the
service. No services were held at the
other Methodist churches, and the congre-
cations sunited with Trinity. in showing
honor TO the memory Of the benefactor of
all.
The service opened at o'clock with the
singing of the song Good Night" Rev.
A. NJ. Williams of Wesley Monumental
church read one of the Psalms, follswing
1t with a prayer in which he thanked God
for such men as Mr.. McIntire.
Mr.. S. b. Adams was introduced by Rev.
]. o. A. Cook IN few remarks appropri-
ate to the occasion. Mr.. Adams said the
service was remarkable in certain re-
spects. The man in whose honor it was
held, he said, would never have dreamed
of 1t while living and if such a thing had
been mentioned to him would have pro-
tested against it. 1t was a representative
meeting of sincere, thoughtful people to
pay tribute to a modest man, one who
preferred to conceal the good which he
did. The deceased, Mr.. Adams said, was
not a great man, as the meaning of great
is commonly understood. His name had
never appeared in books and seldom in
the newspapers. He began life in a hum
bic way and had but little advantages of
education. He had never sought reputa-
ton or notoriety and did nothing which
would make him famous in any way, but
he had loved his fellow man and his love
found expression in many private bene-
factions as well as in his gifts to churches.
lie tried to do good to his fellow men
because he loved to do good and this was
the secret of the esteem in which ne was
held.
on the subject of the religious belief of
the deceased Mr.. Adams said he was de-
cidedly a Methodist, not a bigot nor a
Sectarlan, but one who preferred the
Methodist church because il came nearer
70 ms IDEAS OF religion than any other.
lie knew its doctrines and believed and
practiced them. He knew it's discipline
and followed il. He believed in living
called on those whom he had lived among
and VINO had known him to catch the
spirit of his life. to learn to love their
fellow men and to live more for the good
or others, that they might find life indeed
worth living. The world will continue to
be better, he said, because such a man
Rev j. NJ. Lovett, pastor of Grace
church, who was the next speaker, said
in existence but for Mr.. McIntire and his
love of God. He was a man filed with the
spirit of Christ, he said. There are evil
dences all around Savannah, the speaker
said, of his benefactions The cities Of
the country are the places that must be
captured for God. Mr.. McIntire showed
Of savannah, and the requests to them in
his will. He knew that the cities nfu-
ence the territory surrounding them.
| This Mr.. Lovett held, was one of the
mainsprings of the many benefactions of
Mr.. McIntire to the city churches.
DIR. J. W. Hinton, presiding elder of the
! savannah district. said that he had known
Mr.. McIntire during the twenty-seven
years of his work in this field, and for the
greater part of the time during his visits
! to the city hAr. McIntire's house was his
home. DR.. Hinton said he had never
known more consistent Christian. There
was no ostentation about him. He was a
simple, meek humble follower of the
Lamb. Nobody would have suspected MN
of being rich man, yet he was always
had no idea how much Mr.. McIntire had
given, Dr. Hinton said, but he had no
doubt that If his benefactions to all pur-
| poses were summed up they would amount
to a fortune He deserves a monument,
Dr. Hinton declared, and ought to have
one erected to him right in front of Trinity
| church. 1t would serve as a lesson to
young men to emulate his example in
| living and giving.
DR.. Hinton spoke at some length on his
| personal experiences with Mr.. McIntire
| and dWelt strongly upon the example of
! such life on those among whom It had
| been lived.
| Rev. DR.. Cook announced that Dr. S. A.
! White had been selected from among
many others to speak for Trinity church,
of which the deceased had been such a
staunch member, but owing to the laCeness
of the hour his remarks would be postpon-
! ed to another time. DR.. White announced
| that Trinity Sunday school had decided to
hold a memorial service to Mr.. McIntire,
| and had also decided to erect a tablet
! to his memory in the Sunday school room
Mr.. Adams announced that the Sunday
| school of Wesley Monumental churchalad
| also decided to hold memorial service
| to Mr.. AIcIntire.
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