The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-05-04

ments. You knew him on shipboard at
the time when the republic was strug-
CLING for her life. You knew him in
later years when as veterans and sur
viyors of the mightiest conflict the civil
lied world over saw, you gathered around
your campfires to recall tie dangers and
victories you passed through. You have
kDown him for many years in his rusi-
ness life. You have seen him in his
social and private life. But in all these
he has been found faithful to the last.
Our friends religious life exhibited the
same element of faithfulness, steady, re-
| liable, modest, not given to many words,
always ready to help good cause, these
we're some of the characteristics of his
| religious life.
Mr.. Hawley was man of the practical
sort even in religious affairs. / shall
never forget the smile of pleasure that
flashed across his face when
I was able to tell him that the
mortgage debt of st. Paul's church
had been paid. He had stood by the
parish from the beginning. Adversely
only deepened his love for it. When pros
perity game he was able to enjoy it the
more, because he had waited for it SO
long.
Our world makes use of all sorts and
conditions of men. She has place for the
man of brilliant parts. The scholar. the
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place and a work. They differ much il
their training and outlook, but there is
one golden bond that unites them, one
common fraternity. 1t is the bond oil
| faithfulness. it is this bond that
| inspires men with mutual respect and
| love for each other. 1t is the badge of the
| true man the world over. Let it be a
comfort to these surviving friends to
know that our brother wore this badge OF
manhood, pure and unsullied to the end
of his life.
| When his comrades carried him from
| this church his oountry's fin9 covered tho
basket. could not but rejoice that be-
cause Of the faithfulness of just.ssuch men
not single star is wanting in our flag
What may be the future of this land God
only knows. But one thing is certain.
The men of the generation now passing
so rapidly away did their duty. 1t re-
| mains for the younger men to do as
| we'll, and the future of the republic is
secure.
We gave our brother the burial he de-
served the burial of soldier and q
he hath kept the faith henceforth there i.
laidsup for him crown of righteousness
| which the Lord the righteous judge will
| give him in that day.
| In the days to come his children an(
| his children's children will possess
a precious legacy. They may think of oul
brother as a lover of his country, and as
a lover of God. Thus patriotism ant
religion unite to make his name honorec
among his fellow men.
ST. John in vision on the lonely island
of Patmos said, "And I heard voice
from heaven saying unto me, Write,
Blessed are the dead which die in the
Lord, from henceforth, yea saith the
spirit, that they may rest from theil
labors and their WORKS do follow them. :"
Yea, blessed is the faithful soldier wht
in the time of the nations peril, whe1
her honor and her very life was at stake
offered himself for her defence.
Blessed. the faithful Christian by
divine grace able to serve God in his da,
and generation, and when the end of lif
comes receives the crown Of immortalit,
because he was faithful unto death.